Unit 3 politics

Nationalism

Conservatism

Liberalism

Socialism

Core themes

Core themes

Core themes

Core themes

The Nation

Organic Community

Identity Politics

Self determination

The individual

Freedom / Liberty

Reason / rationality

Justice

Toleration

Tradition

Human imperfection

Organic society

Hierarchy+ authority.

Property

Community

Cooperation

Equality

Class politics

Common ownership

Individualism

Human potential

The enlightenment

Freedom of the individual

Freedom of choice

The harm principle

Positive freedom

Negative freedom

Education

Thinking for themselves

Self-determination

Debate,discussion and argument

Foundational equality

Equal rights

Rule of law

Equal opportunities

Meritocracy

Social harmony

Pluralism

Acceptance

‘I detest what you say but will defend to the death your right to say it’ -Voltaire

Endurance to time

Questioning the rule of god

Religious faith

Burke believed in a partnership between ‘those who are living, those who are dead and those who are to be born’

Accumulated wisdom

Institutions have survived by adding value to society

The monarchy

Social cohesion

Connection to the past

Provides roots (security)

If it isn't broke don't fix it

Drawn to safety and security

Psychologically limited

Selfish and greedy

Original sin

The law is preventative

conservative emphasis on tough criminal justice regimes

Intellectual power is limited

Humans naturally create hierarchies in societies

creating class based structures

Social Equality is fake

Paternalism

Authority is required

Parents have natural authority over children

People have different functions in society

Creates responsibilities with this relationship

Noblesse Oblige

society is a living entity / organism

Society is bound together by tradition, authority, morality