Cards (3)

  • Both classical and modern liberalism have an optimistic view of human potential. Both classical and modern liberalism believe in rationalism and insist upon tolerance of minorities. Both classical and modern liberalism see individualism as the goal of politics and society — they differ merely about how to achieve it.
  • Both classical and modern liberalism believe in capitalism and oppose state ownership of the economy.
  • Both classical and modern liberalism believe in a constitutional (‘limited’) state and ‘government by consent’