Richard C Sinopoli
Biographic Data
| ID | 971555 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Richard C Sinopoli |
| GIVEN NAMES | Richard C |
| FAMILY NAME | Sinopoli |
| SIGNATURE | SINOPOLI R C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Davis |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 32 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Mirroring Modernity: America's Conflicting Identities
The modern idea of "nation" presupposes a moral community and a thick description of a distinctive moral character. Yet modern liberal principles prioritize the right over the good and avoid exclusive descriptions of national character lest they constrain individual autonomy and liberty. The American political experience-and the best reflections on it-exemplify and accentuate this tension. The United States is a "modern nation" and the strains in…
Thick-Skinned Liberalism: Redefining Civility
Anorm of civilitydefines a standard of conduct that citizens can rightfully expect from strangers. What are appropriate norms of civility for citizens of liberal states? I argue that two approaches to civility are prominent in our political culture, one requiring "mere" tolerance, the other, that we affirm the worth of others' pursuits (and thereby the worth of those others). This split parallels a division in liberal theory between an interest-b…
Associational Freedom, Equality, and Rights against the State
Understanding Thomas Jefferson: Studies in Economics, Law, and Philosophy
Journal Article Understanding Thomas Jefferson: Studies in Economics, Law, and Philosophy. By M. L. Burstein. (New York: St. Martin's, 1993. xxviii, 409 pp. $45.00, ISBN 0-312-08693-8.) Get access Richard C. Sinopoli Richard C. Sinopoli UC Davis Washington Center, Washington, D.C. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 81, Issue 3, December 1994, Pages 1290–1291, https://doi.or…
Is There Room for Truth in Politics? The Limitations of Perspectivism
Perspectivism is an epistemology deriving from Nietzsche that stresses the contextual nature of moral and political knowledge and raises doubts about the possibilities for a national justification of moral and political beliefs across particular traditions or paradigms of discourse. This article critiques several perspectivist approaches regarding political morality, leading the author to conclude that disagreements in political morality are bett…
Associational Freedom, Equality, and Rights Against the State
Freedom of association has long been recognized as a fundamental freedom protected by the liberal state yet it has not received nearly the theoretical attention of other such freedoms as worship or speech. This essay explores a tension between two deeply held convictions of liberal theorists and citizens. First is that like-minded citizens should be free to assemble in order to pursue their conceptions of the good so long as they do not harm othe…
Liberal Republicans or Republican Liberals? The Political Thought of the Founders Reconsidered
Discussions of the political thought of the Founders once concentrated exclusively on the Federalists. The Antifederalist opponents of the Constitution were generally dismissed as men of little faith, consigned to the margins of the American political tradition. One of the distinguishing features of recent scholarship is its willingness to acknowledge that our constitutional tradition was shaped by the lively debate between Federalists and Antife…
The Foundations of American Citizenship: Liberalism, the Constitution, and Civic Virtue
Journal Article The Foundations of American Citizenship: Liberalism, the Constitution, and Civic Virtue. By Richard C. Sinopoli. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1992. viii + 215 pp. $32.50, ISBN 0-19-507067-4.) Get access Bill Barbieri Bill Barbieri College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 80, Issue 1, June 1993, Page 253, h…
Liberalism and Contested Conceptions of the Good: The Limits of Neutrality
The view that the state should be neutral in its treatment of people holding controversial conceptions of the good life has become widespread in recent liberal political theory. I argue that the notion of neutrality found in much of this theory is overly broad. I specify the conditions under which neutral justifications of state actions are required for reasons based in moral egalitarian premises that the neutralists and I share. The main flaw in…
The Foundations of American Citizenship: Liberalism, the Constitution, and Civic Virtue
The Political Philosophy of Thomas Jefferson
Liberal justice, national community
(1992). Liberal justice, national community. History of European Ideas: Vol. 15, No. 4-6, pp. 519-525
Liberalism and Political Allegiance in Anti-Federalist Political Thought
Disagreement between Federalists and Anti-Federalists over the Constitution hinged largely on empirical expectations regarding the ability of the proposed system of government to promote civic allegiance. I examine the views of allegiance offered by major Anti-Federalists and the political psychology on which they are based. I conclude, first, that Anti-Federalist political psychology is flawed, leaving the Constitution's opponents vulnerable to …
The Unvarnished Doctrine: Locke, Liberalism, and the American Revolution. Steven M. Dworetz
Feminism and Liberal Theory
In her article on "Freedom, Recognition, and Obligation: A Feminist Approach to Political Theory," published in the December 1989 issue of this Review, Nancy J. Hirschmann argued that a feminist methodology could breathe new and useful life into liberal political theory, relieving it of its structural sexism. In this Controversy, Richard C. Sinopoli takes issue with key claims made by Hirschmann. In turn, Hirschmann elaborates her case
Liberalism, Republicanism & the Constitution
The ideas of the founders have been a subject of ceaseless interest to students of American politics. This article explores the founders' conception of citizenship as expressed in the debates over ratification of the 1787 Constitution. The author argues that the "republican revisionist" interpretation of the founding does not explain satisfactorily the founders' views of civic obligation and civic virtue. A theory is presented to explain both the…
Thick-Skinned Liberalism: Redefining Civility
Anorm of civilitydefines a standard of conduct that citizens can rightfully expect from strangers. What are appropriate norms of civility for citizens of liberal states? I argue that two approaches to civility are prominent in our political culture, one requiring "mere" tolerance, the other, that we affirm the worth of others' pursuits (and thereby the worth of those others). This split parallels a division in liberal theory between an interest-b…
The Foundations of American Citizenship: Liberalism, the Constitution, and Civic Virtue
Journal Article The Foundations of American Citizenship: Liberalism, the Constitution, and Civic Virtue. By Richard C. Sinopoli. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1992. viii + 215 pp. $32.50, ISBN 0-19-507067-4.) Get access Bill Barbieri Bill Barbieri College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 80, Issue 1, June 1993, Page 253, h…
Liberalism and Contested Conceptions of the Good: The Limits of Neutrality
The view that the state should be neutral in its treatment of people holding controversial conceptions of the good life has become widespread in recent liberal political theory. I argue that the notion of neutrality found in much of this theory is overly broad. I specify the conditions under which neutral justifications of state actions are required for reasons based in moral egalitarian premises that the neutralists and I share. The main flaw in…
Liberalism and Political Allegiance in Anti-Federalist Political Thought
Disagreement between Federalists and Anti-Federalists over the Constitution hinged largely on empirical expectations regarding the ability of the proposed system of government to promote civic allegiance. I examine the views of allegiance offered by major Anti-Federalists and the political psychology on which they are based. I conclude, first, that Anti-Federalist political psychology is flawed, leaving the Constitution's opponents vulnerable to …
Feminism and Liberal Theory
In her article on "Freedom, Recognition, and Obligation: A Feminist Approach to Political Theory," published in the December 1989 issue of this Review, Nancy J. Hirschmann argued that a feminist methodology could breathe new and useful life into liberal political theory, relieving it of its structural sexism. In this Controversy, Richard C. Sinopoli takes issue with key claims made by Hirschmann. In turn, Hirschmann elaborates her case
Liberalism, Republicanism & the Constitution
The ideas of the founders have been a subject of ceaseless interest to students of American politics. This article explores the founders' conception of citizenship as expressed in the debates over ratification of the 1787 Constitution. The author argues that the "republican revisionist" interpretation of the founding does not explain satisfactorily the founders' views of civic obligation and civic virtue. A theory is presented to explain both the…
Associational Freedom, Equality, and Rights Against the State
Freedom of association has long been recognized as a fundamental freedom protected by the liberal state yet it has not received nearly the theoretical attention of other such freedoms as worship or speech. This essay explores a tension between two deeply held convictions of liberal theorists and citizens. First is that like-minded citizens should be free to assemble in order to pursue their conceptions of the good so long as they do not harm othe…
Liberalism, Republicanism & the Constitution
The ideas of the founders have been a subject of ceaseless interest to students of American politics. This article explores the founders' conception of citizenship as expressed in the debates over ratification of the 1787 Constitution. The author argues that the "republican revisionist" interpretation of the founding does not explain satisfactorily the founders' views of civic obligation and civic virtue. A theory is presented to explain both the…
The Unvarnished Doctrine: Locke, Liberalism, and the American Revolution. Steven M. Dworetz
Feminism and Liberal Theory
In her article on "Freedom, Recognition, and Obligation: A Feminist Approach to Political Theory," published in the December 1989 issue of this Review, Nancy J. Hirschmann argued that a feminist methodology could breathe new and useful life into liberal political theory, relieving it of its structural sexism. In this Controversy, Richard C. Sinopoli takes issue with key claims made by Hirschmann. In turn, Hirschmann elaborates her case
Liberal justice, national community
(1992). Liberal justice, national community. History of European Ideas: Vol. 15, No. 4-6, pp. 519-525
Liberalism and Political Allegiance in Anti-Federalist Political Thought
Disagreement between Federalists and Anti-Federalists over the Constitution hinged largely on empirical expectations regarding the ability of the proposed system of government to promote civic allegiance. I examine the views of allegiance offered by major Anti-Federalists and the political psychology on which they are based. I conclude, first, that Anti-Federalist political psychology is flawed, leaving the Constitution's opponents vulnerable to …
Liberal Republicans or Republican Liberals? The Political Thought of the Founders Reconsidered
Discussions of the political thought of the Founders once concentrated exclusively on the Federalists. The Antifederalist opponents of the Constitution were generally dismissed as men of little faith, consigned to the margins of the American political tradition. One of the distinguishing features of recent scholarship is its willingness to acknowledge that our constitutional tradition was shaped by the lively debate between Federalists and Antife…
The Foundations of American Citizenship: Liberalism, the Constitution, and Civic Virtue
Journal Article The Foundations of American Citizenship: Liberalism, the Constitution, and Civic Virtue. By Richard C. Sinopoli. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1992. viii + 215 pp. $32.50, ISBN 0-19-507067-4.) Get access Bill Barbieri Bill Barbieri College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 80, Issue 1, June 1993, Page 253, h…
Liberalism and Contested Conceptions of the Good: The Limits of Neutrality
The view that the state should be neutral in its treatment of people holding controversial conceptions of the good life has become widespread in recent liberal political theory. I argue that the notion of neutrality found in much of this theory is overly broad. I specify the conditions under which neutral justifications of state actions are required for reasons based in moral egalitarian premises that the neutralists and I share. The main flaw in…
The Foundations of American Citizenship: Liberalism, the Constitution, and Civic Virtue
The Political Philosophy of Thomas Jefferson
Associational Freedom, Equality, and Rights against the State
Understanding Thomas Jefferson: Studies in Economics, Law, and Philosophy
Journal Article Understanding Thomas Jefferson: Studies in Economics, Law, and Philosophy. By M. L. Burstein. (New York: St. Martin's, 1993. xxviii, 409 pp. $45.00, ISBN 0-312-08693-8.) Get access Richard C. Sinopoli Richard C. Sinopoli UC Davis Washington Center, Washington, D.C. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 81, Issue 3, December 1994, Pages 1290–1291, https://doi.or…
Is There Room for Truth in Politics? The Limitations of Perspectivism
Perspectivism is an epistemology deriving from Nietzsche that stresses the contextual nature of moral and political knowledge and raises doubts about the possibilities for a national justification of moral and political beliefs across particular traditions or paradigms of discourse. This article critiques several perspectivist approaches regarding political morality, leading the author to conclude that disagreements in political morality are bett…
Associational Freedom, Equality, and Rights Against the State
Freedom of association has long been recognized as a fundamental freedom protected by the liberal state yet it has not received nearly the theoretical attention of other such freedoms as worship or speech. This essay explores a tension between two deeply held convictions of liberal theorists and citizens. First is that like-minded citizens should be free to assemble in order to pursue their conceptions of the good so long as they do not harm othe…
Thick-Skinned Liberalism: Redefining Civility
Anorm of civilitydefines a standard of conduct that citizens can rightfully expect from strangers. What are appropriate norms of civility for citizens of liberal states? I argue that two approaches to civility are prominent in our political culture, one requiring "mere" tolerance, the other, that we affirm the worth of others' pursuits (and thereby the worth of those others). This split parallels a division in liberal theory between an interest-b…
Mirroring Modernity: America's Conflicting Identities
The modern idea of "nation" presupposes a moral community and a thick description of a distinctive moral character. Yet modern liberal principles prioritize the right over the good and avoid exclusive descriptions of national character lest they constrain individual autonomy and liberty. The American political experience-and the best reflections on it-exemplify and accentuate this tension. The United States is a "modern nation" and the strains in…
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