Liberals advocate for social change in order to beget a more egalitarian society in the same way that conservatives are opposed to change in order to preserve the hierarchical structure of society; therefore, as Jost et al. point out, "to preserve the status quo has typically entailed entrusting the present and future to the same authorities who have controlled the past" (343). ... The aforementioned correlations are in and of themselves related simply because avoiding uncertainty involves being intolerant of ambiguity since ambiguity embodies uncertainty, and together both variabl...

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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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It too was staffed by wealthy conservatives, such as Ito Hirobumi and Yamagata Aritomo, and was mostly opposed to any legislation that tried to extend democratic rights too far3. ... Individualism failed on the grounds that it was primarily opposed to the collective nature of Japanese national polity20, and was more 'related to the artist seeking personal fulfilment' than an actual commitment to individual rights, whilst egalitarianism seemed unable overcome the social prejudices of many of the 'coterie adherents'21. ...

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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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