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IDEOLOGIES
Lesson 2
Philippine Politics and Governance
As you go on, please be guided by this
Lesson Outline
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Identify the basic Differentiate the Examine the Critique ideas that Analyze how political
tenets of major political ideologies relationship between have a direct impact on ideologies impact on
political ideologies (i.e. political ideologies and how we try to manage the social and political
liberalism, socialism, configurations of ourselves as a political life of Filipino
conservatism, etc.) political communities community
Governments are
established guided by
certain principles. These
principles are gathered
together to form ideologies.
There are five ideologies
that we are going to discuss
in this lesson
1. ANARCHISM
Anarchy is a political ideology which
treats any fixed system of government
as repressing. In this political
ideology, the government is
unnecessary and is the cause of harm
because it controls people. Ownership
of production should be common to
everyone, with both economic and
political freedom as its goals.
Key Concepts:
Freedom from Governing
Authority- any form of state or
government is rejected
2.
ABSOLUTISM
Absolutism is an ideology
that centralizes control to one
individual, may it be by
heredity or by divine right.
This may lead to societies
treating their leaders as
leader of both governmental
and religious affairs.
Key Concepts:
Socialism Anarchism
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Absolutism Liberalism
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Conservatism
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