Study Guide Pt. 1

Karl Marx transformed the meaning of ________ to mean "A style of thinking which is intended to benefit a particular class."

What does an Ideology provide?

• A description of the existing political order

• A means, if necessary, to transform the former into the latter

• A vision of what the ideal political order ought to look like

• None of the stated

A cohesive set of ideas and beliefs used to organize and evaluate the political world...

• Ideas

• Ideology

• Modern World Ideology

• Political ideology

Liberalism

• The most dominant of all traditional ideologies

• Liberalism views the individual as prior to society

• The notion that a person is able to determine their own best interest

• Individuals have rights against the state and society

• None of the stated

Many crimes have been committed in the name of...

• Communism

• Nationalism

• Fascism

• Liberalism

• Populism

Ideologies are often action oriented

• True

• False

Which philosophers from the past were liberals?

• Locke

• Machiavelli

• Rawls

• Mill

• Bentham

The state should not interfere in social or economic activities beyond the basic minimum.

• Liberty

• New liberalism

• Classical aka Laissez-faire liberalism

• Libertarianism

The state should intervene to ensure that all individuals enjoy at least some degree of freedom

• Socialism

• New Liberalism

• Classical Liberalism

Socialism

• A class struggle between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat

• The ways in which a harmonious society can be achieved

• Believe that human fulfilment can only be attained in a cooperative context

• Once classes are abolished so too is the need for politics