Question

Q10. Critically examine the view of welfare state theorists on Liberty?

Answer 1

Answer:

The Idealist theory which assumed prominence in the writings of German philosopher Hegel and was popularized in England by the forceful pen of T.H. Green and Dr. Bosanquet had been dominating the English political thought until recent years.

The idealistic theory of the state is known by various names like the Absolute Theory, the Philo­sophical Theory, the Metaphysical Theory, and even the Mystical Theory. It is popularly known as the Idealist Theory because it idealist and glorifies the State.

Some call it the Absolute Theory because it favors the establishment of an omnipotent or totalitarian state to which the individual should be completely subordinated.

It is called the Philosophical Theory because it is mostly philosophical in nature. It is name as the Metaphysical and Mystical Theory since it has very little to do wit the hard realities of life and is mostly abstract.