From the wiki page;
Liberal conservatism is a
political ideology combining
conservative policies with
liberal stances, especially on economic, social and ethical issues, or a brand of political conservatism strongly influenced by liberalism.
Liberal conservatism incorporates the
classical liberal view of minimal government intervention in the economy, according to which individuals should be free to participate in the
market and generate wealth without government interference. However, liberal conservatism also holds that individuals cannot be thoroughly depended on to act responsibly in other spheres of life, therefore liberal conservatives believe that a strong state is necessary to ensure law and order and social institutions are needed to nurture a sense of duty and responsibility to the nation. They also support
civil liberties, along with some
social conservative positions. In
Europe liberal conservatism is the dominant form of contemporary conservatism and
centre-right politics.
Or if you prefer;
Conservative liberalism is a variant of
liberalism, combining liberal values and policies with
conservative stances, or simply representing the
right-wing of the liberal movement. It is a more
positive and less
radical variant of
classical liberalism. Conservative liberal parties tend to combine liberal policies with more
traditional stances on
social and
ethical issues.
Neoconservatism has also been identified as an ideological relative or twin to conservative liberalism, and some similarities exist also between conservative liberalism and
national liberalism.
In any case, it's clear we aren't going to agree on this, so there's little point in debating it.
