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Reconstructing Public Philosophy
This is the central insight of Thomas S. Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions , 2nd ed . ( Chicago : University of Chicago Press , 1970 [ 1962 ] ) . Although I cannot do justice here to the rich and varied debate that Kuhn's ...
"Examines why the Republican Party was unable to sustain Lincoln's ideas and why neither Republicans nor Democrats were able to formulate an alternative public philosophy to Lincolnism.
power and force which are appropriate to a civilized and orderly society , and conversely where it is inappropriate for that power to be employed . Thus , Christianity both limits and legitimates the use of state power and force .
In this cogent, penetrating analysis of the changing state of Western democracies, Walter Lippmann, dean of political news columnists, presents a lucid, balanced summary of the crucial decisions facing every thoughtful 20th century citizen.
Part III of the book, Back to Basics for Restorative Justice, then helps to put this reconstruction in the context of ... It is appropriate that this reconstruction of restorative justice is linked with the field of human rights.
DIVWritten shortly after the shattering effects of World War I, this volume initiated the author's experimental concept of pragmatic humanism. This revised, enlarged edition features Dewey's informative introduction. /div
" He also provides a special sort of legacyto liberalism in its broadest sense. This work is a masterful defense of the public philosophyas a constitutional tradition, and can be easily read as such today.
This work is a masterful defense of the public philosophy as a constitutional tradition, and can be easily read as such today.Paul Roazen, long identified with the analysis of Lippmann's work, points out that no matter how trenchantly ...
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