Unit 1: Liberalism Flashcards
What role did the Enlightenment play in the origins of Liberalism?
Individuals began to question the relationship between people and the government as they valued reason over faith
What key ideas did liberal thinkers challenge during the Enlightenment?
The idea of a monarchical government, and instead said that logical individual with free will should create a political system that works best for them
What book did Locke write and when was it published?
Two Treatises of Government 1690
What are the four key beliefs of classical liberalism?
Revolutionary potential
Negative liberty
Minimal state
Laissez faire capitalism
How did later classical liberalism develop from earlier classical liberalism?
Industrialisation and urbanisation saw increases in democracy
Name the 4 key thinkers of later classical liberalism
Jeremy Bentham
Samuel Smiles
Herbert Spencer
John Stuart Mill
Name the 4 key features of modern liberalism
Positive liberty/social justice
Enlarged and enabling state
Constitutional reform/liberal democracy
Social liberalism (e.g civil rights)
What does neo-liberalism believe?
Individualism, radical change based on faith of human potential
Constitutional reform and checking executive
Name 3 ways liberalism is successful today
Globalisation
USA separation of powers
Collapse of soviet communism
Name 3 ways liberalism has failed in the current time
9/11 saw a rise in governments limiting liberty to protect citizens
Radical faith based politics e.g Roe v. Wade being overturned has gone against Enlightenment values
Brexit, Trump election caused by anti-immigration sentiment and backlash against liberal views
Name 3 examples of liberalism’s influence on UK politics
Married women’s property act 1882 influenced by Wollstonecraft
John Rawls’ ideas on social justice influenced the ‘Third Way’ of Blair and Clinton
Representation of The People Act 1928 influenced by John Stuart Mill’s advocacy of equal voting rights
