10.1 Core Ideas - Organic society or state Flashcards
What do conservatives believe about the natural rights and laws favoured by John Locke?
They are a rationalistic conceit
Why do conservatives believe that natural rights are a rationalistic conceit?
As individual rights are utterly dependent on the state to maintain them
What is a Burke quote about the state having to protect rights?
‘pretended rights are all extremes and in proportion as they are metaphysically true, they are morally and politically false’
What do traditional conservatives such as Hobbes, Burke and Oakeshott all believe about state and society?
That once the state provides necessary order, society will emerge organically
What did Thomas Hobbes believe in, which was a direct contrast to the beliefs of John Locke?
An absolute monarchy
MAINTAINING SOCIETY
MAINTAINING SOCIETY
What do conservatives believe is vital in society?
Traditions and customs
What is a Burke idea about society being an organism that must evolve if it is to flourish?
‘Change to conserve’
What is a Burke quote about state and the conservation of society?
‘A state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation’
AN UNEQUAL SOCIETY
AN UNEQUAL SOCIETY
What do conservatives believe about inequality?
It is unnatural
What do conservatives believe about hierarchy in an organic society?
They believe there is a natural order in where each individual has their place
What did Hobbes believe society should be ruled by?
An absolute monarch governing a ‘commonwealth’ arranged by rank and influence
What is ‘noblesse oblige’?
The duty of the society’s elite, the wealthy and privileged, to look after those less fortunate
