Conservatism Keywords Flashcards
What is the idea that society is made up of individuals?
Atomism
What is the advocacy of strict obedience to authority at the expense of personal freedom?
Authoritarianism
Who was the early Conservative thinker who wrote ‘Reflections on the Revolution in France’?
Burke
What is the European tradition of conservatism based on limited state intervention?
Christian Democracy
What is the idea that the state may need to accept limited change to survive?
Change to conserve
What is the idea that knowledge comes from real experience and not from abstract theories?
Empiricism
How should social institutions be understood?
In terms of functions they perform in sustaining the social order.
Functionalism
How is society ranked?
In a pyramid shape from top to bottom.
Hierarchy
Who was the 17th century philosopher who defended authoritarian government to avoid anarchy?
Hobbes
What is the traditional conservative belief regarding human decision-making?
Humans are flawed in ways that make them incapable of making good decisions for themselves.
Human imperfection
What is the classical liberal economic idea that believes the economy functions best without intervention?
Laissez faire
What ideology gives priority to personal liberty over all else?
Libertarianism
What is the concept that talent and leadership cannot be learnt, but are innate and inherited?
Natural Aristocracy
What ideology emphasizes family, law and order, and religious values?
Neo-conservative
What is the political and economic philosophy that emphasizes free trade, deregulation, globalization, and a reduction in government spending?
Neo-liberal
What is the combination of neo-Liberals and neo-conservatives called?
New Right
What is the duty of the wealthy and privileged to look after those less fortunate?
Noblesse oblige
Who is the key new-right thinker known for writing ‘Anarchy, State and Utopia’?
Nozick
Who is the Conservative philosopher who argued in favor of traditional values and established customs?
Oakeshott
What type of conservatism advocates the preservation of established institutions and traditional principles combined with paternalistic help for the poorest in society?
One-nation conservative
What is the idea that society/state is more important than any individual parts?
Organic society
What is the idea that the state knows best and it is the duty of the wealthy to look after those who are unable to look after themselves?
Paternalism
What is the flexible approach to society with decisions made based on what works, not an ideology?
Pragmatism
What belief favors drastic political, economic, and social change?
Radical
