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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... political life , much less engage in it , without recourse to a language laden with theory - of rights and obligations , citizenship and freedom , democracy and law . Political institutions are not simply instruments that implement ...
... political obligation, strictly speaking, for citizens generally.” Although those who run for office voluntarily incur a political obligation (that is, to serve their country if elected), the ordinary citizen does not. “It is not clear ...
... political arguments of our day , in the public philosophy that animates them . By public philosophy , I mean the political theory implicit in our practice , the assumptions about citizenship and freedom that inform our public life . The ...
... politics and law . Its province is not limited to those known as liberals rather than conservatives in American politics ; it can be found across the political spectrum . Republicans sometimes argue , for example , that taxing the rich ...
... politics , a politics that cultivates in citizens the qualities of character self - government requires . Both the liberal and republican conceptions of freedom have been present throughout our political experience , but in shifting ...
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 |