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Full Idea
The classical liberals agreed on a basic list of freedoms: of opinion (including religion), of private life, of expression, and of property
Gist of Idea
Classical liberalism seeks freedom of opinion, of private life, of expression, and of property
Source
Micklethwait,J/Wooldridge,A (The Fourth Revolution [2014], 9)
Book Ref
Micklethwait/Wooldridge: 'The Fourth Revolution' [Penguin 2014], p.224
A Reaction
Mill is main articulator of this. Modern neo-liberals focus on economic freedom. Neither of them seem to make freedom of opportunity central, though I suspect our modern Liberal Party would.
| 20096 | Roman law entrenched property rights [Micklethwait/Wooldridge] |
| 20099 | For communists history is driven by the proletariat [Micklethwait/Wooldridge] |
| 20098 | Fans of economic freedom claim that capitalism is self-correcting [Micklethwait/Wooldridge] |
| 20097 | The welfare state aims at freedom from want, and equality of opportunity [Micklethwait/Wooldridge] |
| 20100 | Classical liberalism seeks freedom of opinion, of private life, of expression, and of property [Micklethwait/Wooldridge] |