thinkers quotes all ideologies!!!!!! Flashcards
rand - economy
money is the barometer of societies virtue
burke - society
society is a contract between the dead the living and those not born yet
Nozick - state
no state more extensive than the minimal state can be justified
Hobbes - human nature
life in the state of nature is solitary, nasty, brutish and short
burke - society
love the little platoon in which we belong
Oakeshott - tradition and pragmatism
a known good is not likely to be surrendered for an unknown better
nozick - economy
taxation is theft
rand - society
loose collection of individuals
rand - human nature
she rejects altruism
PG - human nature
there is no female mind you might as well speak of a female liver
millet - society
it is interesting that women do not recognise themselves as being conditioned against, no better proof could be found of the totality of their social conditioning
PG - the family
a house does not need a wife anymore than it needs a husband
de Beauvoir - human nature
one is not born but becomes a woman
millet - society 2
because of our societal circumstances male and female are really two cultures and their life experiences completely different
rowbotham - society and the family
men will often admit other women are oppressed but not you
hooks - patriarchy and society
feminism is a movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation and oppression
rowbotham - societal values
values linger on after the social structures that concieved them
wollstonecraft - equality
virtue can only flourish amongst equals
locke - freedom
where there is no law there is no freedom
Rawls - justice
the principles of justice are chosen behind a veil of ignorance
locke - state and economy
the government has no other end but the preservation of property
Wollstonecraft - human nature
the mind has no gender
giddens - economy
the new mixed economy looks for synergy between private and public sectors
giddens - society
why shouldn’t the super rich be obliged to help the super poor
crossland - society/state
nationalisation does not in itself engender greater equality
webb - society
nature makes the rich people innately superior to the poor people
Marx - revolution
philosophers have interpreted the world in many ways, the point is to change it
