Philosophy, the Federalist, and the Constitution

ISBN-13: 9780195059489 / Angielski / Miękka / 1989 / 288 str.

Morton Gabriel White

Opis

Here, Morton White presents the first synoptic view of the major philosophical ideas in The Federalist. Using the tools of philosophy and intellectual history, White extracts and examines the interlocking theory of knowledge, doctrine of normative ethics, psychology of motivation, and even metaphysics and theology, all of which were used in different degrees by the founding fathers in defense of the Constitution.

Recenzje

Exhibits a strong intellect at work on an important task: to determine the grounding, in terms of technical philosophy, of The Federalist. It is a formidable achievement of rich scholarship that is probably definitive.