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Review Questions #1
Describe the four functions of conservative ideology.
The four functions of conservative ideology are as follows. Explanation, we, as human beings, are deeply flawed and we cannot remove or repair these flaws. Evaluation how things are and why they are, problems stem from unstructured face paced change when people are too ambitious. Orientation, we all fit into life by finding our place in our society, whereas we are all connected to, and responsible for, the wellbeing and maintenance of that society. Both past, present, and future. And lastly the conservative political program is an agenda of slow and natural evolution of the state of things, with regards and respect to our past, leaning on our lessons learned and past positive advances. From the lecture, Jennet described conservatism as a humble ideology. Why is that? Conservatism is a humble ideology due to its description of human being’s natural state, being flawed. It identifies that we are not perfect, nor do we have the ability to achieve perfection. That as a society, we must plan for these flaws and accept them as a permanent state of human nature. Conservatism also gives credit to the idea that we cannot fix all things, that we must understand and accept our limitations or limited capacity for drastic change.
What kind of reform is acceptable to conservatives like Burke? Reform is acceptable to Burkean conservatives only when we approach such change with slow and meticulous steps, measured and accepted as change within our capacity. Burke warns that our “reason” by justify in our heads a radical change that we are il prepared for and unable to actually achieve.
Why are conservatives suspicious of reason? Conservatives are suspicious of reason because reason is based on current relativity and comes from a single-minded approach to only that reality and not through a tried and tested process. Conservatives see reason as a
radical rationale that appears with only one end state in mind and doesn’t weigh past decisions. Conservatism looks at leading society in a slowly but every climbing movement using the foundation of prior decisions and always growing from those results.
What was the main idea that you got from the Brooks' op-ed, A Nation of Weavers?
The main idea I got from the Brooks’ op-ed was that there are people within the American society that are practicing togetherness, neighbor-esq relationship building that feels like 1920’s Americana, in a society that no longer values such antiquated notions. By nature, a conservative shared, albeit unknowingly shared, idea that people
who connect and build connections to each other and society as a whole are capable of turning a perceived negatively trending social order into a more positive one.
Show one way that Brooks is a traditional conservative. One way that Brooks appears to be a traditional conservative is that he believes our socially shared culture sees local change agendas as more relevant than national change agendas, relating back to the Burkean idea of “little platoons” having a greater effect on the social order and are more suited for driving reform, change. Review Questions #2
Describe one way that individualist conservatives differ from traditional conservatives? One way that individualist conservatives differ from traditional conservatives lies within their triadic model of freedom. Individualist conservatives seek the ideal of individual freedoms whereas traditionalist feel freedom is enhanced by safety and prefer the ordered liberty. Also, individualist allocate a great deal of their energy
in protecting individual freedoms underneath the economic umbrella allowing capitalist to achieve individual success vice a traditionalist’s preference of economic success for the whole of society.
Give name two or three individualist conservatives.
Three individualist conservatives are Ronald Regan, Margert Thatcher, and Barry Goldwater. Why would individualist conservatives like factories?
Individualist conservatives liked factories as they represented the capitalist euphoric state where economic growth and individual freedom meet. This workers freedom application allowed for the individual to choose economic prosperity verses relying on the social norms instilled in a community by the nature of how things were previously. Industrialization moved the individuals outside of the previously established social and geographic regions which the aristocracy had found ease in influencing economic and governing policy, thus giving political power or “freedom” back to the working class.
Who was Ayn Rand and why is she an individualist conservative? Ayn Rand was an American novelist and uber-pro Capitalist who established Objectivism. Rand was an individualist conservative as she believed a person’s station should be obtained solely by their hard work and personal achievement in the economy.
Describe one way that neo-conservatives differ from traditional conservatives.
One way neo-conservatives differ from traditional conservatives is they allow for a much larger government than traditionalist. A large government is required to press the agenda of international policy and military might.
How do neo-conservatives feel about national defense and preemptive military strikes?
Neo-cons feel that national defense and preemptive military strikes are a political tool to be utilized to press their agendas internationally. They believe in increased defense spending to the point of implementing democracy in nations where it does not exist and to protect the country’s international interests.
Who was Irving Kristol and why is he important to neo-cons? Irving Kristol was the “godfather” of Neo-conservatives. He was a published political writer who criticized capitalism. Kristol was important to the neoconservative movement in that his intellectual and provocative writings, editorials and other works outlined a new approach to conservatism and was even given accolades for a revitalization of the political ideology.
From the Haidt video, what traits do conservatives believe are the basis for morality that liberals do not ascribe to?
In the studies conducted by Haidt and his associates, conservatives believed in the morality of group loyalty, authority/respect, and purity or sanctity. From the Haidt video, what does Haidt endorse at the end of the video: liberal morality, conservative morality, or something else? By the end of the video, Haidt endorses an idea where people embrace their moral mind but prior to acting based on this intuition, utilize the approach from Sent-ts’an, and take away the idea that the two different approaches
must be in direct conflict. Haidt presses the idea that understanding that both sides of an argument morally believe themselves to be correct, so to challenge it blindly will never advance changes to better the world.
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