In Search of the Republic: Public Virtue and the Roots of American GovernmentRowman & Littlefield, 1987 - 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 131
... Locke came to Holland as an exile , he became acquainted with Limborch's thought to a significant degree . According to H. R. Fox Bourne , one of Locke's most distinguished biographers , Limborch's mind was the most stimulating to ...
... Locke came to Holland as an exile , he became acquainted with Limborch's thought to a significant degree . According to H. R. Fox Bourne , one of Locke's most distinguished biographers , Limborch's mind was the most stimulating to ...
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... Locke on Virtue and Commerce Isaac Kramnick has argued that Locke had been influenced by the Puritan ethic , a tradition with which he certainly was not un- aware , having come from Puritan stock and having been in contact with its ...
... Locke on Virtue and Commerce Isaac Kramnick has argued that Locke had been influenced by the Puritan ethic , a tradition with which he certainly was not un- aware , having come from Puritan stock and having been in contact with its ...
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... Locke loved freedom and however he viewed the sanctity of private prop- erty , he did not espouse either political or economic anarchy . Here , as in the political marketplace , was needed the restraining influence of an ordered ...
... Locke loved freedom and however he viewed the sanctity of private prop- erty , he did not espouse either political or economic anarchy . Here , as in the political marketplace , was needed the restraining influence of an ordered ...
Contents
Public Virtue and | 1 |
The Metamorphosis of the Idea of Virtue | 45 |
Civil Religion and Republican Government | 89 |
Copyright | |
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