Liberalism is at a turning point. The rise of the far right in Western democracies has challenged liberal values and ...

One important philosophical influence on the Founders, the Enlightenment liberalism stemming from the writings of John Locke, does not lend itself easily to exempting religious practice from ...

There's a very good reason why liberalism has never stopped seeing the family as an organic institution. Beginning with John Locke, liberalism has understood that not all human ties are ...

Originating with John Locke, natural rights theory asserts that individuals ... promoting accountable governance. Liberal democracy emphasizes individual rights, free elections, and separation of ...

English philosopher John Locke reputedly said, “Man at birth is like a blank ... but worked for the “common good” following ...

The debacle around Ta-Nehisi Coates’ latest book shows us that no matter a writer’s individual acclaim, the liberal media ...

Beginning with foundational texts by thinkers like John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, students will trace how liberalism emerged in response to the absolutism and hierarchical structures of earlier ...

It is also associated with the free market and classical liberalism, though politicians ... the consent of the governed originates from John Locke. The concept of separating the government into ...

He is the author of Leo Strauss, Max Weber, and the Scientific Study of Politics (University of Chicago Press, 2003), and is currently working on a book-length study of the liberalism of John Locke.

Often associated with the 17th-century English philosopher John Locke, liberalism as we know it today emerged out of the civil rights struggle of the 1960s. It often combines an emphasis on ...