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 38
... responsibility for the public good was expected . But " extreme equality " was dangerous because it did not recognize differences in ability ; " democratic equality accepts leaders but demands that they be ' none but equals . " 120 ...
... responsibility for the public good was expected . But " extreme equality " was dangerous because it did not recognize differences in ability ; " democratic equality accepts leaders but demands that they be ' none but equals . " 120 ...
Page 103
... responsibility , self - determination , private rights , material success , belief in an imma- nent God , and impatience with apparently nonutilitarian activities or learning , and white male supremacy " ( Thomas C. Cochran , Challenges ...
... responsibility , self - determination , private rights , material success , belief in an imma- nent God , and impatience with apparently nonutilitarian activities or learning , and white male supremacy " ( Thomas C. Cochran , Challenges ...
Page 204
... responsibility and representative government , the dialectical extremes of laissez - faire capitalism and communism , both fundamentally flawed , must be avoided . Fortunately , such ei- ther - or options are not our only choices . We ...
... responsibility and representative government , the dialectical extremes of laissez - faire capitalism and communism , both fundamentally flawed , must be avoided . Fortunately , such ei- ther - or options are not our only choices . We ...
Contents
Revolutionary Values | 21 |
Virtues for Democratic Citizens | 59 |
Individuality within Communities | 83 |
Copyright | |
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