Books
Rationality and Representation in Burke’s Bristol Speech
– "Rationality and Representation in Burke's Bristol Speech," Rational Decision, C.J. Friedrich, ed., pp. 197-216.Review of Moral Philosophy at Seventeenth-Century Harvard: A Discipline in Transition
– Review of Moral Philosophy at Seventeenth-Century Harvard: A Discipline in Transition, by N. Fiering, Review of Metaphysics, vol. 37 (September 1983): 116-18.The Teaching of Citizenship
– "The Teaching of Citizenship," PS, Spring 1984, pp. 211-215.Machiavelli’s The Prince
– A new translation with introduction, University of Chicago Press, 1985; second edition, with corrections and a glossary, 1998.Professional Education and the Examined Life: Defining Terms
– "Professional Education and the Examined Life: Defining Terms," Technology and Responsibility, Athanasios Moulakis, ed., College of Engineering and Applied Science, Boulder, Colorado, 1993, pp. 1-9.Harvey C. Mansfield, Jr., The Question of Conservatism
– "Harvey C. Mansfield, Jr., The Question of Conservatism," interview in Harvard Review of Philosophy, Spring 1993, pp. 30-47.Excerpt: HRP: What, in your view, is political philosophy and why should students and others care about it? Mansfield: Let me answer from the standpoint of philosophy. I would saythat… More
Foolish Cosmopolitanism
– "Foolish Cosmopolitanism," reply to Martha Nussbaum, Boston Review, October-November 1994, 10.Excerpt: Martha Nussbaum is one of the most eminent female philosophy professors of our time, but when it comes to politics, she’s a girl scout. Indeed, she has less useful… More
The Trouble with Stanley
– "The Trouble with Stanley," review of The Trouble with Principle, by Stanley Fish, National Review, 7 February 2000, 46-48.Excerpt: The trouble with principle, we learn from Stanley Fish, is that it does not necessarily accord with what we like. And when it doesn’t, instead of sacrificing our desires to… More
Philosophy as a Way of Life
– Blitz, Mark, "Philosophy as a Way of Life," National Endowment for the Humanities, 2007.Excerpt: A student who attends Harvard today might think of Harvey Mansfield as a tough-grading conservative who defends manliness on late night television. But in the early 1960s, many… More
Tocqueville: A Very Short Introduction
– Oxford University Press, 2010.Excerpt: In view of Tocqueville’s criticisms of philosophy, it may seem paradoxical and presumptuous to call him a philosopher. But he calls himself a “new kind of liberal,” and he… More
Is Machiavelli a Philosopher?
– Harvey C. Mansfield "Is Machiavelli a Philosopher?" Panel hosted by Program on Constitutional Government, Harvard University, September 19, 2013.Panel 1 (of 4) from a conference on the 500th anniversary of the writing of Niccolò Machiavelli’s The Prince, held on Thursday, September 19, 2013 and hosted by the Program on… More
Essays
Rationality and Representation in Burke’s Bristol Speech
– "Rationality and Representation in Burke's Bristol Speech," Rational Decision, C.J. Friedrich, ed., pp. 197-216.Review of Moral Philosophy at Seventeenth-Century Harvard: A Discipline in Transition
– Review of Moral Philosophy at Seventeenth-Century Harvard: A Discipline in Transition, by N. Fiering, Review of Metaphysics, vol. 37 (September 1983): 116-18.The Teaching of Citizenship
– "The Teaching of Citizenship," PS, Spring 1984, pp. 211-215.Machiavelli’s The Prince
– A new translation with introduction, University of Chicago Press, 1985; second edition, with corrections and a glossary, 1998.Professional Education and the Examined Life: Defining Terms
– "Professional Education and the Examined Life: Defining Terms," Technology and Responsibility, Athanasios Moulakis, ed., College of Engineering and Applied Science, Boulder, Colorado, 1993, pp. 1-9.Harvey C. Mansfield, Jr., The Question of Conservatism
– "Harvey C. Mansfield, Jr., The Question of Conservatism," interview in Harvard Review of Philosophy, Spring 1993, pp. 30-47.Excerpt: HRP: What, in your view, is political philosophy and why should students and others care about it? Mansfield: Let me answer from the standpoint of philosophy. I would saythat… More
Foolish Cosmopolitanism
– "Foolish Cosmopolitanism," reply to Martha Nussbaum, Boston Review, October-November 1994, 10.Excerpt: Martha Nussbaum is one of the most eminent female philosophy professors of our time, but when it comes to politics, she’s a girl scout. Indeed, she has less useful… More
The Trouble with Stanley
– "The Trouble with Stanley," review of The Trouble with Principle, by Stanley Fish, National Review, 7 February 2000, 46-48.Excerpt: The trouble with principle, we learn from Stanley Fish, is that it does not necessarily accord with what we like. And when it doesn’t, instead of sacrificing our desires to… More
Philosophy as a Way of Life
– Blitz, Mark, "Philosophy as a Way of Life," National Endowment for the Humanities, 2007.Excerpt: A student who attends Harvard today might think of Harvey Mansfield as a tough-grading conservative who defends manliness on late night television. But in the early 1960s, many… More
Tocqueville: A Very Short Introduction
– Oxford University Press, 2010.Excerpt: In view of Tocqueville’s criticisms of philosophy, it may seem paradoxical and presumptuous to call him a philosopher. But he calls himself a “new kind of liberal,” and he… More
Is Machiavelli a Philosopher?
– Harvey C. Mansfield "Is Machiavelli a Philosopher?" Panel hosted by Program on Constitutional Government, Harvard University, September 19, 2013.Panel 1 (of 4) from a conference on the 500th anniversary of the writing of Niccolò Machiavelli’s The Prince, held on Thursday, September 19, 2013 and hosted by the Program on… More
Commentary
Rationality and Representation in Burke’s Bristol Speech
– "Rationality and Representation in Burke's Bristol Speech," Rational Decision, C.J. Friedrich, ed., pp. 197-216.Review of Moral Philosophy at Seventeenth-Century Harvard: A Discipline in Transition
– Review of Moral Philosophy at Seventeenth-Century Harvard: A Discipline in Transition, by N. Fiering, Review of Metaphysics, vol. 37 (September 1983): 116-18.The Teaching of Citizenship
– "The Teaching of Citizenship," PS, Spring 1984, pp. 211-215.Machiavelli’s The Prince
– A new translation with introduction, University of Chicago Press, 1985; second edition, with corrections and a glossary, 1998.Professional Education and the Examined Life: Defining Terms
– "Professional Education and the Examined Life: Defining Terms," Technology and Responsibility, Athanasios Moulakis, ed., College of Engineering and Applied Science, Boulder, Colorado, 1993, pp. 1-9.Harvey C. Mansfield, Jr., The Question of Conservatism
– "Harvey C. Mansfield, Jr., The Question of Conservatism," interview in Harvard Review of Philosophy, Spring 1993, pp. 30-47.Excerpt: HRP: What, in your view, is political philosophy and why should students and others care about it? Mansfield: Let me answer from the standpoint of philosophy. I would saythat… More
Foolish Cosmopolitanism
– "Foolish Cosmopolitanism," reply to Martha Nussbaum, Boston Review, October-November 1994, 10.Excerpt: Martha Nussbaum is one of the most eminent female philosophy professors of our time, but when it comes to politics, she’s a girl scout. Indeed, she has less useful… More
The Trouble with Stanley
– "The Trouble with Stanley," review of The Trouble with Principle, by Stanley Fish, National Review, 7 February 2000, 46-48.Excerpt: The trouble with principle, we learn from Stanley Fish, is that it does not necessarily accord with what we like. And when it doesn’t, instead of sacrificing our desires to… More
Philosophy as a Way of Life
– Blitz, Mark, "Philosophy as a Way of Life," National Endowment for the Humanities, 2007.Excerpt: A student who attends Harvard today might think of Harvey Mansfield as a tough-grading conservative who defends manliness on late night television. But in the early 1960s, many… More
Tocqueville: A Very Short Introduction
– Oxford University Press, 2010.Excerpt: In view of Tocqueville’s criticisms of philosophy, it may seem paradoxical and presumptuous to call him a philosopher. But he calls himself a “new kind of liberal,” and he… More
Is Machiavelli a Philosopher?
– Harvey C. Mansfield "Is Machiavelli a Philosopher?" Panel hosted by Program on Constitutional Government, Harvard University, September 19, 2013.Panel 1 (of 4) from a conference on the 500th anniversary of the writing of Niccolò Machiavelli’s The Prince, held on Thursday, September 19, 2013 and hosted by the Program on… More
Multimedia
Rationality and Representation in Burke’s Bristol Speech
– "Rationality and Representation in Burke's Bristol Speech," Rational Decision, C.J. Friedrich, ed., pp. 197-216.Review of Moral Philosophy at Seventeenth-Century Harvard: A Discipline in Transition
– Review of Moral Philosophy at Seventeenth-Century Harvard: A Discipline in Transition, by N. Fiering, Review of Metaphysics, vol. 37 (September 1983): 116-18.The Teaching of Citizenship
– "The Teaching of Citizenship," PS, Spring 1984, pp. 211-215.Machiavelli’s The Prince
– A new translation with introduction, University of Chicago Press, 1985; second edition, with corrections and a glossary, 1998.Professional Education and the Examined Life: Defining Terms
– "Professional Education and the Examined Life: Defining Terms," Technology and Responsibility, Athanasios Moulakis, ed., College of Engineering and Applied Science, Boulder, Colorado, 1993, pp. 1-9.Harvey C. Mansfield, Jr., The Question of Conservatism
– "Harvey C. Mansfield, Jr., The Question of Conservatism," interview in Harvard Review of Philosophy, Spring 1993, pp. 30-47.Excerpt: HRP: What, in your view, is political philosophy and why should students and others care about it? Mansfield: Let me answer from the standpoint of philosophy. I would saythat… More
Foolish Cosmopolitanism
– "Foolish Cosmopolitanism," reply to Martha Nussbaum, Boston Review, October-November 1994, 10.Excerpt: Martha Nussbaum is one of the most eminent female philosophy professors of our time, but when it comes to politics, she’s a girl scout. Indeed, she has less useful… More
The Trouble with Stanley
– "The Trouble with Stanley," review of The Trouble with Principle, by Stanley Fish, National Review, 7 February 2000, 46-48.Excerpt: The trouble with principle, we learn from Stanley Fish, is that it does not necessarily accord with what we like. And when it doesn’t, instead of sacrificing our desires to… More
Philosophy as a Way of Life
– Blitz, Mark, "Philosophy as a Way of Life," National Endowment for the Humanities, 2007.Excerpt: A student who attends Harvard today might think of Harvey Mansfield as a tough-grading conservative who defends manliness on late night television. But in the early 1960s, many… More
Tocqueville: A Very Short Introduction
– Oxford University Press, 2010.Excerpt: In view of Tocqueville’s criticisms of philosophy, it may seem paradoxical and presumptuous to call him a philosopher. But he calls himself a “new kind of liberal,” and he… More
Is Machiavelli a Philosopher?
– Harvey C. Mansfield "Is Machiavelli a Philosopher?" Panel hosted by Program on Constitutional Government, Harvard University, September 19, 2013.Panel 1 (of 4) from a conference on the 500th anniversary of the writing of Niccolò Machiavelli’s The Prince, held on Thursday, September 19, 2013 and hosted by the Program on… More
Teaching
Rationality and Representation in Burke’s Bristol Speech
– "Rationality and Representation in Burke's Bristol Speech," Rational Decision, C.J. Friedrich, ed., pp. 197-216.Review of Moral Philosophy at Seventeenth-Century Harvard: A Discipline in Transition
– Review of Moral Philosophy at Seventeenth-Century Harvard: A Discipline in Transition, by N. Fiering, Review of Metaphysics, vol. 37 (September 1983): 116-18.The Teaching of Citizenship
– "The Teaching of Citizenship," PS, Spring 1984, pp. 211-215.Machiavelli’s The Prince
– A new translation with introduction, University of Chicago Press, 1985; second edition, with corrections and a glossary, 1998.Professional Education and the Examined Life: Defining Terms
– "Professional Education and the Examined Life: Defining Terms," Technology and Responsibility, Athanasios Moulakis, ed., College of Engineering and Applied Science, Boulder, Colorado, 1993, pp. 1-9.Harvey C. Mansfield, Jr., The Question of Conservatism
– "Harvey C. Mansfield, Jr., The Question of Conservatism," interview in Harvard Review of Philosophy, Spring 1993, pp. 30-47.Excerpt: HRP: What, in your view, is political philosophy and why should students and others care about it? Mansfield: Let me answer from the standpoint of philosophy. I would saythat… More
Foolish Cosmopolitanism
– "Foolish Cosmopolitanism," reply to Martha Nussbaum, Boston Review, October-November 1994, 10.Excerpt: Martha Nussbaum is one of the most eminent female philosophy professors of our time, but when it comes to politics, she’s a girl scout. Indeed, she has less useful… More
The Trouble with Stanley
– "The Trouble with Stanley," review of The Trouble with Principle, by Stanley Fish, National Review, 7 February 2000, 46-48.Excerpt: The trouble with principle, we learn from Stanley Fish, is that it does not necessarily accord with what we like. And when it doesn’t, instead of sacrificing our desires to… More
Philosophy as a Way of Life
– Blitz, Mark, "Philosophy as a Way of Life," National Endowment for the Humanities, 2007.Excerpt: A student who attends Harvard today might think of Harvey Mansfield as a tough-grading conservative who defends manliness on late night television. But in the early 1960s, many… More
Tocqueville: A Very Short Introduction
– Oxford University Press, 2010.Excerpt: In view of Tocqueville’s criticisms of philosophy, it may seem paradoxical and presumptuous to call him a philosopher. But he calls himself a “new kind of liberal,” and he… More
Is Machiavelli a Philosopher?
– Harvey C. Mansfield "Is Machiavelli a Philosopher?" Panel hosted by Program on Constitutional Government, Harvard University, September 19, 2013.Panel 1 (of 4) from a conference on the 500th anniversary of the writing of Niccolò Machiavelli’s The Prince, held on Thursday, September 19, 2013 and hosted by the Program on… More