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21 Cards in this Set
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What are the three notions of Conservatism?
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Traditionalism, skepticism of political knowledge, and an organic idea of society and state.
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What was the classical conservative view?
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Flawed humans, hierarchies, traditionalism, and anti-revolution.
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What do conservatives support?
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A: Reason
B: Sentiment over scrutiny C: Scrutiny over sentiment D: Rational justification |
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Who said we are creates of habit, custom, and tradition?
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A: Adam Smith
B: John Rawls C: Edmond Burke D: Jeremy Bentham |
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What is Burke's definition of revolution?
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An ongoing, violent, and unpredictable transformation where the whole society changes.
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Why is revolution a mistake?
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It tries to rip up social institutions by the roots.
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What are Burke's three ideas about government?
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Responsible, reflective representatives.
Trustees who prefer their own judgement over the people's. Aristocracy and little platoons. |
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What does Joseph de Maistre believe?
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He is reactionary. Wants to revert back to the time where the only authority is God and the King. Authority must have some awe to it - humans don't respect what they make themselves. He also embraces the "Hangman" there must be a revered form of punishment. We must appeal to instinct instead of reason, he rejects the enlightenment way of thinking.
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What does Pope Pius reject?
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The use of reason, liberalism, and the French revolution
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What are Pius' three major claims in the syllabus of errors?
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Humans need God's guidance in order to find the "truth" and promote welfare.
Roman catholicism should be the only religion of the state. Rejects liberalism's central claims. |
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What do poets William Wordsworth and Samuel Coleridge argue?
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They argue against the french revolution and industrial revolution. They favour emotion over reason. We should live a simple, rural life with a fixed hierarchy. Too much confidence in our reasoning.
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What are their views on the industrial revolution?
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Industry is dehumanizing and alienating.
Commerce and capitalism take away from culture and spirituality. Commercial activity concerns them, reject the pursuit of material wealth and profit. Coleridge is particularly scared of modernizing world, wishes for the life we have lost in the past. |
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What was Benjamin Disraeli's strategy to avoid a threatened revolution?
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To attract both the aristocratic (traditional base) and the working class.
- Address working class needs such as improving working conditions and supporting a right to organize and strike - Hoped this would make them follow the monarchy and church |
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What were the two phases of American conservatism?
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Phase one: Cultural conservatives reject rational pursuit of perfection and harmful effects of capitalism
Phase two: Economic conservatives defend liberal society started by the French revolution and is laissez-faire capitalist |
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What are the two large issues for conservatism in the 20th century?
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Conservatism vs. Masses
Conservatism vs. Comunism |
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What are the three rejections of conservatism by communism?
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Progress, perfectibility, and planning.
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Who is considered a modern day 'Burkean'?
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Michael Oakeshott
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What does ball and dagger refer to as individualist conservatives?
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Economic conservatives.
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What do economic conservatives believe in?
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Low taxes, free market, small government, and big military.
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What are Richard Posner's three conservatives?
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Economic, social, and security conservatives.
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What are Michael Freeden's two core conservative ideas?
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- Organic change
- Society is not changeable by human action |
