POLS 207 LIM TAMU EXAM 2
COMPREHENSIVE SCRIPT COMPLETE
SOLVED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ Social Freedom
Answer: places a high value on individual liberties even at the
expense of having an orderly society
◉ Social Order
Answer: places a high value on public stability and decency even
at the expense of individual freedom
◉ Values of a conservative
Answer: high value for social order and economic efficiency
Govt. power must be used to regulate individual choices.
Oppose use of govt power to regulate economy.
Economic inequality is the natural consequence of human ability
and energy.
They see the need to use govt power to guide and limit human
behavior in the realm of morals but oppose the use of govt to
restrict human behavior in the economic realm
◉ Values of a Liberal
Answer: high value for social freedom and economic equality
, Value private property and market and willing to support govt.
intervention to promote individual welfare and regulate the
economy
◉ Values of Libertarian
Answer: high value for social freedom and economic efficiency
(minimal govt involvement in all aspects of life)
Emphasize the autonomy of the individual and minimal role of
govt.—individual should be free from govt restraint in both
economic and non economic spheres (NOT ANARCHY as may be
perceived. They believe in minimal intervention of government
not a society without government)
◉ Values of a Populist
Answer: favor govt intervention in the economy to benefit the
average or little guy.
Populists are not anti capitalists. They accept most of the
assumptions of liberalism especially emphasizing individualism,
equality of opportunity and property rights. Populists support the
use of govt power to regulate individual behavior so that it
conforms to traditional moral and social values. (NOT
TOTALITARIAN for the same reason that libertarians are not
anarchists)
◉ Conservatism
Answer: Thomas Jefferson's statement that "that government is
best which governs least"
COMPREHENSIVE SCRIPT COMPLETE
SOLVED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ Social Freedom
Answer: places a high value on individual liberties even at the
expense of having an orderly society
◉ Social Order
Answer: places a high value on public stability and decency even
at the expense of individual freedom
◉ Values of a conservative
Answer: high value for social order and economic efficiency
Govt. power must be used to regulate individual choices.
Oppose use of govt power to regulate economy.
Economic inequality is the natural consequence of human ability
and energy.
They see the need to use govt power to guide and limit human
behavior in the realm of morals but oppose the use of govt to
restrict human behavior in the economic realm
◉ Values of a Liberal
Answer: high value for social freedom and economic equality
, Value private property and market and willing to support govt.
intervention to promote individual welfare and regulate the
economy
◉ Values of Libertarian
Answer: high value for social freedom and economic efficiency
(minimal govt involvement in all aspects of life)
Emphasize the autonomy of the individual and minimal role of
govt.—individual should be free from govt restraint in both
economic and non economic spheres (NOT ANARCHY as may be
perceived. They believe in minimal intervention of government
not a society without government)
◉ Values of a Populist
Answer: favor govt intervention in the economy to benefit the
average or little guy.
Populists are not anti capitalists. They accept most of the
assumptions of liberalism especially emphasizing individualism,
equality of opportunity and property rights. Populists support the
use of govt power to regulate individual behavior so that it
conforms to traditional moral and social values. (NOT
TOTALITARIAN for the same reason that libertarians are not
anarchists)
◉ Conservatism
Answer: Thomas Jefferson's statement that "that government is
best which governs least"
