Classical liberalism

Ontario Liberals have a long tradition of working to improve the lives of all Ontarians. Today we continue on in the best tradition of the early party – whether it be making post-secondary education more affordable, and more in reach, giving families more money to help with the high cost of raising their kids, or investing in sustainable infrastructure, which makes our communities safer and more resilient, even helping to make Ontario a North American leader in clean technology – attracting more…

Freedom is the metaphorical thread that holds any country or colony together. Many great countries, looking invincible from the outside, have faltered because security and secrecy have oppress many of the people's privileges. This sense of being trapped within one’s home as encouraged many within these countries to rebel against the government's perception of security and lead to great interior conflict. These events occur in the Speculative fiction novel by writer Cory Doctorow titled Little…

Extreme Right in White House: Two out of three is still bad A leading figure of the extreme right, Stephen Bannon, left the White House Friday. Bannon was President Donald Trump’s chief strategist in the White House. For the extreme right-wing in the media, Congress, and business, Bannon was an important White House ally. However, the White House still has two other extreme right figures: Steven Miller and Sebastian Gorka. Miller and Gorka have come under fire for their views, statements,…

The French Revolution let the “genie out of the bottle.” I believe this statement means multiple things. One theory I have is that it might mean that the French Revolution really brought out many things that no one was expecting. For example, during the French Revolution one man stepped forward and took charge. He was a man of destiny, Napoleon Bonaparte. The people really were expecting someone so grave to step forward and bring along so many new ideas. Including a new banking system to help…

The French Revolution, an uprising formed by the underprivileged society of France with the intent of reworking the nation and sharing equal rights. While Voltaire was not the main contributor in stirring the rebellion, he did play an important role in defining what it was that the peasants wanted and reminding them that they deserved more than what they had previously been given. After the French Revolution was won, the rules of the country had to be rewritten. Voltaire’s works were useful to…

The Enlightenment movement influenced the departure from a monarchy and religious government for France and served as a catalyst in the French Revolution. The Enlightenment was the embodiment of criticism of government and society. The ideas of the French Enlightenment were secular, scientific, critical, and skeptical. It promoted reasoning, reform, and freedom. When King Louis XVI agreed to call the Estates General in 1788, one question remained, Would the assembly vote by order or head? Abbé…

Liberation and freedom are connected, I regard liberation as being released from constraints and oppression. To be liberated is to be granted freedom. I view freedom as a human right. If our actions do not harm others, I believe that we should have freedom to believe what we want, to express ourselves, and to live our life without oppression and punishment. When I contemplate the idea of freedom, I also think about various nations and their perspective on freedom. I spent my childhood in Russia,…

After reading the article “Freedom or Safety? You decide”, I have decided that safety is much more important than freedom. It is honestly kind of weird that I say this coming from a communist country, where freedom is not even close of being a word in our vocabulary. A place where you are not allowed to express your feelings or beliefs because otherwise you will get incarcerated or potentially killed. A place where probably all his habitants want to escape, due to such misery. Well, after…

The social world around us is changing. Some claim it is growing, others say it is shrinking. The crucial thing to understand is that society does not remain unchanged overtime. [Putnam, Robert D.2001]. Both Marx and Durkheim had their own view on how society, and the people within the society should work. Both theorists changed the idea of the Enlightenment. [MegaEssays.com 2002-2015]. The Enlightenment was described as ideas that challenge the order and shapes our thinking about society.…

The French aided the Americans in their fight for freedom because of their intense hatred towards Great Britain. Helping America assisted in spring boarding the movement of revolutionary ideas in France. France was in significant debt, and in order to fix the problem, King Louis XVI called into session the Estates General. This general assembly consisted of mostly upper class men and some lower class. After reaching an impasse, the upper class locked out the lower class, so the lower class…