Conservatism Core Ideas

Conservatism Core Ideas

1. Pragmatism

   • Agreement
     • Politics should be based on circumstances
       • Pragmatism over dogma
     • Ideology = instability
       • Humans are too intellectually imperfect to understand
   • Traditional
     • Feared new ideologies
     • Burke
       • Change to conserve
         • Oppose radical change
     • Safeguard property, order and tradition
   • One-nation
     • Pragmatic mixed economy
     • Create social cohesion
     • Oakeshott
       • Prefer to tried to the untried
   • New right
     • More ideological on the economy

2. Tradition

   • Agreement
     • Shared culture
     • Oppose radical change
     • Traditional authority to be respected
     • Wisdom of the past
   • Traditional
     • Christian roots
     • Burke
       • Change to conserve
   • One-nation
     • Help promote social cohesion
   • New Right
     • Anti-permissiveness
     • Family values
     • British cukture
       • Anti-immigration

3. Human imperfection

   • Agreement
     • Flawed human nature
       • Tradition
       • Hierarchy
     • Imperfect
       • Morally
         • Selfish
       • Intellectually
         • Can't comprehend reality
       • Psychologically
         • Security driven and socially dependent
   • Traditional
     • Hobbes
       • State of nature
         • Nasty, brutish and short
     • Strong state
   • One-nation
     • Paternalism
     • Prevent revolution
   • New Right
     • Don't require paternalism in economy
       • Encourage altruism
     • Anti-permissiveness
       • Preserve public morality

4. Organic society

   • New Right
     • Atomistic view
       • Individualism
   • One-nation
     • Noblesse Oblige
       • Paternalism
   • Traditional
     • Natural hierarchy
     • Preserve tradition
   • Agreement
     • Hierarchy needed
     • Security for societt
     • Naturally dependent

5. Paternalism

   • Agreement
     • Hierarchy needed
     • Protect status quo
   • Traditional
     • Natural aristocracy
   • One-nation
     • Welfarism
       • Social cohesion
     • Mixed economy
     • Noblesse oblige
   • New Right
     • Reject paternalism on economy
     • Anti-permissiveness
       • Protect public morality

6. Libertarianism

   • Traditional
     • Humans too imperfect
     • It opposes natural aristocracy
   • One-nation
     • Paternalism needed
       • Social cohesion
     • Oppose individualism
   • New right
     • Neoliberal
       • Laissez-faire
         • Reduce taxes
       • Free market
     • Individualism
     • Minimal state
     • Property is a reward
     • Atomistic view of society
     • Oppose welfare
       • Dependency culture