Libertarianism is a political philosophy that upholds liberty as a core value. Libertarians seek to maximize autonomy and political freedom, and minimize the state’s violation of individual liberties; emphasizing free association, freedom of choice, individualism and voluntary association.
Authoritarianism –
Authoritarianism is a form of government characterized by the rejection of political plurality, the use of strong central power to preserve the political status quo, and reductions in the rule of law, separation of powers, and democratic voting.
Key Questions
Focus
Specifics
Why regulate?
protection of children, criminal activity, health & safety, privacy
Rooney v Vardy (privacy), Depp v Heard (libel, slander, defamation of character) Elon Musk buying twitter
What gets regulated?
film, advertising, tv, social media (internet), music, games, books, newspaper, radio, the news, magazine, cartoons
broadcasting obscene content is prohibited by law at all times of the day. Indecent and profane content are prohibited on broadcast TV and radio between 9am. and 9pm., when there is a reasonable risk that children may be in the audience.
a political philosophy that advocates only minimal state intervention in the free market and the private lives of citizens.
Authoritarianism
he enforcement or advocacy of strict obedience to authority at the expense of personal freedom.
Right Wing – Conservative
Left Wing – Labour
Key Words from Political Compass test
Key Words / Themes
The Daily Mail
The i
Globalisation
Promoting British clothing brand.
Business over the people
Patriotism
Up to page 17 dedicated to Royal Family. Page 4 ‘sense of togetherness. Page 4 shows celebrations across the UK. Page 18, from the Daily Mail’s comments ‘For 70 years. the Queen has put love of country and public service above all else. And, as the last four days of Platinum Jubilee celebrations have shown, the people love her for it. For an object lesson in the virtue of loyalty, the Tory rebels need look no further. This shows that the daily mail
Page 10, heading says ‘What will the reign of King Charles look like?’
Racial Superiority
A lot of British
Use of Military
Poltics
p2, TDM are in favour of Boris Johnson
Page 21, ‘Backlash as transgender paedophile is spared jail’ The daily mail mentions a TORY disagrees with them sparing jailtime which is showing that Tories make good decisions.
Authoritarian / Libertarian
Has the editorial with just one editors opinion
Does have the editors voice but also has a group of opinions.
key q
focus
specifics
why regulate?
truth appropriate messaging knowledge and information public decency ethics and morals privacy
what gets regulated?
newspapers films radio advertisements
who regulates what?
government ministers organisations and companies court, law and order ofcom independent bodies and organisations individuals and groups bbfc
Libertarianism– a political philosophy that advocates only minimal state intervention in the free market and the private lives of citizens. the enforcement or advocacy of strict obedience to authority at the expense of personal freedom.the enforcement or advocacy of strict obedience to authority at the expense of personal freedom.
Authoritarianism– the enforcement or advocacy of strict obedience to authority at the expense of personal freedom.
Hedonism– the pursuit of pleasure; sensual self-indulgence, meaning it is quite self serving.
Epicurus– What is pleasure? What is the relationship between happiness and pain? He didn’t believe that money and sex was what made people happy, this is because of the large number of toxic relationships meaning cheating, jealousy and misunderstanding. He believed that friends, alone time and finding peace in yourself is what truly makes a person happy.
The Frankfurt School– conforming to your own slavery, which made this experience cause people to be intellectually inactive and politically passive
Post WWII saw the rise of the permissive society. 1960’s. Some social norms become increasingly liberal, especially with regard to sexual freedom.
-lack of concern for the wishes or opinions of others.
Key Question
Focus
Specifics
Why regulate?
Truth + appropriate messaging+ knowledge, info+decency+ethics/morals +privacy
Libertarians seek to maximize autonomy and political freedom, and minimize the state’s violation of individual liberties; emphasizing free association, freedom of choice, individualism and voluntary association. Not truly free until free school, education and healthcare. left wing doctorine
Authoritarianism, principle of blind submission to authority, as opposed to individual freedom of thought and action. In government, authoritarianism denotes any political system that concentrates power in the hands of a leader or a small elite that is not constitutionally responsible to the body of the people.
Key question
Focus
specifics
why regulate?
truth appropriate messages knowledge information decency/morality privacy
what gets regulated?
newspapers websites advertisement radio tv films
who regulates what?
government organisations companies police courts law+order off com independent bodies /organisations individuals groups bbfc
Libertarianism – a political philosophy that upholds liberty (freedom) as a core value. Libertarians seek to maximize autonomy and political freedom, and minimize the state’s violation of individual liberties; emphasizing free association, freedom of choice and individualism.
Authoritarianism – the enforcement or advocacy of strict obedience to authority at the expense of personal freedom.
Hedonism – The belief that self-pleasure and good experiences are the main things you should aim for in life.
Pleasure – feelings of satisfaction and good experiences. Pleasure, however, can not be experienced without pain.
The Frankfurt School
The Frankfurt school studied the manufacture (commodification) of pleasure and good experiences, as they knew that society and human beings were starting to crave these things. The development of technology made the public more able to experience pleasure without going to the trouble of obtaining it.
The idea of the “teenager” came about in the 1960s, along with a permissive society, which meant that unpopular ideas such as homosexuality became more prominent and accepted.
Key Question
Focus
Specifics
Why Regulate?
Truth, appropriate messaging, knowledge and information, public decency, ethics, morals, privacy, health & safety, diversity, legal ownership
Elon Musk – Twitter Depp / Heard Life of Brian Rooney / Vardy War in Ukraine COVID
Libertarianism is a political philosophy that upholds liberty as a core value. Libertarians seek to maximize autonomy and political freedom, and minimize the state’s violation of individual liberties; emphasizing free association, freedom of choice, individualism and voluntary association.
Authoritarianism is a form of government characterized by the rejection of political plurality, the use of strong central power to preserve the political status quo, and reductions in the rule of law, separation of powers, and democratic voting.
Hedonism comes from the ancient Greek for ‘pleasure’. Psychological or motivational hedonism claims that only pleasure or pain motivates us. Ethical or evaluative hedonism claims that only pleasure has worth or value and only pain or displeasure has disvalue or the opposite of worth.
The Frankfurt School was a school of social theory and critical philosophy associated with the Institute for Social Research, at Goethe University Frankfurt in 1929. Founded in the Weimar Republic (1918–1933), during the European interwar period (1918–1939), the Frankfurt School comprised intellectuals, academics, and political dissidents dissatisfied with the contemporary socio-economic systems (capitalist, fascist, communist) of the 1930s. The Frankfurt theorists proposed that social theory was inadequate for explaining the turbulent political factionalism and reactionary politics occurring in 20th century liberal capitalist societies. Critical of both capitalism and of Marxism–Leninism as philosophically inflexible systems of social organization, the School’s critical theory research indicated alternative paths to realizing the social development of a society and a nation.
It is widely believed that a revolution in British social attitudes and behaviour took place during the Sixties, making Britain a secular ‘permissive society’. In popular accounts, this sea-change amounted to the discovery of ‘sex, drugs n rock n roll’ by the young. Unlike a political revolution, there was no single event that marked the beginning of changes that many contemporaries felt climaxed in the ‘Summer of Love’ of 1967, although others pointed to the trial of Penguin Books for publishing the novel Lady Chatterley’s Lover in 1960. A topic of roiling historical controversy since the decade ended, this module asks what changed in Sixties Britain and why it did so before considering the consequences and legacies of the period.
Key Question
Focus
Specifics
Why Regulate?
Truth Appropriate messaging Knowledge and information Decency/Morales Privacy
Depp vs Heard Rooney vs Hardy Life of Brian Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter Activision sexual harassment
What gets regulated?
Newspapers Websites Movies Radio Advertising
Video Games Television Books Internet The News
Who regulates what?
Government Organisations/Companies Law and Order Independent Individuals and groups
ASA PEGI BBFC IPSO OFCOM
How will regulation be put in place?
Copyright Explicitly Age Ratings Legal ownership Official Secrets Act
Favouring being in a world where there are rules and regulations as you believe that they are necessary- wanting to be told what to do.
Hedonism is the idea that humans actively seek to gain pleasure while avoiding pain. Epicurus theorises about how people are often unhappy because they have the ‘wrong’ idea of what makes us happy. After conducting research he proposed that we need only 3 major things- friends , alone time and finding piece in yourself.
The Frankfurt School
Teaches that industry’s such as media feed us information about what we should want so that they can sell it to us. Sometimes this is done by basically telling us what we should want.
1960’s Permissive society
A time where ‘things’ were changing- young people becoming more rebellious and more liberal
Focus
Specifics
Why Regulate?
Truth, Appropriate Messaging, Knowledge and Information, Morals / Decency, Privacy, Protection of Venerable People, Health and Safety, Diversity, Un-bias, Ownership/ Control, Legal Ownership
Depp vs Heard, Elon Musk purchasing twitter, Rooney vs Vardy, Activision’s $18m sexual harassment lawsuit, Russia vs Ukraine
What gets regulated?
Newspapers, Websites, Movies, Music, Adverts, Books, Video Games, Music, Television, Social Media
Who Regulates What?
Government, Ministers, Company’s, Police/Law, Independent Bodies or Organisations, Individuals and Groups, ASA, PEGI (Pan European Game Information), IPSO (the Independent Press Standards Organisation), Ofcom ( Office of Communications),
