Tempered Strength Studies in the Nature and Scope of Prudential Leadership

by Anastaplo, George; Beiner, Ronald; Deutsch, Kenneth L.; Fishman, Ethan; Fornieri, Joseph R.; Fukuyama, Francis; Glenn, Gary D.; Lord, Carnes; Moskop, Wynne Walker; Ruderman, Richard S.; Stanlis, Peter J.

• ISBN13: 9780739104033
• ISBN10: 0739104039
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-09-04
• Publisher: Lexington Books

Summary

Moral leadership matters. As world politics enter a new and dangerous era, judgment, constancy, moral purpose, and a willingness to overcome partisan politicking are essential for America's leaders. Tempered Strength finds the alternative standard of leadership that Americans are seeking in the classical philosophy of prudence. Ethan Fishman's new work brings together leading American political scientists -- including Ronald Beiner, Kenneth L. Deutsch, and George Anastaplo -- to discuss the evolution of a standard of prudential leadership both reasonable in nature and practical in scope.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Francis Fukuyama
Introduction: What Is Prudential Leadership?	1	(16)
Ethan Fishman
Part I: The Nature of Prudence
Prudence in Xenophon's Memorabilia and Cyropaedia	17	(16)
Gary D. Glenn
Thomas Aquinas on Magnanimous and Prudent Statesmanship	33	(20)
Kenneth L. Deutsch
The Role of Prudence in Burke's Politics	53	(18)
Peter J. Stanlis
Bringing Prudence Back In: Leadership, Statecraft, and Political Science	71	(14)
Carnes Lord
A Postscript to Political Judgment	85	(18)
Ronald Beiner
Part II: The Scope of Prudence
Political Judgment in Dark Times: Frederick Douglass and Slavery	103	(22)
Richard S. Ruderman
Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation: A Model of Prudent Leadership	125	(26)
Joseph R. Fornieri
Prudence, Imprudence, and the Puzzle of Bill Clinton	151	(30)
Wynne Walker Moskop
Prudence and the Constitution: On the Year 2000 Presidential Election Controversy	181	(38)
George Anastaplo
Index	219	(4)
About the Contributors	223