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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Page 72
... corruption , especially in politics . The constant trading of favors back and forth is the very definition of corruption ... [ W ] ith the machinery of patronage in motion , any constitutional separation of powers wholly ceased to exist ...
... corruption , especially in politics . The constant trading of favors back and forth is the very definition of corruption ... [ W ] ith the machinery of patronage in motion , any constitutional separation of powers wholly ceased to exist ...
Page 74
... corruption , they feared moral corruption as well , and in terms of moral theology . The public vernacular was expressed not merely in terms of virtue against corruption , but good against evil , virtue against vice and righteousness ...
... corruption , they feared moral corruption as well , and in terms of moral theology . The public vernacular was expressed not merely in terms of virtue against corruption , but good against evil , virtue against vice and righteousness ...
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... corruption , virtue , natural rights , human dignity , freedom , and a host of others carried with them to a greater or lesser extent the penetrating heritage of biblical religion . To suggest , for instance , that " the predominant ...
... corruption , virtue , natural rights , human dignity , freedom , and a host of others carried with them to a greater or lesser extent the penetrating heritage of biblical religion . To suggest , for instance , that " the predominant ...
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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