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Franklin Delano Roosevelt has been claimed by critics and admirers alike to have repudiated or “transcended” the natural rights liberalism associated with the American founding in the name of legal realism or Benthamite utilitarianism. In this paper I argue that Roosevelt, unlike many of his Progressive predecessors, self-consciously grounded his defense of economic rights in the philosophical, historical, and constitutional principles of early American liberalism. Moreover, I argue that this defense was not merely rhetorical but represented a reasoned and good faith effort to work within the terms of the “old social contract” to secure goods which were implicit in it philosophically and pursued in its name historically. |
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| Webb, Derek. "The Natural Rights Liberalism of Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Economic Rights and the American Political Tradition" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Hyatt Regency Chicago and the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers, Chicago, IL, Aug 30, 2007 <Not Available>. 2009-05-27 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p210805_index.html> |
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| Webb, D. A. , 2007-08-30 "The Natural Rights Liberalism of Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Economic Rights and the American Political Tradition" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Hyatt Regency Chicago and the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers, Chicago, IL Online <APPLICATION/PDF>. 2009-05-27 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p210805_index.html |
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Abstract: Franklin Delano Roosevelt has been claimed by critics and admirers alike to have repudiated or “transcended” the natural rights liberalism associated with the American founding in the name of legal realism or Benthamite utilitarianism. In this paper I argue that Roosevelt, unlike many of his Progressive predecessors, self-consciously grounded his defense of economic rights in the philosophical, historical, and constitutional principles of early American liberalism. Moreover, I argue that this defense was not merely rhetorical but represented a reasoned and good faith effort to work within the terms of the “old social contract” to secure goods which were implicit in it philosophically and pursued in its name historically. |
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| The Natural Rights Liberalism of Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Economic Rights and the American Political Tradition Prepared for Presentation at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association Chicago IL August 30-September 2 2007 Derek A. Webb Ph.D. Candidate Department of Political Science University of Notre Dame The Natural Rights Liberalism of Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Economic Rights and the American Political Tradition I. Introduction On January 25 1936 Franklin Roosevelt wrote a brief letter to Mr. A. L. |
| in the terms of the old-fashioned liberalism. Understanding why and how he attempted this task may help us better understand how he fits into the American political tradition. And thinking through the ways in which he believed economic rights were anchored in the civil political and natural rights of the earlier liberalism may help organize and clarify our own thoughts about the proper implementation of economic rights in our own day. 82 Milkis 60. Although despite her own pointed |
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