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Left wing |
Political ideas that are generally optimistic of human nature and favour social change; left wingers tend to support liberty, equality and state intervention. |
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Right wing |
Political ideas that tend to be pessimistic about human nature and oppose change; right wingers typically favour order, authority and oppose state intervention. |
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Socialism |
The central idea that humans are social creatures who are bound together by a common humanity.
Defining values: fraternity, cooperation and equality |
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Fraternity |
Literally, brotherhood; bonds of of sympathy and comradeship between people. |
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Cooperation |
A preference for people working together rather than competing with one another. |
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Equality |
The desire to abolish or at least reduce class divisions |
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Fundamentalist socialist |
(E.g. Marxists and communists) Belief that capitalism should be abolished and replaced by system based on the collective ownership of wealth |
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Revisionist socialists |
(E.g. social Democrats) believe that capitalism should be reformed through social and economic intervention |
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Conservatism |
Traditionally suspicious of abstract principles or developed theories, preferring instead to place it's faith in tradition experience and history. Defining values: tradition, human imperfection, hierarchy and authority. |
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Tradition |
Respect for ideas, practices and institutions that have been passed down from one generation to the next. |
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Tradition |
Respect for ideas, practices and institutions that have been passed down from one generation to the next. |
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Human imperfection |
The belief that people are security-seeking creatures and also morally flawed. |
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Tradition |
Respect for ideas, practices and institutions that have been passed down from one generation to the next. |
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Human imperfection |
The belief that people are security-seeking creatures and also morally flawed. |
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Hierarchy and authority |
'Top-down' social organisation is natural and beneficial |
