Western Vision and American Values (Political and Philosophical Traditions of the Western World) [The Kirkpatrick Signature Series Reader]

Focuses on the political and philosophical traditions of the western world, especially as they are found in the American vision and embedded in the values, traditions, documents, and institutions of the United States. CONTENTS: I)Contesting World Traditions II)Making Tradition Rational? III)Making Tradition Scientific? IV)Are Both Tradition and Reason Western? V)The Western Dualistic Vision VI)American Values VII)Early Constitutional Issues VIII)Community and Government Issues IX)Individual Responsibility:Conventional and Heroic? X)The Market,Freedom and Spontaneous Order XI)Market and Democratic Decay XII)American Government and Political Equality XIII)Social Justice in America XIV)Business and Work Responsibility XV)Values,Citizenship and the Good Society XVI)No Values