Ethics and Character

by Richardson, William D.; Martinez, Michael; Stewart, Kerry R.

• ISBN13: 9780890899090
• ISBN10: 0890899096
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-03-09
• Publisher: Carolina Academic Press

Summary

This unique text examines the debate over the role of character and virtue in democratic leadership and their relationship to a healthy democracy. Contributors include prominent scholars who focus on specific aspects of the critical question, "Who should lead and in what manner?" These scholars address this question from different perspectives and across several fields, including political science, philosophy, law, public administration, and public policy.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Part I Morality and the Ethical Tradition	5	(64)
Chapter One Introduction	5	(14)
William D. Richardson
J. Michael Martinez
Chapter Two Ethics, Virtue, and Character Development	19	(28)
J. Michael Martinez
Kerry R. Stewart
Chapter Three Plain Persons and Moral Philosophy: Rules, Virtues, and Goods	47	(22)
Alasdair MacIntyre
Part II Law, Lawyers, and Ethics	69	(102)
Chapter Four Constitutional Correctives for Democratic Vices	69	(22)
William D. Richardson
Lloyd G. Nigro
Chapter Five The Tension Between Law and Ethics	91	(16)
William D. Richardson
Chapter Six Law Versus Ethics: Reconciling Two Concepts of Public Service Ethics	107	(34)
J. Michael Martinez
Chapter Seven Temperance, Passions, and Lawyers in the American Democratic Regime	141	(30)
John C. Koritansky
Part III Private Virtues, Public Vices	171	(70)
Chapter Eight Ethics and Politics: The American Way	171	(32)
Martin Diamond
Chapter Nine Democracy's Quiet Virtues	203	(22)
Sarah R. Adkins
Chapter Ten The Rediscovery of Character: Private Virtue and Public Policy	225	(16)
James Q. Wilson
Part IV Leadership and Virtue	241	(70)
Chapter Eleven Military Ethics: An Aristotelian Tradition in a Democratic Society	241	(22)
Anthony J. Giasi
Chapter Twelve Administrators in a Democratic Republic: A Multivalent View of American Civil Religion	263	(26)
Ralph Clark Chandler
Chapter Thirteen Moral Realism Versus Therapeutic Elitism: Christopher Lasch's Populist Defense of American Character	289	(22)
Peter Augustine Lawler
References	311	(16)
Contributors	327	(4)
Index	331