ABSTRACT
There are several reasons for this approach. First, conservatives seek to learn from these traditions the practical and enduring truths that, when properly upheld, help to maintain the long-term commitment to a civil society. Moreover, these traditions are the ground for each person’s identity. For conservatives, no matter how free we are, without the presence of shared traditions, our lives would lack meaning. And the reason for this is that while freedom permits us to have many choices, it does not provide, by itself, those core values, as for instance are found in religious or particular cultural settings, that enable our lives to have enduring meaning.
