Freedom and the Public Author:Donald Meiklejohn The main concerns of this compelling book are to demonstrate that in America today freedom and the public are inherently linked, to recognize that a American public capable of archieving freedom as a public good does exist, and to show how Americans develop and conform their unique public morality when they exercise the privileges and responsibi... more »lities of self-government. Concluding with reflections on the vital implications of the American public morality for the rest of the world, it is an argument that has criticial importance for both domestic and international relations now and in the extended future.« less