LCW Liberalism
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- Liberalism
- Individual
- Individuals were encouraged to think for themselves.
- Feudalism was displaced by increasingly market-orientated societies.
- Immanuel Kant - Classical Liberalism
- Belief in the dignity and equal worth of human beings.
- Society is a collection of individuals seeking to satisfy their own needs and interests.
- Belief in atomistic society.
- A belief that 'society' itself does not exist but is merely a collection of self-sufficient individuals.
- based on the assumption that the individual is egoistical, essentially self-seeking and largely self-reliant.
- Modern Liberal
- Optimistic view of human nature - social responsibility for those who are unable to look after themselves.
- Wish the create a society where each individuals is able to develop and flourish to their potential.
- Freedom
- Individual liberty.
- Classical Liberals
- Liberty is a natural right and is a requirement for leading a truly human existence.
- Modern Liberals
- Individual
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