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Mount Allison University
2024
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This document details conservative and toryist ideologies. It discusses the ideals of these political philosophies that differ from liberalism. The author also highlights the importance of preserving tradition.
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Ideologies 50-63 Monday, November 4, 2024 12:19 PM Conservatism - The counterpart of liberalism - Conservatives can be liberals and vice versa (Boris Yeltsin) - Conservative values can change - Disposition (to preserve what exists, resisting change) - Depends on what exists...
Ideologies 50-63 Monday, November 4, 2024 12:19 PM Conservatism - The counterpart of liberalism - Conservatives can be liberals and vice versa (Boris Yeltsin) - Conservative values can change - Disposition (to preserve what exists, resisting change) - Depends on what exists - Could seek to preserve older ideas in liberalism - Conservatives have also grown a lot - Initial conservatives were the British, fighting against the American revolution) - Toryism - Toryism shares very little with modern conservatives - Conservatism is the ideology of the community - Toryism is the ideology of an ideal hierarchy - Tories see it this as natural - Conservatives see humans are always found in a social whole - The whole is greater than the sum of its parts - Focuses on everybody rather than one - Tories value what continues a traditional community - Conservatives view things like monarchy, and religion as inseparable to society, and they - To them the primary task of the state is to preserve the integrity of the community - Instead of seeing the individual equal by nature, toryism does the opposite. - Says we are unequal by nature - The hierarchy reflects the individuals capabilities - Conservatives side with nature rather than nurture - It is essential that each individual preforms their duties that are obliged to them - This is because each individual is apart of whole society Strong authority - Ambivalence to the tory stance regarding power - One hand, strong authority is necessary, sustains organic structure - Other hand, in as much as the community is sustained through custom, convention, and t of government should be small - Tories favour a strong yet inactive state - Tory conservativism is comfortable with the absolute state of its authority, if exercised to - Fond of traditional institutions like hereditary monarchy, legislative assemblies, so long a - Not fans of absolute monarchy must continue tradition, the active role o the right people as they are aristocratic - Ambivalence to the tory stance regarding power - One hand, strong authority is necessary, sustains organic structure - Other hand, in as much as the community is sustained through custom, convention, and tradition, the active role of government should be small - Tories favour a strong yet inactive state - Tory conservativism is comfortable with the absolute state of its authority, if exercised to the right people - Fond of traditional institutions like hereditary monarchy, legislative assemblies, so long as they are aristocratic - Not fans of absolute monarchy - Proper balance between monarchy and aristocracy - Toryism was articulated largely with the liberal "attach on aristocracy and absolute monarchy - They become more supported of a limited state when the govt is more democratic - More likely to support constitutionalism than democracy Market sceptics - The foundation of traditional aristocracy was between the landlord and the tenant - Medieval society, agrarian, peasants would work the land for themselves, but also the lord, who they owed labour to - Tories were originally unsupportive of the market - Markets developed and agrarianism dropped - Toryism made its peace with the market, but began to represent liberal ideas - Toryism can still be found in conservatism, with markets serving the good of the community, - More Intune with economic nationalism than laissez faire Established values - One of the strongest elements of toryism is its support of traditional values, religious, moral, and social - Regarded as part of necessary structure - Unlike liberals, who share with Tory's beliefs of right or wrong, but is willing to let individuals see for themselves, torys are not as tolerant - Liberals are concerned with rights, whereas conservatives insist you must do what is right. - Tolerance is not a feature of toryism - The need to set aside local feeling in order to ascertain the common if the greater community - National interest is what guides relations with other states - Can be manifested aggressively or defensively - Aggressive - colonialism and power - Defensively - policies designed to preserve prosperity and the nations customs. Example is economic policies Wisdom of prejudice - Can be manifested aggressively or defensively - Aggressive - colonialism and power - Defensively - policies designed to preserve prosperity and the nations customs. Example is economic policies Wisdom of prejudice - Toryism justifies itself on the basis of tradition - What has been handed down for generations is worth preserving - This is because it has withstood time - The conservative is not as sure that we can change institutions to solve our problems - Functions on methods that have succeeded before Summary - All tories are conservatives, but not all conservatives are tories - Conservatism seeks to preserve a certain status quo - Toryism has likely vanished, as society has evolved - Now lives on a strain of modern conservatism, which emphasizes the collective over the individual. - Views hierarchy as natural - And believes the most fortunate in society have obligations towards the welfare of the least advantaged - Conservative disposition is grounded in a pessimistic view of human nature Sources of first generation ideologies - Edmund burke (1729-1797) - Often seen as one of the creators of conservatism - He was found inconsistent (support of American revolution but not French) - England became liberal - Wrote reflections on the revolutions in fance`