pragamatism

•  pragmatism rejects theory and ideology in favour of practical experience: the approach to society should be flexible, with decisions made on the basis of what works.
•  Pragmatism also implies a flexible approach to politics which asks what will work best and what is acceptable to the public in order to maintain social stability and cohesion
• Conservatives see human beings as both imperfect and unperfectible. Conservatism has been described as a ‘philosophy of human imperfection