Collectivist anarchism

The influence of perception of no free will on cheating and lying in collectivist and individualist cultures Kelly Muldoon Tutorial: Wednesday (1) 9am Trends in Personality and Social Psychology PSYC30022 Due date: Friday 26th September, 2014 8am Word count: 1725 (not including references) The notion of people having a free will, or the ability to consciously determine ones own actions, to regulate oneself, have control of ones mind, make choices and live ones life through unrestricted

Individualism was notable in Britain in the 17th century by Hobbes. In “The wealth of nations” (1776), Adam Smith has claimed that individualism is a free expression of individual’s will and interest which creates natural harmony and maximal efficiency. However, in British Empiricism, Bishop Berkeley, David Hume and John Locke have considered individual experience is the only source of knowledge (Kagitcibasi, 1980). Descartes also pointed the same concept that individual mind is the source of all

the town hall meetings are still low context, but have a high context subgroup that is in turn part of a high context small town society. What distinguishes the individualist culture from collectivist culture is in how the relation of individual interests and community interests are dealt with. In a collectivist culture, people are taught that the interests of the community are considered to be the most important.

individualist cultures and collectivist cultures. In individualist cultures, people think of being an individual strive to be independent and different from other individuals. Therefore, individualist thought processes involve “traits, states, or behaviors (e.g. “I am honest”) (Trafimow, Triandis, & Goto, 1991, p. 649). In collectivist cultures, on the other hand, people think of themselves as part of a group and strive to do their best to contribute to the group. Therefore, collectivist thought processes

temperament in the populations. This paper will cover why these differences exist and how a collectivist country like Japan and an individualist country like America differ in terms of society and child rearing. In order to better understand collectivist and individualistic societies, we must explore why both of them exist. Culture plays a crucial role in determining whether a society is individualistic or collectivist. Social conventions are developed by culture through information a society processes

themselves and their relationships with others. In an individualist culture, the interest of the individual prevails over the interests of the group. Ties between individuals are loose. People look after themselves and their immediate families. In a collectivist culture, the interest of the group prevails over the interest of the individual. People are integrated into strong, cohesive ingroups that continue throughout a lifetime to protect in exchange for unquestioning loyalty (Hofstede, 1997). One difference

moment we start grade school the goal is to do well and graduate. Teachers aim to have their class succeed as a whole, no child should be left behind and individual students strive to be the best to in order to achieve their personal goals. In a collectivist mentality failing a grade level would be unacceptable because you would be failing the whole class; making you a disappointment to the group. Schools are measured on how well students

When people think about Japanese culture the word collectivist comes to mind. This means that the Japanese usually place the need of others or a group ahead of what the individual wants. This differs from the American perspective. Americans tend to lean more to individualism, valuing and rewarding individual accomplishments and viewing what the individual wants as more important than what the group needs. In the minds of the Japanese, any behavior that makes a person stick out from the crowd is bad

abolishment of exploitation, greed and conflict. Utopianism is often most associated with Anarchism and because of this, many critics are often quick to deem the ideology idealistic and unattainable. However this view of Anarchism is, in fact, over simplified itself, and as a wider philosophy Anarchism can be broken into much smaller strands - all with varying degrees of utopian belief. One of the main reasons that anarchism is often associated with utopianism, is that both are founded on the principle belief

The multiple strands of both liberalism and anarchism prevent any continuous agreement between the main ideas of the two ideologies. The fundamental belief that mankind comprises rational free thinking individuals is common to both view points. However, the level to which the individual can be trusted differs between the two. Anarchists place greater emphasis on the ability for individuals to excel without the interference of an overarching body. Liberals argue that the state is a needed device to