Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Balancing history and reason

Conservatism at its best balances reasoning with experience, historical experience, the actual behavior of men and women and their cultures.

Fundamentalist Conservatism largely ignores reason and affirms only historical experience. Fundamentalist Liberal-Socialism largely ignores historical experience and affirms only reason.

Revitalized Conservatism seeks to balance reason by guiding evolution forward through looking back at historical experience.

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