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Liberal Man

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 January 2010

Susan Mendus
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I begin with two quotations: one from Anthony Crosland's Socialism Now, the other from Thucydides' account of the Peloponnesian War. Crosland says:

experience shows that only a small minority of the population wish to participate [in politics]. I repeat what I have often said—the majority prefer to lead a full family life and cultivate their gardens. And a good thing too … we do not necessarily want a busy, bustling society in which everyone is politically active and fussing around in an interfering and responsible manner, and herding us all into participating groups. The threat to privacy and freedom would be intolerable.

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Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements , Volume 26 , March 1989 , pp. 45 - 57
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Philosophy and the contributors 1989

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