Would it be true to say that a coherent liberal is someone who looks forward to the possibility of being a conservative? Bear with me.
Yes, a belief in progress is part of what I'm thinking of as liberalism but I don't think it should be for its own sake.
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A belief in the historical inevitability of 'progress' has long been associated with liberalism, but I always ask "progress towards what?"
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I don't believe in utopia, whereas I do believe in pluralism & tolerance, both in part because I am very conscious of human fallibility.
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