The evergreen questions raised by the label “conservative” are: Conserving *what* and from *whom*? Here's the breakdown ⤵️
that first used “conservative” in the modern, political sense. The magazine listed what it stood for in its first issue: “religion, the King, liberty…and upstanding people.” These were the things under threat from the new society formed after the Revolution.
Modern-day conservatives don’t necessarily want to protect or “conserve” the same things as their 19th-century brethren. But they do share a fundamental dilemma with their French forebears: Defining yourself in terms of an old order and its enemies makes it difficult to explain the sort of future you want to build. On one hand, conservatives defend tradition and duty; on the other, the definitions of these things shift with every generation.
This brings us back to the original question: What should change and what should endure, and what is the principle by which one decides? Again, conservatives face the problem of defining themselves negatively, against what they dislike. “Liberal,” by contrast, takes its name from a positive ideal — liberty. “Conservative,” much like “progressive,” names only anabout political change over time.
To be fair, all political persuasions define themselves, in part, by what they are against. But it’s especially true of conservatism, whose very name signals commitment tosomething being lost or taken away.
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