2. The rich man in his castle, The poor man at his gate, He made them, high or lowly, And ordered their estate. Mrs Cecil Frances Humphreys Alexander 1848 1848

5. Distribution ofwealth/property Political order and Social conditions Natural or the natural result of markets Amendable, contingent, the result of human choice Natural or the natural result of human nature 1. Elitism. Sir Henry Maine, Bagehot. Keep democracy in check 4. No one! Change political order but not social conditions 2. Accept democracy, but don’t interfere with property or social conditions: Mallock, Economic Liberalism, Hayek 5. Reform liberalism, equality of political opportunity, reform of franchise and property laws Change political order and social conditions 3.Toryism/ noblesse oblige. Don’t interfere with property, but use private and public power to ameliorate distress 6. Intervene to alter distribution of resources to promote equality of opportunity, or more radically redistribute wealth Socialism/social democracy and, more radically, feminism & anarchism