BF190 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Political Spectrum
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Introduction: political spectrum, left: kant, rousseau, liberalism: locke, right: hobbes. He argues on two fronts: he claims that the french revolutionaries, by turning their backs on their historical institutions, particularly the church, the nobility, and the monarchy are presuming the ability to create a new society, from scratch. This would be doomed to failure and anarchy: burke was also concerned that radicals in his own country were also asserting the same principles as the french revolutionaries. He opposes democracy: they say a king is only legitimate if chosen by the people. Liberty: democratic leaders would be drunk with power, abusive, not open minded. believes this is dangerous and illegal. And if one follows this rule, the king of. England is in no respect better than the rest of the usurpers (one who wrongfully takes someone"s place) and robbers: burke doesn"t only want to preserve traditional laws, he wants to argue that. Noble family: wealth: skills to complete the necessary tasks.
