![]() ![]() ![]() Because of the way in which liberties change with time these liberties cannot be discovered and founded through abstract rules and doing so guarantees that a government basing its authority in these rights will not be sure of continuance. ![]() ![]() Many thinkers of the time gave their support to this revolution one such thinker was Richard Price.Įdmund Burke‘s Reflections on the Revolution in France is written as a rebuttal to Price, as a defense of the English system of government, and in opposition to the ideas and practices of the French Revolution – whereas the supporters of the French Revolution believed in legitimacy through election Burke maintained support of monarchy, speaking out against those who base politics upon metaphysics and use abstract rights as a basis for political theory.īurke’s basis for these positions lies in the thought that abstracts are incapable of accounting for all the nuances which are present in the political process, that what works in government is too circumstantial and subject to change for the ideals proposed by the theorists. During the late 18th Century the nation of France underwent a time of turmoil which is now known as the French Revolution. ![]()
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