• The foundations and normative parameters of a political philosophy of education 

    Corso, Joseph William (University of Missouri--Columbia, 1973)
    This dissertation establishes the foundations for a fully developed political philosophy of education, as that enterprise has been traditionally conceived and as it has been exemplified in the "great works" which demarcate ...
  • Friendship : the forgotten meaning of a vital nexus in political life 

    Landwehr, Stephana J. (University of Missouri--Columbia, 1972)
    This dissertation will demonstrate that men have aesthetic, ascetic, and therapeutic capacities with public ramifications. It will demonstrate that these capacities enable men with different values, goals, rules, and ...
  • Normative political community : the necessary condition for justice 

    Feldman, David Lewis (University of Missouri--Columbia, 1979)
    In this dissertation, I develop a theory of political community through an analysis of human needs for fellowship on the one hand, and a synthesis of numerous critiques of the liberal state on the other. My thesis is that ...