Defining Freedom Up: The Constitution and National Character |
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Authors: | William B. Allen |
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Affiliation: | Center for Western Civilization, Thought and Policy, University of Colorado, Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA |
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Abstract: | In the beginning, Americans got it right. They did not fall for the false choice between the comfort of the least and the potential of the best, sometimes posed as a choice between the common good and individualism. Instead, the Founders envisioned a productive people who were at the same time a caring people. They identified social progress with realizing the potential of the best. More recently, social progress tends to be identified with the comfort of the least, which is a dumbing down of the idea of freedom. |
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