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'Conservatives are more concerned with the Preservation of Stability and order than with Freedom' - Discuss.
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Graham Samuels AMDG Wednesday, 30th October 2002 CONSERVATISM - ESSAY QUESTION 1992: 'Conservatives are more concerned with the Preservation of Stability and order than with Freedom.' Discuss. Conservatives strongly agree with a strong state. A strong state preserves order, defends from invasion and punishes law-breakers. They also believe that human beings are limited, security-seeking, imperfect and irrational, and therefore conservatives reject abstract 'rational' theories. There is therefore a need to sacrifice liberty, or freedom, for security. The conservative's concern to maximise and retain preservation of stability and order and their lack of concern, or perhaps secondary concern, with freedom both stem from their belief of the concept of human imperfection. Human imperfection is understood in several ways. Firstly, human beings are thought to be psychologically limited and dependent creatures. In the view of conservatives, people fear isolation and instability. They are drawn psychologically to the safe and the familiar, and, above all, they...
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