Liberalism's basic ideas

Author: Gu Su
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Publish Date: 2003-09-01
Features: The author, centered around the theme of the fundamental ideas of liberalism, elaborates on the basic tenets, historical evolution, inherent issues, and responses to external challenges of Western liberalism from two perspectives: the "fundamental ideas" themselves and the historical trends. Based on a clear definition of the essential connotations of "liberalism," the author reveals the internal composition and interrelationships of the fundamental ideas of liberalism in aspects such as freedom and equality, freedom rights and socialism, democracy and the rule of law. In reality, the theoretical system of liberalism is explained at three fundamental levels: moral ethics, social politics, and legal systems.