Liberalism

E131977

Liberalism is a political and moral philosophy centered on individual rights, civil liberties, democracy, and free markets as the basis for organizing society and government.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf moral philosophy
political ideology
associatedWith capitalism
human rights movements
parliamentary systems
developedDuring Age of Enlightenment
surface form: Enlightenment
emphasizes consent of the governed
human rights
individual autonomy
pluralism
tolerance
hasCorePrinciple civil liberties
constitutionalism
equality before the law
freedom of association
freedom of religion
freedom of speech
individual rights
limited government
market economy
popular sovereignty
private property rights
rule of law
hasVariant civic liberalism
classical liberalism
green liberalism
libertarianism
neoliberalism
ordoliberalism
social liberalism
influenced constitutional design
human rights law
modern democracy
influencedBy Adam Smith
Immanuel Kant
John Locke
John Stuart Mill
Montesquieu
opposes absolute monarchy
authoritarianism
theocracy
totalitarianism
originatedIn Europe
seeksToLimit arbitrary authority
state power
seeksToProtect individual conscience
minority rights
supports checks and balances
civil society
free and fair elections
free trade
freedom of the press
independent judiciary
open markets
representative democracy
secular government
separation of powers
viewsHumanNatureAs capable of reason
morally equal

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Multatuli movement Liberalism
Edmund Burke ideology Liberalism
this entity surface form: classical liberalism
William Ewart Gladstone movement Liberalism
this entity surface form: Victorian liberalism
Marquis de Condorcet philosophicalSchool Liberalism
this entity surface form: Enlightenment liberalism
von Mises notableWork Liberalism
subject surface form: Ludwig von Mises
"Give me liberty, or give me death!" speech ideology Liberalism
this entity surface form: classical liberalism
British Whig political thought relatedTo Liberalism
this entity surface form: Lockean liberalism
L. T. Hobhouse notableWork Liberalism
John Pugh politicalAlignment Liberalism
Lansdowne family politicalTradition Liberalism
this entity surface form: Liberal
neorealism contrastsWith Liberalism
subject surface form: neorealism (international relations)
this entity surface form: liberalism (international relations)
Leonard Read movement Liberalism
this entity surface form: classical liberalism
Power and Market philosophicalTradition Liberalism
this entity surface form: classical liberalism
Spheres of Justice critiques Liberalism
this entity surface form: Rawlsian liberalism
Anarchy, State, and Utopia philosophicalSchool Liberalism
this entity surface form: classical liberalism
John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn ideology Liberalism
this entity surface form: Gladstonian liberalism
Slavophile movement criticized Liberalism
this entity surface form: Western European liberalism