Liberalism and Conservatism

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Discussion of liberalism and conservatism, and statism and anti-statism.

Political Philosophy and the Christian Worldview

Part 1

I. The Significance of 1 Samuel 8

II. The Distinction Between Classical Liberalism and Classical Conservatism

A. Classical Liberalism

1. Greatest Strength - Upheld individual freedom or human liberty

2. Greatest Weakness - Denial of absolutes

B. Classical Conservatism

1. Greatest Strength - Social order based on objective absolutes

2. Greatest Weakness - Led to despotism

III. The Important Work of Frank B. Meyer

A. Background

B. The Nature of Frank Meyer's Fusionism

IV. The Difference Between a State and a Society

A. State - Coercive

B. Society - Voluntary

V. The Difference Between Statism and Anti-statism

A. Statism

B. Anti-statism