When in 1765 at the age of 36, he began his long career as a member of the British Parliament, Edmund Burke was already widely known for his intellectual ability as editor of the highly acclaimed journal the Annual Register and as the author of A...

Ordinarily one approaches the writings of practicing politicians without anticipating any benefit other than that of becoming informed--that is, unless they are the writings of Edmund Burke. Burke is so knowledgeable about political systems and ideas;...

Eighteenth-century man of letters, politician, and member of Parliament (MP), Edmund Burke is usually regarded as the father of modern political conservatism and an advocate for what has become party politics. His philosophy is revealed not in a series...

Burke, Edmund(1729 s political philosophy. Stanlis, Peter J. Edmund Burke: The Enlightenment and Revolution. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction,...

Edmund Burke, the British statesman and political theorist, was born in Dublin in 1729. He came to London in 1750 and soon acquired a reputation as a philosopher and man of letters. In 1765 he was elected to the House of Commons, acting as party...

Environmental Aesthetics The term environmental aesthetics can apply to a variety of quite disparate sorts of cases In British Analytical Philosophy, edited by B. Williams and A. Montefiore. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1996. Kant, Immanuel....

Born January 12, 1729Dublin, IrelandDied July 9, 1797Beaconsfield Estate, Buckinghamshire, England Politician, political thinker, writer, public...

For other individuals named Edmund Burke see Edmund Burke (disambiguation). Edmund Burke (January 12, 1729[1] – July 9, 1797) was an Irish statesman, author, orator, political theorist, and philosopher, who served for many years in the British...

Democratic presidential contender John Edwards argued on Thursday that President Bush has made the nation less safe and the Republican candidates are trying to become "a bigger, badder George Bush."Edwards' remarks came one day after he challenged the idea of a global war on terror,...

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger made a splash in Washington this week by talking up "post-partisanship" and instructing the president to schmooze his political opponents over cigars.But the happy world of political cooperation he urged is not the one he has created at home. If it is...

One was a Somali refugee, the other an Argentine investment banker. Both are now high-profile Dutch women challenging this country to rethink its national identity.Princess Maxima, the Argentine-born wife of Crown Prince Willem Alexander, triggered a round of national soul-searching with a speech last month...

The atmosphere was somewhere between that of a political protest and a carnival on the Columbia campus as President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s speech drew closer. Opponents and supporters of Mr. Ahmadinejad’s right to speak stood check by jowl on the steps of Columbia’s library as they...

In the following excerpt, Stanlis examines how Burke's concept of a moral natural law guided both his domestic political policies and his view of Parliament's affairs with the American colonies, Ireland, India, and France.

In the following essay, Canavan explains how Burke's theory of prescription led to his belief that preexisting moral obligations in a divinely-willed state both supersede and underpin the rights and liberties of individuals secured through social contracts.

Below, Parkin explains why Burke believed in the natural suitability of a Parliament composed of members of the aristocracy, and discusses Burke's ideas about the principles by which they should govern.