Portrait of Roger Scruton
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Roger Scruton

English philosopher, 1944 to 2020

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A prolific defender of tradition, beauty and local attachment, he described conservatism as the wish to conserve what is good, and supported dissidents in Eastern Europe.

Roger Scruton sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning free market and leaning authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly traditional on culture, strongly nationalist on nation and strongly nature-first on environment.

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Where Roger Scruton sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomyLeaning free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityLeaning authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureStrongly traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationStrongly nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentStrongly nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-cautious
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsStrongly institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionStrongly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismSlightly interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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People furthest from Roger Scruton

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Political views closest to Roger Scruton

TraditionalismDefends inherited culture, faith, family and local community against rapid modernization.98%Green conservatismSees protecting land, beauty and heritage as conservative values.98%MonarchismSupports a hereditary monarch as head of state, from ceremonial constitutional monarchy…97%One-nation conservatismA paternalist conservatism holding that the better off owe duties to the poor and to…95%

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Percentages show how close two profiles are across all ten dimensions. Including a person here is for study and comparison, not approval. Portrait: Pete Helme, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.