Questions tagged [liberalism]
Questions related to liberalism which is a political philosophy or worldview founded on ideas of liberty and equality.
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The flaw in the [rationalism = utopian = socialism] and [empiricism = realism = liberalism] Burkean argument
Hayek (1948) introduced this now famous dichotomy, certainly in the continuity of Edmund Burke, between "true individualism" (of the British empiricist tradition) and the "false ...
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What's the relation between "social-liberalism" and "socialism"?
What's the relation between "social-liberalism" and "socialism"?
Social liberalism seems to have emerged out of liberal circles, more than workers movements or typical (proto-)...
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Are there Chinese classical liberal intellectuals/politicians?
Are there Chinese classical liberal intellectuals/politicians?
By Chinese I mean ethnic Chinese (華人 huárén) who were born and lived until at least their 20 years old in Greater China (mainland China, ...
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Alternative names for "new liberalism" and "neoliberalism" to avoid confusion
In oral discussion, the ideological designations "new liberal" and "neoliberal" are easily confused. Do one or both of these two ideologies have alternative names that are more ...
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What is the ideal political period for liberal conservatives? [closed]
What is the ideal political period in the eyes of liberal conservatives?
Liberal conservatism is "a political ideology combining conservative policies with liberal stances, especially on economic ...
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Is this explanation of liberal-conservatism correct? [closed]
The liberal-conservatism idea is basically:
(1) The socio-economico-political system (which includes a liberal economy and civil rights) we have now happened because it happened (and certainly not ...
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left vs Right politics and liberal vs conservative [closed]
Can we say left means liberal and right means conservative ?
In history we see lot of counterexamples.
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Why do many liberal countries criminalize polygamy? [duplicate]
Polygamy is a crime in many liberal countries (such as all 27 countries of the European Union). It is theoretically victimless, however. Why then would a liberal country criminalize it?
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Why are communism and anarcho-communism not seen as extreme-reactionary?
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It is a common usage to call some right-wing movements in Western countries "reactionary". See Wikipedia:
In ideology, reactionism is a tradition in right-wing politics
Reactionary ...
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Why do many liberal countries criminalize incest?
Many/most liberal countries have legalized homosexuality. Presumably one of the main reasons for doing so is that consensual sex between two adults ought not to be a crime, because there is no victim.
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Why are American liberals more prone to in-fighting than conservatives? [closed]
In America at least, there tends to be far less unity within liberal factions when compared to conservative ones. One just has to point to the last few presidential elections.
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Definition of Leftist
These days, I am listening too much of the word "Leftist" in the sites like Twitter and Reddit. What is meant by the term "Leftist"? Is this a philosophically improved political ...
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What effect will increased urbanization have on liberal views given that urban locations tend to be more liberal?
There is a well-documented link between liberal views and urban locations, and conservative views with rural locations, which has been proven true across many first world nations. However, many ...
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Did classic liberals believe in inheritance taxation and in welfare?
A friend of mine was talking to me about economics and he said that he's a right-wing and believes in a system of welfare, where people must have basic conditions (health, education and security) to ...
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What is this political cartoon by Bob Moran titled "Amnesty" about?
I saw that Bob Moran made this political cartoon that he posted on Twitter:
When I first saw this cartoon, I assumed it was poking fun at the "False Balance" AKA "bothsidesism" ...
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