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Core ideologies common mistakes

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Core ideologies

AqaA LevelPoliticsPaper 3 Political ideas

Common mistakes

  • Liberalism Politics mistake 1

    Presenting AO1 description as AO3 evaluation. This weakens answers to Understand the meaning of the prescribed key concepts and terminology for liberalism..

    Fix itAdd a competing viewpoint, test it with political evidence, explain its limit and reach a substantiated judgement. Keep AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.

  • Liberalism Politics mistake 1

    Presenting AO1 description as AO3 evaluation. This weakens answers to Analyse and evaluate debates about the nature of liberalism..

    Fix itAdd a competing viewpoint, test it with political evidence, explain its limit and reach a substantiated judgement. Keep AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.

  • Liberalism Politics mistake 1

    Presenting AO1 description as AO3 evaluation. This weakens answers to Analyse and evaluate core liberal ideas and values concerning the individual and freedom..

    Fix itAdd a competing viewpoint, test it with political evidence, explain its limit and reach a substantiated judgement. Keep AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.

  • Liberalism Politics mistake 1

    Presenting AO1 description as AO3 evaluation. This weakens answers to Analyse and evaluate classical liberalism and modern or progressive liberalism..

    Fix itAdd a competing viewpoint, test it with political evidence, explain its limit and reach a substantiated judgement. Keep AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.

  • Liberalism Politics mistake 1

    Presenting AO1 description as AO3 evaluation. This weakens answers to Relate John Locke's natural rights, liberty, individualism and fiduciary power of government to liberal thinking on human nature, the state, society and the economy..

    Fix itAdd a competing viewpoint, test it with political evidence, explain its limit and reach a substantiated judgement. Keep AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.

  • Liberalism Politics mistake 1

    Presenting AO1 description as AO3 evaluation. This weakens answers to Relate John Stuart Mill's criticism of hedonism, freedom, integrity, self-respect and distinction between self-regarding and other-regarding actions to liberal thinking..

    Fix itAdd a competing viewpoint, test it with political evidence, explain its limit and reach a substantiated judgement. Keep AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.

  • Liberalism Politics mistake 1

    Presenting AO1 description as AO3 evaluation. This weakens answers to Relate John Rawls's concept and principles of justice to liberal thinking..

    Fix itAdd a competing viewpoint, test it with political evidence, explain its limit and reach a substantiated judgement. Keep AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.

  • Liberalism Politics mistake 1

    Presenting AO1 description as AO3 evaluation. This weakens answers to Relate Thomas Hill Green's self-development, role of the state and negative and positive freedom to liberal thinking..

    Fix itAdd a competing viewpoint, test it with political evidence, explain its limit and reach a substantiated judgement. Keep AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.

  • Liberalism Politics mistake 1

    Presenting AO1 description as AO3 evaluation. This weakens answers to Relate Mary Wollstonecraft's equality and rights, revolution controversy, criticism of aristocracy and republicanism to liberal thinking..

    Fix itAdd a competing viewpoint, test it with political evidence, explain its limit and reach a substantiated judgement. Keep AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.

  • Liberalism Politics mistake 1

    Presenting AO1 description as AO3 evaluation. This weakens answers to Relate Betty Friedan's equal rights and involvement in US Civil Rights and feminist movements to liberal thinking..

    Fix itAdd a competing viewpoint, test it with political evidence, explain its limit and reach a substantiated judgement. Keep AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.

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