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Author Conklin, Carli N., 1975- author.

Title The pursuit of happiness in the founding era : an intellectual history / Carli N. Conklin
Published Columbia, Missouri : University of Missouri, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 241 pages)
Series Studies in constitutional democracy
Studies in constitutional democracy.
Contents Part I: The Pursuit of Happiness in Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England. Placement and Purpose: A New Science of Jurisprudence -- An Enlightenment Epistemology: Anglican Theology and Scottish Common Sense Philosophy -- Improvement and Perfection of the Common Law: History and Architecture -- Part II: The Pursuit of Happiness in the Declaration of Independence. Textual Context: Placement, Drafting, and Structure -- "No New Ideas": Four Strands of Founding Era Thought -- Intermingling of the Four Strands -- Convergence of the Four Strands: The Pursuit of Happiness -- Part III: The Pursuit of Happiness: A Private Right and a Public Duty. A Single Definition with Dual Applications -- Improvement and Perfection from the Commentaries Forward -- Conclusion -- Appendices. I. Historiography of William Blackstone and the Commentaries -- II. Historiography of the Pursuit of Happiness in the Declaration of Independence -- III. Blackstone's Commentaries, Introduction, Section the Second, Of the Nature of Laws in General, pp. 38-44 -- IV. Jefferson's "original Rough draught" of the Declaration of Independence with Thomas Jefferson's, John Adams's, and Benjamin Franklin's Edits Included, as Reconstructed by Carl Becker -- V. The Declaration of Independence with Edits by the Continental Congress Marked, as Reconstructed by Carl Becker -- VI. The Declaration of Independence, a Transcript from the National Archives
Summary "Scholars have long debated the meaning of happiness, yet have tended to define it narrowly, missing its larger context. They have focused on a single intellectual tradition, most commonly the political philosophy of Locke, and on the use of the term within a single text, the Declaration of Independence. Carli Conklin considers happiness across a variety of intellectual traditions, and focuses on its usage in two key legal texts of the Founding Era: Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England, as well as the Declaration. In so doing, she makes several contributions to the fields of early American intellectual and legal history"-- Provided by publisher
"This work is an intellectual history of the pursuit of happiness. Scholars have long debated the meaning of the term, yet have tended to define it too narrowly, missing its larger context. They have focused on a single intellectual tradition, most commonly the political philosophy of Locke, and on the use of the term within a single text, the Declaration of Independence. The present work considers the term across a variety of intellectual traditions, and focuses on its usage in two key legal texts of the Founding Era: Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England as well as the Declaration. In so doing, it makes several contributions to the fields of early American intellectual and legal history"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 26, 2019)
Subject Locke, John, 1632-1704.
Blackstone, William, 1723-1780. Commentaries on the laws of England.
SUBJECT Blackstone, William, 1723-1780. Commentaries on the laws of England
Locke, John, 1632-1704
Locke, John, 1632-1704 fast
(FrPBN)16693997 États-Unis Constitution. ram
Subject United States. Declaration of Independence.
United States. Constitution.
SUBJECT Commentaries on the laws of England (Blackstone, William) fast
Constitution (United States) fast
Declaration of Independence (United States) fast
Subject Constitutional history -- United States.
Separation of powers -- United States
Political science -- Philosophy.
Democracy -- United States -- History
PHILOSOPHY -- Political.
HISTORY -- United States -- Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
LAW -- Natural Law.
LAW -- Constitutional.
LAW -- Public.
Constitutional history
Democracy
Political science -- Philosophy
Separation of powers
Histoire constitutionnelle -- États-Unis.
Séparation des pouvoirs -- États-Unis -- Histoire.
Démocratie -- États-Unis -- Histoire.
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2018049476
ISBN 0826274277
9780826274274
0826221858
9780826221858