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Individualist Ideologies:
advocate individual rights and freedom from government
Principles of Individualism:
autonomy, self-interest, personal achievement & self-reliance
Collectivist Ideologies
the idea of working cooperatively to solve problems and manage economic and social issues.
Collectivist Ideologies stress
social harmony > competition
Political Philosophy
Investigate the nature of human communities in order to evaluate their aims and models of cooperation
Personal autonomy
a state of individual freedom from outside activity
Self-reliance
the quality of being solely responsible for one’s own well-being
Most collectivist ideologies include:
Human interdependence, importance of a collective, common good
Examples of Individualism:
Ruler of Lagash in 24th century BCE created property laws.
Rule of Law
everyone in subject to the law
citizens are subject to clearly defined rules
Individual rights & Freedom
freedom to vote, freedom of speech
Can Individual right & freedom have negative consequences?
Yes, hate speech is a negative part of the freedom of speech
Private Property
Property can be owned
Economic Freedom
the freedom to buy what you want and to sell your labour, idea, or product to whomever you wish.
Free Markets
Markets in which consumers and businesses have free choice to buy, sell, or trade, without government interference in those transactions,
Two concepts of individualism that relates to economic freedom
Self-interest and competition
Principles of Collectivism:
economic equality
co-operation
public property
collective interest
collective responsibility
adherence to collective norms
Examples of Economic equality
People with larger incomes should pay more taxes.
All people should earn equal wages for work of similar value.
Co-operation
the means through which members of a group or a collective achieve their common goals.
Public Property:
owned by the state or the community,
cannot be owned by an individual
Collective Interest:
the set of interests that members of a group have in common.
Collective responsibility
holding the whole group responsible for the actions of individuals within the group.
adherence to collective norms
Groups usually impose norms on their members as a condition of membership in the group.
Collective Examples
Social Programs and Public Services, NGO
NGO
Non-governmental organizations
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