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The Free and the Virtuous
Why the Founders Knew that Character Mattered|
36,99 € |
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| Verlag: | Lexington Books |
| Format: | EPUB |
| Veröffentl.: | 28.10.2020 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9781793601612 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 162 |
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<p><span>What did liberty mean to the American founding fathers? It was not just about limited government, protecting rights, and leaving people free to live their own definition of a good life. It was to be a movement toward the highest of human flourishing. A new genus of liberty had taken root here in the fresh American soil, and there was a special something—a moral discipline—that was inherent in the American character that would allow it to thrive. Above all, real liberty was dependent upon good character. The new nation had barely gotten any traction, however, when the founders’ ideal of a liberty based upon virtue began to lose its luster. Over time, liberty gradually became more about rights and less about the responsibility to be good. Character no longer matters, and we don’t seem to mourn the loss</span></p>
<span>For the American founding fathers, good character was not just important to the survival of liberty, it was the load bearing central pillar. Today this is no longer true. Good character doesn’t matter. The author examines why and how this complete abandonment of the founders’ value system came about.</span>
<span>Introduction: Words About a Word</span>
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<span>Chapter One: The Four-Note-Chord of Liberty</span>
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<span>Chapter Two: The American Creed</span>
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<span>Chapter Three: The Classical Roots of Virtue</span>
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<span>Chapter Four: Greek Eleutheria and Roman Liberatas</span>
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<span>Chapter Five: Two Paths to Virtue—Religion and Reason</span>
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<span>Chapter Six: Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson—The Art of Moderation</span>
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<span>Chapter Seven: Virtue or Rights?</span>
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<span>Chapter Eight: More Need of Masters</span>
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<span>Chapter Nine: Liberty—The Box With the False Bottom</span>
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<span>Conclusion: Mourning Virtue</span>
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<span>Chapter One: The Four-Note-Chord of Liberty</span>
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<span>Chapter Two: The American Creed</span>
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<span>Chapter Three: The Classical Roots of Virtue</span>
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<span>Chapter Four: Greek Eleutheria and Roman Liberatas</span>
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<span>Chapter Five: Two Paths to Virtue—Religion and Reason</span>
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<span>Chapter Six: Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson—The Art of Moderation</span>
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<span>Chapter Seven: Virtue or Rights?</span>
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<span>Chapter Eight: More Need of Masters</span>
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<span>Chapter Nine: Liberty—The Box With the False Bottom</span>
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<span>Conclusion: Mourning Virtue</span>
<p><span>Heather Dudley</span><span> is a teacher. </span></p>
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