Conservatism Flashcards
1
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Name:
Core principles of conservatism
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- Pragmatism
- Tradition
- Human imperfection
- Organic society
- Paternalism
- Libertarianism
2
Q
Name:
The different strands of conservatism
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- Traditional
- One nation
- New right (Neo con / neo lib)
3
Q
Define:
Nobilesse oblige
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The better off in society have an obligation to help the worse off
4
Q
Define:
Anti-permissiveness
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Laws banning behaviour people may disapprove of are kept in place - opposite of permissiveness
5
Q
Define:
Human imperfection
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Human nature is flawed and unchangable
6
Q
Define:
Traditional conservatism
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- Hierarchy - Organic society
- Paternalism
7
Q
Define:
One nation conservatism
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- Benjamin Disraeli
- Strong paternalism
- Branch gap between upper + lower classes
8
Q
Define:
Neoliberalism
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- Laissez-faire capitalism
- Libertarianism
- Atomic individualism
9
Q
Define:
Neoconservatism
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- Law and order
- Anti-permissiveness
- Organic society
10
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Define:
New right
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- Laissez-faire economy
- Social authoritarianism - e.g. section 28
11
Q
Define:
Empiricism
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Knowledge can only be obtained through experience, not theory
12
Q
Name:
Conservative key thinkers
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- Thomas Hobbes
- Edmund Burke
- Michael Oakeshott
- Ayn Rand
- Robert Nozick
13
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Thomas Hobbes
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- Social contract
- “Nasty, brutish, and short”
- Humans are rational
14
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Edmund Burke
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- Humans are irrational
- Critiqued french revolution
- Natural hierarchy
- Tradition + empiricism
- Gradual change
15
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Michael Oakeshotte
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- Human imperfection
- Pragmatism
- Empiricism
