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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453375003321

Autore

Blitz Mark

Titolo

Conserving liberty [[electronic resource] /] / Mark Blitz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, Calif., : Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University, c2011

ISBN

0-8179-1426-9

0-8179-1428-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (150 p.)

Collana

Hoover Institution Press publication ; ; no. 617

Disciplina

320.520973

Soggetti

Liberty

Conservatism - United States

Electronic books.

United States Politics and government Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Book Title; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction: The Importance of Conservatism; Chapter One: Conserving Natural Rights; Chapter Two: Conserving Virtue; Chapter Three: Conserving Excellence; Chapter Four: Conserving Self-Government; Notes; Bibliography; About the Author; About the Hoover Institution's Boyd and Jill Smith Task Force on Virtues of a Free Society; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Mark Blitz defends the principles of American conservatism, countering many of the narrow or mistaken views that have arisen from both its friends and its foes. He asserts that individual liberty is the most powerful, reliable, and true standpoint from which to clarify and secure conservatism?but that individual freedom alone cannot produce happiness. The author shows that, to fully grasp conservatism's merits, we must we also understand the substance of responsibility, toleration, and other virtues.