Conservatism In A Utopian Society

Conservatism is a philosophy, particularly of political nature, that focuses on tradition and maintenance of social norms and generally resists change and innovation, particularly of social nature. This philosophy is a common modern political ideology exhibited in various developed countries.

By Russell Jacoby’s definitions, a blueprint utopia is a prescribed plan for society in which the roles and lives of all citizens are carefully prefigured and mapped out whereas an iconoclastic utopia is more open minded to structure and maintains a vague vision of the society’s future as opposed to an absolute view. In terms of utopian movements, conservatism would best be identified as an iconoclastic utopia because there is no concrete formula for

In a society focused on tradition in which there is no progressive social change, those with conservative ideologies would likely regard it as their version of a utopia because they would be calm and comfortable. If all citizens of this society follow the same conservative ideal, is it a utopia for all persons or a utopia for those citizens specifically? When all citizens are comfortable in all aforementioned senses, then by definition, it is a utopia, and therefore conservatism should be regarded among the utopian movements. It must be remembered that utopias need not be universal to all persons, and that one person’s utopia is another’s dystopia. However, one society regarded as a utopia by its inhabitants is a utopia by definition because utopias need not be universal to the world and for this reason, a utopian state may be exclusive to one specific region. To be further considered as a utopian movement, the society should outline its beliefs for the people in terms of what the people should believe and how they should behave and function as members of societies in the form of a contract or constitution. Nevertheless, it is important that the society not outline every aspect of the lives of its citizens because in doing so, that would be encroaching on both their positive and negative freedoms and thus potentially be considered to be a blueprint utopia (Berlin)

If the citizens pay taxes, then they will reap the benefits of the government and have rights to security and healthcare among others. According to conservative philosophers Rousseau, Hobbes, and Lock, the purpose of the state is freedom, not the security of life and property (Hamilton). However, if the citizens support their government with duties, should the government reciprocate with securities? [It is often debated that…] Among many societies influenced by conservatism, individual liberty is subject to the government and all are expected to obey the government’s rule without question (Hamilton). This authoritarian stance borders on totalitarianism by the