tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728616553395442837.post6043612992101634391..comments2021-06-10T07:58:44.723-07:00Comments on Honor Today: The Battle Over the FoundingAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04962093403079329476noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728616553395442837.post-16579201135004661112013-05-29T13:49:49.890-07:002013-05-29T13:49:49.890-07:00Dear Laurie,
I use this in my American Political T...Dear Laurie,<br />I use this in my American Political Thought class and having used it many times it is my go to source---https://catalog.libertyfund.org/home.html?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=956&category_id=2<br /><br />I hope it helps. <br />MarkGriff's Politicalmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00208404531695180350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728616553395442837.post-60406710620700346162013-05-29T13:18:50.489-07:002013-05-29T13:18:50.489-07:00That's why I need you reading this, Mark--and ...That's why I need you reading this, Mark--and I agree with you about Adams. I found this neat quote from him:<br /><br />"Honor is truly sacred, but holds a lower rank in the scale of moral excellence than virtue. Indeed, the former is but a part of the latter, and consequently has not equal pretensions to support a frame of government productive of human happiness."<br /><br />That makes me want to explore Adams' thought more.<br /><br />It is more complex, and I need to do a lot more reading, but usually what I describe above is where the popular debate here begins and ends. Please let me know what you'd recommend as I move into this territory.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04962093403079329476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728616553395442837.post-8754258168450172642013-05-29T13:09:21.315-07:002013-05-29T13:09:21.315-07:00I think it is even more complex. It would be hard...I think it is even more complex. It would be hard pressed to think some of the founders did not think it was a Christian based country. Someone like Adams. Jefferson was very complex and not an ordinary Christian. Washington's speeches to Catholics and Jews showed a complex understanding of the relationship between religion and politics. It is hard for me not to think of this as a Jeffersonian issue that has become the doctrine of liberalism. Any one position on this is problematic because of the different sects and practices of Christianity at the founding.<br />Griff's Politicalmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00208404531695180350noreply@blogger.com