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A Case for Conservatism
Author | : John Kekes |
Publsiher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 2018-10-18 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9781501721885 |
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In his recent book Against Liberalism, philosopher John Kekes argued that liberalism as a political system is doomed to failure by its internal inconsistencies. In this companion volume, he makes a compelling case for conservatism as the best alternative. His is the first systematic description and defense of the basic assumptions underlying conservative thought.Conservatism, Kekes maintains, is concerned with the political arrangements that enable members of a society to live good lives. These political arrangements are based on skepticism about ideologies, pluralism about values, traditionalism about institutions, and pessimism about human perfectibility. The political morality of conservatism requires the protection of universal conditions of all good lives, social conditions that vary with societies, and individual conditions that reflect differences in character and circumstance. Good lives, according to Kekes, depend equally on pursuing possibilities that these conditions establish and on setting limits to their violations.Attempts to make political arrangements reflect these basic tenets of conservatism are unavoidably imperfect. Kekes concludes, however, that they represent a better hope for the future than any other possibility.
The Case for Polarized Politics
Author | : Jeffrey Bell |
Publsiher | : Encounter Books |
Total Pages | : 330 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781594035784 |
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Argues that social conservatism is uniquely American invention existing due to our founding principles centering on the belief that people receive equal rights from God not government.
The Case for Conservatism
Author | : Francis Graham Wilson |
Publsiher | : Transaction Publishers |
Total Pages | : 97 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9781412842341 |
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Originally published: University of Washington Press, 1951. This ed. previously published in hardcover: c1990.
How to Think Seriously about the Planet
Author | : Roger Scruton |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 464 |
Release | : 2014-10 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780199371242 |
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"In How to Think Seriously About the Planet, Roger Scruton rejects the popular left-wing view that international capitalism, consumerism, and over-exploitation of natural resources are the chief threats to the planet. Such a view necessitates top-down interventions, which Scruton contends are ineffective unless rooted in small-scale practical reasoning. Rather than entrusting the environment to unwieldy NGOs and international committees, Scruton argues, we must assume personal responsibility and foster local control over our environment."--Back cover.
The Conservative Sensibility
Author | : George F. Will |
Publsiher | : Hachette Books |
Total Pages | : 640 |
Release | : 2019-06-04 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780316480918 |
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist's "astonishing" and "enthralling" New York Times bestseller and Notable Book about how the Founders' belief in natural rights created a great American political tradition (Booklist) -- "easily one of the best books on American Conservatism ever written" (Jonah Goldberg). For more than four decades, George F. Will has attempted to discern the principles of the Western political tradition and apply them to America's civic life. Today, the stakes could hardly be higher. Vital questions about the nature of man, of rights, of equality, of majority rule are bubbling just beneath the surface of daily events in America. The Founders' vision, articulated first in the Declaration of Independence and carried out in the Constitution, gave the new republic a framework for government unique in world history. Their beliefs in natural rights, limited government, religious freedom, and in human virtue and dignity ushered in two centuries of American prosperity. Now, as Will shows, conservatism is under threat -- both from progressives and elements inside the Republican Party. America has become an administrative state, while destructive trends have overtaken family life and higher education. Semi-autonomous executive agencies wield essentially unaccountable power. Congress has failed in its duty to exercise its legislative powers. And the executive branch has slipped the Constitution's leash. In the intellectual battle between the vision of Founding Fathers like James Madison, who advanced the notion of natural rights that pre-exist government, and the progressivism advanced by Woodrow Wilson, the Founders have been losing. It's time to reverse America's political fortunes. Expansive, intellectually thrilling, and written with the erudite wit that has made Will beloved by millions of readers, The Conservative Sensibility is an extraordinary new book from one of America's most celebrated political writers.
The Case for Conservatism
Author | : Francis Graham Wilson |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 74 |
Release | : 1951 |
Genre | : Conservatism |
ISBN | : OCLC:468832606 |
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The Case for Conservatism
Author | : Francis Wilson |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 62 |
Release | : 2017-07-05 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9781351485524 |
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Conservative and liberal political impulses have contended throughout the history of the U.S. although there are no major Conservative or Liberal parties in the U.S. Instead, the terms signify general inclinations and prejudices encountered to some degree within all major political parties.In terms of contemporary politics, it is reasonably clear that liberalism and conservatism are meaningful terms. But the dichotomy is subject to much confusion when projected against a wider historical background. Francis Wilson's lectures on conservatism represent a genuinely philosophical approach. He generalizes upon the content of conservative thought without reducing the result to a mere psychological bent or disposition.Francis Wilson's volume was an expression of intellectual renewal of conservative ideas in the post-World War Two period. Initially published in 1951, it gave expression to the body of common belief that then and now constitutes the essence of conservatism. Lucid and temperate, he outlines the principles to which conservatives subscribe and how they have changed. Published in the Library of Conservative Thought series, The Case for Conservatism has continuing relevance to those who seek to understand the intellectual roots of the contemporary revival of conservative public policies.
The Reactionary Mind
Author | : Corey Robin |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 353 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : HISTORY |
ISBN | : 9780190692001 |
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Now updated to include Trump's election and the rise of global populism, Corey Robin's 'The Reactionary Mind' traces conservatism back to its roots in the reaction against the French Revolution.