Political Science · Political Theory
Which among the following is associated with social liberalism?
ADavid Friedman
BVoltaire
CThomas Paine
DT. H. Green ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) T. H. Green — T. H. Green is the founder of social liberalism, so the answer is T. H. Green.
Explanation
★T. H. Green is the founder of social liberalism, so the answer is T. H. Green.
★Social or modern liberalism holds that the state must actively secure the conditions of real freedom.
★Green argued for positive liberty, the power to make the best of oneself, not mere absence of restraint.
★He justified state action in education, health and labour to remove obstacles to self realisation.
★David Friedman is an anarcho-capitalist who opposes the state altogether.
★Voltaire belongs to the Enlightenment defence of tolerance and free speech, an earlier strand.
★Thomas Paine championed natural rights and revolution rather than the social welfare state.
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