concervative thinkers Flashcards

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what does robert nozik say on taxation?

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“taxation of earnings from labour is on a par with forced labour”

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what does ayn rand say about a large state?

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“when the state becomes flabby it also becomes feeble”

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what does ayn rand say about the right to property?

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“the right to property does not mean others must provide you with property”

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what did robert nozik say about human nature?

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humans are “freedom loving pack animals”

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what does thomas hobbes say about if there was no state to check human nature?

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“solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short”

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what does thomas hobbes say would be the state of nature?

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“war of every man against every man”

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what does robert nozik say about the size of the state?

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“the minimal state is the most extensive state that can be justified”

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what does thomas hobbes believe is the human urge? what does this therefore say about why conservatives believe individuals commit crime?

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“power after power”, believe people commit crime not because of social position but instead a consequence of human instinct.

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how does edmund burke describe the evolution society?

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“society is a contract between the dead, the living and those that are yet to be born”

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how does edmund burke describe the organisation of society?

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“little platoons”

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why does michael okeshott fear change?

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we must ensure “the cure isnt worse than the disease”

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how does margaret thatcher describe society?

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“there is no such thing as society, there are individuals and there are families”

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how does michael okeshott describe conservatism?- 2 quotes

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“it is more psychology than ideology”
“to be conservative is to prefer the familar to the unknown”

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what does benjamin disraeli believe to be the duty of the state?

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“to eleviate the conditions of the people”

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what does ian gilmore say about pragmatism?

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“the wise conservative travels light”

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what does harrold macmillan say about privatisation?

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it is “selling the family silver”

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what was burkes approach to change?

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instead of radical change he favoured “change in order to conserve”

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how does the conservative position on human nature influence their position on the state?

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  • the only effective deterent to humans acting on their instincts is a large ‘leviathan state’
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why does michael okeshott argue for pragmatism?

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belief that human intelect is limited and that the world is ‘boundless and bottomless’ (to complex for humans to understand

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why is thomas hobbes view of the state

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“leviathan state”

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what was okeshotts view of governance?

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it was a “specific and limited activity”

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what does burke say about hierachy?

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there is a “natural aristocracy” who have a natural capacity to give direction and lead

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why was burke so opposed to the french revolution?

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  • they abbondoned traditional institutions in favour of ideological ideas based on a flawed positive view of human nature
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give an example of when conservative thinkers have influenced modern politicians.

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  • michael okeshott influenced the ideas of david cameron
  • encoraged a more pragmatic view towards society
  • david camerons “compasionate conservatism”