There’s an element of universalism, because liberals believe that all human beings have an equal set of rights, and that these need to be protected by governments. It’s based on a number of philosophical presumptions. Liberalism, in my view, is a system that’s basically a limitation of power based on a rule of law and a constitutional framework that limits the power of executives. My definition of it is closer to the European one. What exactly are the parameters of what you call classical liberalism?įrancis Fukuyama: It does have a very different meaning in the United States than it does in Europe. Sam Leith: Liberal is a word that means something very different in Tennessee than it does in Muswell Hill.
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