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Political spectrum
- 2. ¾Radical ¾Liberal ¾Moderate ¾Conservative ¾Reactionary Left Right
- 3. Left of Moderate Liberal –– (Left) –– Believe that the government should actively promote social reform to increase individuals’’ well being. Favor change but work peacefully within the existing political system. (Democrats, Green Party)
- 4. Right Side of Moderate Conservative –– (Right) –– Government should stay out of the lives of citizens and businesses, except on moral issues. Favor the status quo, (the way things are). Hesitant to change. Will work peacefully within the existing political system. (Republicans, Reform)
- 5. Middle of the Spectrum Moderate –– (Middle) –– Moderates are people who have opinions between liberal and conservative and may include some of both. They are generally tolerant of many view points. They generally don’’t hold any extreme view points.
- 6. Far Left Side of the Spectrum Radical –– (Far Left) –– Favor a rapid, fundamental change in the existing social, economic or political order. Will use extreme measures including violence to achieve their goals. (Communist)
- 7. Far Right of the Spectrum Reactionary –– (Far Right) –– Advocate a return to a previous state of affairs, often a social, political or economic order that existed earlier in history. Will use extreme measures to achieve their goals including violence. (Dictatorships, Monarchies, Oligarchies (Taliban))
- 8. Liberal Radical Moderate Conservative Reactionary Left Right
- 9. Liberal Conservative Change Tradition Problems are circumstantial Problems are individual Gov’’t is responsible for social reform Gov’’t needs to be less involved Freedom –– personal choices Equality––fairness––level the playing field Human rights Property rights Moral Absolutes Relative Values
- 10. Democrat vs. Republican Liberal vs. Conservative
- 11. Ideology applied to issues Change Pro-choice Gay marriage Flag burning Tradition Pro-life Heterosexual marriage Flag burning amendment
- 12. Problems in society circumstantial Welfare programs Health care for all Drug rehabilitation programs Individual Welfare limits Private health care Tough on crime
- 13. The role of government in society Gov’t is responsible For social reform Education funding Assistance programs Environmental protection Gov’t should be less involved School vouchers Charity tax deductions De-regulation
- 14. Equality - Freedom Social equality Anti-discrimination Gender equity Affirmative action programs Individual freedom The right to hire Merit pay competition
- 15. The people’’s rights Human rights Environment Assistance programs Crime Prevention – rehabilitation Property rights Pro-business Tax cuts Tough on crime Death penalty
- 16. Morality Relative Values Pro-choice Gay rights Legalize drugs Moral absolutes Pro-life Traditional Family Criminalize drugs
- 17. Rex Tugwell, an advisor to president FDR, said that different attitudes toward change characterize adherents to different political philosophies. He wrote that if a community needed a new train station. Or education reform, crime control, etc. liberal ____________ would like to rebuild the train station while the train is running; radical ____________ prefer to blow up the train station and forgo service until the new structure is built. conservative _____________ would prefer to keep the old station, being satisfied with it, While, reactionary ____________ would abandon the station entirely since they do not approve of trains in the first place.