2 Differing views and tensions within conservatism

Question 1

traditional conservative

Answer 1

commitment to hierarchical and
paternalistic values

Question 2

one-nation conservative

Answer 2

updating of traditional conservatism in response to the emergence of capitalism

Question 3

New Right

Answer 3

the marriage of neo-liberal and neoconservative ideas

Question 4

neo-liberal

Answer 4

principally concerned with free-market economics and atomistic individualism

Question 5

neo-conservative

Answer 5

principally concerned with the fear of social fragmentation, tough on law and order and public morality.

Question 6

Noblesse oblige

Answer 6

the idea that nobility and privilege bring with them social responsibilities, notably the duty and obligation to care for those less fortunate.

Question 7

Anti-permissiveness

Answer 7

A rejection of permissiveness, which is the belief that people should make their own moral choices.

Question 8

Radical

Answer 8

A term used to describe beliefs, ideas or attitudes that favour drastic political, economic and social change.

Question 9

Human imperfection

Answer 9

The traditional conservative belief that humans are
flawed in a number of ways, which makes them incapable of making good decisions for themselves.