The Virtuous Polity, The Accountable Polity
Liberty and Responsibility in The Federalist
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6376705 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael P Zuckert (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Publication date | 1992-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Publius The Journal of Federalism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0048-5950 • E-ISSN: 1747-7107 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pubjof.a037984 |
| OpenAlex | W2057557863 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
The Federalist claims to present a republican response to the typical political problems faced by republics. That solution required a departure from all models of republics known at that time, and in particular a break with Anti-Federalist models that posited heavy reliance on responsibility, understood as either political accountability or as moral and political virtue. The Federalist challenges the Anti-Federalist notion that a “no-gap polity” is the means to safe and effective republicanism. It also challenges those who believe that virtue of people or rulers is the precondition of a republican polity. Publius does require quasi-virlues of certain sorts—and thus does not rely entirely on calculating selfinterest—but these are significantly different from the virtues posited by earlier republican theorists or certain contemporary interpreters of The Federalist
Federalist · Law and economics · Political science · Politics · Polity · Sociology · Virtue · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Law · Legal and Constitutional Studies
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,07 |
| Citation span | 1997 - 2007 (11) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |