Democracy and the Ethical Life: A Philosophy of Politics and Community (Second Edition, Expanded)

Contents

Contents Prefatory Note for the 1990 Edition vii Acknowledgments ix PART ONE: Democracy as an EthicoPhilosophical Problem Democracy and Man's Moral Predicament 3 Democracy as a Way of Life 16 Morality and Self-Interest 20 II Human Experience and the "Scientific Method" 27 Self-Awareness 36 The Human Frame of Reference 42 PART TWO: The Ethical Life III The Duality of Human Nature 52 The Logic of Participation 60 The Higher and the Lower Self 62 Ethical Conscience as Censure and Purpose 69 The Paradox of Moral Freedom 73 Morality as Happiness 75 IV The Ethics of Community 81 The Ethical Life and Tradition 87 PART THREE: Rousseau's General Will: Moral Fact or Utopian Fiction? V The Political Moralism of Rousseau 92 Rousseau the Man and the Thinker 97 VI The Rebirth of Nature 102 Equality or Slavery 108 Social Freedom 111 VII The General Will 117 The General Will and Representation 120 The Rejection ofConstitutionalism 127 The Spontaneity ofthe Moral Will 131 The Unity ofthe State 138 Nationalism and Military Virtue 141 VIII Utopian Dreams and Harsh Realities 146 PART FOUR: The Ethics of Constitutional Democracy IX Constitutionalism and Popular Sovereignty 154 The American Constitution 154 The Idea of Popular Sovereignty 160 X The Spirit of Constitutionalism 166 XI Constitutionalism versus Plebiscitarianism 182 Decentralization 194 "Democratization" 196 XII Democracy, Leadership, and Culture 199 PART FIVE: A Postscript XIII The Common Good and History 206 The Particularity of Ethical Good 210 The Ethics of Freedom and Diversity 218 The Good as Historically Evolving 223 Ethical Realism 229 XIV The State of Democracy 232 Index 241 ...