Liberalism

• John Locke 1632-1704 -> Classical
• Mary Wollstonecraft 1759-97 -> Classical
• John S Mill 1806-73 -> Classical
• Thomas H Green 1836-82 -> Modern
• Betty Friedan 1921-2006 -> Modern
• John Rawls 1921-2002 -> Modern
• Locke Human Nature

  People shall be judge... because no one can be better judge of their own freedom, or interests, than themselves.'
• Locke State


  'Where there is no law, there is no freedom.'

  'Government should always be the servant, not the master, of the people.'
• Locke Society


  'All mankind... being equal + independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possession.'
• Locke Economy 


  'Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall + pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble + trip.'
• Wollstonecraft Human Nature


  'The mind has no gender.'
• Wollstonecraft State


  'I do not wish them (women) to have power over men, but over themselves.'
• Wollstonecraft Society


  'It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world.'
• Wollstonecraft Economy


  'Independence is the grand blessing of life.'
• Mill Human Nature


  'The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilised community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others.' -> Harm Principle
• Mill State


  'The functions of the state are not to make people happy, but to enable them to make themselves happy.'
• Mill Society


  Support for liberty must be 'grounded on the permanent interests of man as a progressive being.'
• Mill Economy


  'History shows that great economic social forces flow like a tide over communities only half conscious of that which is befalling them.'
• Rawls Human Nature


  'Each person is to have an equal right to the most extensive basic liberty compatible with a similar liberty for others.'
• Rawls State


  'The principles of justice are chosen behind a veil of ignorance.'
• Rawls Society


  'Equality of fairness.'
• Rawls Economy


  'The only morally acceptable economic systems are democratic socialism.' -> MoP
• Green Human Nature


  'When we speak of freedom... we mean a positive power or capability of doing or enjoying something worth doing.'
• Green State


  'The state must work for all its citizens, especially the poorest in society.'
• Green Society


  'The state must work for all its citizens, especially the poorest in society.'
• Green Economy


  'The unrestrained pursuit of profit had caused new forms of poverty + injustice + economic liberty had blighted the life chances of many.'
• Friedan Human Nature


  'Women were quite simply stopped at a state of evolution far short of their human capacity.'
• Friedan State


  'Women are just as capable as men to have careers, but society restricted women.'
• Friedan Society


  'Who knows what women can be when they are finally free to be themselves.'
• Friedan Economy


  'Having jobs that provide income means women can be a more effective force, a more equal force, in the political process.'