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3CHAPTER 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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10CHAPTER 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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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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20DIALOGUE 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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103When 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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37Argument 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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24Eco-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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