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List of liberal thinkers



         


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the Liberalism series

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This is a partial list of individuals strongly associated with the tradition of political liberalism and instrumental in the exposition of political liberalism as a philosophy, in approximately chronological order, in a long line from Dutchman Baruch Spinoza, the Englishman John Locke and the Frenchman Voltaire to the Americans Ronald Dworkin, Richard Rorty and Francis Fukuyama as well as the Indian Amartya Sen and the Peruvian Hernando do Soto. Some of these people moved away from liberalism, while others espoused other ideologies before turning to liberalism. There are many different views of what constitute liberalism, and some liberals would feel that some of the people on this list were not true liberals. It is intended to be suggestive rather than exhaustive. Libertarian thinkers can be included, since it is not allways possible to make a clear distinction between modern classical liberal thinkers and libertarian thinkers. Not included are people who might be considered liberals in the United States in the sense of left-wing, but are themselves ideologically closer to socialism. An example is Joseph E. Stiglitz.

The following people are included:






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