Classical Liberalism Vs Modern Conservatism

Are you Republican or Democrat? Maybe you are Conservative or Liberal? What do these terms mean and how did they begin? Classical Conservatism is defined as “a political philosophy emphasizing the need for the principles of natural law and transcendent moral order.”(Frohnen, Beer, and Nelson, 2006) Classical Liberalism is described as “a philosophy committed to the ideal of limited government and liberty of individuals including freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and free markets.” (Hudelson, 1999) These two ideas have shaped our philosophies and parties for centuries to come. These philosophies were made possible by many bright men of the time like Edmund Burke, John Adams, John

Classical liberalism allow an individual to use primary social value of liberty in the political culture that extent until liberties of the others disturbed. Classical liberal ideas often form the basis for opposition to the use of government to attain social and personal objectives. They stress reliance on private the free market to determine the best outcomes rather than the private initiatives [1].

In today's society, most people are unable to explain the differences between the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. In fact, the two parties' ideologies seem to be very much alike; and therefore, people tend to believe that a Republican candidate and a Democratic candidate running for the same office will not make a large difference from one another. Furthermore, both Democrats, the supposedly liberal party, and Republicans, the supposedly conservative party, have been appointed to the highest office, the President of the United States of America. In most cases, the President has been effective in building notable progress in our nation's growth, regardless of the political

Are you Republican or Democrat? Maybe you are Conservative or Liberal? What do these terms mean and how did they begin? Classical Conservatism is defined as “a political philosophy emphasizing the need for the principles of natural law and transcendent moral order.”(Frohnen, Beer, and Nelson, 2006) Classical Liberalism is described as “a philosophy committed to the ideal of limited government and liberty of individuals including freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and free markets.” (Hudelson, 1999) These two ideas have shaped our philosophies and parties for centuries to come. These philosophies were made possible by many bright men of the time like Edmund Burke, John Adams, John Locke and Adam Smith.

The world gradually entered its modern state after the English Revolution and largely abandoned the old political systems of monarchy. Economic achievement made due to the Industrial Revolution strengthened the connection between the economy and politics, and thus the emergence of classical liberalism and its future derivatives are inseparably tied to both economic and political components. Classical liberalism, New deal liberalism and neoliberalism are similar in that they all put much emphasis on the economy. They derived from the same basic ideology that individuals should be free and have their own properties protected. However, under the so-called freedom and democracy is the fact that they do not apply to every member of the society.

During the first semester of 2016 in schools across Nova Scotia, teachers began discussing the potential of a union strike. The Supreme Court of Canada has declared the right to strike to be fundamental and protected by the Constitution (Fine, 2015), therefore a strike within a union is acceptable and a basic human right to express oneself, now and during the period of classical liberalism. On December 5th, 2016, teachers began work to rule, which affects the students and society`s right to proper, free education just as classical liberalism concerns itself with the rights and freedoms of the individual, but individual liberty often conflicts with the rights and freedoms of other individuals or with the rights of society as a whole (Canitz, 2018). In this case in particular, in a classical liberal point of view, it would be completely acceptable in the case of the teachers speaking their minds, although I agree with the ideology of classical liberalism, in my point of view there are also aspects in which I believe to be unfair for the student parties, speaking from experience as this happened during my last year of high

Classical liberal seems to be those who holds high regard for the concept of natural rights, but might still believe in economic controls imposed by a government for various reasons (environmental concerns, poverty concerns, etc.), while libertarians tend to believe in government that exists solely for the protection of individual rights with little to no government control of economic activity. Conservatives usually have a religious or strong inclination towards social order and control than classical liberals or libertarians.

Throughout the last section’s readings, there have been many examples of different political thought through different aspects, from economic to social. One of these ideologies includes Classical Liberalism, which was argued by the philosophers Hobbes, Locke, and Adam Smith. Over time though, many of the future political writers began to alter their views from what Classical Liberalism’s core beliefs were. The political writers in the course we have been reading from have differed from the ideas of Classical Liberalism, and in effect have caused their generations to think differently about the place of people in social, economic, and individualistic ways.

Concepts from Marx and Marxist thoughts had entered the political discourse, people now began to entertain the thought that there might be another way. This is most evident in the millennial generation and their view of communism/socialism. Far removed from the ‘Cold War’ era and the propaganda used to against communism, millennials are educated in war without a frame of reference. Today, the world is different. Ironically, Fox News, a conservative news network published a report saying that “46% of young American’s view Socialism more favorably than Capitalism” (O’Reilly,

Classical liberalism is an ideology that is usually unfavorable to using authority of the state other than ensuring rights and liberties. Government and individuals agree to protect people’s rights and allow for maximum freedom. Laissez-faire focuses on the liberty of an individual and the lack of social equality. Laissez-faire capitalism is where people are unrestricted to invest in what the prices of services will be, what the produce will sell at. In a modern welfare-state capitalism has influenced our understanding of the terms of the social contract because they practice a system of mixed capitalist that have rules by the government for businesses and marketing.

Liberalism has had many interpretations over the years, such as conservative liberalism, national liberalism and neo-liberalism. While classical liberalism promotes ideas or individual freedom and democratic responsibility and focuses on the human aspect of society, neo-liberalism is in sharp contrast and focuses on the economic side of society. While classic liberalism supports individualism it also promotes equality which causes liberalism to be an constant political process where policy is ever-changing. Classical Liberalism is an philosophy and ideology that has policies and central values which convey as equal opportunity and free-market society and it has a common sense view toward where government is required and where individuals should have the freedom of choice.

The source supports principles of classical liberalism. For instance, principles such as private property, and individual freedoms. The political cartoon support for individual freedom is demonstrated by the statement “if you want to call your soul your own vote conservatives”. Additionally, the source exaggeration of the men’s noses who surround the individual’s house represents how nosey or curious the socialist party would be towards every englishman’s household if they are voted for. Furthermore, the exaggeration of the outstretched noses and the officers watchful eyes on the house symbolizes how private property would be under the watchful eye of the government which would be invading the privacy that should exist within a private property.

Modern Liberalism: This ideology is an evolved form of liberalism in which it favors the involvement of the government, in order to correct the troubles of the economy and the society. The government is allowed to play a role in the economy, adding chances of success and equality for all. Today this is the U.S liberalism.

Gerring (2006) points out that when you study politics scientifically you seek out to uncover “what is”, rather than “what ought to be” in the political realm and Leftwich (2004) points out that politics explains power thereby it is both systematic and a science. Hypothesis are created and tested as in any other scientific field although it is mainly the analysis of statistical data. Political science is the systematic study of governments through the use of empirical and generally scientific techniques by analyzing the state and its organs. The complex nature of human behavior makes it difficult to provide accurate measurements and predictions as seen with the natural sciences and thus causes several doubts on how scientific the discipline is. However, if the term science applies to any area of systematically organized knowledge based on facts deduced by empirical methods (working hypothesis that can be tested using observation and experiment) and described by as much measurement as the material allows, then political science

The moment the founding fathers of the United States officially declared separation from the monarchy of England several policies and ideologies were thought of to be the future of the country. Today we have centralistic ideologies of both Modern liberalism and modern conservatism which are rooted into the path the founding fathers chose. These roots date back to the 17th century up to the early 20th century yet our nation in modern times is rooted into two different political majority parties which carry different ideologies yet similar interests (within themselves). We have to understand these parties and dominant ideologies to even comprehend American politics and understand the similarities and differences of ideologies of parties. Both ideologies of modern conservatism and modern liberalism are rooted within classical liberalism/conservatism and how it has evolved into our modern day versions according to factors of present and past-day along with how it evolved in other countries (England). Along with that we see how our majority parties have adopted ideologies of these beliefs and how our politics have been influenced by these ideals.