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ESQB - Isms
Common Political, Social, Philosophical, and Religious -isms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Absolutism | Complete and unrestricted power in government |
| Aestheticism | Doctrine that beauty is paramount to other moral principles |
| Agnosticism | Doctrine that all claims to ultimate knowledge are uncertain |
| Anarchism | Doctrine that all governments should be abolished |
| Anthropomorphism | Attribution of human form or behavior to a deity, animal, etc. |
| Antidisestablishmentarianism | Opposition to withdrawal of state recognition from an established church |
| Atheism | Belief that there is no God |
| Bitheism (dualism) | Belief in two gods |
| Capitalism | Doctrine that private ownership and free markets should govern economies |
| Collectivism | Communal control of means of production |
| Conservatism | Belief in maintaining established political and social traditions |
| Deism | Belief in God, rejection of supernatural revelation |
| Determinism | Doctrine that events are predetermined by preceding events or laws |
| Egalitarianism | Belief that humans ought to be equal in rights and privileges |
| Egoism | Belief that morality ultimately rests on self-interest |
| Fatalism | Doctrine that events are fixed and humans are powerless |
| Gnosticism | Belief that freedom from this world derives solely from knowledge |
| Hedonism | Belief that pleasure is the highest good |
| Humanitarianism | Doctrine that the higest moral obligation is to improve human welfare |
| Individualism | Belief that individual interests and rights are paramount |
| Intellectualism | Belief that all knowledge is derived from reason |
| Legalism | Doctrine that salvation is gained through good works |
| Libertarianism | Doctrine that personal liberty is of the highest value |
| Monotheism | Belief in only one God |
| Mutualism | Mutual dependence of society and the individual |
| Nihilism | Denial of all reality; extreme skepticism |
| Optimism | Doctrine that we live in the best of all possible worlds |
| Pantheism | Belief that the universe is God |
| Perfectionism | Doctrine that man can attain perfection in this life |
| Pessimism | Doctrine that the universe is essentially evil |
| Polytheism | Belief in many gods |
| Racism | Belief that race is the primary determinant of human capacities |
| Rationalism | Belief that reason is the fundamental source of knowledge |
| Socialism | Doctrine of centralized state control of wealth and property |
| Solipsism | Theory that self-existence is the only certainty |
| Transcendentalism | Theory that emphsizes that which transcends perception |
| Utilitarianism | Emphasis on promotion of the greatest happiness of the greatest number of people |
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