[1]- Ironically, many true liberals
in classical liberalism sense are currently trying to re-brand things back, by reclaiming «liberal» label for their left - libertarian positions (one of the most notable examples is Dave Rubin), while branding former - progressives - now - called - «liberals» as «progressive» again, on the basis that current US progressive movement is claimed by many to be against many individual rights and the basis of classical liberalism
Some people believe
in Classical Liberalism, some want Social Liberalism.
Not exact matches
He is a convinced and convincing proponent of
classical liberalism, which means he is today what is called a conservative, and is especially effective
in urging that we recover the role of the institutions of civil society» most importantly the family»
in constructing a democracy less troubling to the common good.
The problem is that a basic tenet of
classical liberalism — a tenet generally accepted
in the Western world by «liberals,» as well as by many «conservatives» — is that differences regarding fundamental principles of human nature and morality are not a threat to social and political life.
Even if all parties were to agree that American republicanism is not classically liberal, or that
classical liberalism really is ontologically indifferent, or that the laws of nature and of nature's God are the foundation of constitutional order and that these are the same thing as natural law — even if,
in other words, all parties were to agree to some version of a pristine American founding harmonious
in principle with the truth of God and the human being — returning to the first principles of the eighteenth century isn't much more realistic than a return to the first principles of the thirteenth.
Though the volume is concerned primarily with the major political events
in France during Aron's lifetime, it does describe the intellectual encounters (most notably with Machiavelli, Tocqueville, and Max Weber) and the personal experiences that led Aron to
classical liberalism and a belief
in democracy as the answer to the totalitarian temptations of communism and fascism.
On the tension
in Hartshorne's thought between
classical and contemporary
liberalism, see Randall Morris, Process Philosophy and Political Ideology (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1991).
Demonstrating how thoroughly progressive thought — as defined by Abramson — has shattered
classical liberalism in Canada's medical ranks, 79 percent of the Canadian Medical Association doctors recently voted against conscience protections for physicians opposed to participation
in euthanasia.
Also you quote Von Mises, that although a great economist and defender of
classical liberalism, he was also contemporary to the its decline
in US (after a series of economic depressions).
[9] The phrase
classical liberalism is also sometimes used to refer to all forms of
liberalism before the 20th century, and some conservatives and right - libertarians use the term
classical liberalism to describe their belief
in the primacy of economic freedom and minimal government.
I suspect the libertarian aspect is as referred to as «
Classical Liberalism»; that is, what Liberal meant
in the 18th century.
Classical Liberalism (
in the European sense) are the ideas that the American Founding Fathers founded the United States on.
Classical liberalism, the philosophy formed
in the Enlightenment by thinkers like John Locke, Voltaire, and Rousseau, and providing the driving force for both the American Revolution and the French Revolution, which states that the autonomy of the individual should be maximized, and the individual should be freed from whatever institutions are preventing them from reaching their potential, be it the Church or the State.
The VVD is a party founded on liberal philosophy, [38] traditionally being the most ardent supporter of «free markets» of all Dutch political parties, promoting political, economic
liberalism,
classical liberalism, cultural
liberalism, but also (
in contrast to this) committed to the idea of the welfare state.
American
liberalism, the dominant Ideology of the Democratic Party, was formed from two strands:
Classical liberalism, the philosophy formed
in the Enlightenment by thinkers like John Locke, Voltaire, and Rousseau, and providing the driving force for both the American Revolution and the French Revolution, which states that the autonomy of the individual...
For one thing, what we call «libertarianism»
in USA today was originally called «
classical liberalism» - and AFAIK is still called that
in Europe (don't tell any of the modern liberals
in America who get allergic reaction from a mention of Mises or Ayn Rand:) If you mean «modern...
Historian Kathleen G. Donohue argues that
classical liberalism in the 19th century U.S. had distinctive characteristics as opposed to Britain:
[7] The term «
classical liberalism» was applied
in retrospect to distinguish earlier 19th - century
liberalism from the newer social
liberalism.
Furthermore, it can be argued that this school of thought did not develop out of
classical liberalism around the turn of the century — when, for instance, the alleged fraudulence of freedom of contract
in the labor market is supposed to have been discovered.
Conservatives
in the past would have criticized
classical liberalism, but conservatives today can safely admire it because it's been made into a set doctrine.
Classical Liberalism in the Twentieth Century.
«Liberal»
in USA has several meanings, mainly, either (1) «
classical liberal» (which
in USA is typically branded as «libertarianism» - although it's still called plain «
liberalism»
in Europe where the term originated); and, wholly independently, (2) «political liberal» - which is a self - made late 20th century [1] rebrand of what used to be called «progressive» (and can be loosely branded «left wing» at times, but personally I absolutely abhore single - axis left / right positioning) position.
Classical liberalism is utilitarian
in nature.
According to Wikipedia, the former has more
in common with «
Classical Liberalism» (but still champion «traditional [American] values) while the latter has more
in common with «Social Democracy» (but still holds strong Capitalist principles).
In the decades that followed, the use of the term «neoliberal» tended to refer to theories which diverged from the more laissez - faire doctrine of
classical liberalism and which promoted instead a market economy under the guidance and rules of a strong state, a model which came to be known as the social market economy.