Testing the national covenant [[electronic resource] ] : fears and appetites in American politics / / William F. May

• Autore: May William F
• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : Georgetown University Press, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (193 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.20973
• Soggetto topico: Consensus (Social sciences) - United States; Public interest - United States; Common good; Political culture - Moral and ethical aspects - United States
• Soggetto geografico: United States Politics and government 2009-
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Testing the national covenant
• ISBN: 1-58901-792-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910789647903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II