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    Modern liberalism is a political ideology that emphasizes individual freedom, equality, and social justice. It supports government intervention to address social and economic inequalities. Liberals believe in protecting civil liberties, promoting diversity, and expanding social welfare programs. They advocate for progressive taxation, environmental protection, and healthcare access for all. Modern liberals also prioritize international cooperation and diplomacy. Overall, modern liberalism seeks to

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    Thomas Hobbes and Modern Liberalism

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    Introduction Thomas Hobbes is frequently credited as being a forefather to modern liberalism. With his beliefs on individualism, along with his agreeance and acceptance of intellectual and moral autonomy it is easy to understand why many modern liberals would agree with Hobbes’s political philosophy. However, Thomas Hobbes does not support the concept of a democratic government, rather he supported the notion of a absolutist government up until his death. Special attention must be given to Hobbes’s

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    portions also deal with demographics, voting patterns, and the economy. 2. Modern Liberalism differs from classical liberalism in how it views the governmental role in the economy and society. Modern Liberalism advocates for heavy governmental involvement to stimulate the economy and advance social programs. Classical Liberalism, on the contrary, is more conservative in nature. Founded primarily by Adam Smith, classical liberalism believed that the market could regulate itself and it was dangerous and

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    Aboriginal principles challenge modern liberal ideology. One of these principles is the importance of the collective, whereas liberalism focuses on individual freedom and equality. The value system of the dominant socio-cultural system in Canada is liberalism, which places emphasis on the individual, individual rights, and private property. This is in contrast to the value system of Native peoples which places a far higher value on the collectivity or upon the community. Liberalism, with its individualism

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    impose restrictions on an individual or on society. The English philosopher, John Stuart Mill, argues such concepts of free expression and political theory in his essay titled, On Liberty. The work of Mill is considered to be the foundation of liberalism and modern day politics. In order to fulfill the idea of perfect liberty, there must be no restrictions or limitations enforced on expressions so that society may attain the truth. The tyranny of the majority is best illustrated with one majority group

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    Liberalism is one of the two most common ideologies in the United States, with the other being conservatism, and the ideology that I identify with the most. The other two common ideologies, social democracy and libertarianism, are not brought up as often in politics, and as such, I will be talking about them minimally. According to the textbook, By The People: Debating American Government, liberalism is, “[rejecting] the idea that public officials should interfere in people’s private lives,” and

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    American Liberalism Essay

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    idea of Liberalism, especially in the United States, is centered about the unalienable rights of an individual such as the freedoms found in the United States Bill of Rights. In the book, The Strange Death of American Liberalism by H.W. Brands, Brands says that liberalism in the United States could only survive during times of war. The United States retreats into liberalism when there is a war going on and they need the federal government’s assistance. On the other hand, the book, Liberalism: The Genius

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    Liberalism, Civic Reformism and Democracy Essay

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    Liberalism, Civic Reformism and Democracy This paper argues that liberalism provides democracy with the experience of civic reformism. Without it, democracy loses any tie-argumentative or practical-to a coherent design of public policy endeavoring to provide the resources for the realization of democratic citizenship. The case for liberalism rests on an argumentative reconstruction of the function it performs before the rise of a world economic order and, more specifically, in the creation of

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    Has liberalism betrayed its classical principles? Liberalism is a powerful modern thrust which is not just an ideology, but has become more of a western understanding. Liberalism emerged during the 19th century, following the French revolution i.e. the feudal period. The philosophy had set out principles in relation to the individual such as freedom, reason, justice, toleration and liberal democracy. A century later, there was the establishment of modern liberals. Modern liberalist ideas are similar

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    proactive welfare state. The concept of neo liberalism basically revived from liberalism. By this it can be suggested that liberalism was absent from politics in order to emerge in a new form. Neo liberalism is not basically a distinct ideology and a not proper form of liberalism. It shares only some of the historic views with liberalism which would be general. Another concept which is introduced is economic liberalism. It is defined as that the states do not intervene in

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