Pros Of Conservatism
Liberalism is a uniquely modern idea supporting the thesis that human beings have inherent rights given to them by the universe and their governments. This modern idea also holds that as human beings there also exists the right to free trade in whatever goods available and with whom it is so desired. While the modern era gave rise to some of the greatest ideas and ideals in history, at the root of most of them was liberalism. Liberalism supports equality, human rights, and free trade which can be found in ideals of the Enlightenment, the civil rights movements across the globe, and human rights campaigns throughout time. Liberalism is a political ideology first and foremost. It developed during the nineteenth century as a direct result of the Industrial Revolution and the ideals of the Enlightenment. (Getz & Brooke, 2012) Liberalism is based upon the idea that individuals all deserve certain freedoms that should be guaranteed to them by their government and is also based on certain economic freedoms. The ideals that would become liberalism were introduced to the world by great thinkers like John Locke, Adam Smith, Jean Rousseau, and Thomas Hobbs. These ideals began with the Enlightenment, a time in
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Locke is the philosopher who posited the idea of a social contract existing between the government and the governed, stating that the government can only govern so long as the people allow it to in that said government has only the power that the people willingly bestow. (Getz & Brooke, 2012) Should such a time ensue as the government oversteps its bounds the people then have an obligation to do away with that government and begin anew. Locke brought about this social contract after realizing how poorly the poor were fairing under an absolute rule government with an elite minority also presiding over the poor in the form of the
Locke is the philosopher who posited the idea of a social contract existing between the government and the governed, stating that the government can only govern so long as the people allow it to in that said government has only the power that the people willingly bestow. (Getz & Brooke, 2012) Should such a time ensue as the government oversteps its bounds the people then have an obligation to do away with that government and begin anew. Locke brought about this social contract after realizing how poorly the poor were fairing under an absolute rule government with an elite minority also presiding over the poor in the form of the