Chapter
2 What is classical liberalism?
Ten principles of classical liberalism
3 Classical liberalism: the family tree
The rise of classical liberalism
The modern revival of classical liberalism
The diversity of classical liberal ideas
4 Classical liberalism and freedom
The arguments for freedom
Positive and negative liberty
5 Classical liberal morality
The arguments for toleration
6 Classical liberal politics
The origin and purpose of government
The myth of social justice
Public choice and private interests
The legitimacy of government
7 Classical liberal society
Justice and the rule of law
The rationality of natural orders
Spontaneous order and natural rights
8 Classical liberal economics
The spontaneous order of the market
The spontaneous ‘miracle’ of prices
The arguments for economic freedom
The destabilising effects of government
9 Classical liberalism today
The rebirth of classical liberalism
The meaning of classical liberalism
Classical liberal internationalism
The classical liberal vision
10 Key classical liberal thinkers
John Locke (1632–1704), English philosopher
Bernard Mandeville (1670–1733), Anglo–Dutch satirist
Voltaire [François-Marie Arouet] (1694–1778), French writer
Adam Ferguson (1723–1816), Scottish social theorist
Adam Smith (1723–1790), Scottish philosopher and economist
Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), American revolutionary leader
Frédéric Bastiat (1801–50), French political theorist
Richard Cobden (1804–1865), English manufacturer and politician
John Stuart Mill (1806–73), English philosopher and reformer
Herbert Spencer (1820–1903), English anthropologist and philosopher
Friedrich A. Hayek (1899–1992), Anglo–Austrian political scientist
Ayn Rand (1905–82), Russian–American novelist and moralist
Isaiah Berlin (1909–97), Latvian–British philosopher
Milton Friedman (1912–2006), American economist
James M. Buchanan (1919–2013), American economist
Robert Nozick (1938–2002), American philosopher
11 Classical liberal quotations
…Versus planning and controls
Justice and the rule of law
12 Classical liberalism timeline
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