Liberty as a Fundamental Principle

Seminar paper from the year 2024 in the subject Politics - Miscellaneous, , language: English, abstract: The present treatise explains and defends liberty, or individual freedom, as the fundamental value of Western civilization in light of certain threats. I am prompted to write this treatise on liberty, or individual freedom, as I am concerned at the currents threats to Western Civilisation principally from the current iteration of the hard left and Islamic fundamentalism. What is specifically threatened is liberty , which I will argue is the fundamental and indispensable value of our civilisation. As Hayek states: We must show that liberty is not merely one particular value but is the source and condition of most moral values.