Author : Garrett Ward Sheldon
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2003-02-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0801871069
The Political Philosophy of James Madison by Garrett Ward Sheldon Pdf
Tracing the history of Madison's thought to his early education in Protestant theology, Sheldon argues that it was a fear of the potential "tyranny of the majority" over individual rights, along with a firmly Calvinist suspicion of the motives of sinful men, that led him to support a constitution creating a strong central government with power over state laws. In this way, Madison aimed to protect individual liberties and provide checks to "spiteful" human interests and selfish parochial prejudices.