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What are liberal beliefs?

Presbyterian and other mainline denominations are more likely to espouse liberal protestant views. Comstock/Comstock/Getty Images by Contributing Writer Liberal Protestants come from various denominations, particularly mainline denominations such as Episcopalian, Presbyterian and United Methodist as well as self-identifying liberal churches such as…

What is Liberalism in politics?

EDEXCEL A2 GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS: UNIT THREE/ROUTE B: POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES: LIBERALISM Downloadable pdf of class notes The Individual Freedom Reason Justice Toleration The Liberal State Constitutional Government Democratic rule Natural Rights Utilitarianism Economic Liberalism Social Darwinism Individuality Positive Freedom Social Liberalism Keynesianism…

What is a liberal political view?

0 comments The liberal label is being used by many political parties in the Netherlands. It s hard to do justice to all of them within the scope of this page, but we ll try. VVD is the centre-right, pro-business party, which is calling itself liberal , because it favours maximal individual freedom and a free-market economy, with low taxation. Since…

What is the definition of a liberal?

It is impossible to understand the world around us, or to cultivate a coherent set of core principles, if our use of language is fraught with sloppiness and imprecision. Nowhere is this truer than in the realm of politics, where emotionally charged terms are routinely bandied about with scarcely any conception of what they actually mean. “Liberal” and…

Liberals against gay Marriage

By The Economist GAY marriage is illegal in Georgia, and only spouses can adopt a child jointly. This was a problem for Elizabeth Wurz, whose son recently fell ill. Because her female partner is the boy s only mother recognised on paper, Ms Wurz found herself struggling to convince paramedics that she, too, was a legal guardian. “People don’t realise…

Half-Baked Ideas

When I was a college student in the ’70s, marijuana-laced brownies were a novel way to get high (I never inhaled!). They are still a staple of some parties. Now a new generation of “food companies” is taking the concept of edible marijuana in a somewhat scary new direction: marijuana-laced foods that mimic popular candies. These sweets could pose a…