Brief Classical Liberalism
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- Classical Liberalism
- Summary
- Individual has alot of freedom and government is rather weak
- Takes influence from Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill
- John Stuart Mill
- "It comprises first the inward domain of conscience in the comprehensive sense; liberty of thought and feeling; absolute freedom of opinion and sentiment on all subjects, practical or speculative, scientific, moral or theological... Secondly the principle requires liberty of tastes and pursuits; of framing the plan of our life to suit our own character; of doing as we like.. Thirdly from this liberty of each individual follows the liberty, within the same limits , of combination among individuals; freedom to unites, for any purpose not involving harm to others".
- Summary
- 1) Individual liberty would promote moral developments
- 2) and economic development
- 3) Allows humans to progress through innovation, creativity and self-fullfillment (reaching their own goals)
- 4) In turn, collectively benefits society
- 3) Allows humans to progress through innovation, creativity and self-fullfillment (reaching their own goals)
- 2) and economic development
- 1) Individual liberty would promote moral developments
- Summary
- "It comprises first the inward domain of conscience in the comprehensive sense; liberty of thought and feeling; absolute freedom of opinion and sentiment on all subjects, practical or speculative, scientific, moral or theological... Secondly the principle requires liberty of tastes and pursuits; of framing the plan of our life to suit our own character; of doing as we like.. Thirdly from this liberty of each individual follows the liberty, within the same limits , of combination among individuals; freedom to unites, for any purpose not involving harm to others".
- Political Tolerance
- Harm Principle
- 'The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilised community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. ' - John Stuart Mill
- Civil Society
- Non-profit and voluntary institutions
- Individual rights
- The common good.
- The rule of law
- Philanthropy
- Free expressions
- Tollerance
- Even Mill believed that there should be limits of free speech
- Classical Liberals believe mutual respect of each other's liberty is an absolutely ritual aspect of a civil soceity
- Harm Principle
- Universal Suffrage
- Classical Liberals are weary of concentrating power in hands of powerful elite
- but most classical liberals are opposed to Universal Suffrage
- Alexis De Tocqueville
- Believed giving everyone votes meant some people who shouldn't vote would actually harm democracy by voting. (particularly poor, women, the disabled, ethnic minorities, and those consumed by jealously of their superiors)
- Mill was also reluctant to go the whole hog and support universal suffrage
- Believed those who own property should vote (small group in 18th century)
- Mill was also reluctant to go the whole hog and support universal suffrage
- Believed giving everyone votes meant some people who shouldn't vote would actually harm democracy by voting. (particularly poor, women, the disabled, ethnic minorities, and those consumed by jealously of their superiors)
- Why would Classical Liberals oppose universal suffrage?
- 1) Many more were working class, able to have strangle hold over GOV. This thought goes against Utilitarianism
- 2) Education 0 many rich and poor had no understanding of politics and as such were not in a position to make an informed choice
- 3) British electorate can be fickle, Mills feared fickle and uneducated amass electorate would be swayed easily by populist policies with little roots in reality
- Classical Liberals are weary of concentrating power in hands of powerful elite
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