3. The Liberal Ideology
What is liberalism?
What is the origin of liberalism?
What is the fundamental liberal principle?
What are the core liberal values?
How is liberalism different from other
ideologies?
4. What is liberalism?
Liberalism is an ideology committed to
the individual and a society in which the
individual can pursue and realize their
interests
Latin word as liberty – liber, meaning
free
5. What is the origin of liberalism?
Emerged from the struggles of the new commercial
class that challenged the old feudal order in Europe
The first liberal advocates were a faction of the
Spanish legislature who adopted the name Liberales
in the early 1800s
The movement spread to France, Great Britain and
the rest of Europe. In Great Britain, the party known
as the Whigs evolved by the 1840s into the Liberal
Party
6. What is the fundamental liberal
principle?
The fundamental liberal principle
grants primacy to liberty as a
political value
7. What are the core liberal values?
Individualism - belief in the importance of the individual over
any social group or collective body
Rationalism - exercise of human reason and critical inquiry
Freedom - ability to think or act as one wish
Responsibility - being responsible for oneself and one’s own
economic and social circumstance
Justice - morally justifiable distribution of rewards and
punishment
Tolerance - willingness to accept views or actions that one
disagrees
8. How is liberalism different from other
ideologies?
Communism Socialism Liberalism Conservatism Fascism
Individual Social Rational and
Responsible
Organic
Individual
and Society
Individual interest should be
subordinated to the good of the
society as a whole
Freedom and
Political
Equality
Freedom and
Order
Order
Equality Equality of Ends Equality of
Opportunities
Inherently
Unequal
Superior Race
or Nation
State Economic Redistribution Protect
Individual
Liberty
Ensure
traditional
values
National
Glory
Political
Spectrum
Extreme Left Left Center Right Far Right
Mode of
Change
Revolution Democratic Elections Coup d’ etat
9. The Liberal Party
When was the LP founded?
What was the role of the LP in the Philippine
Postwar Republic?
What was the role of the LP during the
Marcos dictatorship?
What is the current role of the LP in Philippine
politics?
10. When was the LP founded?
Founded on January
19, 1946 by Manuel
Roxas
“Liberal Wing” of the
old Nacionalista
Party (founded 1907)
11. What was the role of the LP in the
Philippine Postwar Republic?
Economic and social
reconstruction, rehabilitation
& the emerging Cold War
were the themes of the time
The country had to be rebuilt
from the ruins of war
Postwar politics was
characterized by the intense
competition between the
Nacionalista Party (NP) and
the Liberal Party (LP)
12. What was the role of the LP during
the Marcos dictatorship?
Acted as the primary
opposition to the Marcos
regime and a bulwark of
defense of the Filipino
people
August 21, 1971 – Plaza
Miranda Bombing
August 21, 1983 – Aquino
Assassination
13. What is the current role of the LP in
Philippine politics?
Stable base of support
Steady number of national and
local elected officials
Reliable coalition partner
Anti-US bases during the
Aquino administration
Anti-charter change under
Ramos
Erap “Resign, Impeach, Oust
(RIO)” movement
14. The Broad Liberal Movement
What is the relationship of the LP with
sectoral, non-governmental and civil society
organizations?
What are the other organizations that
comprise the broad liberal movement in the
Philippines?
What are the other liberal organizations
working worldwide?
15. What is the relationship of the LP with
sectoral, non-governmental and civil
society organizations?
The LP has endeavored to transform itself from its
traditional past to a vehicle of new politics in the
Philippines
The LP has cooperated with various sectoral, non-
governmental and civil society organizations in
various issue advocacies and mass struggles over the
years
The LP has made efforts to strengthen its ranks
among established Allied Sectoral Groups (Youth,
Women, Urban Poor, Labor, etc.), and emerge as a
truly mass-based political party
16. What are the other organizations that
comprise the broad liberal movement in
the Philippines?
National Institute of Policy Studies
(NIPS)
Kabataang Liberal ng Pilipinas
(Kalipi)
Liberal Caucus of Congressional
Staff (LCCS)
17. National Institute of Policy
Studies (NIPS)
Principal political institute that undertakes
programs for the promotion of
liberalism and democracy in the
Philippines
18. Kabataang Liberal ng
Pilipinas (Kalipi)
The youth wing of the Liberal Party,
KALIPI is the largest and most
organized youth organization of a
political party in the country today
19. Liberal Caucus of
Congressional Staff (LCCS)
Allied sectoral organization of the Liberal
Party composed of the Congressional
Staff of LP legislators from the Senate
and the House of Representatives
20. What are the other liberal
organizations working worldwide?
Liberal International
Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats
(CALD)
International Federation of Liberal
Youth (IFLRY)
Friedrich Naumann Foundation
22. Council of Asian Liberals and
Democrats (CALD)
A forum for sustained discussion of
changing developments occurring in the
countries and the region as a whole, as
well as assessing liberal solutions to
political, economic, social and cultural
challenges in Asian democracies.
24. Friedrich Naumann
Foundation
The Friedrich-Naumann-Foundation is the Foundation
for liberal politics from Germany
The first President of the Federal Republic of
Germany, Theodor Heuss, established the Foundation
for liberal politics in 1958.
The Foundation sees itself as an agent of organized
liberalism. It enjoys close links with Germany's Free
Democratic Party (F.D.P.) and Liberal International
(LI).
