# Testing the National Covenant: Fears and Appetites in American Politics

In his recent book, ethicist William May argues that the biblical idea of a covenant, which binds people together for a common good, offers a more promising way to deal with national problems than the language of contract, which is grounded in self-interest alone.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2012
- By: Library Of Congress
- Genres: History, Religion
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688813/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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