In Search of the Republic: Public Virtue and the Roots of American GovernmentWhen 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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... concept of civic virtue and spanning more than a decade have been of inestima- ble value . Professors Howard Christy ... concepts of civic virtue and benevo- lence . The help of the College Faculty Support Center was invaluable for ...
... concept of civic virtue and spanning more than a decade have been of inestima- ble value . Professors Howard Christy ... concepts of civic virtue and benevo- lence . The help of the College Faculty Support Center was invaluable for ...
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... concept and function of public virtue is the idea we can least afford to shunt aside . In this impressive volume , the authors review the ancient idea of public virtue , bring it through evolving conceptualizations , and show how it was ...
... concept and function of public virtue is the idea we can least afford to shunt aside . In this impressive volume , the authors review the ancient idea of public virtue , bring it through evolving conceptualizations , and show how it was ...
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... concept that the political regime ( or state ) was the source of virtue , for virtue cannot be compelled through the coercive power of government . Government is quite limited in its ability to change individual or collective behavior ...
... concept that the political regime ( or state ) was the source of virtue , for virtue cannot be compelled through the coercive power of government . Government is quite limited in its ability to change individual or collective behavior ...
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... by writers on the Founding . The fact is consistently ignored that by the time of the Founding , the concept of self - interest had evolved beyond solely an overwhelming interest in survival and the voracious appetite xiv Preface.
... by writers on the Founding . The fact is consistently ignored that by the time of the Founding , the concept of self - interest had evolved beyond solely an overwhelming interest in survival and the voracious appetite xiv Preface.
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... concepts of virtue and self- interest from the Classical philosophers , such as Plato , Aristotle , and Cicero ; through Italian scholars such as the first of the great representatives of Renaissance Humanism , Francisco Petrarch ( 1304 ...
... concepts of virtue and self- interest from the Classical philosophers , such as Plato , Aristotle , and Cicero ; through Italian scholars such as the first of the great representatives of Renaissance Humanism , Francisco Petrarch ( 1304 ...
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