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245 00 a| Seedbeds of virtue :b| sources of competence, character, and citizenship in American society /c| edited by Mary Ann Glendon and David Blankenhorn.;

300 a| vii, 297 pages ;c| 24 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| 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.;

520 a| From Dan Quayle to Bill Clinton, Americans are increasingly alarmed by the crisis of values in our society. What are the roots of the crisis? What can be done to solve it? Putting aside the sterile, old categories of liberal versus conservative, this book forcefully argues for a new approach to social problems - an approach based on rediscovering civic virtue and strengthening the institutions of civil society. Bringing together prominent contributors from across the human sciences and across the political spectrum, Seedbeds of Virtue is a seminal contribution to the emerging debate on rebuilding civil society.;

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Seedbeds of virtue : sources of competence, character, and citizenship in American society / edited by Mary Ann Glendon and David Blankenhorn.

Other author	Glendon, Mary Ann, 1938-
Other author	Blankenhorn, David.
Format	Book
Publication Info	Lanham, Md. : Madison Books : Distributed by National Book Network, ©1995.
Description	vii, 297 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects	Citizenship--United States. Civil society--United States. Families--United States. United States--Moral conditions.

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.
Abstract	From Dan Quayle to Bill Clinton, Americans are increasingly alarmed by the crisis of values in our society. What are the roots of the crisis? What can be done to solve it? Putting aside the sterile, old categories of liberal versus conservative, this book forcefully argues for a new approach to social problems - an approach based on rediscovering civic virtue and strengthening the institutions of civil society. Bringing together prominent contributors from across the human sciences and across the political spectrum, Seedbeds of Virtue is a seminal contribution to the emerging debate on rebuilding civil society.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other form	Online version: Seedbeds of virtue. Lanham, Md. : Madison Books : Distributed by National Book Network, c1995
LCCN	95032344
ISBN	1568330464 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	9781568330464 (cloth : alk. paper)

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