POL S101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: John Stuart Mill, Egalitarianism, Nanny
2 May 2019
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Ideology is not a mere personal opinion, but a social belief accepted by large numbers of people. It is passed on by the normal channels of cultural transmission. Ideology always involves a mixture of factual and moral beliefs. It always includes beliefs about how people should act and what they should consider right and wrong. Ideology, as a mass belief, is somewhat simplified. It is important to say more or less, for the integration is never perfect and it may contain some contradictions. Dominant ideologies: four main ideologies that have dominated politics since the nineteenth century, liberalism, conservatism, socialism, nationalism. Liberal: the term comes from the latin liber, meaning free , the concept of freedom lies at the core of the liberal ideology. No freeman shall be taken or imprisoned, or be disseized of his freehold, or liberties, or free.
