Ideologies | Similarities | Differences |
Luddism | -Self interests, the government was not making any of the decisions -Rights and freedoms- they wanted the right to work. They were fighting because they lost their jobs to machines and they were trying to get their jobs back by destroying the machines. | -they were having a violent revolution -they were destroying the private property |
Chartism | -Individual rights and freedoms, they were wanting the right to vote | -They were going against economic equality by wanting everything to be equal for everyone no matter how hard another man worked |
Utopian Socialist | -Individual rights, individuals could realize their potential if they were free to pursue their own inclinations. | -They didn’t believe in self interest and economic freedom there ideologies were more socialist |
Marxism | -Competition, between the proletariat and bourgeoisie -Economic Freedom through a free market economy | -Did not believe in private property -Believed the society would eventually become socialist |
Classical Conservatism | -Economic Freedom, if people choose to work hard they benefited themselves | -Did not believe in self interest -But society held responsible for the well being of other which is a collective responsibility |
Welfare Capitalism | -Self interest -Economic equality, government limited working hours and had a minimum wages, and a safety net with features like pensions and medical insurance | -promoted collective interest |
Welfare State | -Economic equality, free market economy (supply and demand) | -Government had involvement in the economy -People in society did not work themselves the worked for the benefit of each other -everyone had equal opportunities |
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
R#3
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Response To Hamlet
By: Amber Copp
I did not want to be this
A murderer was not the plan I had
But what else could I do
I’m in a room full of traitors
My uncle or father you could say
He is sitting right next to my mother
A fine woman she is
But how could she be so blind to be with a man
Who is my father’s brother
Only a fool could be so blind
Revenge! I must fulfill my father’s will
That despicable man can’t be king
This poison and rot must go
But yet with all this will power I must be able
But I can’t, but I must, but will I?
To be or not to be that is still yet the question
R#1
Thinkers | Beliefs | How their idea’s were radical at the time | How their idea’s relate to classical liberalism |
Hobbes | -people are inherently selfish -need a leviathan to ensure order and security -ruler must be accountable -people have the right to exercise reason | -people never had the opportunity to think for themselves this was new for many people | -self interest -individual rights and freedoms |
Locke | -social contract -government should be directly accountable to the people -power should rest within the people | -Monarchs didn’t like the idea of not being in full control | -private property -individual rights |
Montesquieu | -equality of individuals -accountability of government -separation of power -government has 3 branches of power-executive, legislative, and judicial | -called for elimination of the 3 estates structures of French society | -economic quality |
Mill | -protection of individual rights and freedoms and the promotion of individual decision making of the core societal institutions | He used his idea’s to critic the people in higher power like the government | -economic freedom -individual rights and freedoms |
Ricardo | -prices should not correspond to the value to the product itself -economy should be left up to the free market | Believed that the government/ monarchs shouldn’t be tampering with the taxes and the economic money. | -economic freedom -competition |
Smith | -increased the wealth of the state but not the wealth of the majority of the people within the state -work for their owns self interest in a free market system -supply and demand -laissez-faire | The idea that the state would benefit more than the people | -self interest |
Dickens | -individuals had the right to work and fend for themselves -was against child labor -wanted to get rid of the poor, middle, and rich classes | -people believed status was everything and his idea’s were shocking to many people | -economic freedom -individual rights and freedoms -self interest |
Friday, December 17, 2010
R#2
Philosophers | Idea’s | How they relate and Promote Classical Liberalism |
Adam Smith | -Individuals work for their own self interest in a free market system -Free market would lead to a stronger economy and would therefore benefit most people in society -Laissez-faire capitalism, the economic system associated with classical liberalism | Free Market Economy Self Interest Economic Freedom |
Milton Freidman | -Idea’s based on Adam Smith’s -Freedom of people to make their own decisions so long as they do not prevent anybody else from doing the something constant liberalism | Self Interest Economic Freedom Individual Rights and Freedoms |
John Keynes | -Market system driven by supply and demand -No government interference -Individuals should be responsible for their own finical situation | Individual Rights and Freedoms Economic Freedoms |
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