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Economic: Social-lib
Governance: Balanced
Coords: X-1 · Y+0
Economic: Social-lib
Governance: Balanced
Coords: X-1 · Y+0
Descriptor
Liberal
“Individual rights; constitutional government.”
Exemplar ↓
§ 01
The Idea
What Liberal actually means.
Liberalism supports regulated capitalism with strong civil liberties, moderate market interventions, and democratic governance.
The New Deal Era under Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933–1945) represents Liberalism in action.
§ 02 · Tenets
Core commitments.
01
Government derives authority from consent.
02
Constitutional limits on state power.
03
Rule of law applies equally to rulers and ruled.
04
Markets as default coordinator, with corrections.
05
Tolerance and pluralism as civic virtues.
§ 03 · Position
Where it sits on the grid.
Economic axis — X-1
SOCIAL-LIB
Full collectivisationUnfettered markets
Governance axis — Y+0
BALANCED
Total controlNo state at all
§ 04 · Reading List
Canon & critics.
§ Canon
- Two Treatises of GovernmentJohn Locke1689 · ~430 pp
- On LibertyJohn Stuart Mill1859 · ~140 pp
- The Federalist PapersHamilton, Madison, Jay1788 · ~580 pp
§ Critics
- After VirtueAlasdair MacIntyre1981 · ~290 pp
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