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Thinker
Beliefs
How were they radical for their 5me?
How were their ideas related to classical liberalism
Thomas Hobbes
Humans, who are naturally selfish, could live in peace and avoid fear of civil conflict by giving up all of their poli
Moved power from individuals to governing authority as long as this ruler kept his or her ci
Hobbes’ emphasis on the best interest of individuals – even though under a strong poli
Thinker
Beliefs
How were they radical for their 5me?
How were their ideas related to classical liberalism
John Locke
Focused on reason and logic to determine ac
Advocated for government ability to the people – something quite uncommon at the <me – and the ownership of and protec
Locke’s connec
Thinker
Beliefs
Montesquieu Valued worth and equality of the individual and the need for able government. The separa
How were they radical How were their ideas for their 5me? related to classical liberalism Desired the elimina
Montesquieu placed importance on the rule of law, the primacy of individual rights and freedoms, and the cons
Thinker Beliefs
How were they How were their radical for their 5me? ideas related to classical liberalism
Adam Smith
Smith’s ideas were completely opposite the dominant mercan<list system of the <me (which promoted the power and wealth of the state but with only a few people enjoying this power and wealth). A free market and limited governmental role in the economy were new and controversial ideas.
Borrowed ideas from the physiocrats who believed in individuals making their own economic decisions, and that their selfishness and compe<
Smith’s economic ideas are directly related to economic freedom, self-‐ interest, compe<
Thinker
Beliefs
How were they radical for their 5me?
How were their ideas related to classical liberalism
John Stuart Mill
Individual freedom and rights as well as free speech were paramount to Mill. Only in the case where one individual’s ac
His emphasis on individual rights and freedom of speech (even for women) was notable in an era where these rights and freedoms were restricted.
Mill’s focus on the free exercising of individual rights and freedoms and the protec
Thinker
Beliefs
How were they radical for their 5me?
How were their ideas related to classical liberalism
David Ricardo
The wages paid to workers needed to be determined by the supply of and demand for their skills. The state should not in any way regulate this natural contract.
ATempted to ra
The prominence of the individual and his or her economic decision making – whether as employer or employee – Ricardo drew from classical liberal thought and specifically derived from self-‐interest and compe<
Thinker
Beliefs
Charles Social, economic, and Dickens environmental devasta
How were they radical for their 5me?
How were their ideas related to classical liberalism
Cri
Dickens was, in a sense, cri
Beliefs
How were they radical for their 5me?
How were their ideas related to classical liberalism
Thomas Hobbes
Humans, who are naturally selfish, could live in peace and avoid fear of civil conflict by giving up all of their poli
Moved power from individuals to governing authority as long as this ruler kept his or her ci
Hobbes’ emphasis on the best interest of individuals – even though under a strong poli
Thinker
Beliefs
How were they radical for their 5me?
How were their ideas related to classical liberalism
John Locke
Focused on reason and logic to determine ac
Advocated for government ability to the people – something quite uncommon at the <me – and the ownership of and protec
Locke’s connec
Thinker
Beliefs
Montesquieu Valued worth and equality of the individual and the need for able government. The separa
How were they radical How were their ideas for their 5me? related to classical liberalism Desired the elimina
Montesquieu placed importance on the rule of law, the primacy of individual rights and freedoms, and the cons
Thinker Beliefs
How were they How were their radical for their 5me? ideas related to classical liberalism
Adam Smith
Smith’s ideas were completely opposite the dominant mercan<list system of the <me (which promoted the power and wealth of the state but with only a few people enjoying this power and wealth). A free market and limited governmental role in the economy were new and controversial ideas.
Borrowed ideas from the physiocrats who believed in individuals making their own economic decisions, and that their selfishness and compe<
Smith’s economic ideas are directly related to economic freedom, self-‐ interest, compe<
Thinker
Beliefs
How were they radical for their 5me?
How were their ideas related to classical liberalism
John Stuart Mill
Individual freedom and rights as well as free speech were paramount to Mill. Only in the case where one individual’s ac
His emphasis on individual rights and freedom of speech (even for women) was notable in an era where these rights and freedoms were restricted.
Mill’s focus on the free exercising of individual rights and freedoms and the protec
Thinker
Beliefs
How were they radical for their 5me?
How were their ideas related to classical liberalism
David Ricardo
The wages paid to workers needed to be determined by the supply of and demand for their skills. The state should not in any way regulate this natural contract.
ATempted to ra
The prominence of the individual and his or her economic decision making – whether as employer or employee – Ricardo drew from classical liberal thought and specifically derived from self-‐interest and compe<
Thinker
Beliefs
Charles Social, economic, and Dickens environmental devasta
How were they radical for their 5me?
How were their ideas related to classical liberalism
Cri
Dickens was, in a sense, cri
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