Sentences with phrase «social conservatism as»

The segregation of social conservatism as merely one alternative among several is itself is a bad sign.

François, who belatedly wakes up to the new realities, sees the revival of social conservatism as not merely a sociological phenomenon, but as the beginning of a second intellectual victory for the right (the first was the victory of neoliberal economics).

In an April, 2003, speech, Harper defined social conservatism as «respect for custom and traditions (religious traditions above all), voluntary association, and personal self - restraint reinforced by moral and legal sanctions on behaviour.»

Not exact matches

Despite pledging to build a big tent conservative party, Jason Kenney and his United Conservative Party MLAs appear to be doing their best this week to define themselves as the voice of social conservatism in Alberta.

Nevertheless, there are good reasons for thinking that conservatism (as here and now understood) arose out of a reaction, first to the French Revolution, and secondly to the habit engendered by that revolution, of seeking large - scale social transformation as a remedy for the unhappiness of man.

And since every social reform brought about by liberalization can be whisked away as «unsubstantiated and meaningless» by your same sheer will that allows you to unassistedly manifest wealth into existence, due tell what conservatism has brought us.

The idea of neoconservatism as a liberal plot to highjack conservatism for the left might seem hopelessly dated» the social democratic wing of neoconservatism disappeared long ago» but it remains vibrantly alive in the pages of journals like Chronicles and in the imaginations of ideologues attracted to the candidacy of Pat Buchanan.

It is not about left versus right because social conservatism can be found in both as tools of the state.

Social conservatism, both religious and secular, when wed to nationalism and embraced as state policy, has almost always turned into an enemy of tolerance and liberty.

This is important, I believe, in order to contextualize the real import of liberation theology as calling for a new realization of social justice in dialectical contradiction to conservatism and liberalism.

By glossing quickly over the dissimilarities between Catholic social teaching and American conservatism, however, he seems to minimize the distinctiveness of Catholic social teaching as a political philosophy in its own right.

So those on the left are anxious that the culture sees us as championing political causes on the left, and the right is similarly anxious about championing social conservatism.

One of the major causes of social conservatism is the fact that churches, schools, and other social institutions are so largely influenced by persons whose advantage it is to preserve the status quo and who are prone to regard any departure from it as an affront to Christian morality.

They completely blew it this cycle with this social conservatism crap, and I want nothing to do with them, (or the Dems either as far as that goes).

Ideologically, there had already existed an affinity between conservatism and anti-abortionism, but as Ziegler shows, these social currents strengthened and deepened the bond between the Republican party and the pro-life movement.

How could Party leaders be consistent with the values (fiscal restraint, social conservatism — e.g., high moral code) they have professed for 30 years and nominate someone with zero performance in reducing expenditures even on a local level, someone tainted by giving and receiving political favors as a Commissioner on the Port Authority, and someone linked for 20 years by business and marriage to mobster activities?

While there is no suggestion that this particular view is widespread within the party, it nonetheless hints at an undercurrent of extreme, evangelical social conservatism that feels quite alien in secular Britain, but is perhaps not quite as distant as we like to think.

I do not aim to use this criticism to justify social conservatism or conservationism «on the sly», since this reifies immutability to just as damaging an extent as materialism glorifies innovation.

The personal - injury lawyer has a smaller fundraising base, plans to eschew negative advertising during the runoff and is seen by operatives as too focused on his social conservatism in a district where fiscal conservatism is paramount.

Labour should not be about «helping the poor»; «one - nation» conservatism is as capable of doing this as social democracy.

The Republican Party is an ideological mix of social and fiscal conservatives once held together by eloquent intellectuals such as Bill Buckley; gone are the days of the Eisenhower Republican; here to stay is the Reagan Republican jumble, with a few vestiges of traditional conservatism tacked on for good measure.

The post-Thatcher gurus such as Anthony Giddens (guru of Blair's «new communitarian» Third Way social democracy) and Phillip Blond (guru of Cameron's Big Society civic conservatism) address problems of the time.

Keynes offered the Attlee Government a macro-economic framework for post-war recovery; Hayek's «market society» offered Mrs Thatcher's Tories a roadmap away from post-war social democratic serfdom; Giddens's «Third Way» socio - philosophy allowed «New» Labour to synthesise or transcend the old dogmas of state - centric social democracy and neo-liberalism»; and Phillip Blond gave a critique of the market and the state in order for Cameron to claim «society» and its renewal as the key priority of modern Conservatism.

He had strong views about economics, the free market and low taxation, and it will come as a surprise to many of his former colleagues that he was the founder member of PEST — Pressure for Economic and Social Toryism — which later became associated with a left, if not wet, form of Conservatism.

As James Forsyth has noted, David Cameron has made social conservatism fashionable again by (among other things) respecting same - sex relationships.

He needs a much stronger foreign policy but in recognising the importance of social reform (the biggest idea on the centre right), the environment, being vindicated on fiscal responsibility and as a stalwart defender of free trade he is, indeed, well - placed to become a leader of global conservatism.

As such, fiscal conservatism today exists somewhere between classical liberalism and contemporary consequentialist political philosophies, and is often influenced by coinciding levels of social conservatism.

Judeo - Christian values are also tied up with (social) conservatism in the US, due to the US being (perceived as) a traditionally Christian nation.

@DrunkCynic I took it as given that we're talking about the United States, where common usage of «conservative» lumps together political and social conservatism.

The American Conservative Union, a group that promotes what it describes as Reagan conservatism on the fiscal as well as social fronts, is out with a 2016 ranking of the NYS Legislature.

Social anti-progressivism (opposition to typical progressive social policies)... I'd call it social conservatism but there are subtle differences there, such as the fact that American social conservatism is almost invariably PRO-religious and conflicts with # 3 Social anti-progressivism (opposition to typical progressive social policies)... I'd call it social conservatism but there are subtle differences there, such as the fact that American social conservatism is almost invariably PRO-religious and conflicts with # 3 social policies)... I'd call it social conservatism but there are subtle differences there, such as the fact that American social conservatism is almost invariably PRO-religious and conflicts with # 3 social conservatism but there are subtle differences there, such as the fact that American social conservatism is almost invariably PRO-religious and conflicts with # 3 social conservatism is almost invariably PRO-religious and conflicts with # 3 below.

A wise third party (and the Libertarians are not wise) would seek to claim the fiscal conservative mantle while redefining «social conservatism» as a form of liberalism and embracing what we now call «social liberalism».

«It's paradoxical that we have been seen as distant from and guarded about issues like social exclusion when the founding fathers of Conservatism embraced it.

But it's that mix of social conservatism with economic populism that doesn't get much a hearing as it should, based on Americans» political views.

As a gay man, Sanchez has criticized Cabrera's social conservatism.

She has become something of a hate figure for the Left, who see her as an evangelist for exactly the type of social conservatism that is anathema to them.

He bested several candidates with deep ties to the state party, more money and long records in elected office, appealing to the more than 8,000 delegates in the Richmond Coliseum as a grass - roots crusader for the Constitution and social conservatism.

Since then «green conservatism» has taken second place to «gentler conservatism» as the party leadership invested more and more time in social justice.

Although it is an alternate history and many things are different, I try to catch the atmosphere of 1950 s Britain in such things as the general drabness, the intense social conservatism, but also the importance of personal integrity as epitomized in characters like David and Sarah.

Modern conservatism is often described as a three legged stool — economics (free market capitalism), social (the Judeo - Christian ethic), and foreign policy (strong national defense).

But as social values shifted through the»80s and»90s, as modern conservatism rose to power, and as the electorate became a good deal more skeptical of both government and environmentalists, these strategies, and the institutions that were created to prosecute them, foundered.