CORE PRINCIPLES Flashcards
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WHAT R THE CORE PRINCIPLES OF CONSERVATISM?
- HUMAN IMPEFECTION
- PRAGMATISM
- TRADITION
- ORGANIC SOCIETY
- PROPERTY
- HIERACHY
WHAT R THE 3 TYPES OF IMPERFECTION?
- PHYSCHOLOGICAL IMPERFECT
- MORAL IMPERFECTION
- INTELLECUAL IMPERFECTION
HOW R HUMANS PHYSCHOLOGICALLY IMPERFECT?
PEOPLE R NOT UTILITY MAXIMISERS AND INSTEAD SEEK SECURITY, FEAR ISOLATION AND LIKE TO “KNOW THEIR PLACE”
HOW R HUMANS MORALLY IMPERFECT?
HUMANS R INNATELY SELFISH AND GREEDY AND CRIME IS A REFLECTION OF THIS AS PEOPLE CAN ONLY BE DISUADED AGAINST CRIMINAL ACTIVITY BY THE EFFECTIVE DETERRENCE OF LAW.
WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE LAW?
UPHOLD ORDER.
WHAT IS CRIME ACCORDING TO CONSERVATIVES?
PRODUCT OF BASE INTERESTS AS OPPOSED TO INEQUALITY.
HOW R HUMANS INTELLECTUALLY IMPERFECT?
WORLD IS TOO COMPLEX FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND. REFORM AND REVOLUTION ENTAILS GREAT RISK AS A RESULT.
WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL CONSERVATIVE JUSTIFICATION FOR PRIORITISING TRADITION?
TRADITIONS R THE RESULTS OF GENERATIONS OF TRIAL AND ERROR, REFINING SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS TO BEST SERVE SOCIETY AND “ACCUMULATED WISDOM”
HOW DOES TRADITION LINK TO SECURITY?
TRADITION GENERATES A SENSE OF IDENTITY AND A FEELING OF ROOTEDNESS, STABILITY, CONTINUITY AND SOCIAL COHESION WHEREAS CHANGE IS AN ANXIOUS JOURNEY INTO THE UNKNOWN. TRADITION SERVES AS A FOUNDATION FOR A SECURE AND FUNCTIONING SOCIETY.
WHAT TYPES OF CHANGES R CONSERVATIVES LIKE BURKE WILLING TO ACCEPT?
GRADUAL, PRAGMATIC AND TRADITION BASED CHANGES THAT RESPECT HISTORICAL CONTINUITY AND SOCIAL STABILITY WHILST REINFORCING EXISTING INSITITUTIONS.
WHY DO CONSERVATIVES BELIEVE OWNERSHIP IS IMPORTANT?
PROVIDES ECONOMIC INCENTIVE TO WORK HARD.
HOW DOES PROPERTY CREATE SECURITY?
PROPERTY PROVIDES SOMETHING TO FALL BACK ON AND HELPS DEAL WITH HUMANITY’S PHYSCHOLOGICAL IMPERFECTION.
WHAT STATEMENT REFLECT THE LINK THAT PROPERTY HAS TO SECURITY?
“AN ENGLISHMAN’S HOME IS HIS CASTLE”
HOW DOES PROPERTY CREATE SOCIAL ORDER?
PEOPLE WHO OWN PROPERTY WANT TO BE RESPECTED AND RESPECT OTHER’S PROPERTY IN TURN. IT GIVES THEM A STAKE IN SOCIETY AND DISCOURAGES VIOLENT REVOLUTIONARY CHANGE.
HOW WAS PROPERTY USED BY THATCHER?
“RIGHT TO BUY” SCHEME- BY GIVING MORE PEOPLE PROPERTY, THEY FEEL MORE INCLUDED IN SOCIETY AND FEEL THEY HAVE SOMETHING TO LOSE.
WHY DO CONSERVATIVES REJECT THE IDEA OF COMMON OWNERSHIP?
ENCOURAGES OVERLIANCE AND DOESN’T REWARD HARD WORK.
HOW DOES THE CONCEPT OF AN ORGANIC SOCIETY LINK TO TRADITION?
SOCIETY HAS BEEN SHAPED BY TRDITION RATHER THAN RATIONAL PROCESSES. WE HAVE PRAGMATICALLY KEPT WHAT WORKS AND DISCARDED WHAT HASN’T OVER TIME.
HOW DOES INTELLECTUAL IMPERFECTION LINK TO PRAGMATISM?
WARY OF “BIG VISIONS” TO CHANGE SOCIETY AS HUMANS R UNABLE TO COMPREHEND THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR ACTIONS TO IMPROVE SOCIETY.
HOW DOES PHYSCHOLOGICAL IMPERFECTION LINK TO PRAGMATISM?
WE SHOULD ONLY MAKE PRAGMATIC “CHANGE TO CONSERVE” THE INSTITUTIONS THAT PROMOTE STABILITY - FOLLOW EVIDENCE OF WHAT ALR WORKS.
WHAT DOES OAKESHOTT’S METAPHOR OF THE SHIP MEAN?
WHERE SHOULD SOCIAL CHANGE COME FROM?
FROM BELOW
WHY IS AUTHORITY AND HIERACHY IMPORTANT?
ESSENTIAL TO MAINTAIN SOCIAL ORDER AND PRESERVE TRADITIONS. BY GROUNDING SOCIETY IN HIERACHICAL STRUCTURES AND PATERNALISTIC RESPONSIBILITY, AUTHORITY GUIDES TOWARDS COLLECTIVE WELLBEING AND AWAY FROM MORAL DECLINE.
WHAT IS THE NATURAL ARISTOCRACY?
CLASS OF PEOPLE WHO RISE TO POSITIONS OF POWER NOT DUE TO WEALTH BUT DUE TO VIRTUE AND EXPERIENCE. BURKE BELIEVED THIS CLASS IS NATURALLY SUITED BECAUSE OF THEIR MORAL CHARACTER DEVELOPED OVER TIME AND THROUGH TRADITION.
HOW DOES NATURAL ARISTOCRACY JUSTIFY SOCIAL INEQUALITY?
REFLECTS INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN CAPABILITY .
THOSE IN POWER HAVE A PATERNALISTIC DUTY TO CARE FOR SOCIETY’S WELFARE.
