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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 →

Gold Winner, 2008 Book of the Year Award, ForeWord Magazine About This Book About the Authors Reviews Table of Contents An essential American dream—equal access to higher education—was becoming a reality with the GI Bill and civil rights movements after … Continue reading →

A Guardian Book of the Year, 2010 First Things Notable Book of 2010 About This Book About the Authors Reviews On the one hundredth anniversary of the death of William James, Robert Richardson, author of the magisterial William James: In … Continue reading →

About This Book About the Authors The fox knows many things, the Greeks said, but the hedgehog knows one big thing. In his most comprehensive work Ronald Dworkin argues that value in all its forms is one big thing: that … Continue reading →

About This Book About the Authors Reviews About Carl Newell Jackson Lectures Fusing high scholarship with high drama, Anthony Grafton and Joanna Weinberg uncover a secret and extraordinary aspect of a legendary Renaissance scholar’s already celebrated achievement. The French Protestant … Continue reading →

A Sunday Herald Book of the Year, 2010 About This Book About the Authors Reviews Table of Contents When Tony Tanner died in 1998, the world lost a critic who was as sensitive a reader of Jane Austen as he … Continue reading →

About This Book About the Authors Reviews Table of Contents Informal in tone yet serious in content, this book serves as a lively and accessible guide for readers discovering the tradition of political thought that dates back to Socrates and … Continue reading →