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This 4-page paper focuses on the problems with today's society in America and discusses, from the point of view of Russell Kirk and William F. Buckley, what can be done to change it. Included is a discussion on the role of conservatism as it pertains to change. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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their own homes, while disgruntled hijackers can commandeer planes to fly into buildings. Unemployment is high, domestic abuse is high, and there seems to be little regard for human life
in the U.S. Many conservatives believe that part of the reason why the United States is in such terrible shape these days
is because the morale fabric has become unraveled. Although unemployment was certainly higher during the Great Depression and although crime was rampant (especially organized crime), people stuck together. These days,
that isnt happening - especially when were building neighborhoods in which houses are behind "security fences," and when were too busy to even walk our kids two blocks to school
in the morning (and so end up driving them on our way to work). Politicist and writer Russell Kirk believes that standard
conservatism (such as the type that was practiced right around the time the Founding Fathers drafted the constitution) is one way to save the sorry society of today (Kirk, 1953).
He points out that one problem facing society is the divide between "conservative" and "liberal," with, of course, conservatism being the better of the two (Kirk, 1953). "(Conservatives) think society
is a spiritual reality, possessing an eternal life but a delicate constitution: it cannot be scrapped and recast as if it were a machine," he writes (Kirk, 1953).
He then points out what he classifies as the "six cannons of conservative thought:" Divine intent
and conscience rule society - and political problems tend to stem from religious and moral problems. A more positive view of the
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