Virtue and irony in American democracy : revisiting Dewey and Niebuhr /

Morris, Daniel A.,

Virtue and irony in American democracy : revisiting Dewey and Niebuhr / Daniel A. Morris. - 1 online resource (269 pages)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

We the people of habit -- Pragmatic democracy -- Augustinian democracy -- The capitalist moral agent -- The irony of missed consensus.

9781498500753


Dewey, John, 1859-1952.
Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1892-1971.


Democracy--United States.
Democracy--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.


Electronic books.

JK1726 / .M64 2015

320.97301