Social Ideology Test

Thomas Hobbes Ideologies

extreme individualist, conservatism, state of nature (humans are driven by fear and must be controlled by government, monarch etc)

John Locke

natural law, popular consent

Jean-Jacque Rousseau

common good, opposed representative government, natural state, majority rule, "noble savage"

Mises

freedom of slavery, free enterprise

Montesquieu

worth of the individual, SEPARATION OF POWER, democracy, constitutional limitations of government

Adam smith

laissez faire, "invisible hand", classical liberalism

Political spectrum

conservatism right, liberalism centre left, socialism far left

Left Wing

Radical, equality

Right Wing

Reactionary, liberty

Moderate socialists

sought equality through democratic means

liberals

searched for broader individual rights in a just society

conservatives

defended privilege and individualism

Facists

reactionary who opposed equality, believed in uniformity and supported national glory and empire, reject political freedom

Anarchy

no government intervention

democracy

limited government intervention

Dictatorship

Total government control

Social Contract Theory

suggests that a persons moral and political obligation are dependant upon a contract between the citizen and government to form society (consent of the governed)