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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Page 72
... included it in a short list of virtues that would be attributes of the members of a community if every- one regulated his conduct by the precepts of the Bible.74 Similarly , in a letter to Jefferson , December 12 , 1816 , he stated that ...
... included it in a short list of virtues that would be attributes of the members of a community if every- one regulated his conduct by the precepts of the Bible.74 Similarly , in a letter to Jefferson , December 12 , 1816 , he stated that ...
Page 88
... included in the same letter a self - criticism for having too much attachment to his own area , an “ overweening Prejudice in favour of New England . " 27 Wood places Adams's view in a broader context as an example of widely accepted ...
... included in the same letter a self - criticism for having too much attachment to his own area , an “ overweening Prejudice in favour of New England . " 27 Wood places Adams's view in a broader context as an example of widely accepted ...
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... included . He feared that tyranny by a few ( an elite , an aristocracy ) , was a greater danger than monarchical tyranny , tyranny by one . This was a theme of A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America ...
... included . He feared that tyranny by a few ( an elite , an aristocracy ) , was a greater danger than monarchical tyranny , tyranny by one . This was a theme of A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America ...
Contents
Revolutionary Values | 21 |
Virtues for Democratic Citizens | 59 |
Individuality within Communities | 83 |
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