The Moral Authority of Government: Essays to Commemorate the Centennial of the National Institute of Social SciencesMoorhead Kennedy, Ralph Gordon Hoxie, Brenda Repland These new essays prepared to commemorate the centennial of the National Institute of Social Sciences have been carefully crafted to deal with an overriding concern of our time--those elements in political rule that go beyond legal rights and responsibilities into the moral requirements of effective governance. The principal theme of this book is presidential leadership. The presidency personifies government authority, including moral authority. |
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... Lincoln . Similarly , when essayists in Character and Integrity as well as Presidential leadership wrestle with the ques- tion of whether one judges a leader primarily by character , or by accomplishments , they , too , are usually ...
... Lincoln's Appointments to the Supreme Court : A Master Politi- cian at his Craft , " Journal of Supreme Court History . Moorhead Kennedy J.D. Harvard Law School ; Chairman of the Moorhead Kennedy Group , a consulting firm . He holds hon ...
... Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts , Inc. , author of Beverly , and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom and , among many other awards , is an NISS Gold Medalist . William C. Spragens Ph.D. Michigan State University ; Re ...
... Lincoln in- quired of him how he liked the address . Douglas replied , it was " a sacred effort . " Washington and Lincoln contributed much to the establish- ment of the moral authority of the American government . This was furthered by ...
... Lincoln . " Lin- coln used " moral talk " both to save the Union and free the slaves . Riccards concludes ... Lincoln's 1858 " house divided " address , delivered when he was seeking election to the United States Senate from Illinois ...
Contents
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Principled Courageous Leadership The Lost Core of American Politics | 37 |
Polling and Pandering The End of the Presidencys Moral Authority? | 45 |
A Gender Analysis of the Moral Legitimacy of the Presidency | 51 |
Is Government an Authority on Morality? | 167 |
The Once and Future ? Consensus | 173 |
The Paradox of Governmental Power | 183 |
On Telling the Truth | 189 |
Deception in Government | 195 |
American Politics 1999 Style Congestion in the Middle of the Political Spectrum | 200 |
Moral Authority of Government | 207 |
The Moral Authority of Government A Religious Perspective | 210 |
How Bully is the Pulpit? Moral Authority of the American Presidents in the TwentyFirst Century | 56 |
When Governments Are Good | 63 |
Eisenhower and the Moral Authority of Government | 69 |
The Authority of Presidents Personal Morality and Political Effectiveness | 75 |
THE RULE OF LAW Moral Authority and the Rule of Law | 83 |
The Rule of Law | 89 |
The Rule of Law at the Millennium | 96 |
Civil Disobedience the Rule of Law and the Moral Authority of Government Tension between Two Strains of American Thought? | 100 |
Constitutional Authority and Public Morality | 108 |
The Moral Authority of Government | 113 |
The Concept of Government Historical and Comparative Observations | 118 |
The Moral Authority of Government | 124 |
The Supreme Court and Affirmative Action | 131 |
Antitrust A Codification of American Morality | 137 |
CHARACTER AND INTEGRITY Moral Authority through Character and Integrity | 149 |
Moral Authority of Government | 155 |
Character in the First PostModern Presidency | 160 |
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS Moral Authority in International Affairs | 215 |
The Moral Authority of Government | 219 |
The United States and the United Nations The Moral Authority to Preserve Peace | 222 |
The United Nations and the Moral Authority of Government | 227 |
The Moral Authority of Government | 231 |
Moral Authority in Government | 235 |
The Moral Authority of Government | 240 |
PHILANTHROPY AND SCIENCE Moral Authority as Exercised through Philanthropy and Science | 245 |
The Moral Authority of Government The Role of Foundations and Philanthropy | 249 |
The Moral Authority of Government | 254 |
Conservation Beyond Preservation | 257 |
Altruism An American Characteristic? | 264 |
Breaking the Genetic Code | 267 |
Scientists and Their Moral Authority in Government | 270 |
NOTES | 275 |
INDEX | 297 |