Testing the national covenant : fears and appetites in American politics /
May, William F.
Testing the national covenant : fears and appetites in American politics / William F. May. - Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, 2011. - 1 online resource (xvii, 174 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Containing runaway fears in America foreign policy -- The overreach of free market ideology : business and government -- Free market ideology : bearing on other centers of power -- Curbing runaway appetites in domestic policy -- The national covenant : we the people -- The national covenant : forming a more perfect union -- Keeping covenant with immigrants and undocumented workers.
Since the end of World War II, runaway fears of Soviet imperialism, global terrorism, and anarchy have tended to drive American foreign policy toward an imperial agenda. At the same time, uncurbed appetites have wasted the environment and driven the country's market economy into the ditch. How can we best sustain our identity as a people and resist the distortions of our current anxieties and appetites?. Ethicist William F. May draws on America's religious and political history and examines two concepts at play in the founding of the country -- contractual and covenantal. He contends that the.
9781589017924 (electronic bk.) 1589017927 (electronic bk.) 158901765X (pbk. ; alk. paper) 9781589017658 (pbk. ; alk. paper) (pbk. ; alk. paper)
22573/ctt2n4zjr JSTOR
2009-2017
Consensus (Social sciences)--United States.
Public interest--United States.
Common good.
Political culture--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.
Intérêt public--États-Unis.
Bien commun.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Popular Culture.
PHILOSOPHY--Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Common good.
Consensus (Social sciences)
Political culture--Moral and ethical aspects.
Politics and government
Public interest.
United States--Politics and government--2009-2017.
États-Unis--Politique et gouvernement--2009-2017.
United States.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
JC328.2 / .M39 2011eb
306.20973
Testing the national covenant : fears and appetites in American politics / William F. May. - Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, 2011. - 1 online resource (xvii, 174 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Containing runaway fears in America foreign policy -- The overreach of free market ideology : business and government -- Free market ideology : bearing on other centers of power -- Curbing runaway appetites in domestic policy -- The national covenant : we the people -- The national covenant : forming a more perfect union -- Keeping covenant with immigrants and undocumented workers.
Since the end of World War II, runaway fears of Soviet imperialism, global terrorism, and anarchy have tended to drive American foreign policy toward an imperial agenda. At the same time, uncurbed appetites have wasted the environment and driven the country's market economy into the ditch. How can we best sustain our identity as a people and resist the distortions of our current anxieties and appetites?. Ethicist William F. May draws on America's religious and political history and examines two concepts at play in the founding of the country -- contractual and covenantal. He contends that the.
9781589017924 (electronic bk.) 1589017927 (electronic bk.) 158901765X (pbk. ; alk. paper) 9781589017658 (pbk. ; alk. paper) (pbk. ; alk. paper)
22573/ctt2n4zjr JSTOR
2009-2017
Consensus (Social sciences)--United States.
Public interest--United States.
Common good.
Political culture--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.
Intérêt public--États-Unis.
Bien commun.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Popular Culture.
PHILOSOPHY--Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Common good.
Consensus (Social sciences)
Political culture--Moral and ethical aspects.
Politics and government
Public interest.
United States--Politics and government--2009-2017.
États-Unis--Politique et gouvernement--2009-2017.
United States.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
JC328.2 / .M39 2011eb
306.20973