Revolutionary Values for a New Millennium: John Adams, Adam Smith, and Social VirtueLexington Books, 2000 - 233 pages In his study, Hill challenges common interpretations of the political thought of Adams and Smith, providing scholars and students with an engaging and novel portrait of social and political theory in America, at its founding and at the inception of the twenty-first century. |
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... constitution in the English - speaking world ( Massachusetts , 1780 ) , which originated checks and balances and in- cluded a Bill of Rights ; Wrote Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America , which was ...
... constitution in the English - speaking world ( Massachusetts , 1780 ) , which originated checks and balances and in- cluded a Bill of Rights ; Wrote Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America , which was ...
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... Constitution makers , for it was against the laissez - faire policy of the confederation that the Constitution was struck .... Had the Constitution makers really favored laissez - faire , it is difficult to see why they should have ...
... Constitution makers , for it was against the laissez - faire policy of the confederation that the Constitution was struck .... Had the Constitution makers really favored laissez - faire , it is difficult to see why they should have ...
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... constitution for balancing monarchy , aristocracy and democracy so that “ each of these powers may have a controul both in legislation and execution , over the other two , for preservation of the subjects liberty . " In the same letter ...
... constitution for balancing monarchy , aristocracy and democracy so that “ each of these powers may have a controul both in legislation and execution , over the other two , for preservation of the subjects liberty . " In the same letter ...
Contents
Revolutionary Values | 21 |
Virtues for Democratic Citizens | 59 |
Individuality within Communities | 83 |
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