Classical liberalism

Leonard Hobhouse wrote an influential book ‘Liberalism’ (1911) which presented the major ideas of the New Liberalism at that time. The name of the sixth chapter of the writing “The Heart of Liberalism” is connected with workings of Mill which are claimed to form the actual ‘heart’ of liberalism. In this chapter, Hobhouse highlights major beliefs of liberalism such as liberty, equality of opportunity, individualism, organicism, and harmony. His argument follows from more narrow concepts to more…

Confucianism can support the conservatives in the ideas on conformity, hierarchy, proprietary, and authoritarianism; whereas on the other hand, it can bring up the idea of equality, morality, humaneness and righteousness of liberalism. There are a close interrelations among the Confucianism theories, and people should not be simply concluded into either conservative or liberal. Confucianism theories were developed based on the long Chinese ancient history, it witnessed and adjusted…

“conservative” in the media today, we often associate “liberals” skewed to the left on the political spectrum, and “conservatives” skewed right. For the longest time, the term “liberal” outlines a society that is free with a democratic extent. Classical liberalism is based upon Locke’s philosophy of individual rights. Locke’s philosophy entails that a government exists to protect the natural and unalienable rights that individuals are born with. Levin describes both men: “Thomas Paine was a…

Modern society prefers allowing individuals to make their own choices as a result of liberalism. Modern society arose from traditional society. Some would go as far as saying that the industrial revolution was the mark at which most societies changed from traditional to modern. It can also be said that the industrial revolution marks the rise of capitalism which plays a big role in modern society. The industrial revolution allowed for a new quick and cheap way of producing goods allowing for a…

Liberalism is a philosophical, political and economic ideology that derives from the idea that individual freedoms are the legal basis of society and economic order. The ideal of liberalism is a society with freedom of action for everyone, free exchange of politically sensitive information, limiting the power of church and state and freedom of private enterprise. Liberalism rejected many of the provisions that were the basis of previous theories of the state, such as the divine right of kings to…

Inadequacy of Classical Liberal Solution to the Minorities’ Rights It has been widely argued that minorities’ rights and dignity are well protected in western liberal countries up to a level humanly possible. Majority rule should be limited by the requirement that minority rights may not be violated. Will Kymlicka draws our attention by arguing that it is exactly not the case. In fact, classical liberalist conception of liberty, equality and neutrality posed three serious issues pertinent to the…

Sangeeta Rana In this essay I will talk about 4 different kinds of economic and social policies, and how they correspond to a right-wing, left-wing, libertarian or authoritarian policies. In the first paragraph I will explain the difference between the right and left-wing and in the second one it will be the difference between a libertarian and authoritarian policies. In the third one I will talk and explain which one of the left-wing or right-wing is an example of the one of the two economic…

Many news sources covered gun violence and potential gun policies in the wake of the Umpqua Community College shooting in Oregon. Each news outlet that covered the issue did it in a slightly different way, and in many cases with some bias. This bias can be caused by a variety of factors, such as the outlet’s target audience, who sponsors the outlet, and even the author’s socioeconomic background. The Washington Post is one of the most well respected news sources in world on both the Internet…

Roderick T Long’s article entitled, “Corporations versus the Market; or, Whip Conflation Now” explores the link between the free market and the rise of big business and corporations. Specifically, Long questions the motives of libertarian free market advocates of simultaneously legitimizing plutocratic corporations. He begins by pointing out that a completely free market and big business are at odds, utilizing many examples of government intervention propping up corporations and their businesses…

Liberalism, throughout centuries, has spread and established its values and ideology on a global scale. However, whilst liberal democracy approached towards a process of political universalisation proposing itself as a role model, a countless number of contradictions and limitations emerged from this political system. The so-called “end of history,” eulogised by Francis Fukuyama and achieved by a victorious liberal democracy, has at the same time fostered scepticism and diffidence in the very…