What is Liberal Democracy?
One of the biggest political issues in Turkey is not known exactly what liberal democracy. Some liberal democracy not only as an economic ideology, while others see it as the ideology of a particular class or group. However, complete and telling the political and economic contradictions of liberal democracy is a political philosophy. The main purpose of all individuals in the community and the state's duty to live happily and freely to determine what needs to be yetkilerininin.
There are four foundation of classical liberal democracy.
These are:
1 Individualism
The resulting order of human relations, individual actions foreseen, to see as a result of pre-computed and the individual is a means, not an objective is considered to be an end in itself. Even the system of liberal democracy may be called for an individualistic society.
2 Freedom
Liberal theory is based strictly negative freedom. So you do not provide anything to the individual, his external pressures, stress is essential to be exposed. Liberal democracy is a prerequisite for understanding sabvunduğu there is no freedom. Options held by an individual, regardless of the individual is free if there is no intervention by force from the outside. Freedom of conscience, freedom of thought and belief, freedom to enjoy and struggles, wills, freedom of assembly and freedom of acquiring property as the basis of many concepts of liberal democracy, and the gift of humanity. Freedom is the only condition, that restrict the freedom of someone else.
These freedoms respected in its entirety no society, no nation, no country is not free. In this context, liberal democracy, without the consent of the individual, with the consent of the majority of the whole of society or even the restriction of individual freedoms, there can not be a concept. Because of liberal democracy, fundamental rights and freedoms of the consent of the majority, even unacceptable sacrifice.
3 Rule of law and limited government
A liberal in the country, the law is applied equally to all, no law can be passed to an individual or group, including the government and most importantly, are binding for all applicable retroactively. The aim is to protect the physical state and only the freedom of the individual.
4 Spontaneous (spontaneous), the layout and the free market economy
Classic words, individual freedom, property rights-protected area against the material part of other individuals, between individuals freely exchange format based on the de facto situation today, is the essence of liberal economic doctrine.
DESCRIPTION OF THE BIG LAROUSSE (1993)
Liberal
1 Freedom of person, freedom of speech and political freedoms, pro-people, no one is tolerant of others, tolerant attitude.
2 Since the economic liberalism that person; liberal supporters, people defending the freedom of behavior, attitudes, opinions, for example, liberal opinion, liberal reform, liberal economics, liberal capitalism, and so on.
Liberalism
1 As the economic way of thinking to the individual, his freedom and will result in the public interest, for the privilege of freedom of the individual events that theory.
2 Political doctrine which limit individual freedoms against the powers of the state.
Liberalization
Action to gain more freedom, liberalism, change in line with the liberal thought and behavior, see.
Liberalization
To give more freedom to act, with easy access liberalization of the political regime, such as trade liberalization, to ensure a transition to liberalism.
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Originally Posted by Brian4Liberty
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