Burke
Background
- tended to be progressive
- e.g. in favor of Am Rev, Irish independence
- but still wrote against French Revolution
- wrote Burke, Reflections on the RevolutionBurke, Reflections on the Revolution
Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France
Class Notes
legitimacy of government
not based on divine right (23)
not popular election (23)
tradition that works?
[[Glorious Revolution]] was ok b/c it kept the traditional structures
conflicting interests lead to deliberate, moderate change
liberty
requires context to know if liberty is a good or not
e.g. a murderer's liberation from prison i... against it
- wrote Burke, Reflections on the RevolutionBurke, Reflections on the Revolution