Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Robert Nozick, Corporate Capitalism, Political Compass
25 Nov 2014
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According to robert nozick, what is on par with forced labour: the state, private property, taxation. Part of the explanation is a rejection of corporate capitalism in its current form, worries about the effects of free markets and the benefits are not being distributed fairly among all. Ideologies: system of ideas with histories, aim to shape social change, dynamic- ideologies adapt to historical circumstances. Origin and key parts: destutt de tracy (1790s, science of ideas = ideologies, french revolution (1789) liberty, equality, fraternity, defined the big 3: liberalism, conservatism, socialism. 2014 an ideology is a set of social and political worldviews: four functions explanation, evaluation, orientation, prescription (how to put program into action) Explanation why the social/political/economic world the way it is: war, poverty, ethnic tension, peace, prosperity, first function is making sense of world events, simpler explanations are better for ideologies to get more people on board.
