Perspectives On... by Charante Leclerc

Freedom

charanteleclerc — 2014-04-27 18:06:22 UTC

Liberals

charanteleclerc — 2014-04-27 18:06:29 UTC

Socialists

charanteleclerc — 2014-04-27 18:06:35 UTC

Anarchists

charanteleclerc — 2014-04-27 18:06:41 UTC

Feminists

charanteleclerc — 2014-04-27 18:07:03 UTC

Nationalists

charanteleclerc — 2014-04-27 18:07:07 UTC

Multiculturalists

charanteleclerc — 2014-04-27 18:07:11 UTC

charanteleclerc — 2014-04-27 18:09:01 UTC

Give priority to freedom as the supreme individualist value. While classical liberals support negative freedom, understood as the absence of constraints - or freedom of choice - modern liberals advocate positive freedom in the sense of personal development and human flourishing.

charanteleclerc — 2014-04-27 18:11:49 UTC

Have generally understood freedom in positive terms to refer to self-fulfilment achieved through either free creative labour or cooperative social interactions. Social democrats have drawn close to modern liberalism in treating freedom as the realization of individual potential.

charanteleclerc — 2014-04-27 18:15:01 UTC

Regard freedom as an absolute value, believing it to be irreconcilable with any form of political authority. Freedom is understood to mean the achievement of personal autonomy, not merely being 'left alone' but being rationally self-willed and self-directed.

Democracy

charanteleclerc — 2014-05-11 11:08:51 UTC

charanteleclerc — 2014-05-11 11:09:22 UTC

Understand democracy in individualist terms as consent expressed through the ballot box, democracy being equated with regulated and competitive elections. Whilst democracy constrains abuses of power, it must always be conducted within a constitutional framework in order to prevent majoritarian tyranny.

charanteleclerc — 2014-05-11 11:11:50 UTC

Traditionally endorsed a form of radical democracy based on popular participation and the desire to bring economic life under public control, dismissing liberal democracy as simply capitalist democracy. Nevertheless, modern social democrats are now firmly committed to liberal-democratic structures.