Ideology and political choice: the search for freedom, justice, and virtue

Abstract

Part 1 Introduction. Part 2 The British background: a preview the focus on the individual constitutional government and civil rights economic freedom, laissez faire? social Darwinism new liberalism a national consensus? reprise reason, tolerance, and progress. Part 3 Progressive liberalism - the New Deal: the Great Depression laissez faire? Roosevelt's stance New Deal legislation Roosevelt's ideology . Part 4 progressive liberalism - the great society and welfare: the end of ideology expanded New Deal programs food stamps Medicare and Medicaid economic opportunity redistributive? the market Johnson's ideology. Part 5 Progressive liberalism - equal treatment: Jim Crow racial discrimination and the problem of redress the Voting Rights Act of 1965 equal treatment for nonracial groups multiculturalism the environment. Part 6 Progressive liberalism - its nature: liberty equality tolerance and neutrality the role of reason the usefulness of government welfare taxes underlying postulates epilogue. Part 7 Libertarianism: liberty and the market why liberty and the market? collectivism? coercion? social justice?, social responsibility?, uphold virtue?, equality? criticisms of government limited or minimal government welfare and the Welfare State private coercion Robert Nozick anarchocapitalism social rigidities externalities reprise. Part 8 Public choice: assumptions the argument qualifications the prescription critique. Part 9 Conservative conservatism: distrust of rationalism preference for the known change ideology, tradition, and God's will fusionism,. Part 10 Economic conservatism: hostility to government taxes the seven fat years hostility to regulatory activities equality of opportunity welfare crime reprise. Part 11 Social conservatism - the source of moral rules the program. Part 12 Progressive conservatism: the need for governmental action empowerment enterprise zones housing welfare reform education health care nonpoverty concerns big government? Part 13 Neoconservatism: hostility to communism and support for western values hostility to egalitarianism the Welfare State defending America virtue neos and other conservatives. Part 14 Foreign policies: the terminological muddle anticommunism and the Soviet threat diplomacy, international law, and international organization human rights and democracy isolationism America first conservative conservatism a new world order? Part 15 neoliberalisms: is liberalism discreditable? a neoliberal manifesto the end of equality community a new democrat? Part 16 Concluding observations: a comparison of conceptualizations sources of agreement/disagreement.