When Kramnick is speaking about Liberalism, he speaks much about Locke’s Libertarianism. Meaning they believed in everyone having equal rights without jeopardizing liberties. Kramnick states that there was a divide amongst the colony. As stated in the Federalist number 10, land was as the center of this divide; it broke people up into creditor and debtors. The Federalist also states manufacturing and money interests played a role in this divide (Kramnick 6). Locke was against this divide, he quotes “justice gives every Man a Title to the product of his honest Industry” (Kramnick 6). Locke Madison and the Federalist believed in a liberal society where everyone should be treated fairly, and be respective of their “private rights” and “property rights” (Kramnick 6). Kramnick refers to CIvic humanism as the government should provide a place for this equality. The government should represent equal rights. As Hamilton states, “The idea of an actual …show more content…
The psychology hidden within Civic humanism is it focused on the “public” good over the “private” good (Kramnick 15). People such as John Adams worried that focusing on the private good would cause people to lose sight of patriotism toward the Commonwealth. When paper money evolved it became a threat to the public good (Kramnick 16). “Virtuous republicans” threatened Civic humanism. People were no longer focused on the common good and began concentrating on themselves and their own wealth. Work-ethic Protestantism. The psychology hidden within work-ethic Protestantism is that people believed your work-ethic determined how faithful you were to Protestantism. Working hard was considered salvation. The colonist obeyed because as Kramnick states “Daily labor sanctified and thus was both specific obligation and positive moral values” (18). They believed each man’s occupation was a gift from god. In turn this avoided laziness. SImilar to Locke, the work-ethic Protestants believed laziness is