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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... expressed his dis- like for the doctrinaire types of religion which he had directly experienced as a resident of Protestant Massachusetts ; note his negative opinion of " orthodoxy " : " I never thought of the frightful Ecclesiastical ...
... expressed his dis- like for the doctrinaire types of religion which he had directly experienced as a resident of Protestant Massachusetts ; note his negative opinion of " orthodoxy " : " I never thought of the frightful Ecclesiastical ...
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... expressed her disappointment that , after eight years of sep- aration , there was still no possibility of determining when he could return . home.27 Her " public " service was to enable John to continue his diplomatic work in Europe ...
... expressed her disappointment that , after eight years of sep- aration , there was still no possibility of determining when he could return . home.27 Her " public " service was to enable John to continue his diplomatic work in Europe ...
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... expressed in the economic realm , which is fine in and of itself , except that economic individ- ualism , for many people , completely replaces citizenship . When that happens , the very concept of democracy is vitiated . Before we turn ...
... expressed in the economic realm , which is fine in and of itself , except that economic individ- ualism , for many people , completely replaces citizenship . When that happens , the very concept of democracy is vitiated . Before we turn ...
Contents
Revolutionary Values | 21 |
Virtues for Democratic Citizens | 59 |
Individuality within Communities | 83 |
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