State Flashcards
1
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Hobbes
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Life without the state would be nasty, brutish and short. State should behave in a dominant role. Any order, even tyrannical, is preferrable to none. State gains legitimacy from people and thus can sometimes be overthrown. Social contract.
2
Q
Burke
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Trustee model - Representatives should make practical decisions on behalf of constituents. States must be able to change to conserve.
3
Q
Oakeshott
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Reinforced pragmatism and anti-ideological stance.
4
Q
Churchill
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States should be able to carry out firm punishments, but they should never suppress the individual.
5
Q
Nozick
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Natural justice exists and occurs without the state.
6
Q
Rand
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Warned against state welfarist policies going too far.
7
Q
Thatcher
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Utility of the authoritarian state in minimising disruption.
