Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Conservatism: Sources, History, Custom

  1. Why was Burke so opposed to the French Revolution? (hints: individualism and rationalism; class, family, property; church, town, guild)
  2. From the book’s description, would you call Jeremy Bentham a libertarian? A left-liberal? Both? Neither?
  3. School vouchers are a simple solution. For a conservative, what’s wrong with simple solutions? What is the role of “prejudices” in economic and political decision making?

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