The American Founding and the Social CompactRonald J. Pestritto, Thomas G. West Lexington Books, 2003 M01 1 - 283 pages The American Founding and the Social Compact is a first-rate collection of essays that examine the shared political ideas of the American Founders with a particular focus on the theory of the social compact. As this volume so convincingly argues, an understanding of social compact theory is essential for understanding the Founders' ideas about human nature, government and politics. |
Contents
Locke on the Social Compact An Overview | 1 |
Social Compact Common Law and the American Amalgam The Contribution of William Blackstone | 37 |
Hume Historical Inheritance and the Problem of Founding | 75 |
The Political Theory of the Declaration of Independence | 95 |
Thomas Jefferson and the Social Compact | 147 |
From Subjects to Citizens The Social Compact Origins of American Citizenship | 163 |
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