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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... values of the founders . In addition , individual liberty implies limited government . Before beginning with " Nature's God , " it must be emphasized that all these values , as well as the virtues in the next chapter , had eighteenth ...
... values of the founders . In addition , individual liberty implies limited government . Before beginning with " Nature's God , " it must be emphasized that all these values , as well as the virtues in the next chapter , had eighteenth ...
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... values , " we necessarily pursue the most effectual means for promoting the hap- piness of mankind , and may therefore be said , in some sense , to cooperate with the Deity . " 88 Note the religious connection of virtuous behavior and ...
... values , " we necessarily pursue the most effectual means for promoting the hap- piness of mankind , and may therefore be said , in some sense , to cooperate with the Deity . " 88 Note the religious connection of virtuous behavior and ...
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... values . After all , values clashes have been so lethal . Think of the multitudes of innocent victims in the recent turmoil in the former Yugoslavia , the horrors of Cambodia's killing fields , the gas ovens of the holocaust , the long ...
... values . After all , values clashes have been so lethal . Think of the multitudes of innocent victims in the recent turmoil in the former Yugoslavia , the horrors of Cambodia's killing fields , the gas ovens of the holocaust , the long ...
Contents
Revolutionary Values | 21 |
Virtues for Democratic Citizens | 59 |
Individuality within Communities | 83 |
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