Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site gloria.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!rochester!rocksanne!sunybcs!gloria!colonel From: colonel@gloria.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman) Newsgroups: net.religion Subject: Re: classical liberal? Message-ID: <980@gloria.UUCP> Date: Sun, 3-Mar-85 11:48:59 EST Article-I.D.: gloria.980 Posted: Sun Mar 3 11:48:59 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 6-Mar-85 04:08:41 EST References: <742@decwrl.UUCP> <1204@amdahl.UUCP> Organization: SUNY-Buffalo Computer Sci. Lines: 17 > Ken Arndt's article used the expression 'classical Liberal' to > describe what is meant by 'Liberal' today. > > I feel that 'classical Liberal' identifies not contemporary > Liberals but an older meaning of the word, associated with > laissez faire and small government. Modern Liberalism I would > call neo-Liberal, because it seems modern liberals expect > more from government in terms of social control (redistribution > of wealth, "affirmative action", etc), and thus distinguishes > itself from classical Liberalism. Calling moderate conservatives "classical liberals" only confuses your readers. Let's use the terms "conservative" and "liberal" in their modern senses. -- Col. G. L. Sicherman ...decvax!sunybcs!gloria!colonel