... expression. One of the opponents of liberal thinking, the philosopher Thomas Hobbes, contributed significantly to liberal theory, although he favored strong and even unrestrained government. He argued that the sole test of government was its effectiveness rather than its basis in religion or tradition. Hobbes's pragmatic view of government, which stressed the equality of individuals, opened the way to ... free criticism of government and the right to revolution, ideas that Hobbes himself opposed. An influential early liberal was the English philosopher John Locke. In his political writin...

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... freely chosen representatives and (b) to vote and be elected at genuine periodic elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret ballot, guaranteeing the free expansion of the will of the electors 1 As considering that masculinity's view of democracy solely emphasizes civil and political right which can be defined to the form of patriarchy, among ... political right, but also class, gender and race structures. Therefore, in terms of Eisenstein's argument that women's girl bodies determine democracy; free from violence and sexual abuse, free from maln...

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... , Keane believes that enlightenment thinkers "failed to see that their utopian vision contained several blind spots" (Keane, 1991: 35). Similar to Kant's theory, "the use of reason must be free in public", Cunningham and Flew continually consider the role of the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) and other non-commercial media such as the SBS (Special Broadcasting Station), as the primary ... channel through which critical reason is accomplished in a commercial environment where, all to often, it seems that public opinion is dictated rather than the result of free thought and expre...

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... seek at all times a society in which we could eliminate the issue of dependence on each other while also permitting every individual to only obey himself allowing him to remain free. He believed that this could be accomplished through each individual giving up his or her right to control their life in exchange for a voice in the establishment of societal rules ... utmost importance to produce a "fair" society is freedom of thought. Individuals must be able to think for themselves and form their opinions, but, the ideal state of that free thought is when it centers on concern for the gre...

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... meeting between King Richard II and the leader of the revolt, Wat Tyler, in which Tyler demanded "equality among all people" and that "all men should be free" to maintain their own income and refuse certain work. Much of the attempted globalisation in the Archaic Period was from the East, and although many did not endure, the ... ...

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... factions reunited abruptly "after almost seven years of public rankling "especially in the press. They came together to fight a General Election against the Conservatives "who were challenging Free trade-then the cornerstone of Liberal ideology; and the Labour Party, whose inflated numbers in Parliament had emboldened them to pursue a socialist agenda. The reunited Liberals did quite well in ... ...

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... , freedom is no more than a dulcet inclination. While the law itself is a kind of restriction the real meaning of freedom, from this aspect, is a freedom with regulations rather than absolute free choice. From the aspect of individual, every one want to express his own character, develop his own ability, and find out his own potency without being disturbed or forbidden by ... ...

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