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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... direct way , " he wrote , " who first of all cut back the immoderate desires of the soul through the civil virtues . They then cut them back to the quick by the purgatorial virtues . Thus cleansed , in the third stage they root them out ...
... direct way , " he wrote , " who first of all cut back the immoderate desires of the soul through the civil virtues . They then cut them back to the quick by the purgatorial virtues . Thus cleansed , in the third stage they root them out ...
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... direct and an unavoidable consequence of their invincible belief in their covenant theology . " Then he asks , “ how else can human beings limit their own freedom of action but by freely entering into a covenant among themselves ? " 77 ...
... direct and an unavoidable consequence of their invincible belief in their covenant theology . " Then he asks , “ how else can human beings limit their own freedom of action but by freely entering into a covenant among themselves ? " 77 ...
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... " By its admirable conformity to human weaknesses it easily obtains great dominion ; nor is that dominion precarious , since the principle checks one personal interest with another , and uses , to direct 256 IN SEARCH OF THE REPUBLIC.
... " By its admirable conformity to human weaknesses it easily obtains great dominion ; nor is that dominion precarious , since the principle checks one personal interest with another , and uses , to direct 256 IN SEARCH OF THE REPUBLIC.
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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