Unit Award Scheme
122282 CONSERVATISM
In successfully completing this unit, the Learner will have | Evidence needed | |
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demonstrated the ability to | ||
| 1 | write an essay explaining and analysing three aspects of conservatism | Student completed work |
| 2 | write an essay analysing, evaluating and comparing the key arguments in source extracts regarding conservatism | Student completed work |
shown knowledge of | ||
| 3 | at least ten key concepts and terminologies relating to conservatism | Summary sheet |
experienced | ||
| 4 | taking part in dialogue and debate regarding the nature of conservatism and conservative ideas and values concerning government, the free market and the individual | Summary sheet |
| 5 | taking part in dialogue and debate regarding different strands of conservative thinking from traditional Conservatism to the New Right | Summary sheet |
| 6 | taking part in dialogue and debate regarding Thomas Hobbes’ concept of human nature and laws of nature, the power of the sovereign and the individual, and self-protection | Summary sheet |
| 7 | taking part in dialogue and debate regarding Edmund Burke’s Anti-Jacobinism and Whig principles and reaction to the American and French Revolutions | Summary sheet |
| 8 | taking part in dialogue and debate regarding Michael Oakeshott on the importance of tradition and criticisms of rationalism, and the ‘Politics of Faith’ versus ‘Politics of Scepticism’ | Summary sheet |
| 9 | taking part in dialogue and debate regarding Ayn Rand’s opposition to collectivism and statism and her rational and ethical egoism or individual rights views | Summary sheet |
| 10 | taking part in dialogue and debate regarding Robert Nozick's views on the limited functions of the State, and justification of inequalities of wealth resulting from freely exchanged contracts. | Summary sheet |
All outcomes recorded on an AQA Summary Sheet
Approved 10 October 2024Level - Level Three