Society is made up of "little platoons", where hierarchy is natural.
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Oakeshott
The state exists to "prevent the bad, rather than create the good".
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Oakeshott
State of nature is 'noisy, foolish and flawed'. We are 'fragile and fallible' but can be 'benign and benevolent' when framed by routine, familiarity and religious principles.
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Hobbes
The state of nature is "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short".
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Nozick
"Freedom loving pack animals."
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Oakeshott
Conservative society is one that merely aims to "stay afloat" in uncertain waters, rather than sail steadily towards some specific destinations.
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Burke
Our natural imperfections means we need to be led by those who are "wiser, stronger and more opulent".
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Burke
The ideal society is a "partnership between those who are living, those who are dead and those who are yet to be born."
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Capitalism
Conservatives have been described as "reluctant supporters of capitalism".
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Burke/Trustee Model
An MP "owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion."
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Burke
Each little platoon would "acknowledge, nurture and prune... the crooked timber of humanity."
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Disraeli
Paternalism is the duty to "elevate the conditions of the people."
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Oakeshott
Conservatism is a "philosophy of imperfection."
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Oakeshott
Most people are "fallible but not terrible" and "imperfect but not immoral."
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Oakeshott
Overall, we’ll be happier through conservative preference for "the familiar to the unknown, the actual to the possible, the convenient to the perfect… present laughter to utopian bliss."
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Oakeshott
Rejects normative ideologies because they are "simplistic visions that overlook the complexity of reality."
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Nozick
Oakeshott mentality is "lazy".
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Rand
"When the state becomes flabby, it also becomes feeble."
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Oakeshott/Nautical Metaphor
Role of the state is “keeping the ship afloat at all costs… using experience to negotiate every storm, stoicism to accept necessary changes of direction… and not fixating on a port that may not exist".
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
The state exists to "prevent the bad, rather than create the good".
Back
Oakeshott
Card 3
Front
State of nature is 'noisy, foolish and flawed'. We are 'fragile and fallible' but can be 'benign and benevolent' when framed by routine, familiarity and religious principles.
Back
Card 4
Front
The state of nature is "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short".
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