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Named a Best Book of 2022 by NPR “This amazing new book . . . takes us on a journey through classic and contemporary philosophy powered by questions like ‘What do we have the right to do? When is it okay to do this or that?’ They explore punishment and authority and sex and gender and race and the n... Read More about Nasty, Brutish, and Short: Adventures in Philosophy with Kids

An NPR Best Book of 2022 * One of Christian Science Monitor's 10 best books of May“This amazing new book . . . takes us on a journey through classic and contemporary philosophy powered by questions like ‘What do we have the right to do? When is it okay to do this or that?’ They explore punishment an... Read More about Nasty, Brutish, and Short: Adventures in Philosophy with My Kids

A powerful argument for the essential role of morality in law, getting at the heart of key debates in public life. What is law? And how does it relate to morality? It's common to think that law and morality are different ways of regulating our lives. But Scott Hershovitz says that this is a mistak... Read More about Law Is a Moral Practice

Exploring Law's Empire is a collection of essays examining the work of Ronald Dworkin in the philosophy of law and constitutionalism. A group of leading legal theorists develop, defend and critique the major areas of Dworkin's work, including his criticism of legal positivism, his theory of law as i... Read More about Exploring Law's Empire: The Jurisprudence of Ronald Dworkin

Exploring Law's Empire is a collection of essays examining the work of Ronald Dworkin in the philosophy of law and constitutionalism. A group of leading legal theorists develop, defend and critique the major areas of Dworkin's work, including his criticism of legal positivism, his theory of law as i... Read More about Exploring Law's Empire: The Jurisprudence of Ronald Dworkin