Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
Core Principles of Conservatism: - Coggle Diagram
Core Principles of Conservatism:
Pragmatism:
focuses on practical solutions considering all implications
Rejection of utopia and ideology
Practice precedes theory
Hierarchy
Natural order of society - people are ranked based on their status or authority - unequal society is natural
Authority
Without respect for it society would descend into chaos
Change to conserve
society should change to conserve the wider picture of peace - rejecting change outright would risk revolution
Atomism
the main component in society is the individual who have self-interests - they are equal and rational
Noblesse oblige/ Paternalism
fatherly obligations ruling class has to rest of society
Hard paternalism: ruling class deciding what is best for the ruling class - irrespective of what the rest wants
Soft paternalism: power still resides with elites - but degree of consultation is used to listen to what the non-elites want
Anti-permisiveness
rejection of permissive society - one where there is little moral or legal codes and social norms become more liberal
Human Imperfection
draws on Old Testament and original sin - these innate flaws in humans make any quest for perfection and utopia misguided and potentially distratrous
Organic society
society is not created but emerges and grows - Hobbes’ belief that the state precedes society
Empiricism:
preference for evidence over theory - tends to emphasise what is rather than what should be
Tradition
strong support for trad institutions e.g monarchy and nuclear family as gives people sense of security