The Scarlet Thread of Scandal: Morality and the American PresidencyRowman & Littlefield Publishers, 22.12.1999 - 224 Seiten Never before have Americans been more concerned about the moral dimensions of presidential leadership. What role should morality play in the decision making of our most powerful elected official? What did the Founders think about the significance of morality in this cherished political institution? Does the private behavior of a president influence his or her ability to lead our nation? In The Scarlet Thread of Scandal, eminent scholar Charles W. Dunn turns a penetrating eye to the history of presidential scandals to answer these and other pressing questions. Scandals are surely nothing new in the White House_ever since the creation of the republic, presidents have made morally questionable judgments, whether constitutional, ethical, legal, or personal. In eloquent and judicious prose, Dunn chronicles the numerous controversies in presidential history, paying particular attention to their impact on the American people and public memory. The Scarlet Thread of Scandal will make all Americans think differently about past, present, and future presidents. |
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... character looms larg— er in the public mind when the nation's economy is poorer, while a healthy economy stifles interest in moral scandal. Each view offers sound arguments and illuminates our understanding of moral scandals. In short ...
... character looms larg— er in the public mind when the nation's economy is poorer, while a healthy economy stifles interest in moral scandal. Each view offers sound arguments and illuminates our understanding of moral scandals. In short ...
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... character of the opposition, calling them names, charging them with perpetrating falsehood and attempting to link them to conspiracies. Nixon and his supporters charged that Archibald Cox, the independent prosecutor, was part of a ...
... character of the opposition, calling them names, charging them with perpetrating falsehood and attempting to link them to conspiracies. Nixon and his supporters charged that Archibald Cox, the independent prosecutor, was part of a ...
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... character. Conservatism and liberalism, Right and Left, ofler conflicting explanations of America's origins and competing visions of America's future. For exam— ple, conservatives usually advocate limited government and lower taxes ...
... character. Conservatism and liberalism, Right and Left, ofler conflicting explanations of America's origins and competing visions of America's future. For exam— ple, conservatives usually advocate limited government and lower taxes ...
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... character. They distinguished between Clinton the president and Clinton the person. CONTRARY DEFINITIONS OF MORALITY As a system of ideas about good and bad, right and wrong, morality appears to have an easily defensible definition.The ...
... character. They distinguished between Clinton the president and Clinton the person. CONTRARY DEFINITIONS OF MORALITY As a system of ideas about good and bad, right and wrong, morality appears to have an easily defensible definition.The ...
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... presidency is a place of leadership conditioned by personal moral character, the constraints and pressures that mold the nation's moral con— dition, and moral issues themselves.Together they shape the exercise of. 14 CHAPTER ONE.
... presidency is a place of leadership conditioned by personal moral character, the constraints and pressures that mold the nation's moral con— dition, and moral issues themselves.Together they shape the exercise of. 14 CHAPTER ONE.
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5 TARNISHING THE GOLDEN AGE 19611975 | 113 |
6 POSTMODERN PRESIDENTIAL MORALITY | 137 |
7 THE SEAMLESS GARMENT OF MORALITY | 165 |
NOTES | 187 |
1 THE SCARLET THREAD OF SCANDAL | 1 |
2 THE MORAL KALEIDOSCOPE | 17 |
3 ORIGINS OF MORAL CONFLICT IN THE MODERN ERA | 41 |
4 PRESIDENTIAL SCANDAL IN A GOLDEN AGE 19321960 | 79 |
5 TARNISHING THE GOLDEN AGE 19611975 | 113 |
6 POSTMODERN PRESIDENTIAL MORALITY | 137 |
7 THE SEAMLESS GARMENT OF MORALITY | 165 |
NOTES | 187 |
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