Dirk Verhofstadt (born 1955) is a Belgianliberal (Rawlsian) theorist and brother of the Belgian prime minister Guy Verhofstadt. With his book Het menselijk liberalisme (Human Liberalism) he inspires politicians in Belgian liberal parties as well as in the Dutch party Democraten 66. He defends liberalism against attacks by anti-globalists, by stating that liberalism implies/should imply solidarity and that green politics is not contradictory to liberalism. His latest book is named Pleidooi voor het individualisme (A Plea for Individualism). He is also chairman of Liberales, a new independent think tank within the liberal movement. Its members consider liberalism as a progressive movement supporting individual freedom, justice and human rights. Liberales reacts against narrow minded conservatism related to social economic, ecological and ethical issues supported by compartmentalized parties and structures. 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Liberalism is an ideology, philosophical view, and political tradition which holds that liberty is the primary political value. ... John Rawls (February 21, 1921 – November 24, 2002) was an American philosopher, a professor of political philosophy at Harvard University and author of A Theory of Justice (1971), Political Liberalism, Justice as Fairness: A Restatement, and The Law of Peoples. ... Guy Verhofstadt Guy Verhofstadt Pronunciation (born April 11, 1953) is the current Prime Minister of Belgium. ... Democrats 66 (D66) (Dutch: Democraten 66) is a social liberal party in the Netherlands. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Solidarity (Polish: Solidarność; full name: Independent Self-governing Trade Union Solidarity — Niezależny Samorządny Związek Zawodowy Solidarność) is a Polish trade union federation founded in September 1980 at the Gdańsk Shipyards, and originally led by Lech Wałęsa. ... Green politics is a body of political ideas informed by environmentalism aimed at developing a sustainable society. ... Liberales is a Belgian liberal thinktank advocating progressive leftist viewpoints. ...
Liberalism is an ideology, philosophical view, and political tradition which holds that liberty is the primary political value. ... This is an (partial) overview of individuals that contributed to the development of liberal theory on a worldwide scale and therefore are strongly associated with the liberal tradition and instrumental in the exposition of political liberalism as a philosophy. ...
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DirkVerhofstadt beschouwt het individualisme als het ultieme streefdoel, maar beseft tegelijkertijd dat het ook een utopisch streefdoel is. Individualisme zit in de aard van de mens, maar in een samenleving zullen er altijd krachten zijn die het individu proberen te onderwerpen aan het collectief, ofwel de gemeenschap.
Het is het onvermijdelijke resultaat van het communistische en fascistische gedachtegoed, meent Verhofstadt.
Sophie antwoordt: Ik heb de wet niet nodig om te weten wat mijn geweten mij voorschrijft. Dat fragment geeft volgens Verhofstadt aan dat een moraal, of het nu in de vorm van een religie of overtuiging is, ook weerstand kan bieden aan overheersende machten.
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