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Seedbeds of virtue : sources of competence, character, and citizenship in American society
- Title
- Seedbeds of virtue : sources of competence, character, and citizenship in American society / edited by Mary Ann Glendon and David Blankenhorn.
- Publication
- Lanham, Md. : Madison Books, 1995.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 96-5431 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
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- Description
- vii, 297 p.; 24 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Liberalism, modernism, and the good life / James Q. Wilson -- Liberal virtues and the formation of civic character / William A. Galston -- The Oldest virtue / Judith Martin -- The Roots of declining social virtue: family, community, and the need for a "natural communities policy" / David Popenoe -- Altruism, civic virtue, and religion / Don S. Browning -- Civic virtue at work: unions as seedbeds of the civic virtues / Thomas C. Kohler -- Social and natural ecologies: similarities and differences / Alan Wolfe -- Reinstitutionalizing virtue in civil society / William M. Sullivan -- The Difference of virtue and the difference it makes: courage exemplified / Stanley Hauerwas -- Ordinary virtue as heroism / J. Brian Benestad -- The Screwtape files: sources and conditions of anti-virtue / Jean Bethke Elshtain -- Conclusion: The Possibility of civil society.
- Call Number
- JFE 96-5431
- ISBN
- 1568330464 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 95032344
- OCLC
- 32854350
- Title
- Seedbeds of virtue : sources of competence, character, and citizenship in American society / edited by Mary Ann Glendon and David Blankenhorn.
- Imprint
- Lanham, Md. : Madison Books, 1995.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Glendon, Mary Ann, 1938-Blankenhorn, David.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 96-5431