02869nam 2200601 a 450 991078964790332120230126204938.01-58901-792-7(CKB)2670000000113642(EBL)765474(OCoLC)748242149(SSID)ssj0000541853(PQKBManifestationID)11925955(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000541853(PQKBWorkID)10509149(PQKB)10103379(MiAaPQ)EBC765474(MdBmJHUP)muse888(Au-PeEL)EBL765474(CaPaEBR)ebr10497692(EXLCZ)99267000000011364220100923d2011 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrTesting the national covenant[electronic resource] fears and appetites in American politics /William F. MayWashington, D.C. Georgetown University Press20111 online resource (193 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-58901-765-X 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 theConsensus (Social sciences)United StatesPublic interestUnited StatesCommon goodPolitical cultureMoral and ethical aspectsUnited StatesUnited StatesPolitics and government2009-Consensus (Social sciences)Public interestCommon good.Political cultureMoral and ethical aspects306.20973May William F171121MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789647903321Testing the national covenant3732058UNINA