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Author | : George W. Carey |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 255 |
Release | : 2003-07 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 188292696X |
The long-running debates between between conservatives and libertarians are vigorous and highly charged, dealing with ideas about the very nature of liberty and morality. Like no other single work, Freedom and Virtue explores what unites and divides the adherents of these two important American traditions—shedding much light on our current political landscape.
Author | : Thomas G. West |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 431 |
Release | : 2017-04-03 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 110714048X |
This book provides a complete overview of the Founders' natural rights theory and its policy implications.
Author | : Kim A. Mayyasi |
Publisher | : Hillcrest Publishing Group |
Total Pages | : 590 |
Release | : 2016-03 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0996057501 |
The American republic was the Enlightenment's greatest experiment, an attempt to institutionalize virtuous character as never done before. Call to Virtue explains the role of character as the driving force behind the rise and fall of empires, the well-being of citizens' lives, and the structure of governments and their constitutions. It draws a line between the definitions of virtue from ancient times to the motivating force behind our nation's founding. The book surveys 3,000 years of Western civilization and uses the voices of history's greatest participants to create a narrative describing character's pivotal role. It describes how definitions of character were an integral part of philosophy, government, and religion from ancient Greece and Rome to the European Enlightenment--and underpin the colonial spirit of America's founding.
Author | : Walter Berns |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 1969 |
Genre | : Civil rights |
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Author | : Constantine G. Hatzidimitriou |
Publisher | : Aristide D. Caratzas, Publisher |
Total Pages | : 456 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Author | : John Adams |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 46 |
Release | : 1776 |
Genre | : Constitutional history |
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Author | : Alan Wolfe |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 278 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780393323023 |
Focusing on the traditional virtues of loyalty, honesty, self- restraint, and forgiveness, Wolfe (religion and American public life, Boston College) describes the state of contemporary moral thinking in the United States. He describes the struggle for individuals to forge a moral life without guidance from strict conventions. He considers the prevalent attitudes of eight American communities: from San Francisco's Castro district to the small-town environs of Tipton, Iowa, from Lackland Air Force Base to Fall River, Massachusetts. The cover shows shows the subtitle as The search for virtue in a world of choice, while the title page (and Library of Congress) cataloguing show The impossible idea that defines the way we live now. c. Book News Inc.
Author | : Richard Vetterli |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 294 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780847681730 |
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.
Author | : Constantine G. Hatzidimitriou |
Publisher | : Aristide d Caratzas Pub |
Total Pages | : 380 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Greece |
ISBN | : 9780892415724 |
Author | : Thomas E. Ricks |
Publisher | : HarperCollins |
Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 2020-11-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0062997475 |
New York Times Bestseller Editors' Choice —New York Times Book Review "Ricks knocks it out of the park with this jewel of a book. On every page I learned something new. Read it every night if you want to restore your faith in our country." —James Mattis, General, U.S. Marines (ret.) & 26th Secretary of Defense The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and #1 New York Times bestselling author offers a revelatory new book about the founding fathers, examining their educations and, in particular, their devotion to the ancient Greek and Roman classics—and how that influence would shape their ideals and the new American nation. On the morning after the 2016 presidential election, Thomas Ricks awoke with a few questions on his mind: What kind of nation did we now have? Is it what was designed or intended by the nation’s founders? Trying to get as close to the source as he could, Ricks decided to go back and read the philosophy and literature that shaped the founders’ thinking, and the letters they wrote to each other debating these crucial works—among them the Iliad, Plutarch’s Lives, and the works of Xenophon, Epicurus, Aristotle, Cato, and Cicero. For though much attention has been paid the influence of English political philosophers, like John Locke, closer to their own era, the founders were far more immersed in the literature of the ancient world. The first four American presidents came to their classical knowledge differently. Washington absorbed it mainly from the elite culture of his day; Adams from the laws and rhetoric of Rome; Jefferson immersed himself in classical philosophy, especially Epicureanism; and Madison, both a groundbreaking researcher and a deft politician, spent years studying the ancient world like a political scientist. Each of their experiences, and distinctive learning, played an essential role in the formation of the United States. In examining how and what they studied, looking at them in the unusual light of the classical world, Ricks is able to draw arresting and fresh portraits of men we thought we knew. First Principles follows these four members of the Revolutionary generation from their youths to their adult lives, as they grappled with questions of independence, and forming and keeping a new nation. In doing so, Ricks interprets not only the effect of the ancient world on each man, and how that shaped our constitution and government, but offers startling new insights into these legendary leaders.