What is Liberalism ?
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Liberalism is a political and moral philosophy based on liberty, consent of the governed, and equality before the law.
Liberalism
Explanation:
Liberalism is closely related with national unity. The word liberalism is derived from a Latin word Liber which means Free or Freedom.
Liberalism implies the following:
a. The ideology of liberalism is very broad and comprehensive.
b. The ideology became popular in the early 19th century.The term ‘liberalism’ is derived from the Latin word liber, meaning free.
c. For the new middle classes liberalism stood for freedom for the individual and equality of all before the law.
d. Politically Liberalism, emphasized on the government based on consent. Government where constitution is supreme and is based on the free will of the people where Parliament as the elected body represents symbol of Democracy, as reflected in the French revolution.
e. It meant end of autocracy and clerical privileges.