liberalism vs collectivism
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Liberalism is not one simple, undifferentiated doctrine. As with other doctrines or ideologies, there are varieties of liberalism. All liberals agree on the primacy of individual freedom and individual choice, which distinguishes liberalism from socialism. But some liberals argue in favour of these core values by means of highly abstract reasoning. Modern Liberalism has not abandoned Individualism for a form of collectivism, it has just adapted the views by using these abstract reasoning.
Classical liberalism stresses the fact that the individual is more important than the state. Political philosopher ,Thomas Hobbes was the son of a minor clergyman who subsequently abandoned his family. He became a tutor to the exiled Prince of Wales Charles Stewart, and lived under the patronage of the Cavendish family. Writing at a time of uncertainty and civil strife, precipitated by the English Revolution, Hobbes developed the first comprehensive theory of nature and human behaviour since Aristotle. His classic work leviathan(1651) discussed the grounds of political obligation and undoubtedly reflected the impact of the Civil War...