[Dimensio]

Add to this yet another key understanding of conservatism: it recognizes the imperfectability of human nature and therefore rejects the false hope of an ideal order (so often promised by modern isms) that it would produce "given time plus chance."

How does this relate to the theory of evolution?

[cornelis]

How does this relate to the theory of evolution?

The theory of evolution, which is about biological motion, has precious little to do with the understanding of original sin. Original sin, however, is very influential in conservatism, pinpointing the cause human nature's fallibility as well as the source of human nature's perfectibility.