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Wolność i równość jako podstawowe elementy liberalnej demokracji
Liberty and equality as the fundamental elements of liberal democracy

Author(s): Hryhoriy Monatskyy
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Political Sciences, History and theory of political science
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: liberty; equality; liberalism; democracy; theory of democracy

Summary/Abstract: In the article liberty and equality as important values in democracy are presented. Political theory advances the thesis that liberal democrats do not consider power of the people as the highest and ultimate political value. Liberals include among fundamental values various types of liberty and various kinds of equality that are connected with them, that is, liberty of speech, liberty of religion, the right to property, the right to voice one’s opinion or the right to assume public offices. It is these values that are the foundations of the ideal of the society of free and equal human beings.

  • Issue Year: 34/2006
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 147-160
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish