POLS 3072 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Feudalism, Karl Kautsky, Utopian Socialism
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Ideology: ideas and beliefs that provide moral justifications for society"s social and economic development. Must reiterate and put to practice with those in power (those having control over population) Seeking progress, implementing ideas into practice at the expense of others. State of nature: condition of people before the state or civil society. State of war social contract to defer to an authority sacrifice some freedom in exchange for less fear. People harm others in order to protect their own interests. Born equal do/take what is necessary for survival. People must give up these natural rights in order to exist peacefully. Life of man is poor, nasty, brutish, and short . Government needed to control natural law. Social contract: avoid state of nature and enter civil society as an agreement between individuals they hand the authority to govern to parties. Human nature: rational, self-interested, independent, atomistic, lazy, inert. John locke: liberal, constitutional monarchy, limited state control.
