Liberalism Key Quotes and Dates Flashcards
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John Locke: The State must act only to protect…
… “the peace, safety and good of its people”.
John Locke key work:
- Two Treatise of Government (1690).
Mary Wolstonecroft key work:
- A Vindication of the Rights of Women (1792).
Wolstonecroft quote on formal equality:
“virtue can only flourish amongst equals”.
Wolstonecroft view on the societal view towards women:
- “taught from infancy that beauty is women’s only sceptre”.
Wolstonecroft key work on the revolution in France:
- A Vindication of the Rights of Men
- Attacks Edmund Burkes - Reflections on the Revolution in France.
Key works of John Stuart Mill:
On Liberty (1959).
T.H Green quote on positive freedom:
Argues that in a modern society, poverty and inequality should be tackled to “maintain the conditions without which a free exercise of human faculties is impossible.”
T.H Green Key Works:
Lecture on the Principles of Political Obligation (1895).
- influenced progressive liberalism.
T.H.Green example of educational reform:
Assistant commissioner on Taunton Commission on Secondary Education.
- Wanted to equalise opportunities at higher education.
Betty Friedan key work:
The Feminine Mystique (1963).
Quote from Betty Friedan to describe the dissatisfaction felt by women:
“the problem that has no name”.
Women’s rights group set up by Betty Friedan:
National Organisation of Women (1966).
John Rawls key works:
A theory of justice (1971).
Rawls quote on foundational equality:
“Each person is to have an equal right to the most extensive total system of equal basic liberty”/
Locke quote on natural rights:
People have the right to “life, liberty and property”.
Locke quote on the need of a state:
“where there is no law, there is no freedom”.
Adam Smith key works:
The Wealth of Nations (1776).
