Social Liberalism

Social Liberalism (SocLib) also called Left-Liberalism (LeftLib), Modern Liberalism (ModLib), Welfare Liberalism (WelLib) and New Liberalism (NewLib) is a economically centrist, statist, culturally centre to centre-left and civically liberal political ideology which combines elements of liberal democracy with  economic interventionism as means of "ensuring economic justice as well as civil liberty".

History
Social Liberalism started in the United Kingdom as a trend within the Liberal Party that strayed away from laissez-faire economics, accepting certain market regulations, and moved more towards a Social welfare system and from the more traditional classical liberal deontological view of morality to a more utilitarian view of morality based on the philosophy of Jeremy Bentham.

The most influential figure behind the move towards this kind of liberalism is the English philosopher John Stuart Mill, who believed in certainly free markets along with welfare systems to assure equal opportunities.

Beliefs
SocLib believes in modestly regulated capitalism with a large social safety net in a similar vein to Social Democracy. Unlike more leftist ideologies, however, SocLib believes that it's best for such a system to have taxes and regulations low enough to create as much tax revenue as realistically possible for the social programs while also providing as much economic freedom to the people as is practical.

Personality
Social Liberalism acts like a stereotypical urban middle-class left-winger in western countries.

How to Draw
Soclib_flag.svg The Social Liberal design is the Social Democratic Rose in the Liberal colours of Blue and Gold.
 * 1) Draw a ball,
 * 2) Fill it with the same shade of blue as Liberalism (#006AA7),
 * 3) Draw a rose in gold (#FFD700),
 * 4) Draw the eyes, and you're done!

Friends

 * [[File:Socdem.png]] Social Democracy - Slightly more regulationist version of myself.
 * [[File:Socliber.png]] Social Libertarianism - Also believes on having a moderate welfare state, but wants markets to be freer than I do.
 * [[File:Lpop.png]] Left-Wing Populism - Sometimes helpful for me.
 * [[File:Orlib.png]] Ordo-Liberalism - We share the principle of moderately deregulated markets with a welfare state.
 * [[File:Nordmodel.png]] Nordic Model - Same as Ordo-liberalism.

Frenemies

 * [[File:Neoliberal-icon.png]] Neoliberalism - I like most of your ideas, but there should at least be more welfare programs.
 * [[File:Socauth.png]] Social Authoritarianism - Your ideas on the economics are ok, but you scare me.
 * [[File:Socgeo.png]] Social Georgism - LVT is a fairly radical idea, the voters may not be down with it.

Enemies

 * [[File:ML.png]] Marxism–Leninism - I'M A LEFTIST OK?!

Further Information
For overlapping political theory, see:

Literature

 * On Liberty and Principles of Political Economy by John Stuart Mill
 * A Theory of Justice by John Rawls
 * Liberalism is the best Cure for Poverty by Dirk Verhofstadt
 * The New Liberalism: Reconciling Liberty and Community by Avital Simhoni and Davis Weinstein
 * Towards a Socio-Liberal Theory of World Development by Arno Tausch and Fred Prager

Wikipedia

 * Social Liberalism
 * John Stuart Mill

Videos

 * Social Democracy vs Social Liberalism Explained by Liberaven
 * Classical vs. Social Liberalism by Nick Carroll
 * IdeoLogs: Interview With a Liberal by IdeoLogs

Communities

 * r/centerleftpolitics