Comparing core 3 Flashcards
Where can conservatism reconcile with socialism?
Communities - Burke’s ‘little platoons’ and Fourier’s phalanxes
Humans aree guided by morals
Third Way and Traditional Conservatives- Keynesian, interventionist economy
Traditional conservatives and fundamentalist socialists dislike laissez faire capitalism and play down the importance of the individual
Where does socialism reconcile with liberalism?
Optimistic view of human nature
Euqla opportunity
Reject monarchy, support democracy
Society comes before state
Where does liberalism reconcile with conservatism.
Property ownership
Free market (to an extent)
New right and neoliberals similar - favour deregulation and privatisation
Inequality of outcome is natural
How are the origins of the 3 branches similae?
They want to improve the current society
Stem from Enlightenment rejection of religion
In what ways can conservatism and socialism not be reconciled? (4)
Conservatism believes in a ruling class - ‘noblesse oblige’
Conservatives believe human nature is fixed
Conservatives prioritise private ownership
Conservatives reject revolution whereas fundamentalist socialists see it as desirabel
How can conservatism NOT be reconciled with liberalism? (5)
Conservatism favours hereditary ruling class whereas liberalism favours meritocracy
Conservatives see human nature as fixed
Conservatives believe society predates state
Liberalism prefers free market more thsn trad conservatives
Liberalism advocates change whereas conservatives prefer tradition
In what ways can socialism NOT be reconciled with liberalism? (5)
Socialist reject individualism
Liberalism encourages competition whereas socialists are against this
socialists think human nature is malleable
Socialism doesn’t think everyone is created equal, this must be constructed
Socialism rejects neoliberal view of laissez faire capitalism
