Question
How was early liberalism characterised by C. B. Macpherson?
The correct answer is
Possessive individualism
C. B. Macpherson characterized early liberal thought through possessive individualism. In this account, the individual is treated as proprietor of their own person and capacities, and society largely as relations of exchange among proprietors. This is the theme of his The Political Theory of Possessive Individualism (1962).
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