Liberalism

Question 1

John Rawls- support for an enabling state due to the belief that this is how society would be designed without the influence of power structures, natural rights

Answer 1

“The principles of justice are chosen behind a veil of ignorance“

Question 2

Betty Friedan - individualism as a basis for the support of equality of opportunity, social justice in modern liberalism justified by the need for freedom and resulting in progress

Answer 2

“American women kept from growing to their full human capacities”

Question 3

John Locke- state as a necessary evil , minimum role to maintain freedom based in the belief in inherent human rationalism and positive humanity

Answer 3

“Government has no other ends than the preservation of property”

Question 4

Mary Wollstonecraft- application of rationalism and individualism to women, formal equality under the law in classical liberalism to ensure the universal application of freedom

Answer 4

“The divine writer husband like the divine right of kings may it is hoped in this enlightened age be contested without danger”