Liberal Social Ideology

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A Liberal Social Ideology is a social ideology based on liberal values (such as individual liberty, consent of the governed and equality before the law).



References

2021

2018a

  • The Economist. (2018). “The prophets of illiberal progress."
    • QUOTE: ... believe that argument and free speech establish good ideas and propagate them. They reject concentrations of power because dominant groups tend to abuse their privileges, oppressing others and subverting the common good. And they affirm individual dignity, which means that nobody, however certain they are, can force others to give up their beliefs. ... Liberals believe that all individuals share the same fundamental needs, so reason and compassion can bring about a better world. Marx thought that view was at best delusional and at worst a vicious ploy to pacify the workers. …

2018b

  • The Economist. (2018). “Rawls rules."
    • QUOTE: ... pluralism and truly liberal values remain popular. Many people want to be treated as individuals, not as part of a group; they attend to what is being said, not just to who is saying it. …

  1. "liberalism In general, the belief that it is the aim of politics to preserve individual rights and to maximize freedom of choice." Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics, Iain McLean and Alistair McMillan, Third edition 2009, .
  2. "political rationalism, hostility to autocracy, cultural distaste for conservatism and for tradition in general, tolerance, and [...] individualism". John Dunn. Western Political Theory in the Face of the Future (1993). Cambridge University Press. .
  3. "With a nod to Robert Trivers' definition of altruistic behaviour", Satoshi Kanazawa defines liberalism (as opposed to conservatism) as "the genuine concern for the welfare of genetically unrelated others and the willingness to contribute larger proportions of private resources for the welfare of such others" ().
  4. Cassel-Picot, Muriel "The Liberal Democrats and the Green Cause: From Yellow to Green" in Leydier, Gilles and Martin, Alexia (2013) Environmental Issues in Political Discourse in Britain and Ireland. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p.105.
  5. "All mankind [...] being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions", John Locke, Second Treatise of Government
  6. Kirchner, p. 3.
  7. "Liberalism in America: A Note for Europeans" by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. (1956) from: The Politics of Hope (Boston: Riverside Press, 1962). “Liberalism in the U.S. usage has little in common with the word as used in the politics of any other country, save possibly Britain."
  8. Gould, p. 3.
  9. Worell, p. 470.