“envy, hatred and ______ conflict”
Hobbes-violent. About human nature
“solidarity, poor, nasty, brutish and short”
Hobbes-society
“__________ chasm”
Burke-timeless. Human nature
“_____ not terrible”
Oakeshott- fallible
“________ not immoral”
Oakeshott- immoral
“little _____”
Burke- platoons
“partnership between those who are living, those who are dead and those who are to be born”
Burke- society
“_____ timber”
Burke-crooked. Human nature
“a surplus of obligation spawns a deficiency of innovation”
Rand-society
“remorseless rhythms” of?
market forces. Oakeshott
“the limiting of Leviathan”
Oakeshott- state
“_____ metaphor”
Oakeshott- nautical
“the small state is the ______ state”
strong-Ayn rand
“roll back the ____ of the state”
Fronter-nozick
Is the role of the state seen generally more as proactive or preventitive?
preventative. the main role of the ensure safety and security
Traditional Conservatives view on state?
- safety and security are impossible without law and order. There can be no authority without the state
- Conservatives see the formal authority provided by the state as a precondition of society
- much more comfortable with a monarchical and elitist state
- Burke was keen on a natural hierarchy, although aristocratic power should be constrained by the existence of strong socieites
One Nation view on the state:
- Burke and Oakeshott believed that the state should not be guided by dogma or doctrine
- Oakeshott’s ‘nautical metaphor’ compares the state to a ship who does not have a destination but principle aim is to stay afloat
- change by a state should be slow, respectful and cautious
New Right’s view on the state:
- thought one nation’s views were too accommodating
- less likely to be empirical and pragmatic, instead more rigid and certain of its values
- they want a smaller, leaner state
traditional view on society
- dismissed the notion that society is natural or predates the state
- it could not be possible without human nature
- if law and order collapsed, so would the trappings of society
What was Burke’s ideas of ‘little platoons’
he sees society as an assortment of local, voluntary and largely apolitical mini communities. These platoons perform a vital, moderating purpose within society
Ideas of an organic society?
one nation- a conservative society would not proceed according to abstract ideas
Paternalism?
a one nation idea: if the upper classes neglect their familial responsibility it will unleash tensions
What is inheriting property an example of?
the partnership between the living and the dead
How do Rand and Nozick view society?
it is more a kaleidoscope of autonomous individuals- a more atomistic view
