Excuse me, but what is your definition of conservatism?
- the belief that man can perfect neither himself nor his society by his own efforts
-rejection of the French Revolution
- skepticism of the Enlightenment
- support for an organic-hierarchical structuring of society
- belief in the acceptability of state intervention in both economic and social life when the common good requires it
- belief that religion ought to guide state leaders in both their actions and the creation of laws
- rejection of laissez-faire capitalism
- traditionalism
- belief in natural law
- skepticism of modernity and its promises
- skepticism of individualism and its promises
- emphasis on small buisnesses and localism over big businesses and economies of scale
- skepticism of free trade
- sympathy for aristocracy and monarchy, though not necessarily a desire to turn any specific country into a monarchy