Conservatism Flashcards
(15 cards)
What are the 3 strands of conservatism?
Traditional conservatives
One nation
New right
- Neo-liberal
- Neo-Conservative
Who are the 5 conservative key thinkers
Hobbes
Oakeshott
Burke
Rand
Nozick
What do all conservatives agree on in the economy?
Private property rights
ON & T - Provides security
NR - Acts as an incentive (Thatcher - ‘right to buy scheme’
What do all conservatives agree on in the state’?
State existence is to protect law and order and promote national cohesion and unity
What do all conservatives agree on in human nature?
Humans are naturally selfish and require strong authority to establish order
What are 2 things conservatives disagree on in the state?
Welfare/state size
Democracy
What do all conservatives agree on in society
Upholding tradition
Who are 2 key one nation thinker?
Disaeli and Burke
What is Rands theory of objectivity
‘that man is truly rational, if man has the right to exist,then he has the right to exist as a rational being’
2 disagreements between the strands over human nature
Positive or pessimisitc view
Rationality or irrationality
What type of democracy did Thatcher want?
A property owning democracy
What did Rand say abt property rights?
‘Without property rights, no other rights are possible’ -Rand
Hobbes book
Leviathan
Oakshott book
On being conservative
What type of capitalism did Nozick advocate for?
Free market
