Liberalism: Society
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- Created on: 26-10-21 17:01
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- Liberlism: Society
- Conservative view/Ideology: Thomas Hobbes
- In Hobbes' Leviathan, he argues that human nature is so savagely selfish that society could prosper/survive without a strong and established state
- Response: Locke- As a result of a 'natural' society and 'natural laws', natural rights came before the state and are enjoyed by individuals (eg. right to life/joy/property etc) therefore society liberalism does not make society 'Nasty, brutish and short' in the words of Hobbes
- John Stuart Mill's views
- Argued that the main purpose of any civilised society is to facilitate individualism
- Individuals are rational in pursuit of their self interests and driven by a wish to be self-reliant and independent therefore each individual seeks freedom- specifically mentioned in Mill's 'On Liberty' =freedom from the dependence of others + achieving self-fulfilment
- Further liberalist views
- Any society that denies individual freedom is dysfunctional
- Eg. Locke describes the right to property as 'that with which man has mixed his labour'- general expression that signifies an individual within society
- Another metaphor for Right to property is from Mill as he claims that it is like a 'prism' for individuals to develop their potential
- Individualism
- When individuals are placed at the heart of political thought/economic life/social organisation through key principles:
- Control of their own lives
- Discovering one's true self and potential
- Self-fulfilment through achieving one's purpose or mission in life
- When individuals are placed at the heart of political thought/economic life/social organisation through key principles:
- Conservative view/Ideology: Thomas Hobbes
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