Liberal socialism is a political philosophy that incorporates liberal principles to socialism.
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Liberal socialism is a political philosophy that incorporates liberal principles to socialism.
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Liberal socialism has been particularly prominent in British and Italian politics.
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However, liberal socialism is sometimes used in the same meaning as modern social liberalism or rightist social democracy.
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Liberal socialism accepted the principle of legislative intervention for the purpose of animal welfare.
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Liberal socialism has exercised influence in British politics, especially in the variant known as ethical socialism.
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Ethical socialism was founded by Christian socialist R H Tawney and its ideals were connected to Fabian and guild-socialist values.
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Ethical Liberal socialism is distinct in its focus on criticism of the ethics of capitalism and not merely criticism of material issues of capitalism.
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Liberal socialism opposed what he called the "acquisitive society" that causes private property to be used to transfer surplus profit to "functionless owners"—capitalist rentiers.
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Liberal socialism supported the pooling of surplus profit through means of progressive taxation to redistribute these funds to provide social welfare, including public health care, public education and public housing.
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Liberal socialism advocated worker participation in the business of management in the economy as well as consumer, employee, employer and state cooperation in the economy.
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Ethical Liberal socialism is an important ideology of the Labour Party.
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Proudhon's ethical socialism has been described as part of the liberal socialist tradition which is for egalitarianism and free markets, with Proudhon taking "a commitment to narrow down the sphere of activity of the state".
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James Boyle quoted Proudhon as stating that Liberal socialism is "every aspiration towards the amelioration of society" and then admitting that "we are all socialists" under this definition.
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Robert Graham noted that "Proudhon's market Liberal socialism is indissolubly linked to his notions of industrial democracy and workers' self-management".
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Jaszi promoted a form of co-operative socialism that included liberal principles of freedom, voluntarism and decentralization.
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Liberal socialism counterpoised this ideal version of socialism with the then-existing political system in the Soviet Union, which he identified as based upon dictatorial and militarist perils, statism and a crippled economic order where competition and quality are disregarded.
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Rosselli's liberal socialism was partly based upon his study and admiration of British political themes of the Fabian Society and John Stuart Mill.
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