Liberalism: The Basics

Liberalism is a political and moral philosophy that rests on principles of consent of the governed, liberty, and equality before the law. A core tenet of liberalism is that governments are essential for safeguarding citizens from one another. Within liberalism, various branches exist, including classical liberalism, economic liberalism, political liberalism, libertarianism. Despite differences among these schools of thought, liberalism typically addresses issues such as democracy, freedom of speech, religion, and the press, secularism, racial equality, gender equality. This book studies, analyzes and upholds the pillars of liberalism and its utmost significance in modern times. Such selected concepts that redefine this area have been presented in it. It will serve as a valuable source of reference for graduate and postgraduate students.