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The Pros And Cons Of Liberalism

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Human has evolved from the cave era to nanotechnology era; everything has changed in one way or another, man’s thought as other things follow suit. Different schools produced different ideas and beliefs. One of the yields of renaissance enlightenment is difference-blind liberalism. This concept argues that fairness is to treat groups and members of community equally; without being judged or biased by color, race, ethnicity, gender, and religion. This study will shed lights on issues varies from what is the outlook of liberalism, its justifications, its methodology, and some vital arguments on the issue. (Turner, 2007)

First of all, liberalism treats people as every person should be to treated fairly and without taking account to any of the following: color (black, dark) or race, religion (Muslim, Christian, Jew, Hindu, non-believers), origin, nationality (British, French, German, Russian, Indians, and Somalis), healthy or disabled. It preserved the rights to individuals to complain, vote, buy or sell property. Moreover, women not being biased and have been given the same rights as their counterpart men have. Without cuffing their hands with chains of suppression will to show their capability to build the society. It has been evidence that woman …show more content…

But to the fact that within country, there is diversity of people with different needs and with varieties of backgrounds. So, get the grip of liberalism a bit looser, and easing its rigidity towards diversity of needs in the society, is considered to be a virtue to the principle of the liberalism not a sin. This opens itself to coexist with necessity of its people. For example, the rule of travelling for unaccompanied minors, if give to certain cases to let me them enjoy exemption based on humanity reason would be a great. (Walton Hall,

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