To what extent do Conservatives believe in/support tradition and continuity?
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- To what extent do conservatives believe in/support tradition and continuity
- Tradition refers to ideas and practices/institutions that have stood the test of time. This helps to establish links with the past, and creates continuity between the past/present and the future
- Yes
- Human imperfection
- Sense of belonging, rootedness
- Social cohesion
- Established practices/institutions indv. can recognise
- Cautious of change, journey into the unknown, generates uncertainty and insecurity
- Sense of belonging, rootedness
- Tradition reflects religious faith
- Burke believed society is shaped by 'the law of our creator'
- Established p/i constitute 'natural law'
- Traditions 'god given' if tamper are going against will of God
- Change could do more harm than good
- Reflects accumulated wisdom of the past
- Stood the test of time so they are worth preserving
- Darwinian 'survival of the fittest'
- Worked well-of value, proved fitness
- Should be preserved for future generations
- Burke society is a 'partnership between those who are living, those who are dead and those who are yet to be born'
- Chesterton 'democracy of the dead' as dead will always outnumber living
- Burke society is a 'partnership between those who are living, those who are dead and those who are yet to be born'
- Darwinian 'survival of the fittest'
- Should be preserved for future generations
- Burke society is a 'partnership between those who are living, those who are dead and those who are yet to be born'
- Chesterton 'democracy of the dead' as dead will always outnumber living
- Burke society is a 'partnership between those who are living, those who are dead and those who are yet to be born'
- Stood the test of time so they are worth preserving
- Authoritarian
- Russian Tsars
- 'Autocracy, orthodoxy and nationality'
- Reform sapped away power
- State education teaching about Russia's past glories
- Tradition best way to prevent liberal abstract theories that advocate revolution
- One nation
- Stop revolution
- Russian Tsars
- Human imperfection
- No
- NR blend of reactionary, radical and traditional features
- Fuse economic libertarianism with social authoritarianism
- NL free market based on rational experimentation rather than tradition
- MacMillan critical of Thatcher's privatisation policies 'selling off the family silver'
- Some NL would say is tradition bc going back to golden age 19th century of economic and moral fortittude
- Free market economy allows indv to flourish as they think state intervention prevents this
- NC more faithful to tradition
- Growth of permissive society in capitalist liberal democracy
- Undermined family values, morality and the christian values
- Has led to more crime and social chaos
- Argue for stronger police force and harsher deterrents
- Want indv to stay connected to their past
- Growth of permissive society in capitalist liberal democracy
- NR blend of reactionary, radical and traditional features
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