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Full Idea
Many conservatives want their world to be peaceful, properous, and pluralist, just as liberals do, but they don't particularly care that it be fair.
Gist of Idea
Conservatives often want peace, prosperity and tolerance, but not social fairness
Source
Adam Gopnik (A Thousand Small Sanities [2019], 1)
Book Ref
Gopnik,Adam: 'A Thousand Small Sanities' [riverrun 2019], p.47
A Reaction
Every conservative will have a sense of what is fair (such as appropriate punishments, and keeping of contracts), but they are more inclined to think that fairness must be fought for by individuals, not imposed by governments.