Modern Liberalism revision

• Core Ideas:

  . Freedom - Positive and Negative

  . Mechanistic state

  . Equality of opportunity

  . Social and economic rights - Just as important as Civil and Political

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• John Stuart Mill labelled classical liberalism as a 'social conception'
• John Rawls 'Theory of justice'

  . Based on what social institutions people would choose if they were ignorant about their starting position - ' original position'
• Principls chosen in the 'original position'

  . Equal basic liberties

  . equality of opportunity
• Berlin on Negative and Positive Freedom

  . Balance is needed otherwise too much emphasis placed on positive freedom can lead to radical forms of self-realisation