The Need for Rules (Leaving Cert Politics and Society): Flashcards
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Primary purpose of rules
Primary purpose of rules
Create order and stability in communities
How rules prevent conflict
How rules prevent conflict
Establish clear expectations for behaviour
What absence of rules leads to
What absence of rules leads to
Chaos, violence, domination of weak by strong
Two main types of rules
Two main types of rules
Formal rules (laws) and informal rules (norms)
Formal rules definition
Formal rules definition
Official regulations by state, enforced by Gardaí & courts
Informal rules definition
Informal rules definition
Unwritten expectations in families, schools, teams
Breaking informal norms damages
Breaking informal norms damages
Reputation and cooperation with others
Hobbes: life without rules is
Hobbes: life without rules is
Solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short
Hobbes: why people agree to rules
Hobbes: why people agree to rules
To secure peace and safety
Locke's three natural rights
Locke's three natural rights
Life, liberty, and property
Locke: when laws are legitimate
Locke: when laws are legitimate
Protect rights, apply equally, made with consent
Good rules must be
Good rules must be
Fair, proportionate, and revisable