Political Science · Political Theory
Who is Not a conservative thinker?
AEdmund Burke
BDavid Hume
CMichael Oakeshott
DMary Wollstonecraft ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Mary Wollstonecraft — Mary Wollstonecraft is not a conservative thinker but an early liberal feminist.
Explanation
★Mary Wollstonecraft is not a conservative thinker but an early liberal feminist.
★She wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Woman in 1792, demanding equality and education for women.
★She also replied to Edmund Burke with A Vindication of the Rights of Men, attacking his conservatism.
★Edmund Burke is the founder of modern conservatism, famous for Reflections on the Revolution in France.
★David Hume is associated with a conservative, sceptical defence of custom and stability.
★Michael Oakeshott is a leading twentieth century conservative who prized tradition over rationalist planning.
★Wollstonecraft thus stands clearly in the liberal and feminist camp, not the conservative one.
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