Dworkin makes it clear that he considers the second principle to be the more fundamental one under a liberal conception of equality.

The liberal-individualist conception of citizenship, or sometimes merely the liberal conception, has a concern that the individual's status may be undermined by government.

In Mill's hands, "Benthamism" became a major element in the liberal conception of state policy objectives.

What's more, it becomes clear that the job, as she stakes out her middle-of-the-road liberal conception of it, can only accomplish so much.

On the one hand you have a liberal, individualised conception of political action, where what we can do on our own surpasses any collective efforts.

But it also has a significant limitation - its liberal, state-oriented conception of politics.

The liberal-individualist or sometimes liberal conception of citizenship suggests that citizens should have entitlements necessary for human dignity.

Instead of cherishing a liberal conception of the individual, they direct their attention to the social regularities which control classes of people.

Barnett calls his theory the liberal conception of justice, emphasizing the relationship between legal libertarianism and classical liberalism.

Barnett's argument for the liberal conception focuses on three problems of human interaction: