In Search of the Republic: Public Virtue and the Roots of American GovernmentRowman & Littlefield, 1996 - 269 pages When In Search of the Republic was originally published in 1987, scholarly interpretations of the concept of virtue in the American founding were considered peripheral to mainstream political theory. Since then, the authors' arguments that public virtue, civic responsibility, and private morality were at the heart of the Founding Fathers' political thought is now accepted by a growing number of contemporary political theorists. This revised edition includes a new preface that places In Search of the Republic within the context of contemporary debates over the role of virtue and religion in early American political discourse. This is a superb introduction for students and scholars interested in learning about the moral, political, and constitutional theories of the Founding Fathers. |
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Page xviii
... existence , and the potential ramifications of their concept of the " common good , " with its acceptance of classical public - spiritedness severed from respect for moral or religious re- straints . Yet , for an extended period it ...
... existence , and the potential ramifications of their concept of the " common good , " with its acceptance of classical public - spiritedness severed from respect for moral or religious re- straints . Yet , for an extended period it ...
Page 97
... existence of the people was dominated by a belief in intracosmic gods who were thought to be responsible for all that happened.29 The fusion of societal mores and law with the " sacred " was an extremely important consideration in ...
... existence of the people was dominated by a belief in intracosmic gods who were thought to be responsible for all that happened.29 The fusion of societal mores and law with the " sacred " was an extremely important consideration in ...
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... existence to man , together with the means of preserving and beauti- fying that existence . He endowed him with rational faculties , by the help of which to discern and pursue such things as were consistent with his duty and interest ...
... existence to man , together with the means of preserving and beauti- fying that existence . He endowed him with rational faculties , by the help of which to discern and pursue such things as were consistent with his duty and interest ...
Contents
Public Virtue and the 1 Roots of Republican Government | 1 |
The Metamorphosis of the Idea of Virtue | 19 |
Virtue Comes to America | 47 |
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