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Philosophy, The Federalist, and the Constitution.
This book presents the first synoptic view of the major philosophical ideas in "The Federalist". Using the tools of philosophy and intellectual history, it examines the theories and disciplines used in different degrees by the founding fathers in defence of the constitution.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- PART I. INTRODUCTION; 1. The Role of Philosophy in The Federalist; PART II. THE DIFFERENT LEGACIES OF LOCKE AND HUME; 2. Hume's Experience and Locke's Reason; Hume on Reason and Experience in Science; Hume vs. Locke on Morality as a Demonstrative Science; PART III. THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE; 3. Using Abstract Reason in Morals and Politics; Natural Law and Natural Rights: Publius's Substantive Moral Philosophy; Rationalism in Publius's Theory of Ethical Knowledge; Rationalism in Publius's Theory of Political Knowledge; 4. Using Experience and History in Politics.
- Reason Without Rationalism in PoliticsReason, Long Experience, and Short Experience; Experience, History, and Political Science; PART IV. PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY; 5. The Causes of Factions and the Question of Economic Determinism; Factions in Madison's Philosophy of History
- Was Madison an Economic Determinist?; Madison and Hume on the Method of Supporting a Theory of Factions; Madison's and Hume's Substantive Views on Factions; The Absence of Opinion in Madison's Definition of Faction
- On the Value of Reading Hume and Other Writings of Madison.
- Madison: No Economic Interpreter of History and No Economic DeterministPART V. PSYCHOLOGY; 6. The Essence of Ideal Man and the Nature of Real Men; Publius's Study of Human Nature: The Empirical Psychological Component; Publius's Study of Human Nature: The A Priori Moral Component; Two Kinds of Analysis; Descriptive vs. Moral Judgment of Men and Their Actions; Realism and Pessimism; Man as a Knave in Politics; Concluding Remarks; 7. Reason, Passion, and Interest; Reason as a Motive; Passions and Interests as Motives; Bishop Butler on Passion and Interest: A Digression.
- Passions and Interests as Distinguishable Motives of FactionsRecapitulation; 8. On the Strength of Different Motives; Reason as a Weak Motive that Impels Few Men; The Passions and Interests of an Individual; The Passions and Interests of a Group; The Theory of Motivation; PART VI. THEORY OF ACTION AND METAPHYSICS; 9. Motive, Opportunity, and Action: The Principle of Causality at Work; The Motives and Opportunities of Factions; The Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for a Group's Action, for an Individual's Action, and for the Behavior of Other Objects.
- The Defects of Pure Democracy: The Structure of Madison's ArgumentThe Advantages of a Republic: The Structure of Madison's Argument; The Motives and Opportunities of Representative Bodies; Motive, Opportunity, and the Principle of Causality; 10. Combining and Separating Motives and Opportunities; Combining the Motives and Opportunities of a United America; Hamilton on Separating the Motives and Opportunities of Factions; Separation of Powers, Federalism, Checks and Balances: Their Connections with Publius's Theory of Action.