Conservatism and the State
Notes The main role of the state is to create order, security, and authority. Without order, there can be no liberty. The state precedes society key contrast with liberalism organi...
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Notes The main role of the state is to create order, security, and authority. Without order, there can be no liberty. The state precedes society key contrast with liberalism organi...
WARNING This document was AI generated. The "Father of Conservatism" Edmund Burke 1729 1797 was a Whig MP widely considered the founder of modern conservatism. His philosophy emerg...
WARNING This document was AI generated. Conservatism as a "Psychology" Michael Oakeshott 1901 1990 famously argued that conservatism was "more psychology than ideology." He describ...
WARNING This document was partially AI generated. Context Thomas Hobbes 1588 1679 was a deeply sceptical philosopher whose work was heavily influenced by the chaos of the English C...
| Human Nature | Society | State | Economy | | | | | | | Sceptical and modest | Created organically and cannot be planned | Focus on importance of the nation | Reluctant supporters...
Belief of the State QUOTE "When the state becomes flabby, it also becomes feeble" Ayn Rand Ayn Rand believes that when the state becomes 'fat' flabby, large , it also becomes weak...