자료유형  

 학위논문

Control Number  

0016934711

International Standard Book Number  

9798380151665

Dewey Decimal Classification Number  

320

Main Entry-Personal Name  

Ferkaluk, David M.

Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint  

[S.l.] : State University of New York at Albany., 2023

Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint  

Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2023

Physical Description  

1 online resource(266 p.)

General Note  

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 85-02, Section: A.

General Note  

Advisor: Breiner, Peter.

Dissertation Note  

Thesis (Ph.D.)--State University of New York at Albany, 2023.

Restrictions on Access Note  

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Summary, Etc.  

요약This dissertation rediscovers the forgotten political philosophy of founding father James Wilson, revealing its alternative vision for American politics. Wilson interpreted popular sovereignty as both a political and moral principle. Borrowing heavily from Scottish philosopher Thomas Reid, Wilson adapted Reidian epistemology, philosophical psychology, and moral science to explain how "the people" acted simultaneously as political actors and moral agents. The people acted with the goal of achieving their happiness, which Wilson defined as moral excellence. With his moral definition of happiness, Wilson intentionally linked the Declaration of Independence with the US Constitution, understanding the latter as building on the foundation of the former. His moral interpretation of popular sovereignty differed substantively from that of his more famous contemporaries, Publius, author of The Federalist, and Thomas Jefferson. Wilson's moral interpretation of popular sovereignty later emerged under Lincoln's presidency. During the turmoil of the Civil War, Lincoln used a logic similar to Wilson, understanding the moral basis of popular sovereignty expressed in the Declaration. James Wilson's political philosophy teaches us the consequential significance that the moral component of popular sovereignty holds for any republic desirous to perpetuate its self-governance and happiness.

Subject Added Entry-Topical Term  

Political science.

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Epistemology.

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Philosophy.

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Wilson, James

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Happiness

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Moral sense

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Popular sovereignty

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Reid, Thomas

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State University of New York at Albany Political Science

Host Item Entry  

Dissertations Abstracts International. 85-02A.

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Dissertation Abstract International

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joongbu:640423