COnservatism core values/ideas/beliefs
- Created by: Caramel man
- Created on: 08-01-14 13:52
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- Conservatism
- Politics/democracy
- Mistrust of theory
- Tradition/resistance to change
- Belief in tradition to provide conitnuity
- Burke opposed french revolution as it went against idea of GRADUAL CHANGE
- The organic state
- Society, like the body has different parts for different functions
- Society is naturally hierarchial/unequal but it is just
- Class/leadership
- Conservatism is elitist
- The natural function of govt is to rule society
- The govt is responsible for and has built up knowledge to act in best national interest
- View of human nature
- We are psychologically imperfect, preferring continuity, not change
- Humans are morally imperfect as we have original sin and are self interested
- We are intellectually imperfect-we cannot make rational decisions, better to rely upon existing order
- Private property
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