Essay On Classical Liberalism

In a classical liberal government, the government plays a smaller and limited role in the lives of the people. Classical liberalism limits the state’s power thus allowing the people more freedom to do what they want. Things such as economics and social interactions are not regulated in a government that follows classical liberalism. In a government which follows modern liberalism, the government plays a much greater role. They become much more involved and are in charge of regulating things such as social and economic interactions. The government becomes an interventionist government. The goal of the interventionist government is to provide expansive liberty to its people. Modern liberalism is a revised version of classical liberalism. It was created because some saw classical liberalism as to unequal and flawed.
The concept of freedom that I would prefer to emphasize in government policy is the expansive liberty put forward by modern liberalism. I don’t agree with many of the key points that classical liberalism stands for. I don’t think the individual is more important than the state. In fact I think it’s the complete opposite. The state is more important than the individual. Without the state, there would be chaos and anarchy but without the individual there wouldn’t be such problems.
Another thing I disagree with is that the
In a government that follows the classical liberal concept, feel like there’s to many ways in which individuals can infringe on others rights and deny them of their freedoms. With government intervention in a government that runs under the expansive liberty put forward by modern liberalism I feel like there is no such problems. Everyone is granted their freedom and their rights are