To be sure, there is a lot of confusion about liberalism and liberal values. In the U.S., the term often refers to the ideological left. In the UK, it is often understood as “centrist,” and in Australia, it can be taken to refer to the conservative party. Small L liberalism, which we mean here, is a set of values that seeks to defend every person’s freedom, tolerate and even appreciate difference and recognize and value our shared humanity and see in it a moral responsibility to ensure that the same rights, freedoms, and responsibilities belong to everybody. 

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