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In this book, John DiJoseph probes the philosophical presuppositions that undergird Jacques Maritain's political theory, particularly his theory that democracy and Christianity are inexorably linked. Maritain's theory of democracy is particularly relevant today with the ascendancy of what Maritain called bourgeois liberal democracy in the United States and Western Europe; a type of democracy that Maritain thought would lead to the eventual demise of Western culture. In opposition to the bourgeois liberal democracy, Maritain posited a personalist democracy with a uniquely Christain soul. DiJoseph traces the historical and philosophical development of Maritain's debt to Henri Bergson and Alexis De Tocqueville and Maritain's break with classical Christian and Catholic political thought. The book will not only appeal to scholars of history and political science but also to those concerned with the current debate over the philosophical basis of democracy and the cultural decline of the West. ... Read more

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The Foundations of Democracy Series consists of curricular materials for students from kindergarten through twelfth grade on four concepts fundamental to an understanding of politics and government: Authority, Privacy, Responsibility, and Justice. This multidisciplinary curriculum draws upon such fields as political philosophy, political science, law, history, literature, and environmental studies. The Authority curriculum helps students distinguish between authority and power examine different sources of authority use reasonable criteria for selecting people for positions of authority and for evaluating rules and laws analyze benefits and costs of authority evaluate, take, and defend positions on the proper scope and limits of authority The Privacy curriculum helps students understand the importance of privacy in a free society analyze the benefits and costs of privacy evaluate, take, and defend positions on the proper scope and limits of privacy The Responsibility curriculum helps students understand the importance of responsibility in a free society analyze the benefits and costs of responsibility evaluate, take, and defend positions on how conflicts among competing responsibilities should be resolved evaluate, take, and defend positions on personal responsibility The Justice curriculum helps students understand and apply the basic principles of justice set forth in fundamental documents of our political and legal systems consider fair distribution of the benefits and burdens of society consider fair responses to remedy wrongs and injuries consider fair practices for gathering information and making decisions evaluate, take, and defend positions on issues of justice ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from The Review of Metaphysics, published by Philosophy Education Society, Inc. on December 1, 2004. The length of the article is 850 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Shapiro, Ian. The Moral Foundations of Democracy.(Book Review)
Author: Thomas R. Rourke
Publication: The Review of Metaphysics (Refereed)
Date: December 1, 2004
Publisher: Philosophy Education Society, Inc.
Volume: 58Issue: 2Page: 465(3)

Article Type: Book Review

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This digital document is an article from World Policy Journal, published by World Policy Institute on March 22, 1996. The length of the article is 5866 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: Independent organizations have been providing financial support to Central European nations to help them establish market democracies. However, these countries gradually became disillusioned about the ability of democracy to improve their economies. This led to the failure of some independent financiers and their withdrawal from such activities. However, some of them survived by shifting their concentration from the elites to the grass-roots organizations.

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Title: For democracy's sake: how funders fail - and succeed. (funding from independent foundations for the development of market democracies in Central Europe)
Author: Kevin F.F. Quigley
Publication: World Policy Journal (Refereed)
Date: March 22, 1996
Publisher: World Policy Institute
Volume: v13Issue: n1Page: p109(10)

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Foundations of Democracy introduces you to four ideas which are basic to our constitutional form of government: authority, privacy, responsibility, and justice. ... Read more