Family and the Politics of Moderation: Private Life, Public Goods, and the Rebirth of Social Individualism

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183 Index abortion, 11, 36, 86 adultery, 16; Montesquieu on, 67–68, 74, 152n13 ahrensdorf, Peter J., 118n7 altruism, 43, 54–55, 102 arendt, Hannah, 119n11; on antiSemitism , 120n17; on human rights, 119n12; on individualism, 121nn19–20 aristophanes, 160n4 aristotle, 33, 82; on birth control, 152n8; on cities, 117n1; on family, 5, 122n24, 131n4; on polygamy, 134n32 arnhart, Larry, 122n22, 146n35 Berry, Wendell, 170n12 biotechnology, 113–14, 170n14 birth control, 99, 159n1; aristotle on, 152n8; in China, 95; eugenics and, 3, 120nn13–16, 121n21, 136n49; health insurance for, 86, 123n33; in USSR, 32–33 Bjorklund, David, 129nn61–62, 129nn72–74 Bloom, allan, 122n23 Branden, nathanial, 144n10 Brettschneider, Corey, 124nn13–14 Burguière, andré, 159n1 Burke, edmund, 5, 65–70, 81–83, 85, 87; on civil society, 82–83, 156n46; on French Revolution, 71, 152n13, 153n18, 156n49; on harmony, 82–83, 170n10; and Hobbes, 153n14; on human nature, 67–69, 72, 170n11; on human rights, 79–81, 119n12, 157nn57–58; on intergenerational relationships, 70–72, 77–78, 80, 96, 102; and Locke, 156n52; and Marxism, 184 InDex 65, 66, 80–83; on patriotism, 72, 80, 153n23, 154n30, 158n59; on private property, 80, 83, 158n62; on private/public spheres, 72–73, 77–81; and Rand, 65, 66, 69, 81–83; on social contract, 66, 71–72, 77–78 capitalism; see liberalism celibacy, 87; Montesquieu on, 74–75, 155n38 child abuse; see domestic abuse child care; see day care China, birth control in, 95 civil society, 66, 68–69, 78, 119n12; Burke on, 82–83, 156n46; Fukuyama on, 118n4; Rand on, 58 Cold War, 119n8 collectivism, 2–5, 23–37, 109–11; communitarianism versus, 131n2; familism and, 139n74; in kibbutzim , 37–40; “moderate,” 39; self-interest and, 27–29, 80; see also egalitarianism; Marxism conformism, 109–10, 113–15 Conservative Political action Conference , 168n78 constitutional law, 77–78, 82 Darwin, Charles, 2–3; Marx and, 32–33, 137nn56–58; see also social Darwinism day care, 103–4; effects of, 20, 130n76; subsidized, 9, 10, 12, 20, 88–90, 129n64 de Waal, Frans, 128n43 Delsol, Chantal, 117n1, 118n3, 169n8 diversity; see pluralism divorce, 7, 10, 12; Montesquieu on, 67–68; single parenthood after, 89; in USSR, 140n77 domestic abuse, 102–3, 167nn68–69; of elders, 98; and polygamy, 91–94, 163n37; Rawls on, 124n9 eberly, Don, 131n2 education, 6, 9, 10; Marxist, 36–37, 135n36; Rothbard on, 150n68; single parents and, 88, 89, 91 egalitarianism, 23; definition of, 130n1; liberalism and, 8–11; parenting and, 140n83; Rawls on, 123n7; utopianism and, 130n78; see also collectivism elderly, 6, 54–57, 98; see also intergenerational relationships elshtain, Jean, 151n3, 168n75, 169n6, 169n9 engels, Friedrich, 24–29, 70, 132– 33nn9–19; Montesquieu and, 77; Rand and, 42; see also Marxism eugenics, 3, 120nn13–16, 121n21, 136n49; biotechnology and, 113–14, 170n14 familism, 36–38, 139n74, 141n87, 141nn94–95 family, 7–21; atomic, 95–99; “dysfunctional ,” 97, 165n52; in kibbutzim, 37–40, 91, 139n74, 140–41nn80– 96; Marxist view of, 5, 23–40, 131– 33nn4–18; need for, 111–13; needs of, 51, 54, 113–15; nuclear, 20, 25, 36–37, 111, 134n32, 139n74, 166n58; see also specific authors fascism; see totalitarianism fathers; see parenting French Revolution: Burke on, 71, 152n13, 153n18, 156n49; Marx on, 33, 138n61 Fukuyama, Francis, 117n2, 118n4, 119n11 functionalism, 162n28 gay marriage, 11, 105–7, 167n63, 168n78; Rawls on, 125n17; see also homosexuality Gellately, Robert, 119n9 Gray, Peter, 127n39, 128n49 InDex 185 harmony, 1, 73, 112, 113; Burke on, 82–83, 170n10 Harris, Jose, 118n4 Hayek, Friedrich august von, 12, 133n22; on family, 146nn35–36, 149n60, 150n72; on individualism, 118n3, 121n19, 149n65; on knowledge , 159n2; on totalitarianism, 118n3, 118n5, 120n18 Head Start programs, 88 Heidegger, Martin, 170n12 Hobbes, Thomas, 5; and Burke, 153n14; on human nature, 20; and Montesquieu, 152n6; on social contract, 78, 90 homosexuality, 87; Montesquieu on, 74–76, 152n8; see also same-sex marriage Horwitz, Steven, 143n3, 146n36, 150–51nn71–73 Hrdy, Sarah, 129n66 human nature, 12–21; Burke on, 67–69, 72, 170n11; Hayek on, 12; Hobbes on, 20; Locke on, 20, 68–69, 137n58; Marxist view of, 32–35, 131n4, 137–38nn55–62, 139n67; Montesquieu on, 67–69, 74, 75, 152n8; Rand on, 60–61 human rights, 165n52; arendt on, 119n12; Burke on, 79–81, 119n12, 157nn57–58; Marx on, 138n61; Weikart on, 122n21 Huntington, Samuel P., 169n5 imperialism, 2, 5, 118n2 incest, 14–15, 105; engels on, 29; Montesquieu on, 74–76, 155nn42–43 individualism, 109...