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Conservativism

Political Tradition (Edmund Burke)

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When did English landowners force the abdication of James the II in the Glorious Revolution? Before 1688
Who asserted that liberty is maintained in England by a balance of power in different parts of society? Montesquieu
What states that the overthrow of the status quo is inevitable? Marx's "Capital"
What did Michael Oakeshott uphold? The importance of tradition in public institutions
What must be subjected to the government's laws? The individual's passions
What conflicts with those of other people? Some human needs and desires
What must government do between conflicting wants to produce the fairest outcome? Judge
What is a human invention to oversee human needs in society? Government
Who saw the discussion of abstract rights as a distraction from the main task of government? Edmund Burke
What was Edmund Burke's 1790 prediction? That a military dictatorship would follow the revolutionary overthrow of the monarchy in France
Who swept to power in France in 1799? Napoleon Bonaparte
Edmund Burke said that what is between those living, dead, and yet to be born? The social contract
What was Burke skeptical of? Individual rights
Who wrote that the French Revolution did not astonish him as much as the revolution in Burke? Thomas Jefferson
Who was felt to have the power, self-interest, and inherited political skills? Rich landowners
Who was critical of Edmund Burke's ideas, particularly property? Karl Marx
In reality, rights are what? What people want
What types of gains did Burke feel would be made from the redistribution of property from the few to the many? Inconceivably small
Burke gave up law to become what? A writer
Why did Burke loose his seat in Parliament? Due to the unpopularity of his views on the emancipation of Cahtolics
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