Category: Politics, Power, and Governance

WHICH DEFINITION DO YOU THINK OF AS LIBERAL?

—“Do you agree with the traditionalist Catholics that Liberalism naturally or inevitably degenerates into the leftisms we now observe and can imagine in the future?”—Skye Stewart

Yes. Now which definition do you think of as liberal?

liberalism
[ˈlib(ə)rəˌlizəm]
NOUN

secular
1. a political and moral philosophy based on liberty, consent of the governed, and equality before the law.

2. a political and social philosophy that promotes individual rights, free enterprise, freedom of speech, freedom of the press and freedom of religion, and limited government

3 the holding of political views that are socially progressive and promote social welfare. willingness to respect or accept behaviour or opinions different from one’s own; openness to new ideas, democracy, secularism

4. socialism, social democracy, majoritarianism, gender equality, racial equality, equality of outcome, internationalism
theological

5. the belief that many traditional beliefs are dispensable, invalidated by modern thought, or liable to change.