LEADER 02869nam 2200601 a 450 001 9910789647903321 005 20230126204938.0 010 $a1-58901-792-7 035 $a(CKB)2670000000113642 035 $a(EBL)765474 035 $a(OCoLC)748242149 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000541853 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11925955 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000541853 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10509149 035 $a(PQKB)10103379 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC765474 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse888 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL765474 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10497692 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000113642 100 $a20100923d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTesting the national covenant$b[electronic resource] $efears and appetites in American politics /$fWilliam F. May 210 $aWashington, D.C. $cGeorgetown University Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (193 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-58901-765-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContaining 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. 330 $aSince 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 606 $aConsensus (Social sciences)$zUnited States 606 $aPublic interest$zUnited States 606 $aCommon good 606 $aPolitical culture$xMoral and ethical aspects$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y2009- 615 0$aConsensus (Social sciences) 615 0$aPublic interest 615 0$aCommon good. 615 0$aPolitical culture$xMoral and ethical aspects 676 $a306.20973 700 $aMay$b William F$0171121 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910789647903321 996 $aTesting the national covenant$93732058 997 $aUNINA