Politics without Romance
ABSTRACT
Much liberal political theory has been idealistic, ideal oriented, or highly normative. An alternative view of liberal political theory tends to question the applicability of rational ethical principles to moral and political life in favor of a more pessimistic, empirically based analysis of political life as it actually is and has been. Conferees explored some of the main themes of this skeptical or realistic approach.
READING LIST
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The Federalist
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By Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison
Edited by George W. Carey and James McClellan
The Federalist, by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, constitutes a text central to the American political tradition. Written and published in newspapers in 1787 and 1788 to explain and promote ratification of the proposed Constitution for the United States, which were then bound by the Articles of Confederation,…
Additional Readings
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Hayek, F. A. El Ideal Político del Estado de Derecho. Guatemala: UFM, 2011.
Holmes, Stephen. Passions and Constraints. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1995.
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Raz, Joseph. The Authority of Law. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009.
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Waldron, Jeremy. Political Political Theory. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2016.
Yanes, Francisco Javier. Manual Político del Venezolano (1st edition). Caracas: Valentin Espinal, 1839.