Morehead State University
Theoretical Foundations of Public Policy: Exploring the Dialectical Conversation from Aristotle to Leo Strauss
Institution
Morehead State University
Faculty Advisor/ Mentor
Michael Hail
Abstract
Research on the "core" epistemological texts of the Western tradition is essential for understanding American constitutionalism and public policy. As such, the RAPP 490 senior seminar course conducted research on seminal texts in the social sciences as a venue for understanding policymaking and likewise, the Undergraduate Research Fellow program provided a research opportunity under which a Homeland Security policy study examining privacy rights was conducted from the same theoretical basis. These "core" works in each study examined institutions and society against the breadth of history and theory regarding human nature and governance. Leo Strauss, Theodore Lowi, Alexis de Tocqueville, John Stuart Mill and Aristotle are among the core political theorists whose works were examined in the research.
Theoretical Foundations of Public Policy: Exploring the Dialectical Conversation from Aristotle to Leo Strauss
Research on the "core" epistemological texts of the Western tradition is essential for understanding American constitutionalism and public policy. As such, the RAPP 490 senior seminar course conducted research on seminal texts in the social sciences as a venue for understanding policymaking and likewise, the Undergraduate Research Fellow program provided a research opportunity under which a Homeland Security policy study examining privacy rights was conducted from the same theoretical basis. These "core" works in each study examined institutions and society against the breadth of history and theory regarding human nature and governance. Leo Strauss, Theodore Lowi, Alexis de Tocqueville, John Stuart Mill and Aristotle are among the core political theorists whose works were examined in the research.