From Reflection and Choice: The Political Philosophy of the Federalist Papers and the Ratification Debate

Author:   Will R. Jordan
Publisher:   Mercer University Press
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Pages:   188
Publication Date:   30 May 2020
Format:   Paperback
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"The essays in this collection were first presented at the 2018 A.V. Elliott Conference on Great Books and Ideas, the eleventh annual conference sponsored by Mercer University’s Thomas C. and Ramona E. McDonald Center for America's Founding Principles. The current era of intense partisan conflict is unlikely to be remembered for the excellence of its public discourse. Given this fact, we do well to remind ourselves that Americans were once capable of debating even the most important political questions in the popular press, and doing so at an extraordinarily high level. The debate over the ratification of the Constitution in 1787–1788 enlisted some of the country's greatest minds, and wrestled with issues fundamental to popular government in general and to the United States constitutional order in particular. This volume returns to the debate between Federalists and Anti-Federalists, seeking to better understand the principles at stake, and asking, with Publius, """"whether societies of men are really capable or not of establishing good government from reflection and choice, or whether they are forever destined to depend for their political constitutions on accident and force."""" The book is divided into two major sections. The first considers the ratification debate itself, to examine first principles, and to get a clearer sense of the founders' project. The second turns to the ways in which the terms of the ratification debate echo down through American history and how they might be applied to inform contemporary political practice. Contributors to the volume include Jeremy D. Bailey, Roger Barrus, Elizabeth Kaufer Busch, Murray Dry, Kimberly Hurd Hale, Jon D. Schaff, Lynn Uzzell, Karl Walling, and Michael Zuckert."

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Author:   Will R. Jordan
Publisher:   Mercer University Press
Imprint:   Mercer University Press
ISBN:  

9780881467444


ISBN 10:   0881467448
Pages:   188
Publication Date:   30 May 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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Will R. Jordan is an associate professor of Political Science at Mercer University. He holds a BA from Washington & Lee University and a PhD in Political Science from Loyola University Chicago. Jordan serves as codirector of Mercer's McDonald Center for America's Founding Principles. He has edited or coedited three previous volumes in The A.V. Elliott Conference Series.

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