Social 30-1 “Understanding Individualism and Collectivism”

Social 30-1“Understanding Individualism and Collectivism” Mr. Tulk

Words • Rule of Law • Private Property • Economic Freedom

Review • What did Locke, Hobbes, and JJ think? • What is Liberalism? What stages led to Liberalism? • Come on… • Why was the Printing Press so Important? • Why was Leonardo Di Vinci so Important?

Housekeeping • Quiz Tomorrow. • Hobbs and Locke question due NOW. • Your Test will be after the break. • That’s it.

Principles of Individualism • Rule or Law. • Individual Rights and Freedoms. • Private Property. • Economic Freedom. • Self-Interest. • Competition.

Rule of Law • The Rule of law is that the law itself, and not the individual, has the greatest power and that all individuals are subject to the law. • This idea comes for the Magna Carta. (Great Charter)

The Magna Carta • an English legal charter, originally issued in the year 1215. • Protects the rights of the people • Limits the power of the King of England. • led to the rule of constitutional law

Continued • King John was forced to limit the amount of taxes he could collect. • The King became subject to law. • Over the years, the monarchy has given up more and more power. • This document forged the way for modern democracy.

Individual Rights and Freedoms • In a liberal democracy and individualistic societies we all have rights. • These include such rights as Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Association, and the right to life liberty and security of person. • But, these rights have limits… • Can we think of times when our rights could be limited.

Freedom of Speech • One cannot shout “fire” in a crowded room. • may follow the "harm principle" or the "offense principle” • You are not allowed to do something thing in action or expression that is designed to hurt, harm, or cause injury to another person. • to prevent harm to others

Hate Speech • speech that attacks or disparages a person or group of people based on their: • race, gender, age, ethnicity, nationality, religion, or lack there of, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, language ability, ideology, social class, occupation, appearance (height, weight, skin color, etc.), mental capacity, and any other distinction that might be considered by some as a liability.

Defamation • It is a crime to tell laws or untruths about a person intentionally. • One BC woman was charges $675 000.00 for creating a website that defamed a teacher.

Private Property • Ideas of property first developed in the Enlightenment. • Intially, it only applied to Land (Real Estate). • It is the idea that we can own things, stuff. • Now, some groups argue that property is never owned. • This causes some strange debates about what can be private property.

Economic Freedom • Our freedom to buy what we want and sell our labor to who we want are our economic freedoms. • Employers also have the freedom to choose who they employee?

Now, we do not really have complete economic freedom. • We still have laws and regulations. • Businesses in Canada still need to pay minimum wages, overtime, etc… • We have a social safety net. (known as the Welfare State, but that will come later)

Self Interest and Competition • Individualism and its related economic system (Capitalism) is based on the idea that people work for self-Interest. • Ideas developed by Adam Smith (Chapter 3). • The ideas of Supply and demand allow for better goods and service at better prices for the consumer. • Let’s look at this from a Fort McMurray Persepctive.

Finished. • Questions for tomorrow (kind of). • Think themes of Ideology. • Think structure of Individualism. • Think Importance of Renaissance.

Social 30-1 “Understanding Individualism and Collectivism”