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Conservatism - Human Nature Flashcards

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what do all conservatives think about human nature?

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pessimistic about human nature and regard people as imperfect, insecure and limited

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what do conservatives think about humans?

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they are dependent, security seeking creatures who seek identity and rootedness

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why do Conservatives value tradition and culture?

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due to their belief that humans seek identity and stability

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what does tradition provide?

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a sense of identity, security and stability for psychologically imperfect humans

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what do conservatives about changing human nature?

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  • human nature is immutable

- cannot be altered by changing economic, social or political conditions

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who do conservatives disagree about humans intellectually?

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disagree over whiter humans are intellectually imperfect

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what do traditional conservatives think about humans intellectually?

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  • humans are intellectually imperfect

- world is too complex to b explained or understood rationally

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what do traditional conservatives believe intellectually imperfect humans should do ?

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look to tradition and history as it guides to action, rather than human reason and abstract theories

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what do traditional conservatives not trust?

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abstract and utopian theories

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what do new right think about humans intellectually?

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endorse human rationalism and they have faith in abstract theory

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what do new right think humans can be?

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self-reliant and rational in their decision making

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what kind of individualism does the new right adopt?

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atomistic individualism - society made of self-serving and self-sufficient individuals

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what did Robert Nozick argue?

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  • principle that humans should be treated ‘always as an end and never as a means only’
  • meant that since humans are rational, self-aware being with free will, they should not be treated as mere things
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what do all conservatives agree about state and human nature?

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state has role to play in assessing authority due to flawed human nature

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what do all conservatives think about humans morally?

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  • humans are morally imperfect

- humans are greedy, selfish and motivated by baes impulses and desires

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what is needed to control humans?

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  • firm govt and a tough criminal justice system is needed in order to prevent human behaviour from inevitable deteriorating
  • since human nature is morally flaked, only exercise of authority from above can prevent a descent into chaos and disorder
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what did Thomas Hobbes argue?

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created a hypothetical situation known as ‘state of nature’ where people were equal and free and didn’t have to answer to any form of higher authority

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what happened in Thomas Hobbes’ ‘state nature’?

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  • humans would exhibit a restless desire for power and due to their human capacity for evil
  • need order and security to protect the people from themselves
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how do Conservatives disagree over the state and human nature?

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disagree over role of state in controlling human nature

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what do Neo-liberals think about state intervention?

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call for a rolling back of state

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what do Neo-liberals think state intervention does?

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stifles economic initiative and growth and create a debilitating dependency culture

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what do Neo-liberlas proscribe from state and why?

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  • proscribe laissez-faire capitalism as human nature is essentially competitive and self-interested
  • believes it serves as a form of social discipline, imposing economic constraints and self-interested
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what did Ayn Rand call for?

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  • ‘full, pure, uncontrolled, unregulated laissez-faire economy’
  • fully respect individuals pursuit of rational self-interest
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why do neo-liberals seeks to minimise state intervention?

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have faith in human reason

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what do Neo-Conservatives believe about the state?

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call for a strong state

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why is a strong state needed for Neo-Conservatives?

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due to fact people are flawed, state required to control them

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what kind of power should the state have according to Neo-Conservatives?

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increased police power, tougher punishments and anti-permissive policies to combat crime and anti-social behaviour

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