Influenced by Republicanism, but not a True Republican The philosophy of a republican form of government was certainly not a creation of James Madison and the Federalists. The idea of such a government has been around since the beginning of political philosophy. While the definition has change...

The development of liberal thought began in the seventeen-century England. Often, constitutional monarchy is perceived as a beginning of liberalism. Growth of commercial middle classes and wealth accumulation and consumption, leaded to a new, individualistic morality. The individual is a basic un...

Should Elian Gonzalez have been sent back to Cuba? Was it fair that President Clinton was not charged for perjury in his court trial regarding his affair with Monica Lewinsky? Does President elect George W. Bush have right to office after such an inappropriate election?? Does the United States hav...

Individual Liberty and Social Control "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure." -Thomas Jefferson Daniel Webster said in a speech given in Charleston, South Carolina, May 10, 1847, "Liberty ...

Isaiah Berlin became one of our century's most important political theorists for liberty and liberalism in an age of totalitarianism. He was born in Riga, Latvia in 1909 into a well to do Jewish family. At the age of 12 he moved to Petrograd and experienced first hand the Bolshevik revolu...

The Classic Liberal tradition has two primary purposes: one to challenger the social order under feudalism and two, to provide a functioning alternative. Drawing from the works of Hobbes, Locke, and Mills I will discuss the key elements of the classic liberal tradition's argument against feuda...

In our society government system programs often do reach those people who are in need the most. In the 1960's there was a war on poverty and $7 billion dollars was put into this war by federal, state, and local governments. Even though there was so much money invested, the poor remained large...

The Liberal Mind Kenneth Minogue's book The Liberal Mind is an interpretation and analysis of liberalism as an ideology. In his analysis he goes on to reveal liberalism in its various forms; as a governing body, doctrine for change, and a moral code. Based on the content and tone of the b...

The Age of Enlightenment Robinson Crusoe's Contradictions to Enlightenment Thinking Robinson Crusoe, which was written by Daniel Defoe, was published in 1719. At the time of its publish, a revolution was taking place all across Europe known as the Enlightenment period. The Enlightenment per...