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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... Religious Perspective 210 The Rt . Rev. Paul Moore , Jr. SECTION FOUR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS Moral Authority in International Affairs . 215 R. Gordon Hoxie CHAPTER THIRTY TWO The Moral Authority of Government Frank E. Vill CONTENTS.
... religious derivation , and always the product of centuries of development . They fur- ther argue that if there are no absolutes , then of what meaning and use are such concepts as " justice " and " liberty " ? Just as moral standards ...
... religion and morality are indispensable supports .... Virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government . The ... religious tones . Frederick Douglas was the first black man invited to an inaugural reception , and Lincoln in ...
... religion . " Riccards finds , " In the use of moral talk , there has been no more eloquent voice than Abraham Lincoln . " Lin- coln used " moral talk " both to save the Union and free the slaves . Riccards concludes , " Presidents use ...
... religious view of Americans . They portray presi- dents from Truman through Reagan in their speeches to the na- tion emphasizing moral and religious values , and at the same time increasingly polling public opinion . This does not mean ...
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 |