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Individualistic Market Liberalism

Individualistic Market Liberalism. Feudalism/Liberalism. Foundations of Liberal Thought. Martin Luther -1517 - Faith Francis Bacon 1561-1626 - Science Rene Descartes -1596-1650 - Philosophy. Thomas Hobbes – Individualistic Roots of Liberalism. Price pg. 27 Social Contract – Leviathan

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Individualistic Market Liberalism

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  1. Individualistic Market Liberalism

  2. Feudalism/Liberalism

  3. Foundations of Liberal Thought • Martin Luther -1517 - Faith • Francis Bacon 1561-1626 - Science • Rene Descartes -1596-1650 - Philosophy

  4. Thomas Hobbes – Individualistic Roots of Liberalism • Price pg. 27 • Social Contract – Leviathan • Possessive Market Society

  5. John Locke • Theological Defense of Property • Invention of Money • Locke’s Views on Property – industrious and rational versus the covetousness and quarrelsome • The change of government does not nullify civil society and the social contract • Toleration and the private and public realms

  6. Hobbes and Locke • Individualism • Equality • Freedom • Lack of Shared Values • Necessity of Strong Central Authority • Disagreement over the level of Accountability of that Authority

  7. Liberalism becomes Liberal Democracy • James Mill – One person, one vote is necessary to protect individuals from other individuals • Jeremy Bentham - Utilitarianism • John Stuart Mill – On Liberty – Majority Tyranny

  8. Edmund Burke • Disdained abstract politics • Reflections on the Revolution in France and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Pertaining to that Event -1790 • The Species is Wise • Society precedes individuals • Inherited Rights versus Natural Rights • Natural Aristocracy – Government as a Trust

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