Analytic Conservatism
Analytic Conservatism
We propose an analytic account of dispositional conservatism that attempts to uncover a foundation of what is often taken to be an anti-foundationalist position. We identify a bias in favour of the status quo as a key component of the conservative disposition and address the question of the justification of such a conservative disposition, and the circumstances in which the widespread adoption of such a disposition might be normatively desirable. Our analysis builds on a structural link between the economist’s traditional emphasis on questions of feasibility and the conservative’s attachment to the status quo.
Conservatism, dispositions, status quo
675-691
Brennan, Geoffrey
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Hamlin, Alan
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2004
Brennan, Geoffrey
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Hamlin, Alan
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Brennan, Geoffrey and Hamlin, Alan
(2004)
Analytic Conservatism.
British Journal of Political Science, 34 (4), .
(doi:10.1017/S0007123404000249).
Abstract
We propose an analytic account of dispositional conservatism that attempts to uncover a foundation of what is often taken to be an anti-foundationalist position. We identify a bias in favour of the status quo as a key component of the conservative disposition and address the question of the justification of such a conservative disposition, and the circumstances in which the widespread adoption of such a disposition might be normatively desirable. Our analysis builds on a structural link between the economist’s traditional emphasis on questions of feasibility and the conservative’s attachment to the status quo.
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Published date: 2004
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Conservatism, dispositions, status quo
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Local EPrints ID: 13591
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/13591
ISSN: 0007-1234
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