{"product_id":"the-free-and-the-virtuous-why-the-founders-knew-that-character-mattered-9781793601629","title":"The Free and the Virtuous: Why the Founders Knew","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat did liberty mean to the American founding fathers? It was not just about limited government, protecting rights, and leaving people free to live their own definition of a good life. It was to be a movement toward the highest of human flourishing. A new genus of liberty had taken root here in the fresh American soil, and there was a special something—a moral discipline—that was inherent in the American character that would allow it to thrive. Above all, real liberty was dependent upon good character. The new nation had barely gotten any traction, however, when the founders’ ideal of a liberty based upon virtue began to lose its luster. Over time, liberty gradually became more about rights and less about the responsibility to be good. Character no longer matters, and we don’t seem to mourn the loss\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Free and The Virtuous is a great research tool for anyone studying the American Founding. The relatively short chapters\/essays would make great reading in an educational setting to introduce students to the concepts of character, virtue and liberty as they were understood by the American Founders.\u003c\/p\u003e * Nathan's Papers *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Words About a Word\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter One: The Four-Note-Chord of Liberty\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Two: The American Creed\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Three: The Classical Roots of Virtue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Four: Greek Eleutheria and Roman Liberatas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Five: Two Paths to Virtue—Religion and Reason\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Six: Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson—The Art of Moderation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Seven: Virtue or Rights?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Eight: More Need of Masters\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Nine: Liberty—The Box With the False Bottom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConclusion: Mourning Virtue","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042607104343,"sku":"9781793601629","price":28.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781793601629.jpg?v=1750954839","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-free-and-the-virtuous-why-the-founders-knew-that-character-mattered-9781793601629","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}