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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... decisions than perhaps any other presi— dent. Fred Greenstein's Hidden-Hand Presidency put a new gloss on Presi— dent Eisenhower.5 Charged with moral weakness in failing to publicly challenge Senator Joe McCarthy, Eisenhower's ...
... decisions than perhaps any other presi— dent. Fred Greenstein's Hidden-Hand Presidency put a new gloss on Presi— dent Eisenhower.5 Charged with moral weakness in failing to publicly challenge Senator Joe McCarthy, Eisenhower's ...
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... decision will increase human happiness. • Natural Rights Morality. Since all humans possess natural rights, actions and decisions bear the mark of moral approval if they do not violate the natural rights of others. ° Contractual ...
... decision will increase human happiness. • Natural Rights Morality. Since all humans possess natural rights, actions and decisions bear the mark of moral approval if they do not violate the natural rights of others. ° Contractual ...
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... decisions. Presidents come to the White House consciously or unconsciously influ— enced by one or more of these definitions of morality Then knowingly or unknowingly they draw upon them to strengthen their leadership. President Clinton ...
... decisions. Presidents come to the White House consciously or unconsciously influ— enced by one or more of these definitions of morality Then knowingly or unknowingly they draw upon them to strengthen their leadership. President Clinton ...
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... decision. Presi— dents daily confront division and discontent about definitions of the moral— ly acceptable, both in ... decisions. POLITICS AND THE MORAL KALEIDOSCOPE Politics floods American society today People and groups clamor for ...
... decision. Presi— dents daily confront division and discontent about definitions of the moral— ly acceptable, both in ... decisions. POLITICS AND THE MORAL KALEIDOSCOPE Politics floods American society today People and groups clamor for ...
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... decision-making. A primary intellectual architect of the New Deal, Rexford Tugwell, conceded that the Constitution ... decisions that they leave the individual justice free, if indeed they do not compel him, to gather meaning not from ...
... decision-making. A primary intellectual architect of the New Deal, Rexford Tugwell, conceded that the Constitution ... decisions that they leave the individual justice free, if indeed they do not compel him, to gather meaning not from ...
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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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