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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... authority . Machiavelli , who lauded religion among the Romans as a source of stability , was convinced that order in society was , to a great extent , dependent upon fear of the gods and the belief by the people that their laws and ...
... authority . Machiavelli , who lauded religion among the Romans as a source of stability , was convinced that order in society was , to a great extent , dependent upon fear of the gods and the belief by the people that their laws and ...
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... authority would not be restored to the anti - Christ.74 What he was talking about was a restoration , not a reformation . Only God could select new apostles . Ordinary men could not legally assume spiritual authority . God's annointed ...
... authority would not be restored to the anti - Christ.74 What he was talking about was a restoration , not a reformation . Only God could select new apostles . Ordinary men could not legally assume spiritual authority . God's annointed ...
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... authority ; and that in the plenitude of this authority , they may sweep away all our fundamental rights ; or , that they are bound to leave this particular right untouched and sacred : either we must say that they may control the ...
... authority ; and that in the plenitude of this authority , they may sweep away all our fundamental rights ; or , that they are bound to leave this particular right untouched and sacred : either we must say that they may control the ...
Contents
Public Virtue and the 1 Roots of Republican Government | 1 |
The Metamorphosis of the Idea of Virtue | 19 |
Virtue Comes to America | 47 |
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