Single Idea 22821

[catalogued under 24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 6. Liberalism / c. Liberal equality]

Full Idea

Liberalism attaches fundamental value to leaving individuals as free as possible … - but there is another fundamental value implicit in this idea - the equal status of the participants in the practice. By this I mean that they all have the same rights.

Gist of Idea

Liberalism asserts maximum freedom, but that must be equal for all participants

Source

John Charvet (Liberalism: the basics [2019], Intro)

Book Reference

Charvet,John: 'Liberalism: the basics' [Routledge 2019], p.-3


A Reaction

Libertarian liberalism (e.g. Nozick) only asserts the fundament principle of freedom, but such a society swiftly deprives most of its members of those very freedoms. Egalitarian Liberalism should be our default political ideology.