Political Science 1020E Lecture 8: Nov 7- PoliSci Conservatism .docx
9 Dec 2014
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Smith argues that capitalism: will lead to the disappearance of states, benefits the worst off, promotes disorder, fosters dependency, will wither away in the future. They make us the people who we are. Want an increase in spending for military. He was absolutely right with all of these aspects: against the revolutionaries" views of human nature, society, freedom, and. If change has these attributes than it is legitimate: prefer prejudice to abstract reason, he means prejudice in the sense of pre-judgment, a commitment to the familiar traditions and habits that have stood the test of time. Burke on government: were pre democratic, reflective, responsible representatives, should be wise, inventor of modern idea of party. Maistre: reactionary response, goal is to turn back the clock to an earlier time, turn back the clock when church and king were dominant, french revolution was a punishment by god.
