美国保守主义

美国保守主义（英语：Conservatism in the United States）是美国重要的政治哲学、社会哲学，其特征包括尊重美国传统、支持共和主义（英语：Republicanism in the United States）、古典自由主义、限制联邦政府权力、提倡州权、小政府。在美国，保守派媒体（英语：Media bias in the United States#Conservative）、基督教媒体（英语：Christian media）及保守主义者（英语：List of American conservatives）在政治中占有一席之地，两大党之一的共和党的主流意识形态亦为保守主义^[1][2][3]。

在社会议题上，美国保守派一般支持基督教价值观（英语：Christian ethics）^[4]、道德绝对主义^[5]、传统家庭观（英语：Family values）^[6]、美国例外论^[7]和个人主义^[8]，反对堕胎（英语：United States anti-abortion movement）和反对同性婚姻^[9]。在经济议题上，美国保守派一般亲资本^[10]、亲商业、反工会。在国家议题上，美国保守派一般支持强化国家安全、支持持枪权和自由贸易^[11]，保护西方文化免受共产主义^[12]和道德相对主义^[13]的威胁。相较温和派和自由派而言，保守派不太信任科学，尤其不信任医学、气候学和演化，而倾向于相信创造论^[14][15][16]。

历史学家认为1790年代以来，保守主义传统在美国政治和文化中扮演重要作用。然而有组织的保守主义运动在政治中扮演关键作用则是1950年代之后的事情^[17][18][19]。

概述

美国保守主义史中包含着许多冲突和彼此间竞争的意识形态。财政保守主义者和自由意志保守主义者拥护资本主义、个人主义、小政府和自由放任，因此支持减税、自由市场、去监管化（英语：deregulation）、私有化、削减政府开支（英语：government spending）和政府债务^[20][21]。

社会保守主义者（英语：Social conservatism in the United States）认为植根于宗教的传统社会价值观受到世俗主义和道德相对主义威胁。他们倾向于支持学校内的祷告活动（英语：School prayer in the United States）和基督教学校内的学券制；反对堕胎（英语：United States anti-abortion movement）、同性婚姻和跨性别者权利（英语：Transgender rights in the United States）^{[22][23][24][9][25]}

新保守主义者想要将他们心目中的美国理念扩展到全世界^[26]，旧保守主义者则支持限制移民、不干预政策，反多元文化（英语：opposition to multiculturalism）^[27]。除一些自由意志保守主义者外，大多数保守主义者支持单边外交政策，以及维持一支强大的军队。包括自由意志保守主义者在内，大多数保守主义者支持持枪权，并援引美国宪法第二修正案为论据。20世纪50年代以来的保守主义运动试图将这些不同的派别聚集在一起，强调保守主义者需要团结起来，阻止“无神共产主义”蔓延^[28]。

美国保守主义者一般认为在保守主义价值观内的个人自由是民主的基石^[29][30]，他们通常认为联邦政府的权利和各州的权利之间应存在某种平衡。除了一些右派自由意志主义之外，美国保守主义者倾向于在他们认为属于政府合法管辖范围的领域采取强有力的行动，特别是国防和执法方面。包含许多宗教人士在内的美国社会保守主义者们（英语：Social conservatism in the United States）常会反对堕胎、民事结合及同性婚姻，支持学校内的基督教祷告活动（英语：School prayer in the United States）和政府资助私立教会学校^{[31][32][6][33]}。

相关条目

• 美国保守主义文献列表（英语：Bibliography of conservatism in the United States）
• 基督教右派
• 激情保守主义（英语：Compassionate conservatism）
• 保守派联盟（英语：Conservative coalition）
• 融合主义（英语：Fusionism）
• 美国自由主义
• 美国自由意志主义
• 新保守主义
• 老右派 (美国)（英语：Old Right (United States)）
• 旧保守主义
• 美国进步主义（英语：Progressivism in the United States）
• 共和党 (美国)
• 现代美国保守主义时间线（英语：Timeline of modern American conservatism）

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外部链接

• "The Origins of the Modern American Conservative Movement," （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆） Heritage Foundation.
• "Conservative Predominance in the U.S.: A Moment or an Era?", 21 experts from the U.S. and abroad, ponder the future of conservatism.
• Dictionary of the History of Ideas: Conservatism at the University of Virginia.
• "Comparative Decades: Conservatism in the 1920s and 1980s" Lesson plans
• Mark Riebling, "Prospectus for a Critique of Conservative Reason."
• Paul Gottfried, "How Russell Kirk (And The Right) Went Wrong"
• A History of Conservative Movements – slideshow by Newsweek
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