Format:
Online-Ressource (352 p)
Edition:
2nd ed
ISBN:
9780745321301
Content:
New edition of a classic philosophical text that critiques the conservative tradition in US and UK politics.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Change and Reform -- A TRADITION AGAINST CHANGE? -- REFORM, NOT CHANGE - BURKE -- OAKESHOTT'S AND OTHER IDEAS -- DISTINCTIONS AND RATIONALE -- NEW LABOUR -- 2. Theory, Other Thinking, Incentives -- BAD THINKING -- GOOD THINKING -- TIME-TESTED NOT THEORETICAL -- DIFFERENT TESTS OF TIME -- EMPIRICAL NOT THEORETICAL, A PLAIN FACT -- VALUES AND RATIONALE -- NEW GOVERNMENT -- 3. Human Nature, Dealing With It -- A BUNDLE OF IDEAS ABOUT US -- CREATURES OF SOCIETY, AND A CONCEPTION OF HUMAN NATURE -- A PLAIN IDEA -- LOW CHARACTERS, AND ORDER IN SOCIETY -- LOW CHARACTERS, AND INCENTIVES AGAIN -- NOT DETERMINISM, BUT FREE WILL -- NEW MORAL AND OTHER PURPOSES -- 4. Freedoms -- PRIVATE-PROPERTY FREEDOM -- CONSERVATIVE PRIVATE-PROPERTY FREEDOM -- MARKET FREEDOM, ETC. -- DECLARATION, EQUALITY, INCENTIVE -- THE HIDDEN-HAND VINDICATION -- NON-ECONOMIC ARGUMENTS -- MIXING LABOUR, TRANSFERRING -- SOCIAL AND CIVIL FREEDOMS -- HOPE, NEW REALISMS -- 5. Government -- DEMOCRACY -- PROPERTY, ARISTOCRACY, BALANCE -- CONSTITUTIONALISM, REVOLUTION, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, WAR -- AUTHORITARIANISM, FASCISM -- RATIONALE, BACKWARD GLANCE -- NEW AND OLD DEMOCRACY, 9/11 -- 6. Society -- THE ORGANIC SOCIETY -- A THING, A WHOLE, PERSONAL -- A TREE, INHERITANCE, GOD, A LARGE FRIEND -- RACIAL AND CULTURAL GROUPS -- NOT SO NEW LABOUR -- 7. Equalities -- A MIXED BAG OF EQUALITIES -- EQUALITY OF RESULTS -- ASSORTED OBJECTIONS TO EQUALITY OF RESULTS -- LIBERTY OBJECTIONS TO EQUALITY OF RESULTS -- THE GENERAL GOOD OF INEQUALITIES AGAIN -- THE MERE RELATIVITIES OR IRRATIONALITY OBJECTION -- NEW LABOUR'S AMERICAN WAR -- 8. Desert, Conclusions -- THE DISTINCTIONS AND THEIR PROBLEM -- DESERT THE RATIONALE? -- OBSTACLES TO THE IDEA OF DESERT -- THE PRINCIPLE OF HUMANITY -- THE RATIONALE OF CONSERVATISM -- THE NATURE OF NEW LABOUR -- Acknowledgements.
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Description based upon print version of record
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""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Change and Reform""; ""A TRADITION AGAINST CHANGE?""; ""REFORM, NOT CHANGE � BURKE""; ""OAKESHOTT�S AND OTHER IDEAS""; ""DISTINCTIONS AND RATIONALE""; ""NEW LABOUR""; ""2. Theory, Other Thinking, Incentives""; ""BAD THINKING""; ""GOOD THINKING""; ""TIME-TESTED NOT THEORETICAL""; ""DIFFERENT TESTS OF TIME""; ""EMPIRICAL NOT THEORETICAL, A PLAIN FACT""; ""VALUES AND RATIONALE""; ""NEW GOVERNMENT""; ""3. Human Nature, Dealing With It""; ""A BUNDLE OF IDEAS ABOUT US""; ""CREATURES OF SOCIETY, AND A CONCEPTION OF HUMAN NATURE""; ""A PLAIN IDEA""
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""LOW CHARACTERS, AND ORDER IN SOCIETY""""LOW CHARACTERS, AND INCENTIVES AGAIN""; ""NOT DETERMINISM, BUT FREE WILL""; ""NEW MORAL AND OTHER PURPOSES""; ""4. Freedoms""; ""PRIVATE-PROPERTY FREEDOM""; ""CONSERVATIVE PRIVATE-PROPERTY FREEDOM""; ""MARKET FREEDOM, ETC.""; ""DECLARATION, EQUALITY, INCENTIVE""; ""THE HIDDEN-HAND VINDICATION""; ""NON-ECONOMIC ARGUMENTS""; ""MIXING LABOUR, TRANSFERRING""; ""SOCIAL AND CIVIL FREEDOMS""; ""HOPE, NEW REALISMS""; ""5. Government""; ""DEMOCRACY""; ""PROPERTY, ARISTOCRACY, BALANCE""; ""CONSTITUTIONALISM, REVOLUTION, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, WAR""
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""AUTHORITARIANISM, FASCISM""""RATIONALE, BACKWARD GLANCE""; ""NEW AND OLD DEMOCRACY, 9/11""; ""6. Society""; ""THE ORGANIC SOCIETY""; ""A THING, A WHOLE, PERSONAL""; ""A TREE, INHERITANCE, GOD, A LARGE FRIEND""; ""RACIAL AND CULTURAL GROUPS""; ""NOT SO NEW LABOUR""; ""7. Equalities""; ""A MIXED BAG OF EQUALITIES""; ""EQUALITY OF RESULTS""; ""ASSORTED OBJECTIONS TO EQUALITY OF RESULTS""; ""LIBERTY OBJECTIONS TO EQUALITY OF RESULTS""; ""THE GENERAL GOOD OF INEQUALITIES AGAIN""; ""THE MERE RELATIVITIES OR IRRATIONALITY OBJECTION""; ""NEW LABOUR�S AMERICAN WAR""; ""8. Desert, Conclusions""
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""THE DISTINCTIONS AND THEIR PROBLEM""""DESERT THE RATIONALE?""; ""OBSTACLES TO THE IDEA OF DESERT""; ""THE PRINCIPLE OF HUMANITY""; ""THE RATIONALE OF CONSERVATISM""; ""THE NATURE OF NEW LABOUR""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Notes""; ""Index""
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781849644839
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780745321301
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Conservatism : Burke, Nozick, Bush, Blair?
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
Author information:
Honderich, Ted 1933-
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