Social liberalism

The critical analysis examines my personal positions on social and political worldviews in society today. Socially, my views are moderate and politically my views are democratic. Today in society, especially with the presidential candidates in the election this year, it is very easy for me to realize that I have to compromise some of my worldviews in order to respect most of my social and political viewpoints. Throughout time and circumstance my worldview can bend, but overall these are the…

Liberally Speaking: Why Liberalism is Right for America written by Stephen J. Natoli is about the liberal view on the left side of the left-right political spectrum. One main idea of the book is to provide an educated view on the liberal side of politics and explain how an open mind can only make the "land of the free,” freer. Chapter three through five concentrates on what liberals believe. This includes: ethics, peace, equality, freedom, and science. These are just a few of the several…

Essay #2 Republicanism is the idea of a formed government without a king but has an elective government. When the Revolution can along, many thought that it would be the removal of a system that oppressed so many of its citizens and they had hopes that it would move in a new system that would prove itself to be better and more fair for everyone. The basic thought of a republic is the value of common good. This idea is the foundation, by taking away what would be best for a certain class of…

Progressive ideology, a shift away from the traditionally liberal conception of freedom of individuality to a more collectivist approach, where there is a necessity for people in society to work together. Ultimately giving way to a new definition of liberalism and ushering in the idea of a welfare state.…

Liberals believe in a heavily regulated government. They’re big proponents of social rights and socioeconomic equality. Liberals believe that government can solve many societal issues such as equality and environmental issues. Unlike conservatives, liberals don’t believe that private businesses won’t regulate themselves to protect the environment. Liberals are in favor of social welfare programs and prioritizing domestic issues, like the homeless or affirmative action. A liberal…

In a civil society it is generally understood that people posses the right to many individual freedoms, including the freedom of speech. In liberal democracies these rights are protected by governments through social contract and consent to be governed. A conflict that generally arises with freedom of speech is: how far can freedom of speech go? In many realms of socio-political debate the idea of free speech versus hate speech is often brought to attention. In a liberal democratic society…

Americanism embodies the core values of Americans, conservatism, self-reliance, and the American Dream. It has helped shape us into the country we are today and also shapes us into the country we will be tomorrow. Conservatism is the opposite of liberalism and is one of the most popular political ideologies. It uses past examples of success to plan for the future. To most ideologists that obviously aren’t conservative, it is not the desired ideology…

John Locke was an English philosopher regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and generally considered the "Father of Classical Liberalism". In the Two Treatises of Government, he defended the claim that men are by nature free and equal against claims that God had made all people naturally subject to a monarch. Locke argued that people have rights, such as the right to life, liberty, and property, which have a foundation independent of the laws of any particular society…

on Liberty is the state of being free within a society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority (such as the government) on ones way of life or behaviour. John Stuart Mill was a 19th century philosopher and political thinker who proposed the question: To what extent does society have the right to control and impose limits on thoughts, beliefs and actions of individuals? He believed that this would be a question of the future and tried to answer this question. In his famous essay On…

the western world. Principally it was believed that such a system would fail, however a century later and liberal democracies arguably continue to grow. Professor and author John Rawls postulated in his book, Political Liberalism, a way to establish a set of foundations for social unity in such a democracy. He created and established various steps and thought processes that, in theory, would allow for an impartial liberal democratic system. Rawls defines and implements the idea of an overlapping…