Fox's Philosophy

Before 20th century, the rationalism is ruling the western circle of thought. No matter how the modern liberalism does develop or the modern liberalism occupies what kind of region, it took the west political thinking core content, and all is the liberalism which the rationalism governs. The modern liberalism has four most universal characteristics: The individualism, the egalitarianism, the Universalism and the society do good deeds discusses. However, in modern times, the critique to the rationalism occupied the important length, people start to believe generally that, there is no exist of human's common natural disposition stipulates or the perfect condition (for example Utopia) that can be known by human beings. Then in humanity's society and the political affair, the rationalism's basic thought is may should be get rid. The liberalism also encountered each kind of ideological trend's attack. Specially after the experience of two world wars, the liberalism's characteristics: Universalism and the society do-good deeds discusses received the enormous denial, The liberalism governed by the rationalism monism has bred the Fascism evil directly, has nearly brought the ruinous disaster to the humanity, down to in postwar very long period of time, the people no longer trusts freedom, the liberalism has as if already arrived its dead end, exists only as a word which was equal to approximately terrorist, totalitarianism, deceit, violence.As a firm liberalism follower, who believed freedom is the human born right, Berlin has not ignored the modern liberalism's declining, but tried to change itsfoundation thinking. Through modern liberalism rationale-rationalism monism,Berlin has carried on the critique to the natural sciences thinking mode's intemperate use, analyzed the despotic tendency in the Initiation principle, vetoed the historical determinism's obliterating to individual and individual right, promulgated the rationalism Utopia ideal is incredible. Berlin advocated we must change our style of think, namely change the new liberalism hope to the value pluralism which was ignored by people since long ago.As a "counter- tidal current" thought, Pluralism took one true tolerant thinking...