Drawing on the work of Edmund Burke, British philosopher Michael Oakeshott and American philosopher John Kekes lay out several characteristics of conservative politics. Which of the following does not belong?
a. Tradition and custom are vital to any healthy society.
b. Conservatism is, at a very basic level, incredibly optimistic about the perfectibility of society.
c. There is no such thing as progress. Societies are not progressing anywhere. Societies exist and keep on existing.
d. Human beings are fallible people. We are prone to making mistakes.
b. Conservatism is, at a very basic level, incredibly optimistic about the perfectibility of society.
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Who is the current president of China?
a. Deng Xiaoping b. Hu Jintao c. Jiang Zemin d. Xi Jinping e. Wei Jingsheng
Gorbachev's goal of making the socialist system more efficient and democratic was undermined by all of the following EXCEPT
a. he lacked legitimacy, preaching democratic accountability but was never popularly elected to office. b. he found himself caught between liberals who thought his reforms too timid and conservatives who thought that he had gone too far. c. his reforms brought into the open tensions among the Soviet republics, problems that made it difficult to keep the USSR together. d. he did not have the support of the Russian people who were resistant to democratic change and refused to participate in early elections.
Studies have shown the ideology of judges
A) determines behavior for most decisions. B) does not entirely determine judicial behavior. C) is predictable based on the party of the president that nominated them. D) is not well-known. E) is the only reliable way to predict how a judge will behave.
The president and the Speaker of the House are a part of the party
a. affiliation. b. in Congress. c. in government. d. in the electorate. e. organization.