1. Barnard Chester, The Functions of the Executive (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1982), p. 278.
2. I am using the notion of spheres in a way that is roughly analogous to that developed by the political philosopher Michael Walzer. His analysis of distributive justice is based upon a division of social life into different spheres of activities—each centered upon different goods—such as health or education. Walzer argues that the moral standards governing the distribution of each of these goods derive not from some grand, overarching theory of justice but rather from the particular meanings associated with a good in a particular community with a particular history. See Walzer Michael, Spheres of Justice (New York, NY: Basic Books, 1983), pp. 3–30.
3. Tawney Richard H., Religion and the Rise of Capitalism (New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1926), p. 184.