1. Ideological Perspectives on Liberalism<br />Ashlyn Rye<br />Humanities 30-1<br />June 10, 2010<br />Liberalism, whether modern or classical, have principles that are accepted and rejected. The link between these different ideological perspectives is which ones accept certain principles of liberalism and why certain principles are rejected and whether or not government should be involved or not. <br />In source one, the ideological perspective portrayed is modern liberalism. Modern liberalism implements principles that portray a more collectivist point of view, where the principles of modern liberalism are based upon benefiting the collective good of society, with government involvement. This source is talking about how the individual cannot be benefitted or free if they have a constant fear of not being able to meet their basic needs. Modern liberalism, demonstrated in this source, is held up by welfare state which portrays the values that instead of being burdened by fear and insecurity, you are happy and everyone’s basic necessities are provided for them, and they are not discriminated by race, creed or color. This source is in strong belief that modern liberalism is what is best for the common good of everyone, and by accepting the principles of modern liberalism such as human rights, suffrage, labor standards and unions, poverty will decrease, and happiness will increase. <br />Unlike source one, source two demonstrates a person in favor of the market economy, opposed to a socialist ideology. This source believes that human labor applied to natural resources in the only way to get your basic amenities, instead of heavily taxing the producers and subsidizing the consumer. Socialism, much like modern liberalism, believes in government involvement, but socialist government decides what everyone gets, as opposed to the market economy belief that everyone should work hard for what they need, without the government getting involved and telling them what they get. Source two, in favor of the market economy, believes that instead of government involvement and ceasing things from people that have earned them and distributing them to people who don’t, that everyone should work hard for what they deserve. Instead of the socialist ideology, source one believes that principles such as self-interest, competition, private property, and many principles of classical liberalism, should be implemented in place for the benefit of the individual, not the collective. <br />Source three demonstrates a classical liberalist point of view. Classical liberalists are in belief that it is an individualist world and that if you are rich, you worked hard for your money and deserve what you have. In this cartoon, the type of classical liberalism it is portraying rejects most of its principles in acceptation of competition and self interest. Much like source two, the belief that working hard for your own benefit, and not for the collective benefit is the right way to do something, as opposed to modern liberalism where everyone is treated more equal.<br />Modern liberalism and classical liberalism have the same principles except one believes in government involvement and one is more individualist. Whereas socialism is like modern liberalism, where both have government involvement and believe in more equal ways of distributing things among their people. Whether you believe in benefiting the common good, or everyman should fend for himself, liberalism’s principles can be tied together in many different ways, and everyone has their own opinion on what works best. <br />