Talk by chief council for the Christic Institute, who examines the two schools of thought in the American Justice system: Utilitarian and Intuitive. The Utilitarian view attempts the greatest good for the whole, while the Intuitive approach attmpts the greatest good for the greatest number but includes something for the least well off. He examines major public policy issues, and the role of cosmology in solving these problems. One moral aspects is based on the ultimate unity of humanity; the other assumes no system of relationships except in economic terms. Sheehan traces the historical development of United States political thought from a religious to an economic system, and calls for a return to harmonious spiritual natural law.|AMERICAN POLITICS AND SPIRITUAL DEMOCRACY : WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD? / Daniel Sheehan. - Talk by chief council for the Christic Institute, who examines the two schools of thought in the American Justice system: Utilitariand and Intuitive. The Utilitarian view attempts the greatest good for the whole, while the Intuitive approach attmpts the greatest good for the greatest number but includes something for the least well off. He examines major public policy issues, and the role of cosmology in solving these problems. One moral aspects is based on the ultimate unity of humanity| the other assumes no system of relationships except in economic terms. Sheehan traces the historical development of United States political thought from a religious to an economic system, and calls for a return to harmonious spiritual natural law. - RECORDED: 15 Nov. 1987. BROADCAST: KPFK, 4 Aug. 1988.
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