PSCI 1034 Study Guide - Final Guide: Class Action, Pass Laws, Russ Feingold
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Ideologies help us to form connections with other people and can provide a set of common values. Two main ideologies in america: liberalism a. i. Adam smith and the wealth of nations a. ii. Market is self regulating and does not need government manipulation a. ii. 3. Society should be as free from government regulation as possible a. ii. 4. Government should be minimal; its role is primarily to prevent abuses of power in society. Market failures have harmful effects on citizens lives and must therefore be regulated: thomas hill green b. i. Government should protect citizens from unfair economic practices b. iv. The principles of political obligation: conservatism c. i. Sees classical liberalism as a dangerous and selfish philosophy c. iv. Society is greater than the sum of individual parts c. v. role of government is to encourage order, structure, and unity in the society c. vi. The highest good of society is the maintenance of ordered community and common values: edmund burke. Believed capitalism would be overthrown by socialism f. ii.
