Conservatism

Question 0

Authority

Answer 0

• Ensure law and order
• safety of citizens
• best way to deter crime is harsh punishment
• people will give up freedom for safety

Question 1

Tradition

Answer 1

• Greater awareness of society
• connection to what has gone before
• immigration is a threat to this

Question 2

Importance of private property

Answer 2

• by having property, you are given a stake in society
• owning a house means you are more likely to do the right thing
• reflection on individual

Question 3

Human imperfection

Answer 3

• no authority, human will naturally do bad things

Question 4

Organic society

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• direct opposite of revolution

- good things survive and develop, bad things die out

Question 5

Who was the great grandfather of the conservatives? What did he believe?

Answer 5

Thomas Hobbes

Believed the individual should give up some rights in order to have protection from the government (social contract)

Question 6

Who was the grandfather of conservatism? What did he believe?

Answer 6

Edmund Burke

He was the founding father of conservatism who had strong beliefs about organic society and tradition

Question 7

Who were the One Nation Conservatives and what did the believe?

Answer 7

Benjamin Disraeli who believed that conservatism should provide opportunities for all areas of society

Harold Macmillan who presumed an developed this idea of one nation conservatism in the 50’s and 60’s

Question 8

What is New Right Conservatism and who was at the forefront of it?

Answer 8

Aka Thatcherism (Margaret thatcher)

Economic freedom
Lack of state instruction
Privatisation
Socially conservative