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Liberalism - Coggle Diagram
Liberalism
Neoliberalism
privatisation, private property
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Modern Liberalism
Rationalism
people were capable of working out, in a logical fashion, what was in their own best interests.
Freedom
negative freedom sufficient for a good society. can result to 'freedom to starve' for those facing disadvantages over aspects which they cannot control.
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enabling state, a larger state which helps individuals achieve their potential and achieve positive freedom
low pay, unemployment, slum housing and poor working conditions linked to inequality in 19th century
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government management is necessary to minimise the effect of economic downturns which lead to mass unemployment and poverty
The Beveridge Report
'Five Giants' poverty, lack of education, ill health, poor living conditions and unemployment holding back liberty
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"a starving man not free because he is fed, he cannot have a thought for anything but how to meet his urgent physical needs"
in order to flourish, state intervention is necessary.
lead to Keynesianism
John Maynard Keynes argued that the image of a self regulating free market is a myth and that gov intervention is necessary to prevent high unemployment and deliver sustainable growth
economic system which requires gov involvement to stimulate the economy to achieve full employment and price stability
Major Thinkers
1689 = John Locke
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Aimed to construct a liberal framework centred upon limited government, individual rights and government by consent. Rationalism!!! As rational entities, we fully acknowledge that our liberties are best protected via governance by the state
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John Stuart Mill
harm principle, free will, the despotism of custom, experiments in living, utilitarianism, the marketplace of ideas and electoral reform.
Harm Principle was the idea that individuals should be free to do anything but harm other individuals
accepted that some degree of state intervention was necessary to prevent the poor from experiencing misjustice
tolerance, right of people to express a minority view.
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Classic Liberalism
negative freedom
freedom to starve, freedom from interference from other people.
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