Society 10 marker
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- Society 10 marker
- Organic society
- A belief that society operates like organism or living entity. the whole being more important than a collection individual parts
- They dislike change and are advocates of the importance of tradition
- Society is a product of the actions of self seeking and self reliant individuals.
- Margaret Thatcher = 'there is no such thing as society, only individuals and their families'
- A rise against liberal individualism
- Organic society is seen as a reality which is superior to our own individual interests.
- Nationalism and patriotism
- Conservatives fear change and so advocate preserving tradition
- The conservative party had the biggest representation of MP's on the leave campaign in 2016.
- Margaret Thatcher and the Falklands war
- The nation is the most important form of political community.
- Democracy is rooted in the nation state.
- Authority
- Humans most basic need is for order and secuirity
- Levianthan - if allowed to flourish society would become 'nasty, brutish and short'
- Hobbes believed that humans would sacrifice much of their freedom and its rights in favour of a much securer existence.
- Critics have suggested that conservatives were authoritarian in preferring state power to the freedom of citizens
- Paternalism
- To prevent harm and confer benefits.
- Restricts liberty and contributes to infatilisation of society.
- Theresa may placing special focus on'JAM' families
- One nation conservatism
- appeal to both the pragmatic instincts of conservatives and their sense of self duty.
- Believe that obligations should not be abandoned but should be expressed in an increasingly industrialised world in social reform.
- Draws on the organic conservative belief that society is held together by an acceptance of duty and obligation
- Organic society
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