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Classical liberalism is a political tradition and a branch of liberalism that advocates free market and laissez-faire economics and civil liberties under the rule of law, with special emphasis on individual autonomy, limited government, economic freedom, political freedom and freedom of speech.
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Classic liberalism is a relatively modern political tradition that arose in the West (Europe) as a response to the Protestant reformation and the absolutism of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries.
Its initial philosophical variants were predominantly English, Scottish, and French, with Americans, Germans and Austrians, among others, following later.
It is primarily a position people took regarding the relationship between the inhabitants of a politically-defined geographical region and the government that controls it.
Classic liberals generally hold that the government should abstain from imposing upon the people under their sway an unacceptable degree of control.
By implication, the state should respect activities whereby individuals can pursue their lives without unnecessary interference from their government.
Approaches are often deontological.
Depending on the activities citizens are willing to accept as their rights, liberties (freedom from government prohibition) can be civil, economic, political, etc.
Classic liberals often advocate for a substantial degree of political, civil, and economic autonomous liberty, meaning they believe in the desirability of an autonomous life; where self-governance, self-growth, and self-realization are not unduly infringed upon
In practice, this view appears to be almost entirely neglected by those who call themselves merely ‘liberals’, who tend to work for the never-ending expansion of the state's powers to suppress individual liberties they find alien, undesirable, or distasteful.
Wikipedia
Classic liberalism is a relatively modern political tradition that arose in the West (Europe) as a response to the Protestant reformation and the absolutism of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries.
Its initial philosophical variants were predominantly English, Scottish, and French, with Americans, Germans and Austrians, among others, following later.
It is primarily a position people took regarding the relationship between the inhabitants of a politically-defined geographical region and the government that controls it.
Classic liberals generally hold that the government should abstain from imposing upon the people under their sway an unacceptable degree of control.
By implication, the state should respect activities whereby individuals can pursue their lives without unnecessary interference from their government.
Approaches are often deontological.
Depending on the activities citizens are willing to accept as their rights, liberties (freedom from government prohibition) can be civil, economic, political, etc.
Classic liberals often advocate for a substantial degree of political, civil, and economic autonomous liberty, meaning they believe in the desirability of an autonomous life; where self-governance, self-growth, and self-realization are not unduly infringed upon
In practice, this view appears to be almost entirely neglected by those who call themselves merely ‘liberals’, who tend to work for the never-ending expansion of the state's powers to suppress individual liberties they find alien, undesirable, or distasteful.
