'''Amerikansk konservatisme''' er en [[Politisk filosofi|politisk]] og social filosofi, som har sit afsæt i [[USA]]. Denne form for konservatisme er karakteriseret ved at prioritere [[Amerikansk kultur|amerikanske traditioner og kultur]], [[republikanisme]] og en begrænset føderal regeringsmagt sammenlignet med [[USA's delstater|delstaterne]] magt og selvbestemmelsesret – dette omtales også ofte som [[begrænset statsmagt]] og delstaternes rettigheder (engelsk:[[:en:States'_rights|''states' rights'']]). I sociale spørgsmål støtter amerikansk konservatisme typisk kristne værdier,<ref name="Oxford UP">{{Kilde bog|efternavn=Joel D. Aberbach|efternavn2=Gillian Peele|titel=Crisis of Conservatism?: The Republican Party, the Conservative Movement, and American Politics After Bush|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zBxwAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA260|år=2011|udgiver=Oxford UP|side=260|isbn=9780199830268}}</ref> moralsk absolutisme,<ref>{{Kilde bog|titel=American Conservatism: History, Theory and Practice|efternavn=Farmer|fornavn=Brian|udgiver=Cambridge Scholars Publishing|år=2005|isbn=978-1904303541|sted=United States|sider=52|citat=To traditional conservatives, there most definitely are moral absolutes and they can most definitely and definitively identify those moral absolutes.}}</ref> traditionelle familieværdier, <ref name="wilcox">{{Kilde bog|efternavn=Clyde Wilcox|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GxdWDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT96|titel=Onward Christian Soldiers?: The Religious Right in American Politics|udgiver=Taylor & Francis|år=2018|isbn=9780429974533|side=96}}</ref> [[amerikansk exceptionalisme]],<ref>{{Kilde bog|titel=Superfluous Southerners: Cultural Conservatism and the South, 1920–1990|efternavn=Langdale|fornavn=John|udgiver=University of Missouri Press|år=2012|isbn=9780826272850|sted=United States|sider=4}}</ref> og [[individualisme]],<ref name=":1">{{Kilde bog|titel=Liberal Hearts and Conservative Brains: The Correlation Between Age and Political Philosophy|efternavn=Lipsman|fornavn=Ron|udgiver=United States|år=2007|isbn=9780595463206|sted=United States|sider=232|citat=The American conservative system of individualism, free markets, economic competition and deep respect for tradition...}}</ref> mens den [[Pro-life|modsætter sig abort]] og [[Samkønnet ægteskab|ægteskab af samme køn]] hvilket typisk også er relateret til sin støtte til kristne værdier.<ref name="jillson">{{Kilde bog|efternavn=Cal Jillson|titel=Texas Politics: Governing the Lone Star State|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fQFZCrbc9mIC&pg=PA87|år=2011|udgiver=Taylor & Francis|side=87|citat=Social conservatives focus on moral or values issues, such as abortion, marriage, school prayer, and judicial appointments.|isbn=9780203829417}}</ref> I forhold til økonomiske spørgsmål er amerikansk konservatisme generelt pro-[[Kapitalisme|kapitalistiske]]<ref>Comparative Studies in Society and History. Vol. 29, No. 2 (Apr. 1987), p. 245. Cambridge University Press.</ref> og støtter det private erhvervsliv[[Virksomhed|,]] mens det er imod [[Fagforening|fagforeninger]]. I nationale spørgsmål (på føderalt niveau) har man typisk støttet et stærkt nationalt forsvar, våbenrettigheder, [[frihandel]] <ref name=":0">{{Kilde bog|titel=Congressional Trade Votes: From NAFTA Approval to Fast-track Defeat|efternavn=Baldwin|fornavn=Robert|udgiver=[[Peterson Institute for International Economics]]|år=2000|isbn=9780881322675|sted=[[United States]]|sider=[https://archive.org/details/congres_bal_2000_00_4343/page/30 30]|citat=Conservatism generally is associated with pro-business, anti-labor, and strong-national-defense stances, all of which lead to support for free trade principles.|url=https://archive.org/details/congres_bal_2000_00_4343/page/30}}</ref> og et forsvar af vestlig kultur mod truslen fra [[kommunisme]]<ref>{{Kilde bog|titel=Debating the American Conservative Movement: 1945 to the Present|efternavn=Critchlow|fornavn=Donald|udgiver=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|år=2009|isbn=978-0742548244|sted=United States|sider=15|citat=Conservatives had a fear of Communism shared by most Americans. During this time a popular anti-Communist culture emerged in America, evident in movies, television programs, community activities, and grassroots organizations. This popular anti-Communist culture generated patriotic rallies, parades, city resolutions, and an array of anti—Communist groups concerned about Communist influence in the schools, textbooks, churches, labor unions, industry, and universities.}}</ref> og moralsk relativisme.<ref>{{Kilde bog|titel=Anglo-American Conservative Ideology After the Cold War|efternavn=Pilbeam|fornavn=Bruce|udgiver=Palgrave Macmillan|år=2003|isbn=978-0333997659|sted=United States|sider=100|citat=For most conservatives, if there is a common culprit in explaining society's descent into moral chaos, then it is relativism—the notion that there are no absolute values or standards, merely different interpretations and perspectives.}}</ref>
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