POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Kanji, Ascribed Status, Economic Freedom
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People often think of it is as an ideology. (brief word about ideology) Broad way to use ideology ideas in action. Philosophy that leads to a political program. Philosophy that reflects the beliefs and interests of apolitical system and underlies action. Philosophy that justifying/ rationalizes a political/social order. John locke is regarded as the first liberal. People address him as a liberal until the 1800: liberal education education appropriate to free people. Aristotle mentions it, he wanted to give people tools to exercise their freedom. He also wanted people to be able to make good decisions in their lives. Nowadays, we want a liberal education both to have skills and to be free: liberality term that became populate between the middle ages and the. It meant generosity in one"s attitude toward others, tolerance and open-mind: liberalism political sense. First used in the 19th century to describe a society. It was first used in spain but it became popular in england.
