Democracy’s Discontent: America in Search of a Public PhilosophyThe defect, Sandel maintains, lies in the impoverished vision of citizenship and community shared by Democrats and Republicans alike. American politics has lost its civic voice, leaving both liberals and conservatives unable to inspire the sense of community and civic engagement that self-government requires. |
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... Democracy's discontent : America in search of a public philosophy / Michael J. Sandel . p . cm . Includes bibliographical references and index . ISBN 0-674-19744-5 ( cloth ) ISBN 0-674-19745-3 ( pbk . ) 1. Democracy - United States . 2 ...
... democratic one. When people go to the polls we count their votes, whatever they are. But the utilitarian calculus is not always as liberal as it first appears. If enough cheering Romans pack the Coliseum to watch the lion devour the ...
... democratic ideals seem ascendant abroad , there is reason to wonder whether we have lost possession of them at home ... democracy's discontent . One is the fear that , individually and collectively , we are losing control of the forces ...
... democratic one . When people go to the polls we count their votes , whatever they are . But the utilitarian calculus is not always as liberal as it first appears . If enough cheering Romans pack the Coliseum to watch the lion devour the ...
... democratic societies typically disagree about the good . Since this defense of neutrality does not depend on a ... democratic life . In traditional societies , people sought to shape political life in the image of their own moral and ...
Contents
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Religious Liberty and Freedom of Speech | 55 |
Privacy Rights and Family Law | 91 |
Economics and Virtue in the Early Republic | 123 |
Free Labor versus Wage Labor | 168 |
Community SelfGovernment and Progressive Reform | 201 |
Liberalism and the Keynesian Revolution | 250 |
The Triumph and Travail of the Procedural Republic | 274 |
Other editions - View all
Democracy’s Discontent: America in Search of a Public Philosophy Michael J. Sandel Limited preview - 1998 |
Liberalism and Its Critics: America in Search of a Public Philosophy Michael J. Sandel No preview available - 1998 |
Democracy's Discontent: America in Search of a Public Philosophy Michael J. Sandel No preview available - 1996 |