Thomas Storck, Government, Society, and the Human Good
Patrick Deneen, Beyond Wishful Thinking: A Response to Schlueter
Both contrast James Madison's theory of government with an Aristotelian-Thomistic one. But can Madison be used to represent the Anglo-American political tradition in its entirety (and thus "prove" that the tradition or the American founding was liberal in its "essence")?
If Madison's theory of government is applicable at all "levels" (most importantly, to the sovereign states), then it should rightly be criticized. But to link Madison to those who presently oppose the Federal government from expanding its reach beyond the Constitution? Not all Constitutionalists are principled libertarians.
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