10.1 Core Ideas - Pragmatism Flashcards
1
Q
What are pragmatic thinkers informed by?
A
Empiricism
2
Q
What do pragmatic thinkers have a deep distrust of?
A
The abstract theories favoured by political ideas such as liberalism and socialism
3
Q
What Conservative Prime Minister was influenced by Burke’s idea of ‘change to conserve’?
A
Benjamin Disraeli
4
Q
Who wrote the ‘Tamworth Manifesto’ in 1834, arguing that conservatism must be pragmatic and not reactionary?
A
Robert Peel, former PM
5
Q
What was passed when Robert Peel was PM?
A
The Great Reform Act of 1832
6
Q
What did the Great Reform Act of 1832 do?
A
Gave middle-class men the vote for the first time
