Modern Liberalism
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- Modern Liberalism
- Human Nature
- Humans are rational
- Optimistic, people are good.
- Best judge of their own actions.
- Society provides optimum conditions for individuals to develop.
- Individualism Supremacy of the individual over any collective body.
- Methodological individualism:Humans are separate/unique creatures
- Ethical individualism:Moral priority to needs/rights of individuals. Society should meet needs of individuals.
- Developmental individualism:Personal growth and flourishing. Property directed state intervention.
- Rationalism
- Knowledge flows from reason not experience.
- Helps bring progress and reform as humans are emancipated from the past.
- Opposed to custom and tradition
- Highlights the importance of debate.
- Toleration (Forebearance)
- Political, religious, cultural and moral.
- All views have some truth.
- Accept ideas even if disapprove.
- Sets rules for behaviour
- Promotes debate and argument which is the only way truth cab be brought about
- Positive toleration - celebration of diversity.
- Negative toleration - Live and let live.
- Freedom Ability to act as please.
- Political, economic, social freedom = human necessities.
- Positive freedom: freedom for individual to game benefit and achieve identifiable goals.
- Imposes obligations on others to enable individuals to gain benefits,
- Human Nature
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