Classical liberalism

President Obama’s speech stressed the importance of the theoretical tradition of liberalism in America’s view of international politics. President Obama’s ideology of international affairs can be explained using Joseph Nye’s three strands of liberal thinking, which are economic, social, and political liberalism. However, although his speech is dominated by liberalist views, his policies are the creation of intellectual pluralism and therefore his liberalist views are mixed with the theoretical…

social order. It focuses on the type of government and economy. The five major political ideologies are: anarchism, absolutism, liberalism, conservatism, socialism. In the United States, most citizens consider themselves liberal, moderate, or conservative. In other countries, you may find a majority of people who identify as Socialists, Marxists, or even Anarchists. Liberalism is a political ideology that criticizes economic and social inequality. Equality of opportunity is viewed by liberals as…

In the United States, the majority of the media and political candidates are either liberal or conservative in nature. The Democratic Party and news channels such as, MSNBC represent the liberal side of American Politics. On the other hand, the Republican Party and news channels such as, Fox News support the conservative side of American politics. Furthermore, the Republican and Democratic Parties are the two largest political parties in the United States. By looking at the parties’ beliefs,…

Beginning with the evolution of ideology, Liberalism started with John Locke’s argument of the authority of the government to the citizens. He suggested that the government should protect the citizens’ rights. Socialism connecting with Marxism, where more of a methodology implies social relations with economics such as a working class. Conservatism begins with Burke believing a society should be stable, avoiding any distribution by us humans. Liberalism, a political, social, and economic sets…

France adapted the underlying principles of liberalism that has been practiced since the 17th and 18th centuries to try and avoid war. Liberal thought is grounded in a notion that human nature is good, not evil, meaning that states thrive in a world governed by morality and law. States want to cooperate to achieve mutual goals in peace. Just like realism, liberalism derives from the observations and interpretations of political situations. Liberalism argues for human rights, parliamentary…

a benefit produced by political life under a free government and posits a conception of positive liberty as political participation. This essay will argue contrary to Berlin, that positive liberty is equally as important as negative liberty for liberalism as the latter is insufficient in ensuring self-realization. Further, it will argue that the establishment and maintenance of negative liberty is contingent on the exercise of individuals’…

One of the main critiques of Hegel in regards to the liberalism view of freedom is that the view of liberalism is only a partial view of freedom. By referring to liberalism as a partial freedom, Hegel is referring to its subjectivity. To Hegel, liberal freedom is a subjective freedom. In other words, it is a negative freedom, it is a system of rights. This is because according to Hegel, freedom is the “the worthiest and the holiest thing in humanity” where the core of freedom lies in free will…

We are all complex creatures, we don’t necessarily agree on many issues and that’s a fact. We all want freedom, the chance for prosperity, our children to be safe and many more issues we want to fix however the argument is how we should achieve these things. Today, the country faces with two major political parties to choose from; Democrat and Republican. With disregard of the political parties, they’re usually aligned with two political ideologies; liberal and conservative. Both being vastly…

concept of Liberalism became a prominent principle in the age of the Enlightenment. Many philosophers have argued whether liberalism would be useful to maintain security and peace. However, liberals suggest a wide range of principles to support a nation, the ideas generally supported are those that benefit the people, i.e. equality, security, etc. Liberals strongly assert the concept of equality, individuality, liberty, and rationality. These four concepts further contributed to liberalism, with…

Liberalism and conservatism in the American sense of the terms have both a moral and an economic dimension. Conservatives believe that government should stay out of economic matters but should intervene in moral matters. That means that conservatives oppose government regulation of business but support government-endorsed moral standards. Liberals generally believe in governmental action to achieve equal opportunity and equality for all, and that it is the duty of the government to reduce…