In Search of the Good Life: A Pedagogy for Troubled Times

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THE UNIVERSITY PRESS OF KENTUCKY In Search of the Good LIfe A Pedagogy for Troubled Times f r e d d a L L m ay r Publication of this volume was made possible in part by a grant from the National endowment for the Humanities. Copyright © 2007 by The University Press of Kentucky Scholarly publisher for the Commonwealth, serving Bellarmine University, Berea College, Centre College of Kentucky, eastern Kentucky University, The filson Historical Society, Georgetown College, Kentucky Historical Society, Kentucky State University, morehead State University, murray State University, Northern Kentucky University, Transylvania University, University of Kentucky, University of Louisville, and Western Kentucky University. all rights reserved. Editorial and Sales Offices: The University Press of Kentucky 663 South Limestone Street, Lexington, Kentucky 40508–4008 www.kentuckypress.com 11 10 09 08 07 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication data dallmayr, fred r. (fred reinhard), 1928In search of the good life : a pedagogy for troubled times / fred dallmayr. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8131-2457-5 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Political sociology. 2. Political science—Philosophy. 3. democracy. 4. ethics. 5. Civics. 6. Theological virtues. I. Title. Ja76.d234 2007 306.2—dc22 2007012692 This book is printed on acid-free recycled paper meeting the requirements of the american National Standard for Permanence in Paper for Printed Library materials. manufactured in the United States of america. member of the association of american University Presses To my wife and children your word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light to my path. —Psalms 119:105 He has shown you what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God. —micah 6:8 democracy is a form of government only because it is a form of moral and spiritual association. —John dewey, The Ethics of Democracy ...