FEMINISM ESSAY PLANS - EDEXCEL A LEVEL
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
To What Extent Do Socialists Agree On Human Nature?
Yes - Agree That Humans Are Inherently Communitarian/Collectivist
But - Third Way Focuses On Competition Rather Than Collectivism
• Yes - Early Socialists Agreed Human Nature Has Been Corrupted By Capitalism
• But - Different Attitudes Towards How This Should Be Remedied E.G. Revsocs Reject Capitalism
Altogether But Socdems Focus On Reform
• Yes - Because Of Human Nature Being Corrupted, They Can't Directly Control The Means Of
Production (Virtually All Evsocs)
• But - Marx & Engels Disagree - Believe In 'Proletariat Dictatorship' Post-Revolution
To What Extent Do Liberals Agree On Human Nature?
Yes - Positive, Rational View Of Human Nature For Modern Liberals And Neo-Liberals
But - Not Positive For Early Hobbes-Influenced Classical Liberals Like Locke (State Of Nature?)
• Yes - Belief In Natural Rights Including Foundational Equality With Which All Humans Are Born
(And Humans Naturally Support Equality - Rawls Veil Of Ignorance)
• But - Disagreement On Whether Or Not Humans Can Be Equally Trusted To Participate In
Representative Democracy (Tyranny Of The Majority Mill Believes Only Educated Should Be Able
To Vote /Tocqueville)
• Yes - Almost All Agree That Women Can Achieve Just As Much As Men But Are Held Back By
Societal And Legal Inequality
, • FEMINISM ESSAY PLANS - EDEXCEL A LEVEL GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS But - Disagreement On
The Extent To Which Women Are Naturally Held Back By Patriarchal Human Nature , E.G.
Friedan Thinks It's Really Awful But Wollstonecraft Thinks It's Just About Law
To What Extent Do Conservatives Agree On Human Nature?
Yes - Negative View Of Human Nature And Brutality Without An Authoritarian State - Hobbes View On
"Morally, Intellectually, Psychologically" Imperfect Continued To One Nationism With Its Strong Policing
But - Some Disagree With How Negative Humans Inherently Are E.G. Oakeshott - Traditional
Conservative - Views Humans As "Fragile But Fallible" And Criticises What He Calls The "Politics Of
Scepticism"
• Yes - Humans Are Inherently Selfish . Hobbes = State Of Nature, Continued All The Way To The
New Right
But - Selfishness Is Viewed Positively By The Nr In The Context Of Free-Market Capitalism
Yes - Naturally Band Together In Groups, Belief Shared By Trad Cons (Burke = "Little Platoons") And On
(E.G. David Cameron Big Society And Cooperatives) - Links To Organic Society
But - New Right Significantly Disagrees On This, Viewing Society As Atomistic Rather Than Organic
"There Is No Such Thing As Society" - Thatcher
To What Extent Do Socialists Agree On The Role Of The State?
Yes - All Post-Marx Agree On The Importance Of Democracy
But - In Marxist Revolutionary Socialism, Democracy Is Rejected In Favour Of A Post-Revolutionary
'Dictatorship Of The Proletariat' Before The State 'Withers Away'
Yes - Soc Dems + Dem Socs Agree On A Significant Role Of The State In The Economy
But - Third Way And Dem Socs Dramatically Disagree With 3rd Way More Or Less Rejecting State
Intervention Altogether
Yes - Soc Dems + 3rd Way Agree On The Role Of The State In Providing Foundational Equality Through
Education
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
To What Extent Do Socialists Agree On Human Nature?
Yes - Agree That Humans Are Inherently Communitarian/Collectivist
But - Third Way Focuses On Competition Rather Than Collectivism
• Yes - Early Socialists Agreed Human Nature Has Been Corrupted By Capitalism
• But - Different Attitudes Towards How This Should Be Remedied E.G. Revsocs Reject Capitalism
Altogether But Socdems Focus On Reform
• Yes - Because Of Human Nature Being Corrupted, They Can't Directly Control The Means Of
Production (Virtually All Evsocs)
• But - Marx & Engels Disagree - Believe In 'Proletariat Dictatorship' Post-Revolution
To What Extent Do Liberals Agree On Human Nature?
Yes - Positive, Rational View Of Human Nature For Modern Liberals And Neo-Liberals
But - Not Positive For Early Hobbes-Influenced Classical Liberals Like Locke (State Of Nature?)
• Yes - Belief In Natural Rights Including Foundational Equality With Which All Humans Are Born
(And Humans Naturally Support Equality - Rawls Veil Of Ignorance)
• But - Disagreement On Whether Or Not Humans Can Be Equally Trusted To Participate In
Representative Democracy (Tyranny Of The Majority Mill Believes Only Educated Should Be Able
To Vote /Tocqueville)
• Yes - Almost All Agree That Women Can Achieve Just As Much As Men But Are Held Back By
Societal And Legal Inequality
, • FEMINISM ESSAY PLANS - EDEXCEL A LEVEL GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS But - Disagreement On
The Extent To Which Women Are Naturally Held Back By Patriarchal Human Nature , E.G.
Friedan Thinks It's Really Awful But Wollstonecraft Thinks It's Just About Law
To What Extent Do Conservatives Agree On Human Nature?
Yes - Negative View Of Human Nature And Brutality Without An Authoritarian State - Hobbes View On
"Morally, Intellectually, Psychologically" Imperfect Continued To One Nationism With Its Strong Policing
But - Some Disagree With How Negative Humans Inherently Are E.G. Oakeshott - Traditional
Conservative - Views Humans As "Fragile But Fallible" And Criticises What He Calls The "Politics Of
Scepticism"
• Yes - Humans Are Inherently Selfish . Hobbes = State Of Nature, Continued All The Way To The
New Right
But - Selfishness Is Viewed Positively By The Nr In The Context Of Free-Market Capitalism
Yes - Naturally Band Together In Groups, Belief Shared By Trad Cons (Burke = "Little Platoons") And On
(E.G. David Cameron Big Society And Cooperatives) - Links To Organic Society
But - New Right Significantly Disagrees On This, Viewing Society As Atomistic Rather Than Organic
"There Is No Such Thing As Society" - Thatcher
To What Extent Do Socialists Agree On The Role Of The State?
Yes - All Post-Marx Agree On The Importance Of Democracy
But - In Marxist Revolutionary Socialism, Democracy Is Rejected In Favour Of A Post-Revolutionary
'Dictatorship Of The Proletariat' Before The State 'Withers Away'
Yes - Soc Dems + Dem Socs Agree On A Significant Role Of The State In The Economy
But - Third Way And Dem Socs Dramatically Disagree With 3rd Way More Or Less Rejecting State
Intervention Altogether
Yes - Soc Dems + 3rd Way Agree On The Role Of The State In Providing Foundational Equality Through
Education
