Liberalism worldwide

It’s Our Right, Not Yours The government controls what is supposed to be individual rights without American citizens being fully aware. As a liberalist, Balko strongly believes individual freedoms should be the center focus of the government. He disagrees that the government is doing a good job of sustaining and encouraging a healthier America. His concerns about these issues point toward the idea of fairness because little things like what we eat affect us all. Balko’s argument is that the…

Blyth. Blyth also explains to us in detail of their contributions to the economy over time. We are taken on a journey from the early 20th Century to the beginning of the 21st Century, and we are told about Britain’s New Liberalism, American liquidationism, and the ordo liberalism that took place in Germany after World War 2. Blyth also depicts how the Austrian School of Economics had a profound effect on the economy and explains to his readers the IMF’s monetary financial model. This chapter…

Were the ideas of Enlightenment Philosophes Revolutionary? The ideas of enlightenment were revolutionary because with their ideas come a lot of change. The “Treatise on Tolerance”, and the “Second Treatise on Government” bring a lot of change having to do with freedom, but “The Spirit of Laws” has to do with having laws and sticking by them. By analyzing the Documents given for this prompt we can find many good arguments having to do with the ideas of Enlightenment bringing change. The…

American essayist and social critic H. L. Mencken writes about how an average man does not want to be free but wants to be safe. Mencken conveys many observations to contemporary society. Many people have disagreements, others may have many agreements with Mencken. Determining whether you would rather have freedom or safety may be hard, but according to “an average man” they would pick to be safe. We often value freedom-the ability to choose who we associate with, where we choose to travel, our…

The concept of political correctness, in an essence, may have been created for the general peace of the peers around, and in a far fetched way, for altruism. Altruism, defined by the Oxford Dictionary is, “The belief in or practice of disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others:”. Nevertheless, no matter how “altruistic” political correctness may seem, it is rooted in selfishness and it is detrimental to the development of human thought. Political correctness is the process…

The French Revolution was divided into three social classes the clergy (first estate), the nobles (second estate) and the peasants (third estate). The upper class (the clergy and the nobles) raised the tax prices on the third estate but they didn’t have to pay taxes. They also raised the price of bread which made most of the peasants starve and they would fight over the loaves of bread. But later the third estate creates something known as the National Assembly and they created the Declaration…

it not only breathed life into modern-day liberalism but it also inspired the rise of sharp criticism, as philosophy often is wont to do, from different political morals. Included in that mo-saic of contrasting views is modern-day communitarianism. Drawing primarily upon the insights from renowned philosophers Aristotle and Hegel, communitarians place a greater emphasis on the role of the community in defining and shaping individuals. Classical liberalism, on the other hand, depicts communities…

The French Revolution took place in the country of France between 1789 and 1799. This occurred when the French citizens were realized of their maltreatment and started a revolt against their monarchy (EBO Staff), much like the Vietnam Revolution. The Vietnam Revolution, also known as the August Revolution, took place in Vietnam between August 14th, 1945 and August 30th, 1945 (Marr 1995). A revolution was started when the Vietnamese decided to revolt against the French’s control and fight for…

Personal Freedom is what you are able to do right and also knowing your boundaries. Every single person has their own personal freedom in different ways. For example living in a religious or a strict home you might be restricted from doing worldly activities. Being a teenager you don't get to have all the freedom you wished you had because you must ask your parents for permission if not you'll be in trouble. My personal freedom was something that always got me into trouble growing up. I…

They say that history repeats itself; Some believe that is true, and other believe it is false. The revolutions that are studied today have many things in common. For example, the Latin American and the French Revolution both lacked supplies, and the Haitian and American Revolution both had free blacks that weren’t granted their freedom, but what all of the revolutions had in common, were slaves. There were a lot of similarities between the revolutions, but there was also differences. Latin…