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Edmund Burke (traditional) - Coggle Diagram
Edmund Burke
(traditional)
Human Nature
we desire but cannot achieve perfection
requires stability and security - french revolution failed because it was based on abstract theory instead of trusting traditional values
agrees with Hobbes that humans are imperfect, argues society can mitigate this
Society
organic society - society based on small communities
tradition - creates social stability
paternalism
noblesse oblige
society is a partnership between 'those who are living, those who are dead, and those who are yet to be born'
State
state is organic and aristocratic
gradual change to conserve; sudden change is too unstable and impacts social harmony
natural hierarchy - society is not equal
respect tradition institutions 'on account of their age'
'a state without means of change is without the means of its conservation'
'what has stood the test of time is good and must not be lightly cast aside'
Economy
free market
laissez faire
private property provides psychological security, moral wellbeing, and social cohesion