5 Questions
What does progressivism seek to advance?
The human condition through social reform
In what historical period did progressivism arise?
The Age of Enlightenment
Which philosopher identified progress as a movement away from barbarism toward civilization?
Immanuel Kant
What was a key form of the idea of progress as promoted by classical liberals in the 19th and 20th centuries?
Modernity or modernisation
What does progressivism in modern political discourse get often associated with?
Social liberalism
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