. Old and New Liberalism
A.
Like old
liberals, new liberals pursue greater personal freedom
1.
the battle against fascism was a new birth of liberty
2.
contagious optimism in an age of prosperity
3.
unfinished business
--women, minorities, youth, economic opportunity
B.
Unlike old liberals, using public power to create economic
opportunity
II. Personal Freedom
A.
Art of Jackson Pollack
B.
Civil Rights
1. United States in a leadership
role
a. equality
under the law for blacks
b. inspires movements
around the world
2.
Revolts against communist regimes
a. Hungary (1956)
b. Czechoslovakia (1968)
3.
Younger generation demands new rights
a. reform
of universities in Europe
b. Paris, 1968
c. voting
rights for 18-year-olds in the U.S.
C. Feminism
1.
Simone de Beauvoir
a. women
as individual persons
2.
Issues of opportunity
--education
and employment
3.
Issues of personal freedom
--divorce,
contraception and abortion
D. Existentialism--philosophy of
personal freedom
1.
Sartre, Camus, and Beauvoir: we are condemned to be free