Where did the term "third way" originate from?

[undergroundpanther]

What is most striking about the connections between Third Way rhetoric and New Right politics is that where the ideology is most deeply implanted—in the United States and England—social programs have suffered the worst and capitalist class prosperity is greatest.

(sounds familiar, just like how things are NOW.)
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Where did the term "third way" originate from?

What is the Third Way? Both historically and in the contemporary world, there are numerous examples of political leaders and movements that declare their allegiance to a Third Way—defining alternatives in opposition to what they perceive to be dominant paradigms.
http://www.monthlyreview.org/300petras.htm
http://www.netnexus.org/library/papers/3way.html#history

UTILITARIANISM: Utilitarianism is the most famous example of a consequentialist theory, and one of the best known deontological theories is Kant's view. These theories consist of one or more general ethical principles, together with certain assumptions about what a human being (or, more generally, a moral person) is and how human beings ought, properly, to live with one another in society. Utilitarianism is a "goal based" theory. It emphasizes the consequences of our actions and whether or not they reach goals that we consider ethically desirable. In particular, the utilitarian principle says our actions should lead to the greatest "happiness" for the whole society. The scare quotes on ‘happiness’ are meant to emphasize that there is no single measure of what utilitarians are trying to maximize that is universally accepted by all theorists, and this raises serious problems—such as how to measure "utility", etc.
http://www.msu.edu/~marianaj/Handout1.htm

The two kinds of anti-individualists come together in their advocacy of a year or two of compulsory national service to knock some patriotism and civic virtue into the American young. They have been answered by an individualist liberal, David Boaz, who replies:
No group of people has the right to force another group to give up a year or two of their lives - and possibly life itself - without their consent. The basic liberal principle of dignity of the individual is violated when individuals are treated as national resources.

http://www.samuelbrittan.co.uk/pub2_p.html

Fascism is notoriously difficult to define, but the issue has to be faced by anyone trying to relate pre-1945 fascism to its variegated and fissiparous successors. Eatwell's criterion is "a form of thought which preaches the need for social rebirth in order to forge a holistic-national radical Third Way" (ie, between capitalism and communism).
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_1995081...

Professor Bagaric believes that utilitarian arguments cut through the messy emotions surrounding torture. First of all, the right to life of a multitude of innocent people outweighs the human rights of a single individual. Secondly, he says, if we decide to refrain from torturing a suspect at the cost of many lives, we are logically and morally responsible for the loss of life. “People need to extend their moral horizons and look beyond that and look at the consequences of actually not torturing, and those consequences could be horrific.”(10 ) This adds a new twist which turns conventional bleeding-heart morality on its head. Bagaric is arguing that we can be morally obliged to torture people.
The slippery slope: Utilitarianism has a glib plausibility. But everyone should be alarmed at the way that utilitarian arguments keep expanding in scope, launching us down a slippery slope towards actions which seem ever more repugnant.
http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/truth_or_consequenc... /
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I find all this political theory shit boils down to two clashing concepts,between two very different types of personality and characters.. One type of person thinks we all help each other to live the best we all can live.The elites believe the biggest bullies or smoothest talkers,or the richest must be permitted to help themselves to everything good at everyone else's expense and get away with that somehow because they think they are entitled to this.

People I find who cannot stand living in a society that is really egalitarian are tainted by either a conditioned fear of egalitarian culture, or they have a sociopath,authoritarian,narcissistic personality or some those character traits .

The other part of the problem is another personality type.That is the people who are passive aggressive,maybe have a masochistic streak open or repressed, might feel a strong need to belong to a group,desperate to have structure, and feel powerless and seek to be led by 'big people' so they don't have to think or be responsible for themselves.

Individualist dominator's and followers make up a significant amount of people in this world.

The individualists that think,deep..and truly do try understand and build non-coercive non-dominating,cultivate right relationships,and live that egalitarian ideal while knowing we are all connected in the interdependent nature of existence while defending individuality are rare.

Those who also recognize the need for a full life for themselves and everybody else too ,who are willing to fight to the death if necessary to stop bad people who would destroy,traumatize and pillage the community and the individuals in it because they can get away with it..The people who can recognize abusive people are NOT good relations, not good for communities,and keep these abusers OUT ,are rare too.

This needing to be fearless in your life, to express art ,to see the complexity,fragility and uniqueness of life while also recognizing the many and one do interact and impact one another and all are inherently free if things are kept within boundaries(on conduct). The leaderless people with an INTERNAL emotionally sensitive ethically aware inner locus of control, while being anti- authoritarian AND not taking advantage of the weaker,strong individuals even though they could take advantage,but they don't..Are really rare..

People who are internally aware of the need to be tender and caring to others and respect the life around themselves even if it does not directly benefit them,are plenty, but the ones with a capacity to be tender while being aware of the life destroying effects of trauma and direct their outrage at the people that create trauma and afflict people,knowing these abusers cannot keep on getting away with it, Stop it.. understanding for one to have to have freedom , none should tolerate abuse of freedom or personhood..these sorts of people they are not so common either apparently. Sad ain't it?