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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... experience . It values habits and institu- tions , as well as new ideas . " 47 ( Note that when Novak writes about the " liberal tradition , " he refers to the American belief in individual liberty , in economic , social , and political ...
... experience . It values habits and institu- tions , as well as new ideas . " 47 ( Note that when Novak writes about the " liberal tradition , " he refers to the American belief in individual liberty , in economic , social , and political ...
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... experience , not on what they said and thought . They had many fears , said Van Buren , fears of democracy , that American experience had not borne out . " 98 Van Buren was right about democracy but wrong in implicitly ig- noring the ...
... experience , not on what they said and thought . They had many fears , said Van Buren , fears of democracy , that American experience had not borne out . " 98 Van Buren was right about democracy but wrong in implicitly ig- noring the ...
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... experienced men of affairs who were delegates to the Constitutional Convention had a different perspective . Their ... experience as subjects of the British monarchy also led them to fear control by one person . The problem was ...
... experienced men of affairs who were delegates to the Constitutional Convention had a different perspective . Their ... experience as subjects of the British monarchy also led them to fear control by one person . The problem was ...
Contents
Revolutionary Values | 21 |
Virtues for Democratic Citizens | 59 |
Individuality within Communities | 83 |
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