Archive-name: conservatism/faq
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Conservatism FAQ
July 1, 2006 Version

This FAQ, posted monthly, attempts to deal with questions and objections
regarding conservatism. Additional questions and comments are welcome.
The conservatism discussed is traditionalist American conservatism;
other varieties are touched on in section 6, and their adherents are
urged to draft additional FAQs. For further discussion and relevant
links, see the Traditionalist Conservatism Page,
http://turnabout.ath.cx:8000/node/7.

A current version of this FAQ can be obtained by sending the message
"send usenet/news.answers/conservatism/faq" by email to
mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu. A hypertext version is available at
http://turnabout.ath.cx:8000/node/3.

Questions

1 General principles

1.1 What is distinctive about conservatism as a political view?

1.2 Why is tradition a source of greater wisdom?