The philosophical antecedents of American ideology / Robert C. Whittenmore -- Ideology, objectivity, and political theory / Douglas B. Rasmussen -- The republican ideology / Andrew J. Reck -- Self-interest and American ideology / Douglas J. Den Uyl -- Property rights and the decent society / Tibor R. Machan -- Ideology and the American economy / Gordon C. Bjork -- Ideology and United States foreign policy / P. Edward Haley -- Is there an American ideology? / Morton A. Kaplan -- Ideology and the American future, reflections toward public philosophy / John K. Roth