The Origins Of Liberalism

Question 1

Which religious movement lies at the roots of liberalism?

Answer 1

The Enlightenment

Question 2

Which branch of Christianity argued that individuals seeking to communicate with God no longer needed intermediaries like priests?

Answer 2

Protestants

Question 3

What was the Enlightenment?

Answer 3

An intellectual movement that emerged in the mid 17th century, defined by a belief in reason rather than religion

Question 4

What idea about the individual emerged from the Enlightenment?

Answer 4

That each individual is someone with free will and is the best judge of their won interest therefore that individuals life should be shared by their actions and decisions

Question 5

What liberal key thinker began to question the relationship between the government and the individual?

Answer 5

John Locke

Question 6

The ‘Divine Right Of Kings’ was heavily criticised by early liberals, what is it?

Answer 6

That the monarchs had been put in there position of rulers by god and had a divine right to rule, also inserting the idea of a monarchial form of government that is allowed by God

Question 7

What is Mechanistic Theory?

Answer 7

That mankind is rational and therefore capable of devising a state that reflects mankind’s needs, linked to the writing of John Locke.