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13Sophocles, Sisterhood, and IndividualitySophocles and the Language of Tragedy, by GoldhillSimon. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012, 296 pp.Antigone, Interrupted, by HonigBonnie. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013, 321 pp.Private Lives, Public Deaths: Antigone and the Invention of Individuality, by StraussJonathan. New York: Fordham University Press, 2013, 216 pp (review)Political Theory 43 (1): 118-127. 2015.
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37Does Rational Ignorance Imply Smaller Government, or Smarter Democratic Innovation?Critical Review: A Journal of Politics and Society 27 (3): 350-361. 2015.Ilya Somin argues that in light of the public's rational political ignorance we should make government smaller. But his account of the phenomenon of rational ignorance does not justify his policy prescription of smaller government; on the contrary, it implies that we should revamp the current framework of democratic institutions. This is because, since Somin fails to set out a principled basis on which to value democracy even in the face of rational ignorance, he cannot explain why we should wan…Read more
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10CHAPTER 3. DemocracyIn The Birth of Politics: Eight Greek and Roman Political Ideas and Why They Matter, Princeton University Press. pp. 93-128. 2014.
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5CHAPTER 6. CosmopolitanismIn The Birth of Politics: Eight Greek and Roman Political Ideas and Why They Matter, Princeton University Press. pp. 215-240. 2014.
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8CHAPTER 8. SovereigntyIn The Birth of Politics: Eight Greek and Roman Political Ideas and Why They Matter, Princeton University Press. pp. 285-312. 2014.
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11CHAPTER 1. JusticeIn The Birth of Politics: Eight Greek and Roman Political Ideas and Why They Matter, Princeton University Press. pp. 25-56. 2014.
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11CHAPTER 7. RepublicIn The Birth of Politics: Eight Greek and Roman Political Ideas and Why They Matter, Princeton University Press. pp. 241-284. 2014.
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21DIALOGUE IN PLATO - Long Conversation and Self-Sufficiency in Plato. Pp. viii + 184. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. Cased, £30, US$55. ISBN: 978-0-19-969535-5 (review)The Classical Review 64 (2): 395-397. 2014.
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104When the experts are uncertain: Scientific knowledge and the ethics of democratic judgmentEpisteme 11 (1): 97-118. 2014.Can ordinary citizens in a democracy evaluate the claims of scientific experts? While a definitive answer must be case by case, some scholars have offered sharply opposed general answers: a skeptical versus an optimistic. The article addresses this basic conflict, arguing that a satisfactory answer requires a first-order engagement in judging the claims of experts which both skeptics and optimists rule out in taking the issue to be one of second-order assessments only. Having argued that such fi…Read more
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39Argument and agreement in Plato's CritoHistory of Political Thought 19 (3): 313-330. 1998.It is argued that the Crito hinges on the relation between words and deeds. Socrates sets out a standard of agreement reached through persuasive argument or words. In this case the argument is deliberative: a general shared principle (do not do wrong) is juxtaposed to a particular minor premise (this act of escape is wrong) to reach a conclusion (do not escape). Crito baulks at the perception of the minor premise. At this juncture the Laws of Athens are introduced, who set out a standard of agre…Read more
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27Eco-Republic: What the Ancients Can Teach Us About Ethics, Virtue, and Sustainable LivingPrinceton University Press. 2011."This edition of Eco-Republic is published by arrangement with Peter Lang Ltd; first published in 2011 by Peter Lang Ltd"--T.p. verso.
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