Hobbes, Burke & Oakeshott

The main ideas of Thomas Hobbes are written in his book called...

• Leviathan

• Reflections on the Revolution

• On Being Conservative

• Anarchy, State and Utopia

The main ideas of Edmund Burke are written in his book called...

• Leviathan

• Reflections on the Revolution in France

• On Being Conservative

• Anarchy, State and Utopia

The main ideas of Michael Oakeshott are written in his book called...

• Leviathan

• Reflections on the Revolution in France

• On Being Conservative

• Anarchy, State and Utopia

Hobbes' view of humans is...

• optimistic

• pessimistic

Hobbes believed humans to be...

• selfish

• unselfish

• perfect

• altruistic

Hobbes described life in a state of nature as " solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and..."

• long

• short

• endless

Hobbes believed that people needed a ......... to give people legal and physical protection

• God

• prime minister

• sovereign

Burke's ideas have influenced...

• conservatives and liberals

• conservatives and socialists

• socialists and liberals

Burke believed in an organic society that would be guided by...

• history and tradition

• new ideas

• radical reforms

The concept of history and tradition providing a 'tried and tested' approach to society is called...

• empiricism

• altruism

• idealism

• anarchism