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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... republic : public virtue and the roots of American government / Richard Vetterli , Gary Bryner . - Rev . ed . P. cm . Includes index . 1. Political science - United States - History . 2. Republicanism- United States History . 3 ...
... republic : public virtue and the roots of American government / Richard Vetterli , Gary Bryner . - Rev . ed . P. cm . Includes index . 1. Political science - United States - History . 2. Republicanism- United States History . 3 ...
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... Republic ? Richard Vetterli and Gary Bryner suggest that we reconsider one of the principal roots by which our Republic was originally nourished . It is the one that is quite surely the most neglected in everyday discourse about public ...
... Republic ? Richard Vetterli and Gary Bryner suggest that we reconsider one of the principal roots by which our Republic was originally nourished . It is the one that is quite surely the most neglected in everyday discourse about public ...
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... Republic . And some will certainly challenge the conservative implications of what is argued here to be required in order to successfully blend virtue and liberty . Still , debate as to what constitutes virtue and what is necessary to ...
... Republic . And some will certainly challenge the conservative implications of what is argued here to be required in order to successfully blend virtue and liberty . Still , debate as to what constitutes virtue and what is necessary to ...
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... republic re- quires a citizenry capable of exercising the kind of self - restraint and public - mindedness that would permit freedom to flourish . One of the great contributions of the American Founders was to articulate a modern ...
... republic re- quires a citizenry capable of exercising the kind of self - restraint and public - mindedness that would permit freedom to flourish . One of the great contributions of the American Founders was to articulate a modern ...
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... Republic follows this delicate relationship through the philosophy of the Founding , including its association with what the Founders called the " Commercial Republic . " Madison believed that factions and interests — which are also the ...
... Republic follows this delicate relationship through the philosophy of the Founding , including its association with what the Founders called the " Commercial Republic . " Madison believed that factions and interests — which are also the ...
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