He has a great deal of fun suggesting that public rhetoric should not be ironist even in «
the ideal liberal society.»
Not exact matches
Jackson, who was raised in what was described as a churchgoing,
liberal family in a Baltimore suburb, said his
ideal society is «1950s America.»
Like the establishment clause of the First Amendment, which Madison authored a few years later, it was a Madisonian addendum to the Lockean
ideal of
liberal toleration in a
society with an established church.
The idea of a Chosen People has usually seemed repugnant to the
liberal spirit, particularly in a democratic
society where the
ideal of equality runs strong.
Both
liberal political philosophy and
liberal Christianity have put a large measure of trust in the achievement of the good
society through establishment of a legal constitutional order which embodies the essential
ideals of justice and equality.
People do very important things, they pursue matters of ultimate concern, in churches that offer «somewhat different
ideals and practices than
liberal society can... Indeed, this perception of difference is much of what attracts people to religion or, at least, to church and synagogue.»
The
society it points towards is an
ideal shared by One Nation Tories and smaller state
liberals alike.»
Influenced by the utopian
ideals of the progressive education movement, it placed the arts at the center of
liberal arts education and believed that in doing so it could better educate citizens for participation in a democratic
society.