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Autor/in | Berns, Walter |
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Titel | The New Pursuit of Happiness. |
Quelle | In: Public Interest, (1987) 86, S.65-76 |
Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
Schlagwörter | Stellungnahme; Accountability; Civil Rights; Constitutional History; Constitutional Law; Cultural Differences; Economic Factors; Federal Government; Government Role; Governmental Structure; Happiness; Personal Autonomy; Religion; Social Change; United States History |
Abstract | Discusses the changes in American thinking and tolerance between the founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and the writing of the Constitution. Concludes that the right to pursue happiness allows everyone to personally define happiness. The government that secures that right will leave people alone to do as they wish. (PS) |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |