Constitutional Conservatism : Liberty, Self-Government, and Political Moderation - Peter Berkowitz

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Constitutional Conservatism

Liberty, Self-Government, and Political Moderation

By: Peter Berkowitz

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Hardcover | 1 February 2013

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146 Pages

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Can social conservatives and libertarians ever move beyond “agreeing to disagree”? Can those who emphasise safeguarding traditional morality and religion and those who stress the need to keep government firmly within fixed bounds form a principled alliance? In Constitutional Conservatism, Peter Berkowitz identifies the political principles social conservatives and libertarians share, or should share, and sketches the common ground on which they can and should join forces.

Drawing on the writings of Edmund Burke, The Federalist, and the high points of post–World War II American conservatism, Berkowitz argues that the top political priority for social conservatives and libertarians should be to unite by rallying around the principles of liberty outlined in the Constitution and reclaim the wisdom embodied in America’s founding charter of government. He shows that constitutional conservatism, well understood, provides a framework for developing a distinctive political agenda to which both social conservatives and libertarian conservatives can in good conscience subscribe.

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"Peter Berkowitz makes a match between Edmund Burke and the American Founders to give 'political moderation' a good name on our partisan battlefield. A short, effectual book with shining prose, a telling argument, and a lasting message." - Harvey C. Mansfield, Harvard University

"Peter Berkowitz is among America's wisest and best political philosophers. He proves again why in Constitutional Conservatism: Liberty, Self-Government, and Political Moderation. In it he covers a significant amount of intellectual terrain-from Burke and the American Founders through Buckley and Reagan to the here and now-in a manner that is lively, informed, accessible and timely.

Conservatism is now engaged in a period of reflection that may lead to recalibration. One of the best things that could happen is for those on the right to listen to the counsel of Professor Berkowitz as he helps us to recover the constitutional connection between liberty, self-government, and political moderation rightly understood. Constitutional Conservatism is a wonderful and necessary book. In looking back, Peter Berkowitz helps us to see our way forward." - Peter Wehner, Senior Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, member of the Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and George W. Bush administrations

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