Liberalism: a set of ideas for limiting state authority in relationship to the private-sector market or individual expression. A political philosophy primarily concerned with the legitimacy of political power and emphasizing the priority of individual liberty over collective power. Source: ‘What is Good? What is Bad? The Value of All Values across Time, Place and Theories’ by John McMurtry, Philosophy and… Read More

Liberation theology: A Christian movement from the late 1960’s, it features primary concern for the lives of the poor as a class which official religions have repudiated, conceiving its ultimate concern as “the resurrection of Jesus Christ in the body of the suffering people”. Source: ‘What is Good? What is Bad? The Value of All Values across Time,… Read More