conservative branches

Question 1

what characterises neo conservatism?

Answer 1

• organicism
• social order and authority
• anti globalisation
• natural hierachy
• strengthening of national identity
• pesimistic view of human nature
• society is best maintained by social dicipline, ensuring individuals fulfill their dutys

Question 2

what characterises neo liberalism?

Answer 2

• free market economy leads to the best allocation of resources, welfare is a drain on resources
• focus on supply side policies to encorage
  growth
• atomism
• individual rationality
• see property as a matter for the individual, not restrained by social duty

Question 3

where do neo liberals and neo conservatives agree?

Answer 3

• both want to roll back the states economic responsibility

Question 4

where do neo liberals and neo conservatives disagree?

Answer 4

• differing views on society: atomistic vs organic
• neo cons place an emphasis on protecting tradition whereas liberals favour radicalism
• differing views on the size of the state

Question 5

what characterises authoritarian conservatism?

Answer 5

• pessimistic view of human nature
• argue for a large state
• organic society
• individuals have a duty to society- these dutys do not restrict freedom
• limited role of the state in the economy

Question 6

what characterises one nation conservatism?

Answer 6

• pragmatism
• protection of traditional institutions
• paternalism/ nobless oblige
• society is best maintained by reducing poverty to reduce resentment
• social obligation rather than individualism

Question 7

why do conservatives see value in private poperty?

Answer 7

• private property garners respect
• propoerty owners have a stake in society/ community and therefore have a desire to maintain law and order

Question 8

what do conservatives believe crime is a product of?

Answer 8

• human instinct, not a product of inequality

Question 9

what is social conservatism?

Answer 9

belief that society is a fragile network of relationships which need to be upheld through duty and traditional institutions

Question 10

define organicism. how does this justify inequality?

Answer 10

• society is like an organism
• the whole is more than the collection of its parts
• inequality of duty leads to natural inequality in society

Question 11

what characterised the new right

Answer 11

• economically liberal
• socially conservative
• more ideological in its thinking
• believed their was a natural rate of unemployment and that the goal of 0 unemployment should be dropped

Question 12

what is the conservative view of human nature?

Answer 12

• humans are intellectually limited
• humans should allow tradiitonal institutions and values to act as a guiding framework
• humans are self interested and power seeking leading to crime