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Define : Assumption
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The belief that something is right or wrong, without proof.
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Define : Belief
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A principle, philosophy or code that defines what is important or desirable.
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Define: Collective Identity
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Shared characteristics of a group of people. For example, everyone born in Canada is a Canadian.
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Define: Collective Norms
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Culturally established rules prescribing appropriate behavior.
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Define: Collectivism
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An approach to social organization that puts the needs of the group as a whole above the needs and rights of individuals within the group.
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Define : Common Good
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The welfare of society as a whole
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Define: Communism
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 A political, social and economic system in which property is collectively owned and each citizen works for the common good according to his or her abilities and receives according to his or her needs. |
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define : Conservative
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A belief that society should remain the way it has been traditionally.
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define: Extremism
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 A person who has fanatical or immoderate views and beliefs. |
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Define : Fascism
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A political and economic system in which the government has complete control over society.
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Define: Identity
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The key characteristics that people use to describe who they are.
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Define: Ideology
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A theory or idea that explains one's world and his or her place in it, based on assumptions about the nature of human beings and society.
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Define: individualism
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An approach to social organization that promotes individual rights over group needs and advocates personal independence.
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Define: Liberalism
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The name given to a number of ideologies committed to the principle of dignity and worth of every person as the foundation of society. Liberalism has faith in human reasoning and a belief in progress.
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Define: moderate
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A person or ideology that shuns extremism and rejects violence as a means to achieving political or social goals.
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