PowerPoint developed for a series of lectures on Conservatism and delivered to PS 240 Introduction to Political Theory, Spring 2007 at the University of Kentucky by Dr. Christopher S. Rice, Instructor.
16. “ To be conservative…is to prefer the familiar to the unknown, to prefer the tried to the untried, fact to mystery, the actual to the possible, the limited to the unbounded, the near to the distant, the sufficient to the superabundant, the convenient to the perfect, present laughter to utopian bliss.” Michael Oakeshott, “On Being Conservative
17. It is easier to say who is a conservative rather than what conservatism is .
36. Conservatives Say: Politics based on abstract rights promotes individualism at the expense of historical understanding, mitigating institutions and the bonds that hold society together
51. Classical Conservative Model of Freedom (Ball and Dagger, Political Ideologies and the Democratic Ideal ) OBSTACLE: Radical ideas, innovation; passions, desires, lack of restraint AGENT: Inter-connected, “organic” individuals GOAL: Order, stability, harmony, continuity