LCW Liberalism Hodg
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- Liberalism
- John Locke
- 1690- Two treaties of government
- Based on consent, from below - social contract theory
- Natural rights and natural laws
- All are born equal
- Based on reason
- Pre-dates the enlightenment
- All are born equal
- Natural rights and natural laws
- Based on consent, from below - social contract theory
- Society, state and government all based on a voluntary agreement/ contract
- Government should be limited
- Life, liberty and property. - rights
- 1690- Two treaties of government
- J. S. Mill
- Individualism + Freedom = liberty
- Rational= deserving of economic, social and political freedoms
- Rationalism = englightenment
- 18th century - age of reason
- Rational reason and logic
- Individual freedom, representative democracy, tolerance and international peace and harmony
- Knowledge flows from reason and logic. rather than tradition, faith and superstition/ church, custom.
- Rationalism = englightenment
- Rational= deserving of economic, social and political freedoms
- Human Nature
- Optimistic but seeking
- Foundational equality- equal moral worth - equal rights before the law
- Views on equality
- Foundational
- Opportunity
- Formal
- Opportunity
- All reject equality of outcome (socialism)
- Believe in meritocracy - hierarchy on peoples efforts
- Foundational
- Classical liberlism
- Older strand - rediscovered in economic format with Thatcher -pre 1860
- Economy -Adam smith, wealth of nations - 1790s
- Meritocratic
- Inequality is seen as an incentive
- The invisible hand + dead hand
- Meritocratic
- John Locke
- 1700's
- Individuals free exept harming others- harm principle
- Ideas different to own tolerated
- J. S. Mill
- Individuals free exept harming others- harm principle
- Government
- 'Necessary evil' to protect one another from self serving individuals
- Liberalism
- John Locke
- 1690- Two treaties of government
- Based on consent, from below - social contract theory
- Natural rights and natural laws
- All are born equal
- Based on reason
- Pre-dates the enlightenment
- All are born equal
- Natural rights and natural laws
- Based on consent, from below - social contract theory
- Society, state and government all based on a voluntary agreement/ contract
- Government should be limited
- Life, liberty and property. - rights
- 1690- Two treaties of government
- Individualism + Freedom = liberty
- Rational= deserving of economic, social and political freedoms
- Rationalism = englightenment
- 18th century - age of reason
- Rational reason and logic
- Individual freedom, representative democracy, tolerance and international peace and harmony
- Knowledge flows from reason and logic. rather than tradition, faith and superstition/ church, custom.
- Rationalism = englightenment
- Rational= deserving of economic, social and political freedoms
- Human Nature
- Optimistic but seeking
- Foundational equality- equal moral worth - equal rights before the law
- Views on equality
- Foundational
- Opportunity
- Formal
- Opportunity
- All reject equality of outcome (socialism)
- Believe in meritocracy - hierarchy on peoples efforts
- Foundational
- Classical liberlism
- Older strand - rediscovered in economic format with Thatcher -pre 1860
- Economy -Adam smith, wealth of nations - 1790s
- Meritocratic
- Inequality is seen as an incentive
- The invisible hand + dead hand
- Meritocratic
- John Locke
- Potentially evil can embody cohersive and oppressive state power against the indivudal
- Acton
- Government
- 'Necessary evil' to protect one another from self serving individuals
- Elective dictatorship -lord halshom
- lead to two nations
- Tyranny of the majority -51%
- Limit government
- Separation of power
- Legislature, Executive, Judiciary
- Pluralism
- Diverse and competing power groups
- Private proerty
- economic wealth should not be monopolised, by the state or few rich individuals
- Decentralisation - power as close to the people as possible
- Equal oppertunities
- Open government- freedom of information act
- Separation of power
- Bicameralism
- Two houses
- Limit government
- Separation of power
- Legislature, Executive, Judiciary
- Pluralism
- Diverse and competing power groups
- Private proerty
- economic wealth should not be monopolised, by the state or few rich individuals
- Decentralisation - power as close to the people as possible
- Equal oppertunities
- Open government- freedom of information act
- Separation of power
- Checks and balances
- Negative freedom - home, family and personal morality (JSMills)
- Tolerance - Voltaire
- Tolerance - Voltaire
- Jefferson - best that governs least
- Night-watchman state -locke
- Modern liberalism
- Disreali Conservatives - T.H Green
- T. H Green -state help and intervention where necessary in order to allow self fulfilment
- Positive freedom- state intervention - freedom to- state more empowered- interventionist role in people lives - mixed economy/ Bill of Rights
- Economy
- rejects total free market - mixed economy - enabling state - education, welfare, health
- Beveridge - 1940s post war welfare - 5 giants - disease , want, ignorance, indolence, squalor - Developmental individualism
- Hand up not hand out. not socialist cradle to grave
- Still favour individual freedom and consitiution and representive governement - need more state invertvention in peoples lives - lack of equality of opportunity
- Still mechanistic - himan natural rational - self interested- individual freedom- private property as a natural right
- Modern liberalism
- Disreali Conservatives - T.H Green
- T. H Green -state help and intervention where necessary in order to allow self fulfilment
- Positive freedom- state intervention - freedom to- state more empowered- interventionist role in people lives - mixed economy/ Bill of Rights
- Economy
- rejects total free market - mixed economy - enabling state - education, welfare, health
- Beveridge - 1940s post war welfare - 5 giants - disease , want, ignorance, indolence, squalor - Developmental individualism
- Hand up not hand out. not socialist cradle to grave
- Critised negative freedom- survival of the fittest
- Social justice
- Economic efficency
- Social harmony
- Economic efficency
- Social justice
- John M. Keynes - borrowing money - public spending
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