02458cam a2200337 i 4500 127697 20230404125808.0 140407s2014 nyua b 001 0 eng 18105461 2014009825 9780871406903 (hardcover) DLC eng DLC rda DLC pcc n-us--- 002 E 221 A425o 2014 973.313 Allen, Danielle S., 1971- Our Declaration : a reading of the Declaration of Independence in defense of equality / Danielle Allen. First edition. New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a Division of W. W. Norton & Company, 2014. 315 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-299) and index. Part I. Origins -- Night teaching -- Patrimony -- Loving democracy -- Animating the Declaration -- Part II. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? -- The writer -- The politicos -- The Committee -- The editors -- The people -- Part III. The art of democratic writing -- On memos -- On moral sense -- On doing things with words -- On words and power -- Part IV. Reading the course of events -- When in the course of human events... -- Just another word for river -- One people -- We are your equals -- An echo -- Part V. Facing necessity -- ...it becomes necessary... -- The laws of nature -- And nature's god -- Kinds of necessity -- Part VI. Matters of principle -- We hold these truths... -- Sound bites -- Sticks and stones -- Self-interest? -- Self-evidence -- Magic tricks -- The creator -- Creation -- Beautiful optimism -- Part VII. Matters of fact -- Prudence... -- Dreary pessimism -- Life's turning points -- Tyranny -- Facts? -- Life histories -- Plagues -- Portrait of a tyrant -- The thirteenth way of looking at a tyrant -- The use and abuse of history -- Dashboards -- On potlucks -- If actions speak louder than words... -- Responsiveness -- Part VIII. Drawing conclusions -- We must, therefore, acquiesce... -- Friends, enemies, and blood relations -- On oath -- Real equality -- What's in a name? United States. Declaration of Independence Criticism, Textual. Equality United States. Igualdad Estados Unidos. lcc bk 4864 4864 0 0 lcc 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2023-04-04 1 0 002 E 221 A425o 2014 00000120968 2018-10-23 00:00:00 1 2018-10-23 bk