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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... government to do the right thing . ' Despite the achievements of American life in the last half - century - victory ... self - government and the erosion of community - together define the anxiety of the age . It is an anxiety that the ...
... self - government and community has something to do with the public philosophy by which we live . A public philosophy is an elusive thing , for it is constantly before our eyes . It forms the often unreflective background to our ...
... government should assure all citizens a decent level of income , housing , and health , on the grounds that those ... self - government . This idea is not by itself inconsistent with liberal freedom . Participating in politics can be one ...
... self - government requires . Both the liberal and republican conceptions of freedom have been present throughout our political experience , but in shifting measure and relative importance . Broadly speaking , republicanism predominated ...
... government be neutral on moral and religious questions , that matters of ... self - rule . In the chapters that follow , I try to show that the ... self - government , toleration and moral judgment , would seem at best beside the point ...
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 |