In Search of the Republic: Public Virtue and the Roots of American GovernmentRowman & Littlefield, 1996 - 269 pages When In Search of the Republic was originally published in 1987, scholarly interpretations of the concept of virtue in the American founding were considered peripheral to mainstream political theory. Since then, the authors' arguments that public virtue, civic responsibility, and private morality were at the heart of the Founding Fathers' political thought is now accepted by a growing number of contemporary political theorists. This revised edition includes a new preface that places In Search of the Republic within the context of contemporary debates over the role of virtue and religion in early American political discourse. This is a superb introduction for students and scholars interested in learning about the moral, political, and constitutional theories of the Founding Fathers. |
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... According to political scientist Thomas G. West in The Review of Politics , they " regarded virtue as an indispens- able condition of freedom , for without self - restraint in their private lives people would not be capable of governing ...
... According to political scientist Thomas G. West in The Review of Politics , they " regarded virtue as an indispens- able condition of freedom , for without self - restraint in their private lives people would not be capable of governing ...
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... rule . These were angered by late nineteenth - century scholarship concerning the Founding , which they claimed was Constitution worship , veneration of the Founders , and support of the status quo . According Preface xv.
... rule . These were angered by late nineteenth - century scholarship concerning the Founding , which they claimed was Constitution worship , veneration of the Founders , and support of the status quo . According Preface xv.
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... According to Martin Dia- mond in The Founding of the Democratic Republic , " reformers began to search about for feet of clay , to show that the Founders were not disinterested patriots but men rigging a constitution to protect their ...
... According to Martin Dia- mond in The Founding of the Democratic Republic , " reformers began to search about for feet of clay , to show that the Founders were not disinterested patriots but men rigging a constitution to protect their ...
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