Law of equal liberty

The law of equal liberty is the fundamental precept of liberalism and socialism.[1] Stated in various ways by many thinkers, it can be summarized as the view that all individuals must be granted the maximum possible freedom as long as that freedom does not interfere with the freedom of anyone else.[2] While socialists have been hostile to liberalism, which is accused of "providing an ideological cover for the depredation of capitalism", scholars have stated that "the goals of liberalism are not so different from those of the socialists", although this similarity in goals has been described as being deceptive due to the different meanings liberalism and socialism give to liberty, equality and solidarity, including the meaning, implications and norms of equal liberty derived from it.[3][4]

  1. ^ Newman, Saul (2011). Politics of Postanarchism (reprint ed.). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. p. 21. ISBN 9780748654161.
  2. ^ Propp, Steven H. (2002). Inquiries: Philosophical: How and Why Do People Disagree?. Bloomington. p. 139. ISBN 9781475900538.
  3. ^ Boyd, Tony; Harrison, Kevin, eds. (2003). Understanding Political Ideas and Movements. Manchester, England: Manchester University Press. pp. 3–4. ISBN 9780719061516.
  4. ^ Anton, Anatole; Schmitt, Richard (2012). Taking Socialism Seriously. Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books. pp. 220–222. ISBN 9780739166352.

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