Unit 1

Question 1

How does IDENTITY relate to INDIVIDUAL beliefs?

Answer 1

• It is the idea you have about yourself.
• A collective of traits you believe distinguish you from others.

Question 2

How does IDENTITY relate to COLLECTIVE beliefs?

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Examples of IDENTITY characteristics for INDIVIDUAL beliefs:

Answer 3

• Past experiences
• Gender

Question 4

Examples of IDENTITY characteristics for COLLECTIVE beliefs:

Answer 4

• Religion
• Language
• Faith
• Cuture

Question 5

How does IDEOLOGY impact IDENTITY?

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Define IDEOLOGY

Answer 6

• A set of principals or ideas that explain our world and our place in it.

Question 7

What are the 4 CHARACTERISTICS of IDEOLOGY?

Answer 7

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

Question 8

What are the 7 THEMES of IDEOLOGY?

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Define ECONOMICS:

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Define POLITICS:

Answer 10

• Who gets what, when and how often

Question 11

What are the 3 basic ECONOMIC questions?

Answer 11

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

Question 12

What are the MEANS of PRODUCTION?

Answer 12

• Land (ie. oil, water)
• Labour (ie. people, mental/physical)
• Capital (ie. factories, assets, money)

Question 13

What is a MIXED economy?

Answer 13

• Mixture of public and private enterprise (aka socialism)

Question 13

What is a MARKET economy?

Answer 13

• Buyers and sellers decide what is produced and the amount
• Little government control

Question 13

What is a CENTRALLY PLANNED economy?

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Define COLLECTIVISM:

Answer 14

• Work cooperativly to solve social/economic issues
• Collective enterprises, unions
• Teamwork
• Government is Positive

Question 15

What are the 6 fundamental PRINCIPALS of INDIVIDUALISM?

Answer 15

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

Question 16

What are the 6 fundamental PRINCIPALS of COLLECTIVISM?

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Aspects of POLITICAL LIBERALISM

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Aspects of ECONOMIC LIBERALISM

Answer 18

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.

Question 19

Aspects of SOCIAL LIBERALISM

Answer 19

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.

Question 20

Classical Liberalism views

Answer 20

• 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.

Question 21

Modern Liberal views

Answer 21

• 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

Question 22

What is the main difference between Modern Conservative and Classical liberals?

Answer 22

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

Question 23

Modern Conservative Views

Answer 23

- Individualism and competition - Laissez Faire and decentralized government - Personal responsibility - Tradition values - Maximum benefit - Property rights

Question 24

What are the beliefs of JOHN LOCKE?

Answer 24

- "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

Question 25

What are the beliefs of THOMAS HOBBES?

Answer 25

- "Right" - Human nature evil - People need guidance from a strong leader - Supported the idea of a strong leader in an absolutism system

Question 26

What are the beliefs of JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU?

Answer 26

- "Left" - Root of slavery is private property - Admired the "noble savage" who lived in harman with nature - Property should be owned communally

Question 27

What are the beliefs of JOHN STUART MILLS?

Answer 27

- "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

Question 28

What are the beliefs of EDMUND BURK?

Question 29

What are the beliefs of ADAM SMITH?

Answer 29

- "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

Question 30

What are the beliefs of EDMUND BURK?

Answer 30

- "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

Question 31

What are the beliefs of KARL MARX?

Answer 31

- 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.