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Article: Hoover Institution Press: Never a Matter of Indifference, Edited by Peter Berkowitz.
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- November 18, 2003
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STANFORD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 18, 2003
Never a Matter of Indifference (Hoover Institution Press, 2003), the first book generated by the Hoover Institution's Initiative on American Individualism and Values, reveals how, over the last several decades, public policy in the United States has weakened the institutions of civil society -- which play a critical role in forming and sustaining the qualities of mind and character crucial to democratic self-government.
In this volume, the contributors examine:
-- How we deal with the tension between liberty (doing what you
want) and virtue (doing ...