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- noun Plural form of
liberalism .
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Pessimism about the human condition — and human goodness – of some degree or other is a premise of theoretical conservatisms, not liberalisms and certainly not socialism [s].
The Volokh Conspiracy » Further to Andrew Ferguson on Behavioral Economics 2010
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Pessimism about the human condition — and human goodness – of some degree or other is a premise of theoretical conservatisms, not liberalisms and certainly not socialism [s].
The Volokh Conspiracy » Further to Andrew Ferguson on Behavioral Economics 2010
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Pessimism about the human condition — and human goodness– of some degree or other is a premise of theoretical conservatisms, not liberalisms and certainly not socialisms.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Further to Andrew Ferguson on Behavioral Economics 2010
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Pessimism about the human condition — and human goodness– of some degree or other is a premise of theoretical conservatisms, not liberalisms and certainly not socialisms.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Further to Andrew Ferguson on Behavioral Economics 2010
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Montana, like every state, has its own conservatisms and its own liberalisms.
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In the academy, religious defenders of a liberal consensus had been challenged by ascendant secular liberalisms and emergent religious voices critical of liberalism of any kind.
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Clinton cannot win unless he rounds on Republicans and defends his liberalism by distinguishing it from other liberalisms.
Labels Do Matter 2008
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Oh, an important distinction between liberalisms is that some liberalisms believe that the combination of voting rights, civil rights, free speech, and democratic institutions are a sufficient brake on government power, while other liberalisms (like libertarianism) believe that government must be categorically forbidden from a broad range of actions (like financial redistribution), regardless of whether these are sanctioned through a democratic process.
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Liberalism accepts that the world is complicated, and that there are many different forces in tension, and that they should be considered empirically with an eye towards liberalisms goals.
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American polities can be considered a tale of three liberalisms, the first of which, classical liberalism, teaches that the arena of human affairs is society, as distinct-very government.
Labels Do Matter 2008
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