Liberalism

Dirk Schuck

Chapter 12 in Research Handbook on the History of Political Thought, 2024, pp 134-142 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: The concept of liberalism designates a political philosophy which has many different facets: economic, political, and social. There can be vast differences between them. A liberal, however, will always be concerned with the question of how to enable a societal order which allows for as much individual freedom as possible. Paradoxically, this means that much of liberal theory is concerned with delimiting those freedoms in a reasonable manner.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Law - Academic; Politics and Public Policy Sociology and Social Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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