Conservatism Core
Learn from the past and have a connection to it.
What is Tradition/Traditionalism?
Humans are selfish, driven by desire for supremacy and security.
What is Hobbes' view on Human Nature?
The primacy of the individual in society over any group
What is individualism?
Society predates the state – there were natural societies with natural rights and natural law
What is Locke's view on society?
An ideological view that wishes to humanise capitalism in the interests of social justice
What is Social Democracy?
Right to Life, Liberty and property.
What is Neo-liberalism/Libertarianism?
Free markets are volatile and unpredictable and need pragmatic moderation by the state.
What is Oakesshot's view on the Economy?
The belief that individuals are of equal value and that they should be treated impartially and fairly by society
What is equality/social justice?
Though rational, human nature is not fixed and is forever progressing to a higher level
What is Mill's view on Human Nature?
A group of people in society who have the same socioeconomic status
What is social class/class?
Metaphor which sees society as a human body.
Society is atomistic. A collection of autonomous individuals with libertarian values.
What is Nozick's view on Society?
A democracy that balances the will of the people, with limited government
What is liberal democracy?
The society most individuals would choose would be where the condition of the poorest improves
What is Rawls' view on society?
The belief of humans as social creatures with a tendency to co-operation, sociability and rationality
What is common humanity?
Humans are flawed
What is Human Imperfection?
The state arises organically and should be autocratic driven by hereditary elite reared to rule in the interests of all (paternal noblesse oblige). State should change to conserve guided by empiricism
What is Burke's view on the State?
A system when power, rewards, and position is assigned based on effort.
What is meritocracy?
Free market capitalism could be an ally of female emancipation if linked to laws precluding sexual discrimination
What is Friedan's view on Economy?
The awareness of one’s own social and economic rank in society, including a recognition of common interests with others in that same class
What is class consciousness?
Benign power exerted from above by the state.
What is Paternalism?
Humans are capable of rational thought and should be objectivist in pursuing self interest
What is Rand's view on Human Nature?
It is ‘necessary’ to avoid disorder, but ‘evil’ as it has potential to remove individual liberty
What is the State?
The monarchical state should be replaced with a republic which enshrines women's rights
What is Wolstonecraft's view on state?
A theory of history that argues the economic structure—how goods are produced and resources are organized—determines the social, political, and intellectual life of society
What is historical materialism/Marxist history?