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To: KC Burke
Good article! I liked your 10 Conservative Principles thread especially the first Principle.

"First, the conservative believes that there exists an enduring moral order. That order is made for man, and man is made for it; human nature is a constant, and moral truths are permanent."

So many Liberaltarians think they’re Conservatives but in reality social conservatism goes hand in hand with fiscal conservatism 100% of the time.

34 posted on 04/25/2003 10:31:03 AM PDT by Clint N. Suhks
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To: Clint N. Suhks
So many Liberaltarians think they’re Conservatives but in reality social conservatism goes hand in hand with fiscal conservatism 100% of the time.

With the proviso that I have certainly been in the ranks of those who castigate dogmatic, ideological libertarianism, I also count some principled libertarians as fellows in common cause.

Kirk changed his wording of that first principle over the years. He did it in a manner that now includes many principled libertarians, and yes, even some who are non-believers.

Where originally Kirk used the word "Transcendant" in that principle, by the end of his life he had begun to use "Enduring". I know that with this wording many libertarians, certainly a group with alliegance to the "moral", can allow themselves as holding with this current wording of that principle.

I can hardly be less open to them than Kirk (the terrible foe of "ideology") was as his life advanced.

I have heard it said that you can find non-libertarian conservatives who see the progression of our true society as Order=>>Morality=>>Freedom, while libertarian conservatives see it as Freedom=>>Morality=>>Order. All of the ingrediants are there in both formulas.

36 posted on 04/25/2003 10:45:49 AM PDT by KC Burke
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