HUMA 1825 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: John Stuart Mill, On Liberty

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Liberalism: is an ideology and a political tradition which holds that liberty is the primary political value. Much of our jurisprudence derives from liberal thought aka this philosopher. Liberalism has its roots in the western age of enlightenment as represented in the writings of philosophers like thomas hobbes, john stuart mills, john. Liberal theories focus on the appropriate role of law and government in the lives of citizens. Support a free market and a small role of the state. The liberal metaphor is that the world consists of a multitude of independent individuals who have some how, at some time, entered into an accord to establish common ties for the common good. It represented as a tradition in the writings of many thinkers. Liberalism argues for freedom of thought, limitations of power. Rule of law, no ne is above the law. Classical liberal theories focus on the appropriate role of law and government in the lives of citizens.

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