The Spirit of Modern Republicanism
The Moral Vision of the American Founders and the Philosophy of Locke

- Contents

Introduction
Part One - A Critique of the Leading Interpretations of the Political Theory Informing the Founding
1. The Old Orthodoxy and Its Demise
2. Marx and Weber
3. The Hartz Thesis
4. "Classical Republicanism"
Part Two - The Framers’ Conception of Civic Virtue, and the Philosophic Contests Out of Which That Conception Emerges
5. The New "Publius"
6. The Classical Analysis of Civic Virtue
7. The Modern Rivals of the Classics
8. The Eclipse of the Intellectual Virtues
9. The New Meaning of the Active Virtues
10. The New Basis of "Legitimate Government"
11. Liberty and Human Nature
12. The Unanswered Questions
Part Three - The Lockean Conception of Human Nature
13. The Unifying Thread of the Two Treatises
14. Property
15. The Problem of Family
16. The Rational Basis of Morality
17. The Divine and Human Supports for Justice
18. The Rational Family
19. The "State of Nature"
20. The Rational Commonwealth
21. Rational Freedom and Human Dignity
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography of Modern Works Cited
Index
Philosophy: History and Classic Works | Philosophy of Society
Political Science: American Government and Politics
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