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Kramnick, Isaac – William and Mary Quarterly, 1988
The "great national discussion" of 1787 involved deliberations, writings, debates, and speeches concerning the newly created U.S. Constitution. Both the framers and the critics of the Constitution utilized philosophies of: (1) republicanism; (2) Lockean liberalism; (3) work-ethic Protestantism; and (4) state-centered theories of power…
Descriptors: Constitutional History, Discourse Analysis, Discussion, Philosophy
