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[filed under theme 5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 5. First-Order Logic ]

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.