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The Virtue Of Liberality In American Communal Life, Linda R. Hirshman Apr 1990

The Virtue Of Liberality In American Communal Life, Linda R. Hirshman

Michigan Law Review

This article attacks the barriers to articulation of a theory of the good and advocates discussion of the substance of a good regime, specifically, a good American regime. Part I of this article addresses in some detail the civic republicans' revival of interest in the common life. I propose that it is dauntingly difficult, if not impossible, to articulate a satisfying version of a common life without a theory of the good life, an undertaking traditionally associated with authoritarianism and elitism. Rather than abandoning the enterprise, however, I propose to reopen the assumption that the association automatically rules out any …


The Dilemmas Of Individualism: Status, Liberty, And American Constitutional Law, Michigan Law Review Feb 1985

The Dilemmas Of Individualism: Status, Liberty, And American Constitutional Law, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A Review of The Dilemmas of Individualism: Status, Liberty, and American Constitutional Law by Michael J. Phillips