1. Modern vs. Classical<br />Kendra Horvath <br />June 8th, 2010<br />Humanities 30 <br />Mr. Kabachia<br />Since the industrialization period, liberalism has been changing and shaping itself into two main types of ideologies. First was classical liberalism, which introduced the principals of economic freedoms and a lot of individualistic principals. As the idea developed, it started to add some new humanitarian principals, including welfare state/capitalism and many principals influenced around the human rights ideology. The sources depicted deal with most of these liberal ideas. The first source states that is necessary for a government to use welfare state for individuals to survive in the economy, which is the ideological perspective of modern liberalists. The second and third sources are more supportive of the principals of classical liberalism, like competition and self interest, because they state that under a free market economy, if people work hard, they will produce food, shelter, and wealth for themselves.<br />When all of the sources are compared, the second and third sources criticize the ideology of the first source, saying that modern liberalists do not take interest in letting the principals of classical liberalism (like competition, economic freedom and self interest), take its course because of the safety net that the government provides through welfare state/capitalism for people who do not compete and take advantage of economic freedom. The second and third sources also states that when a government taxes people and take away some of their earnings to give to programs that help the poor become stable again; it makes the taxed people poorer so they cannot produce food, clothing and shelter for themselves. This would be criticized by a classical liberalist because they believe that a government should not interfere with the economy, and when and if a government does interfere with such things as taxes, the interference messes up the processes involved with classical liberalism.<br />When all of the sources are tied together, they depict the pros and cons of modern liberalism and the effects it has on classical liberalism ideological perspectives. Many classical thinkers and people who hold the classical liberalism ideology would criticize the ideology reflected in the first source, just as the second and third sources criticize modern liberalism. <br />