liberalism - key thinkers' thoughts RANDOM REVERSE Flashcards
Free-market capitalism could be an ally of female emancipation, if allied to legislation precluding sexual discrimination.
Friedan on the economy
The best society was one where ‘individuality’ co-existed with tolerance and self-improvement.
Mill on society
The monarchical state should be replaced by a republic which enshrines women’s rights.
Wollstonecraft on the state
Society ‘infantilised’ women and thus stifled female individualism.
Wollstonecraft on society
Laissez-faire capitalism was vital to progress, individual enterprise and individual initiative.
Mill on the economy
The state should enable less fortunate individuals to advance, via public spending and public services.
Rawls on the state
Though fundamentally rational, human nature is not fixed: it is forever progressing to a higher level.
Mill on human nature
Free-market capitalism should be tempered by the state’s obligation to advance its poorest citizens.
Rawls on the economy
Society predates the state: there were ‘natural’ societies with natural laws and natural rights.
Locke on society
A free-market economy would be energised by the enterprise of liberated women.
Wollstonecraft on the economy
Society remained chauvinistic towards women, though women were complicit in their repression.
Friedan on society
State policy should respect the ‘natural right’ to private property and arbitrate effectively between individuals competing for trade and resources.
Locke on the economy
Mankind is selfish yet empathetic, valuing both individual liberty and the plight of those around them.
Rawls on human nature
The state should proceed cautiously towards representative democracy, mindful of minority rights.
Mill on the state
Human beings are rational, guided by the pursuit of self-interest, but mindful of others’ concerns.
Locke on human nature
