SOSC 2351 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Meddle, John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
12 Dec 2016
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Liberalism is an ideology and a political tradition which holds that liberty is the primary political value. Liberalism has its roots in the western age of enlightenment as represented in the writings of philosophers like thomas hobbes, john stuart mills, john locke, kant, and so forth. Liberal theories focus on the appropriate role of law and government in the lives of citizens. Support a free market and a small role for the state. The liberal metaphor is that the world consists of a multitude of independent individuals who have somehow, at some time, entered into an accord (social contract) to establish common ties for the common good. Classical liberal theories focus on the appropriate role of law and government in the lives of citizens. Focus on individual freedom as the desirable outcome of a system of law: individuality, freedom or liberty.
