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About This Book About the Authors Reviews “What does it mean to say that we live in a secular age?” This apparently simple question opens into the massive, provocative, and complex A Secular Age, where Charles Taylor positions secularism as … Continue reading →

About This Book About the Authors Reviews Table of Contents Almost every thoughtful person wonders at some time why morality says what it says and how, if at all, it speaks to us. David Wiggins surveys the answers most commonly … Continue reading →

About This Book About the Authors Reviews Like David Hume, whose work on justice she engages here, Annette C. Baier is a consummate essayist: her spirited, witty prose captures nuances and telling examples in order to elucidate important philosophical ideas. … Continue reading →

A Globe and Mail Best Book of 2009 An Economist Best Book of 2009 About This Book About the Authors Reviews Table of Contents Social justice: an ideal, forever beyond our grasp; or one of many practical possibilities? More than … Continue reading →

About This Book About the Authors Reviews Table of Contents Why should we avoid doing moral wrong? The inability of philosophy to answer this question in a compelling manner—along with the moral skepticism and ethical confusion that ensue—result, Stephen Darwall … Continue reading →

About This Book About the Authors Reviews At the intersection of two sweeping global trends—the rise of popular support for principles of theocratic governance and the spread of constitutionalism and judicial review—a new legal order has emerged: constitutional theocracy. It … Continue reading →