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“…As he points out, "if the Declaration's anthropology provides an insufficient motive for a principled defense" for such things, "its theology, considered in full, supplies the deficiency" through its appeal to God as creator, judge, and providential protector of man in all his dignity. 14 Another, complementary way to view the ambiguity of the American founding might be suggested. Adam Smith is often thought to have held that private economic ambition would accomplish public prosperity through competition, without any need for virtue.…”
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“…As he points out, "if the Declaration's anthropology provides an insufficient motive for a principled defense" for such things, "its theology, considered in full, supplies the deficiency" through its appeal to God as creator, judge, and providential protector of man in all his dignity. 14 Another, complementary way to view the ambiguity of the American founding might be suggested. Adam Smith is often thought to have held that private economic ambition would accomplish public prosperity through competition, without any need for virtue.…”
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