Question

WHAT IS MEANT BY POLITICAL LIBERALISM?

Answer 1

● Liberalism derived from a Latin root Iiber meaning free

● It has different meaning with respect to different people.

● For the middle class it stood for the freedom of individuals and equality before law.

● Politically it emphasize the concept of government by consent. Since the French Revolution it had stood for the the end of autocratic powers and encouraged the elected representative parliament.

● In economic terms it stood for the freedom of Markets and abolition of state imposed restrictions on the movement of goods and capital.

Answer 2

Liberalism is a political and moral philosophy based on liberty, consent of the governed and equality before the law.