Socialism Core Ideas and Principles

Question 1

Collectivism

Answer 1

Collective human effort is both of greater practicial value to the economy and moral value to society than the effort of individuals

Question 2

Common humanity

Answer 2

The nature of humans as social creatures with a tendency to co-operation, sociability and rationality

How the individual cannot be understood without reference to society, as human behaviour is socially determined

Question 3

Equality

Answer 3

A fundamental value of socialism- disgareements among socialists about the nature of equality and how it is critical to the state, society, the economy and human nature

Question 4

Social class

Answer 4

A group of people is society who have the same socioeconomic status

Question 5

Workers control

Answer 5

The importance and the extent of control over the economy and/or state and how it is to be achieved