It therefore challenges those ‘political liberals’ who seek to isolate individual autonomy as valuable only in the political sphere, and those other liberals who argue that liberalism should not commit itself to autonomy at all. The thesis argues that these …

These authoritative volumes present the key articles which illuminate the history and development of liberalism from the seminal contributions of John Locke down to the most recent work by contemporary political theorists such as John Rawls, Richard Rorty and Robert …

In Britain, a populist Conservative government faces a Labour Party with a new, left-liberal leader, Keir Starmer. In France, Marine Le Pen remains a serious threat to Europe’s leading liberal renewer, Emmanuel Macron. In Hungary, the EU has an increasingly …

Although Asquith himself was not a consistent radical, his new cabinet contained several who were, notably Lloyd George, who replaced Asquith as Chancellor of the Exchequer, Winston Churchill and Samuel. The Liberal government radicalised in office, as Liberal governments, unlike …

Beyond education there is a broader cultural problem that may be described as disparity of esteem. The legal philosopher Ronald Dworkin argued that a liberal political community must show “equal respect and concern” for each of its members. Can we …