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Cultural liberalism (known as social liberalism in the United States) is a social philosophy which expresses the social dimension of liberalism and favors the freedom of individuals to choose whether to conform to cultural norms. In the words of Henry David Thoreau is often expressed as the right to "march to the beat of a different drummer".^[1] Cultural progressivism is used in a substantially similar context, although it does not mean exactly the same as cultural liberalism.^[2]

In following the harm principle, cultural liberals believe that society should not impose any specific code of behavior and they see themselves as defending the moral rights of nonconformists to express their own identity however they see fit as long as they do not harm anyone else.^{[dubious – discuss]} The culture wars in politics are generally disagreements between cultural progressives and cultural conservatives.^[3]^{[failed verification]} The cultural progressives believe that the structure of one's family and the nature of marriage should be left up to individual decision and they argue that as long as one does no harm to others, no lifestyle is inherently better than any other.^{[citation needed]}

Unlike cultural progressives, cultural liberals do not favour political correctness due to its attacks on certain civil rights and liberties such as freedom of speech and religion. In contrast to civil libertarianism, proponents for cultural liberalism will tend to show greater scepticism in regards to social reforms that can lead to increased risk of harm compared to that of the views of some civil libertarians for example, differences of opinion in relation to gun law reforms.

The United States refers cultural liberalism as social liberalism however, it is not the same as the broader political ideology known as social liberalism. In the United States, social liberalism describes progressive moral and social values or stances on socio-cultural issues such as abortion and same-sex marriage as opposed to social conservatism. A social conservative or a social liberal in this sense may hold either more conservative or liberal views on fiscal policy.^[4]

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Willard, Charles Arthur (1996). Liberalism and the Problem of Knowledge: A New Rhetoric for Modern Democracy. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0226898452.

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