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Liberalism and Conservatism
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Lesson
Discussion of liberalism and conservatism, and statism and anti-statism.
Outline
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