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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... human being . The philosophy of the Declaration , the basic concepts and unique features undergirding the revolution - covenant or contract , higher law , unalienable rights , human dignity , virtue - were all primarily the product of ...
... human being . The philosophy of the Declaration , the basic concepts and unique features undergirding the revolution - covenant or contract , higher law , unalienable rights , human dignity , virtue - were all primarily the product of ...
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... human nature . Since men were not " angels , " as Madison put it , the structure of government was important . It was designed to channel and check the ambition and factionalism that they believed to be inherent in human nature and ...
... human nature . Since men were not " angels , " as Madison put it , the structure of government was important . It was designed to channel and check the ambition and factionalism that they believed to be inherent in human nature and ...
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... human characters to be politically formed are likewise less lofty and , hence , less difficult of formation . Such human beings may be produced by softer means , subterranean in their operation and indirect , thereby rendering ...
... human characters to be politically formed are likewise less lofty and , hence , less difficult of formation . Such human beings may be produced by softer means , subterranean in their operation and indirect , thereby rendering ...
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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