http://www.heritage.org/research/ The Heritage Foundation Papers: Political Philosophy Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:10:09 EST http://www.heritage.org/ui/icons/thflogo.gif http://www.heritage.org/ en-us heritage.org Copyright 2009 The Heritage Foundation How long are we going to keep this experiment, this America? We are "testing whether this nation can long endure," Lincoln said at Gettysburg. We're still testing. http://www.heritage.org/Research/PoliticalPhilosophy/fp7.cfm The Heritage Foundation - Michael Novak Political Philosophy Mon, 06 Nov 2006 10:00:57 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/PoliticalPhilosophy/fp7.cfm The Supreme Court's conception of Jefferson's "wall of separation" is all too often used to separate religion from public life, but the founders viewed religion as an indispensable support for social order and political prosperity. Serious consideration must be given to whether that wall accurately represents constitutional principles and usefully contributes to American democracy and civil society. http://www.heritage.org/Research/PoliticalPhilosophy/fp6.cfm The Heritage Foundation - Daniel L. Dreisbach Political Philosophy Fri, 23 Jun 2006 16:48:59 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/PoliticalPhilosophy/fp6.cfm The goal of a jurisprudence of originalism is to preserve the Constitution inviolable. Judges are entitled to respect when asserting that a law is null and void only when they can back up such assertions with a persuasive explanation of how the law violates the meaning of the Constitution as it was framed and ratified. http://www.heritage.org/Research/PoliticalPhilosophy/fp5.cfm The Heritage Foundation - Keith E. Whittington Political Philosophy Mon, 01 May 2006 13:10:39 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/PoliticalPhilosophy/fp5.cfm The United States, more than any other nation in history, beckons to all those "yearning to breathe free." The objective is not "my country, right or wrong," but for the immigrant to come to regard this nation as my country: an enlightened patriotism based on an understanding of and commitment to America, what it stands for, and who we are as a people. http://www.heritage.org/Research/PoliticalPhilosophy/fp3.cfm The Heritage Foundation - Matthew Spalding, Ph.D. Political Philosophy Fri, 17 Mar 2006 10:17:39 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/PoliticalPhilosophy/fp3.cfm The Culture-Creed distinction that some commentators apply to the conservative movement favors the Cultural category and attempts, with no basis in principle or fact, to place faith inside of Culture, suggesting a natural grouping of traditionalists and religious conservatives in opposition to natural-rights or neoconservatives. Its effects could have serious and negative implications for the conservative movement. http://www.heritage.org/Research/PoliticalPhilosophy/hl926.cfm The Heritage Foundation - James W. Ceaser, Ph.D. Political Philosophy Fri, 17 Mar 2006 11:16:43 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/PoliticalPhilosophy/hl926.cfm America, once an experiment unique in the world, is now the last best hope for the world. By making sacrifices for America, we bind ourselves to those great patriots who fought at Yorktown, Gettysburg, and Iwo Jima and prove ourselves worthy of the blessings of freedom. History will view America as a great gift to the world, a gift that Americans today must preserve and cherish. http://www.heritage.org/Research/PoliticalPhilosophy/fp1.cfm The Heritage Foundation - Dinesh D'Souza Political Philosophy Thu, 23 Feb 2006 13:34:20 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/PoliticalPhilosophy/fp1.cfm The founders crafted our Constitution to reflect the balanced constitution of the Roman Republic, but they also understood, with the Romans, that patriotism must vitalize every constitution, that the institutions of freedom are very difficult to transfer, that freedom is not a universal value, and that people, over and over again, have chosen security over the awesome responsibilities of self-government. http://www.heritage.org/Research/PoliticalPhilosophy/hl917.cfm The Heritage Foundation - J. Rufus Fears, Ph.D. Political Philosophy Mon, 19 Dec 2005 11:40:47 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/PoliticalPhilosophy/hl917.cfm Restoring America's meaning will require the revival of constitutional and political federalism as an animating principle of our way of life, as well as teaching our young people that America was created by individuals willing to risk "their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor" and that it is their responsibility to pass that sentiment on to the next generation. http://www.heritage.org/Research/PoliticalPhilosophy/hl912.cfm The Heritage Foundation - The Honorable Eugene W. Hickok, Ph.D. Political Philosophy Fri, 02 Dec 2005 15:47:46 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/PoliticalPhilosophy/hl912.cfm Essential traits like civility, restraint, and loyalty are not sustainable for long without deeply rooted social and cultural institutions devoted to the formation of character, most notably the traditional family and traditional religious institutions, and America's culture is unimaginable apart from the sense of pride and moral responsibility that Americans derive from being a carrier of universal values. http://www.heritage.org/Research/PoliticalPhilosophy/hl911.cfm The Heritage Foundation - Wilfred M. McClay, Ph.D. Political Philosophy Mon, 28 Nov 2005 09:51:55 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/PoliticalPhilosophy/hl911.cfm America's cultural war has lasted about a century and a half. The 1960s and 1970s clash of ideas and attitudes was but a particularly gaudy episode in a very old conflict, and the change in the role of America's universities since World War II may have been the single most altering cultural circumstance in current U.S. history. http://www.heritage.org/Research/PoliticalPhilosophy/hl910.cfm The Heritage Foundation - Midge Decter Political Philosophy Mon, 21 Nov 2005 12:30:59 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/PoliticalPhilosophy/hl910.cfm