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A British philosopher, Berlin distinguished negative from positive liberty and championed value pluralism, warning against totalitarian utopias and becoming a reference of 20th-century liberal thought.
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Reformist current that reinterprets Islam in light of reason, human rights and pluralism, advocating democracy, gender equality, a non-confessional state and freedom of conscience, in Muhammad Abduh's modernist tradition.
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Current that unites individual freedom, markets, and democracy with the ecological agenda, defending sustainability, rights, and innovation to reconcile economic prosperity with effective environmental protection.
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A Greek philosopher who taught that happiness depends on the absence of pain and disturbance, supported by friendship and moderate desires. He understood justice as a useful agreement to neither harm nor be harmed, and advised avoiding political strife where possible.
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A parliamentary monarchy, Spain combines a consolidated democracy, strong decentralization into autonomous communities, a market economy, and social, progressive policies, with regional tensions such as the Catalan question.
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Germany's first democracy, the Weimar Republic united parliamentarism, proportional representation, and intense cultural life, but was undermined by economic crises and political instability that paved the way for Nazism.
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