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Peer reviewedHartoonian, Michael – Social Science Record, 1990
Discusses the eighteenth-century view of virtue as an end in itself. Observes that property, prosperity, and individualistic attitudes were essential aspects of economic virtue, whereas majority rule became a central tenet of civic virtue. Explains that public education and governmental checks and balances were seen as means of promoting economic…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Civics, Free Enterprise System, Higher Education
