Just as maybe the view of Gladstone in the 1880's was contrary to his party, Asquith's personal resolve against votes for women seemed to be at odds with the rest of the cabinet. ... In conclusion, the Liberal Party as a whole seems more publicly supportive of women's suffrage than its leaders during this time period: Galdstone did not support the amendment to the 1884 Reform Act, Campbell-Bannerman too publicly opposed women's suffrage and Asquith was consistently stubborn. ... That view was spearheaded by Asquith, particularly in the initial years of his mandate, while ma...

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Some newspapers, in particular, provide different points of view in their editorial pages. ... The freedom of the press is heavily dependent on the wishes of those with money whose views are reflected in the media. And they are not liberal views in spite of the myth that conservatives created about the media. ... In a study carried out by the New England Journal of Medicine in May 1997, cardiac patients were shown to have a disproportionately high survival rate-67% of cardiac patients in ER survive as opposed to 6.5-15% in reality. ...

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In his view, government was the product of God, the power of government was given by God. ... On the other hand, the American liberal state opposed the ideals of the traditional Christian state model. ... Besides, in Locke's view, independent individual was the center of the society, and the government 's mission was to secure the rights and interests of self-seeking individuals. ... " In his view, religion was an important matter, but it was a matter of individual conscience, outside the state's concern and competence. ... In his view, the liberal state led to the changes ...

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There are many points of view or positions toward abortion; the three outlined in Chapter 5 are the conservative position, the liberal position, and the moderate position. ... Accordingly, the conservative opposes abortion at any stage of development for any reason except extreme cases where the mother's life is in jeopardy. ... Since the conservative position holds that fetuses are persons with the right to life, conservatives negate the views of their critics who support viability as the cutoff point for a morally-justified abortion. ... There are obviously varied views regarding abo...

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The sixteenth century witnessed the emergence of philosophies of liberty opposed to those found in antiquity and the Middle Ages. ... Such views were challenged by those who denied that liberty was a means by which men served ends that were properly human. ... Luther's and Calvin's views contributed further to the development of more modern ideas of liberty. ... Rousseau argued that man is separated from other living creatures by historical developments rather than human nature "a relativistic fallacy which provides the foundation for those elements of modern thought directly op...

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In "Liberalism", Emilia Viotti da Costa paints a picture of the political, social, and economic atmosphere in Brazil during the 1800's. One topic of her discussion was the many regional rebellions in the country between 1822 and 1845. Another topic discussed was Brazilian politics and how it may h...

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(2) Classical liberalism took on a "negative view of freedom." ... They viewed that a big government will help protect the freedom that people enjoy... A view that encouraged bargaining and debating among different groups, and to get the common person involved in major decisions. ... But, he also opposed every civil right legislation and "apprenticed himself to . southern senators who controlled the real authority.."... (17) The African American leaders were insulted because they said the Report saw black families as unstable, and it viewed white families as "normal" and the bar for all pe...

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Catholicism and Protestantism became more popular in the colonies of Britain, and politics and literature often reflected the views of these religions. ... (Outline, 1) Enlightenment thinkers viewed the universe as if a science experiment, relating questions with the scientific method formulated by previous men such as Newton. ... Descartes" theories were opposed, however, by British philosophers of the empiricist tradition, such as John Locke, who believed that all ideas are derived from the senses. ...

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John Locke presented the reinvented theory that, symbolic of a social contract, there must be a compromise between the sovereign and his subjects whereby respect for the ruler receives an equal respect for the liberties and rights of property of his people, as opposed to a complete surrender of rights for nothing in return, in which case the contract should be dissolved. ...

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