HIS109Y1 Lecture Notes - Political Liberalism, Economic Liberalism, Political Philosophy
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Liberal idea percolating everywhere, ideology part of the enlightenment tradition, also owed much to the american & french revolutions. Idea of a liberal state, equality of citizens, fraternity. Became more significant as industrial revolution made rapid strides because the developing middle class largely adopted the doctrine as its own belief that people should be as free from restraint as possible. Divergences among people classified as liberals, however all began with the. Primary tenet was the concept of laissez-faire: the belief that the state should not. Government should not restrain the economic liberty of the individual & should. Individual"s economic liberty would bring about the maximum good for the. Population increases at a geometric rate while the food supply increases at a. Malthus, essay on the principle of population: much slower arithmetic rate resulting in severe overpopulation & starvation for human race if not unchecked individual should interfere with it.
