How to use this

Two grids on the same template. The first is empty - print it, fill in each cell with a one-line note while you revise. The second is a worked example to check yourself against.

Each cell asks one question: does this row strengthen the column quality (mark +) or weaken it (mark -)? Then add a one-line note saying why. The plus and minus columns are deliberately not pre-printed - your judgement is the work.

Human nature is imperfect = are humans seen as flawed and dependent? State active beyond order = should the state do more than keep law and order? Organic society = is society a living, connected whole? Pragmatic capitalism = is capitalism backed pragmatically, not as a principle? Tradition and change to conserve = is the tested past the guide, with change only to conserve? Paternalism = does the better-off have a duty to help the worse-off?

Conservatism strands - judgement grid + -

Empty version. Print and fill in.

Strand+ -

Human nature is imperfect

State active beyond order

Organic society

Pragmatic capitalism

Tradition and change to conserve

Paternalism

Traditional

One Nation

New Right

Conservatism strands - judgement grid + -

Filled version. Use this to check your own grid - and tap any cell for the full detail behind the judgement.

Strand+ -	Human nature is imperfect	State active beyond order	Organic society	Pragmatic capitalism	Tradition and change to conserve	Paternalism
Traditional	+Humans intellectually, morally and psychologically flawed (Oakeshott, Hobbes).	±Essential and coercive for order, but stops at stability not care.	+Organic whole with natural hierarchy and duty (Burke, Oakeshott).	+Capitalism and property backed pragmatically, not as a principle (Burke).	+Change in order to conserve; distrust of abstract ideology (Burke, Oakeshott).	-Stops at order and stability; no programme of care for the worse-off.
One Nation	+Same imperfection view as Traditional - humans weak and dependent.	+Paternalist benefactor that helps the vulnerable (Disraeli).	+Organic, like Traditional, with a duty of care down the hierarchy.	+Pragmatic capitalism; welfare and taxation acceptable when hardship threatens unrest.	+Burke and Oakeshott supply the organic, pragmatic groundwork.	+Noblesse oblige - the strand built on a duty of care (Disraeli).
New Right	±Neo-liberal element rejects it (Nozick, Rand); neo-con revives it via Hobbes.	±Neo-liberals roll it back (Nozick); neo-cons roll it forward on morals.	-Atomistic - a collection of self-reliant individuals, merit not hierarchy (Rand).	-Ideological free market, not pragmatic; rejects restrictions on capitalism (Nozick).	-Radical, not bound by the past; an ideological contrast to the older strands.	-Rejects it - no entitlement of citizen from state (Nozick, Rand).

Strand+ -

Human nature is imperfect

State active beyond order

Organic society

Pragmatic capitalism

Tradition and change to conserve

Paternalism

Traditional

+Humans intellectually, morally and psychologically flawed (Oakeshott, Hobbes).

±Essential and coercive for order, but stops at stability not care.

+Organic whole with natural hierarchy and duty (Burke, Oakeshott).

+Capitalism and property backed pragmatically, not as a principle (Burke).

+Change in order to conserve; distrust of abstract ideology (Burke, Oakeshott).

-Stops at order and stability; no programme of care for the worse-off.

One Nation

+Same imperfection view as Traditional - humans weak and dependent.

+Paternalist benefactor that helps the vulnerable (Disraeli).

+Organic, like Traditional, with a duty of care down the hierarchy.

+Pragmatic capitalism; welfare and taxation acceptable when hardship threatens unrest.

+Burke and Oakeshott supply the organic, pragmatic groundwork.

+Noblesse oblige - the strand built on a duty of care (Disraeli).

New Right

±Neo-liberal element rejects it (Nozick, Rand); neo-con revives it via Hobbes.

±Neo-liberals roll it back (Nozick); neo-cons roll it forward on morals.

-Atomistic - a collection of self-reliant individuals, merit not hierarchy (Rand).

-Ideological free market, not pragmatic; rejects restrictions on capitalism (Nozick).

-Radical, not bound by the past; an ideological contrast to the older strands.

-Rejects it - no entitlement of citizen from state (Nozick, Rand).