The American Founding - Its Intellectual and Moral Framework

Informationen zum Autor Richard N. Williams is Associate Academic Vice President and Wheatley Institution Director at Brigham Young University! USA. He has been a visiting faculty member at Duquesne University and at Georgetown University! USA and is the author of numerous books and journal articles. Daniel N. Robinson is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oxford! UK! and Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Georgetown University! USA. Klappentext Renowned scholars examine the core precepts that guided the American Founding! looking at the Founders' intellectual groundings from philosophy of law to architecture. Zusammenfassung Renowned scholars examine the core precepts that guided the American Founding! looking at the Founders' intellectual groundings from philosophy of law to architecture. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Natural Law! God and Dignity; Robert George; 2. The Jewish and Christian Principles of the Founders; Michael Novak; 3. The Classical Roots of the American Founding; Carl Richard; 4. The Universal Principles of the American Founding; Thomas G. West; 5. City as Teacher; Carroll William Westfall; 6. The Founders' Conception of Education for Civic Life; Daniel N. Robinson; 7. Constitutionalism and Its Presuppositions; Hadley Arkes.

Product details

• Authors: Daniel N Robinson, Daniel N. (EDT)/ Williams Robinson, Richard N Williams, Richard N. Robinson Williams
• Assisted by: Daniel N. Robinson (Editor), Richard N. Williams (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.08.2012
• EAN: 9781441140708
• ISBN: 978-1-4411-4070-8
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; Politikwissenschaft, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, USA: Kolonisierung und Besiedlung (ca. 1600 bis 1775), HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), Politics / Current Events