First published by Oxford University Press in 1965, Equality and Liberty contains ten essays by one of
America’s foremost scholars of political philosophy and American politics. The Claremont edition adds an index
and a new introduction by Professor Edward J. Erler. The essays include:
“The Nature and Origin of the American Party System”
“Agrarian Virtue and Republican Freedom: An Historical Perspective”
“The Emancipation Proclamation”
“On the Nature of Civil and Religious Liberty”
“In Defense of the ‘Natural Law Thesis’”
“Theory and Practice in American Politics”
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction to the Claremont Edition
- Foreword by Charles H. Percy
- 1. The Nature and Origin of the American Party System (and Appendix)
- 2. Agrarian Virtue and Republican Freedom: An Historical Perspective
- 3. Patriotism and Morality
- 4. “Value Consensus” in Democracy: The Issue in the Lincoln-Douglas Debates
- 5. Lincoln and Douglas in the Ohio Campaign of 1859: The Great Debate Continued
- 6. Theory and Practice in American Politics
- 7. The Emancipation Proclamation
- 8. On the Nature of Civil and Religious Liberty
- 9. In Defense of the “Natural Law Thesis”
- 10. The Case Against Political Theory
- Index
