Conservativism Flashcards
Conservatives on Human Nature (3)
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- Conservatives stress human weakness and fallibility
- Traditional conservatives disagree: HOBBES = Humans are brutal and selfish
BURKE = Humans are fallible but not terrible - New Right thinkers say that Humans yearn for individual freedom through enterprise and innovation
Conservatives on The State (4)
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- The state has 3 role’s : ORDER, AUTHORITY, and SECURITY
- Conservative thinkers are comfortable with a state led by hierarchy
- Traditional conservative states are often aristocratic and hireditary rather thjan democratic
- (NATIONHOOD) Nation becomes a mega community for all classes and provides a ‘natural’ basis for the state
Conservatives on Society (5)
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- BURKE says that society is ‘Little Platoons’ that provide security, status and stops selfishness
- Society cannot be created, it arises organically
- Hierarchy - a small group leads the majority
- paternalism - strongest lead the weakest
- New Right thinkers place emphaisis on individual liberty but agree with traditionals that this is best achieved through hierarchal, traditional and religious culture
Conservatives on The Economy
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- Traditional and New right share similar views on The Economy
- Conservatives defend the inequality and hierarchy that exists in capitalism
- Free-market capitalism requires an opitmistic approach so therefore disagrees with conservativism, They belive that a free-market economy promotes risk unless it is watched over by the state
- New Right thinkers say that a free-market economy will be prosporous, support capitalism and destroy socialism
What was Thomas Hobbes inspired by
The enlightenment
What was Edmund Burke inspired by
The Enlightenment
What was Micheal Oakshott inspired by
Post war
What was Ayn Rand Inspired by?
Evolution in technology and entrepreneurial era
What was Robert Nozick inspired by?
Evolution in technology and entrepreneurial era
Thhomas Hobbes on Human Nature
Hunans are inherently selfish and brutal and if left to our own devices we are destructive
Thomas Hobbes on the state
State arises ‘contractically’ from those who seek order and security and the state mjust be autocratic and awesome to serve it’s purpose
Thomas Hobbes on society
No society until there is a state that brings around order and authority, life until then is ‘nasty brutish and short’
Thomas Hobbes on The Economy
Constructive economy is impossible without a state providing order security and authority
Edmund Burke on Human Nature
‘Crocked timber of humanity’ is marked by a gap between aspiration and achievement, we can percieve perfection but not achieve it
Edmund Burke on The state
The state arises organically and should be aristocratic and heriditary
Edmund Burke on Society
Society is organic and multi-faceted, ‘little platoons’
Edmund Burke on The Economy
State should involve ‘organic free markets’ and laissez-faire captialism
Micheal Oakshott on Human Nature
Humanity is at it’s best when free from grand designs and humans are focused on their everyday life
Micheal Oakshott on The State
The state should be guided by tradition, pragmatism not dogmatism
Micheal Oakshott on Society
Localised communities are essential to humanity’s survival. should be guided by short term requirements rather than big ideas
Micheal Oakshott on The Economy
Free markets are unpredictable and may require pragmatic moderation by the state
Ayn Rand on Human Nature
We are ought to be guided on rational self interest and self-fulfillment
Ayn Rand on The state
State should confine itself to law, order and national security, further state intervention should be avoided
Ayn Rand on Society
Up until now society is atomistic, mere sum total of it’s individuals , any sttempt to restrict individuals should be changed
