Recovering Republican Virtue in a Fractured Age
February 21, 2021
On February 24, AEI and Claremont McKenna College’s Salvatori Center cohosted a panel about the role of republican virtue in American life.
George Thomas of Claremont McKenna College noted a common misconception about American governance: We often think of the constitutional system as a self-sustaining mechanism. But it relies on civic virtue, which involves elevating the public good over one’s self-interest and working with political opponents.
