Abstract
We explore the extent to which general considerations about the nature of social and political organization and the role of conventions in political life might provide a defence for the systematic status-quo orientation that we take to characterize conservatism. We term this strand of conservative thought "practical conservatism" because the conservatism in question is a practical response to certain facts about human society rather than deriving from any specifically conservative value or conservative attitude towards values.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 336-351 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Journal | The Monist |
| Volume | 99 |
| Issue number | 4 |
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| Publication status | Published - Oct 2016 |