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Ideologies and Identity

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How does IDENTITY relate to INDIVIDUAL beliefs?

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  • It is the idea you have about yourself.
  • A collective of traits you believe distinguish you from others.
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How does IDENTITY relate to COLLECTIVE beliefs?

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These are traits you share with a group of other people.

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Examples of IDENTITY characteristics for INDIVIDUAL beliefs:

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  • Past experiences
  • Gender
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Examples of IDENTITY characteristics for COLLECTIVE beliefs:

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  • Religion
  • Language
  • Faith
  • Cuture
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How does IDEOLOGY impact IDENTITY?

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  • Individuals may chose to embrace certain ideologies because they mirror their own beliefs and values.
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Define IDEOLOGY

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  • A set of principals or ideas that explain our world and our place in it.
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What are the 4 CHARACTERISTICS of IDEOLOGY?

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1) The Nature of Human Beings
2) The Structure of Society
3) Interpretations of History
4) Visions of the Future

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What are the 7 THEMES of IDEOLOGY?

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1) Nation
2) Class
3) Race
4) Environment
5) Relationship to Land
6) Gender
7) Religion

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Define ECONOMICS:

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  • The study of how people use their resources to meet needs and wants
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Define POLITICS:

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  • Who gets what, when and how often
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What are the 3 basic ECONOMIC questions?

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1) What to Produce
2) How to Produce
3) For whom to Produce

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What are the MEANS of PRODUCTION?

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  • Land (ie. oil, water)
  • Labour (ie. people, mental/physical)
  • Capital (ie. factories, assets, money)
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What is a MIXED economy?

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  • Mixture of public and private enterprise (aka socialism)
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What is a MARKET economy?

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  • Buyers and sellers decide what is produced and the amount
  • Little government control
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What is a CENTRALLY PLANNED economy?

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  • The three basic economic questions are answered by a CENTRAL AUTHOURITY
  • Government controlled
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Define COLLECTIVISM:

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  • Work cooperativly to solve social/economic issues
  • Collective enterprises, unions
  • Teamwork
  • Government is Positive
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What are the 6 fundamental PRINCIPALS of INDIVIDUALISM?

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1) Rule of Law
2) Individual rights and freedoms
3) Private property
4) Economic freedom
5) Self intrest
6) Competition

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What are the 6 fundamental PRINCIPALS of COLLECTIVISM?

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1) Economic Equality
2) Cooperation
3) Public Property
4) Collective intrests
5) Collective responsibility
6) Adhere to collective norms

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Aspects of POLITICAL LIBERALISM

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All members of society have the same legal rights and freedoms, regardless of gender, race or economic status.

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Aspects of ECONOMIC LIBERALISM

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Individuals right to property and the removal of government control in economic markets sot the the value of goods and services are decided by individuals.

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Aspects of SOCIAL LIBERALISM

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Individuals are the basis of society. They should be treated as equals and have access to the rights and freedoms to a good quality life.

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Classical Liberalism views

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  • Interests in protecting the freedoms of individuals in economic affairs
  • Maximum rights and freedoms for certain individuals (entrepreneurs)
  • Government rules, regulations (ie. minimum wage) and social programs (ie. health care) are kept to a minimum with every person working on their own behalf.
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Modern Liberal views

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  • Creating equality of opportunity for all individuals
  • Government intervenes to ensure that the most vulnerable are cared for.
  • Group responsibility
  • Non-traditional values
  • Public property for public good
  • Activist government
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What is the main difference between Modern Conservative and Classical liberals?

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  • Modern conservatives favour traditional values that CL do not
  • Focus on Law and safety
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Modern Conservative Views

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  • Individualism and competition
  • Laissez Faire and decentralized government
  • Personal responsibility
  • Tradition values
  • Maximum benefit
  • Property rights
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What are the beliefs of JOHN LOCKE?

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  • “Right”
  • “Father of Liberalism”
  • All knolage is derived from experience
  • Human nature good
  • Born with natural rights and freedoms
  • People enter into a societal contract with whoever holds power in the government
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What are the beliefs of THOMAS HOBBES?

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  • “Right”
  • Human nature evil
  • People need guidance from a strong leader
  • Supported the idea of a strong leader in an absolutism system
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What are the beliefs of JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU?

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  • “Left”
  • Root of slavery is private property
  • Admired the “noble savage” who lived in harman with nature
  • Property should be owned communally
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What are the beliefs of JOHN STUART MILLS?

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  • “Left”
  • Led the utilitarianism movement in the 1800’s
  • Questioned unregulated capitalism
  • Believed that is was wrong that workers lived deprived lives that bordered on starvation
  • Wished to help ordinary people
  • Favoured cooperative systems
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What are the beliefs of EDMUND BURK?

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What are the beliefs of ADAM SMITH?

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  • “Left”
  • “Father of Capitalism”
  • Labour not land is the source of wealth
  • All businesses must be free from government control
  • Free market responds to supply and demand
  • the “invisible hand” of self intrest would provide for all
  • Competition with other businesses would keep quality up and prices down
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What are the beliefs of EDMUND BURK?

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  • “right leaning”
  • Horrified by the excesses of the
    French Revolution
  • Did not believe all individuals were equally capable of participation in the affairs of the nation.
  • Saw this a a flaw in liberalism
  • Established institutions, run by the educated people of society, were necessary to control the irrational passions of the uneducated masses
  • Government should be run by a small group of people
  • People are not equal
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What are the beliefs of KARL MARX?

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  • As capitalism advanced the ownership & wealth of industry would be concentrated into fewer and fewer hands
  • Capitalists would exploit workers and consumers in their drive for ever higher profits
  • Wanted a fully planned out government system.

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