I would also add (being friends with some self-described socialists) that solidarity is a traditional socialist value. “It’s easy to offer an “opportunity” that in practice goes to a few; the hard and serious task is to ensure the means of flourishing to all.”
The folks who created Drinking Liberally summarized liberalism (in the U.S. sense of center-left) as follows: “It is better to live for others than only for yourself.” I liked that because I think that’s probably the best, most succinct statement of a core liberal value; and it’s so stated that it could either be the ideal that drives someone’s life, or the opposite of the ideal that drives someone’s life.
These are pretty good and it’s a good exercise.
I would also add (being friends with some self-described socialists) that solidarity is a traditional socialist value. “It’s easy to offer an “opportunity” that in practice goes to a few; the hard and serious task is to ensure the means of flourishing to all.”
The folks who created Drinking Liberally summarized liberalism (in the U.S. sense of center-left) as follows: “It is better to live for others than only for yourself.” I liked that because I think that’s probably the best, most succinct statement of a core liberal value; and it’s so stated that it could either be the ideal that drives someone’s life, or the opposite of the ideal that drives someone’s life.
Thanks, and added