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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... believe that government is endowed with great moral authority , as these basic documents had to be endorsed by the citizens ' leaders at the birth of the na- tion . They fit together beautifully , and together they enshrine all of the ...
... believe that the grandeur of the law , the moral authority of government is continually eroded as they succeed . Rev . Theodore M. Hesburgh , C.S.C. President Emeritus University of Notre Dame About the Editors Moorhead Kennedy Best ...
... believe this government cannot endure , permanently half slave and half free . " Maurer also cites President Reagan , whom he contends " spoke about morality with a frequency unmatched by any other U.S. president . " He concludes that ...
... believe that because men have been born with a soul , they have inalien- able rights and none can take them away ... The true purpose of the educational institution , " he asserted , " is to make certain that each of us is equipped to ...
... believe that the government can be trusted to " Do the right thing ? " The answer is not rocket science . The presidency , Clinton Rossiter once wrote , operates successfully only when the presi- dent selects " ends and means that are ...
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 |