Liberalism

Semester: 

Spring

Offered: 

2015

Liberalism is a political theory about the limitation of state power based on basic constitutional rights. These institutional mechanisms have been justified on a liberal philosophical outlook. This course examines the central values of the liberal worldview including freedom, equality, toleration, individualism, secularism, pluralism, constitutionalism and the public and private divide. The purpose of this conceptual analysis is to understand the justificatory basis of liberalism and eventually assess its achievements and limitations.