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Virtue, Corruption, and Self-interest : Political Values in the Eighteenth Century
author
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Matthews, Richard K.
publisher
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Lehigh University Press
isbn10 | asin
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0934223262
print isbn13
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9780934223263
ebook isbn13
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9780585188874
language
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English
subject
Political culture--History--18th century.
publication date
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1994
lcc
:
JA75.7.V57 1994eb
ddc
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320.9/033
subject
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Political culture--History--18th century.
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Virtue, Corruption, and Self-Interest
Political Values in the Eighteenth Century
Edited by Richard K. Matthews
Bethlehem: Lehigh University Press London and Toronto: Associated University Presses
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1994 by Associated University Presses, Inc.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Virtue, corruption, and self-interest : political values in the eighteenth century / edited by Richard K. Matthews. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-934223-26-2 (alk. paper) 1. Political cultureHistory18th century. 2. Eighteenth century. I. Matthews, Richard K., 1952 JA75.7.V57 1994 320.9'033dc20 92-55063 CIP
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To the Government Department at Lehigh University Don Barry, Frank Colon, Frank Davis, Ted Morgan, Laura Olson, Hanna Stewart-Gambino, Ross Yates, Al Wurth, and Howard Whitcombwho had, and continue to have, faith.
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Above all they made them realize that the individual's self-interest is always to be found in the common interest; that wanting to cut oneself off from it is the same as wanting to ruin oneself; that virtue is not such as to cost us anything, and should not be considered as a wearisome exercise; and that justice to others is charity for ourselves. Montesquieu
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Contents
Acknowledgments
9
Introduction
Richard K. Matthews
13
The Concept of Virtue in Late Colonial British America
Jack P. Greene
27
Corruption in Eighteenth-Century English and American Political Discourse
Isaac Kramnick
55
The Franklin Persona: The Virtue of Practicality and the Practicality of Virtue
Albert H. Wurth, Jr
76
Escaping Perfidious Albion: Federalism, Fear of Aristocracy, and the Democratization of Corruption in Postrevolutionary America
John M. Murrin
103
Capitalism, Civic Virtue, and Democracy
Alan Ryan
148
David Hume and James Madison on Defining "the Public Interest"
Franklin A. Kalinowski
172
Political Virtue and the Lessons of the French Revolution: The View from the Slaveholding South
Elizabeth Fox-Genovese and Eugene D. Genovese
202
Interpreting French Revolutionary Political Culture
Michael E. Hobart
218
Honest Judges Leave Destitute Heirs: The Price of Integrity in Eighteenth-Century Spain
Mark A. Burkholder
247
Corruption, Self-Interest, and the Political Culture of Eighteenth-Century Quito
Kenneth J. Andrien
270
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Editor's Epilogue: Paradise Lost or Paradise Found? Virtue, Corruption, and Self-Interest in Tocqueville's Frontier
Richard K. Matthews
297
Notes on Contributors
315
Index
319
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Acknowledgments
The publication of any manuscript involves the work of many hands. When that manuscript is the product of a symposium series, involving several authors, the number of individuals deserving recognition for their valuable assistance grows significantly.
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