POLITICAL

IDEOLOGIES
PHILIPPINE POLITICS AND
GOVERNANCE
WHAT IS IDEOLOGY?
IDEOLOGY becomes a political weapon to
condemn or criticize opposing arrays of ideas or
IDEOLOGY
belief system. The science of IDEAS. –Antoine Destrutt de Tracy

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Political Ideology: A political belief system

LIBERALISM CONSERVATISM SOCIALISM ANARCHISM ABSOLUTISM

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 Liberalism emphasizes:
Individualism – individuals takes priority over
society.
LIBERALISM Freedom – Individuals have the right to make
Derived from the word “LIBERE” which choices for themselves.
means “FREE MEN”.
There is a need for change in social
Equality – No person is morally or politically
relations and the GOVERNMENT superior to others.
INVOLVEMENT is REQUIRED.
Rationalism – Humans are capable of thinking
Also, SOCIETY must be FREE from
GOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONS.
logically and rationally.
Progress – Traditions should not be kept unless
they have value.
The Free Market – Liberalism and capitalism go
hand and hand.

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French Revolution
During the French Revolution (1789-1799), the
monarchy and much of the church were destroyed, as
were traditional laws and habits in different parts of
the country,

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CONSERVATISM
Derived from the term “CONSERVATION”
Seeks to preserve all that is good about
the past.
It gives greater attention to social entities
than to individuals having the inclination
to oppose any change in political
environment.
Conservatism emphasizes:
Stability – Stability is a precious thing, and change
must be made gradually in order to preserve it.
Concreteness – Liberalism is too abstract.
Human Fallibility – Liberalism overestimates
human being that is why it becomes unrealistic.
Unique Circumstances – There is no universal
answer to the problems of the society; the
circumstances are unique in each country.
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 Originates from republicanism,
which rejected aristocratic and
monarchical government and
upheld the principles of the
United States Declaration of
Independence.

American Conservatives
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SOCIALISM
An economic and political doctrine
advocating government ownership.
Adheres to social equality to attain social
stability.
An instrument of labor movement.
Socialism emphasizes:
Collectivism – Human beings are social by nature,
and society should respect this. Individualism is
poisonous.
Public Ownership – Society, not individuals, should
own the property.
Central Economic Planning – The government
plans the economy: there is no free market.
Economic Equality – All citizens have roughly the
same level of prosperity.
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 Democratic
Socialism
A peaceful and democratic approach to
achieving socialism. It emphasizes a
classless society in which all members
jointly share the means and output of
production

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ANARCHISM
The belief that the best government is
absolutely no government.
Everything about government is repressive
and therefore must be abolished entirely.
Example:
Although neither violent nor strictly anarchist,
members of the American Libertarian Party believe
that government should be so small that it hardly
ever interferes in citizen’s lives, there best
preserving individual liberty.
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ABSOLUTISM
The belief that a single ruler should have
control over every aspect of the
government and of the people’s lives.
Absolutism emphasizes:
A Strong Sense of Order – Everything should be
carefully structured, including society.
A Clear-Cut Law of Nature – The law must be
obeyed.
The Wisdom of Traditional Values and Institutions -
New Ideas are considered dangerous to the order
of things.
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 SOCIAL JUSTICE is neither communism,
nor despotism, nor atomism, nor
anarchy, but the humanization of laws
and the equalization of social and
economic forces by the State so that
justice in its rational and
objectively secular conception may at
least be approximated.

Summary
These political ideologies are for the most part,
mutually exclusive. So, a liberal government does
not usually practice socialism, nor does an absolute
ruler follow liberalism. The Five major political
ideologies have played a key role in history by Your Logo or Name Here 12
shaping governments and political movements.
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