POLSCI 1G06 Lecture 5: POLISCI 1G06 LECTURE NOTES 5b
23 Dec 2014
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In some senses it is difficult to define conservatism as a theory. Edmund burke - reflections on the revolution in france, 1790. Burke suggests that the revolution will end in despotism. In fact revolutionary plans of any type are likely to end in violence and turmoil. We must consider society and what holds it together. Society is better seen as a living organism than as a mere collection. Society cannot be simply disassembled and reassembled at will, in. Individuals form part of a greater interdependent whole whatever form that a particular individual might desire. Something only becomes a traditional practice if it works in practice to manage the tensions that have arisen in society. 1: reason only partially guides our actual behaviour we are equally governed by our passions and desires as by pure reason. In sum, there is only one problem with plans that are good in theory. It is not enough for them to work on paper.
