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Reflections on the Revolution in France

Author:Edmund Burke
Editor:J.G.A. Pocock
ISBN: 0872200205
Publication Info: Indianapolis, IN: Hackett Publishing Company, 1987
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Gabriel Martinez on Dec 16, 2008
  1. For Burke, how does civil society come about? What is the nature of the social contract? What is its purpose and the purpose of government?
  2. What is the role of the will of the people for Burke? (Hint: how does this help us understand Lincoln’s attack on the doctrine of popular sovereignty in the Lincoln-Douglas debates?) To what do people have a right?
  3. What principles should guide the establishment and the reform of the political system?
  4. For Burke, how should decisions (including economic decisions, by the State and by families) be made? Who should make them? According to what principles?
Carolyn Garris on Dec 16, 2008

From Robert Ingram's syllabus:

Why did Burke argue for conciliation with the American colonies in 1775 but condemn the French Revolution in 1790?