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336Decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) are a new, rapidly-growing class of organizations governed by smart contracts. Here we describe how researchers can contribute to the emerging science of DAOs and other digitally-constituted organizations. From granular privacy primitives to mechanism designs to model laws, we identify high-impact problems in the DAO ecosystem where existing gaps might be tackled through a new data set or by applying tools and ideas from existing research fields such…Read more
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334Ethics of Decentralized Social Technologies: Lessons from Web3, the Fediverse, and BeyondEdmond and Lily Safra Center for Ethics. 2023.This paper argues that the plethora of experiments with decentralized social technologies (DSTs)—clusters of which are sometimes called “the Web 3.0 ecosystem” or “the Fediverse”—have brought us to a constitutional moment. These technologies enable radical innovations in social, economic, and political institutions and practices, with the potential to support transformative approaches to political economy. They demand governance innovation. The paper develops a framework of prudent vigilance for…Read more
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146A Roadmap for Governing AI: Technology Governance and Power Sharing LiberalismHarvard Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation. 2024.This paper aims to provide a roadmap to AI governance. In contrast to the reigning paradigms, we argue that AI governance should not be merely a reactive, punitive, status-quo-defending enterprise, but rather the expression of an expansive, proactive vision for technology—to advance human flourishing. Advancing human flourishing in turn requires democratic/political stability and economic empowerment. Our overarching point is that answering questions of how we should govern this emerging technol…Read more
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76An Ethical Framework for Research Using Genetic AncestryPerspectives in Biology and Medicine 66 (2): 225-248. 2023.ABSTRACT:A wide range of research uses patterns of genetic variation to infer genetic similarity between individuals, typically referred to as genetic ancestry. This research includes inference of human demographic history, understanding the genetic architecture of traits, and predicting disease risk. Researchers are not just structuring an intellectual inquiry when using genetic ancestry, they are also creating analytical frameworks with broader societal ramifications. This essay presents an et…Read more
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55ANTIPHON M. Gagarin: Antiphon the Athenian. Oratory, Law, and Justice in the Age of the Sophists . Pp. xi + 222. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2002. Cased, $40. ISBN: 0-292-72841-7. A. Hourcade: Antiphon d'Athènes. Une pensée de l'individu . Pp. 182. Paris: Editions OUSIA, 2001. Paper. ISBN: 2-87060-091- (review)The Classical Review 54 (02): 310-. 2004.
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46Why Plato WroteWiley-Blackwell. 2010._Why Plato Wrote_ argues that Plato was not only the world’s first systematic political philosopher, but also the western world’s first think-tank activist and message man. Shows that Plato wrote to change Athenian society and thereby transform Athenian politics Offers accessible discussions of Plato’s philosophy of language and political theory Selected by Choice as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2011
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39Education, Justice, and Democracy (edited book)University of Chicago Press. 2013.Rarely have these separate approaches been brought into the same conversation. Education, Justice, and Democracy does just that, offering an intensive discussion by highly respected scholars across empirical and philosophical disciplines.
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37Review: Antiphon d'Athenes. Une pensee de l'individu (review)The Classical Review 54 (2): 310-312. 2004.
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30The Origins of Political PhilosophyIn George Klosko (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of the History of Political Philosophy, Oxford University Press. pp. 75. 2011.
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30Changing the Authoritative Voice: Lycurgus' "Against Leocrates"Classical Antiquity 19 (1): 5-33. 2000.Lycurgus' "Against Leocrates" has long been seen as an anomaly in the oratorical corpus by scholars of ancient rhetoric. Its extensive use of quotations from the poets and of personification are two features regularly picked out as especially odd and inexplicable by critics. This paper argues that these and other features of the speech are central to Lycurgus' attempt to persuade his jury to accept his radically un-Athenian political views. In fact, Lycurgus has rejected Athenian approaches to p…Read more
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16Why Plato WroteWiley-Blackwell. 2010._Why Plato Wrote_ argues that Plato was not only the world’s first systematic political philosopher, but also the western world’s first think-tank activist and message man. Shows that Plato wrote to change Athenian society and thereby transform Athenian politics Offers accessible discussions of Plato’s philosophy of language and political theory Selected by Choice as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2011
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16Book Review: Sharing Democracy, by Michaele L. FergusonSharing Democracy, by FergusonMichaele L.New York: Oxford University Press, 2012 (review)Political Theory 43 (6): 850-854. 2015.
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13IndexIn Neville Morley (ed.), Why Plato Wrote, Blackwell. 2012-12-10.This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Against Writing The Hole in the Argument Spotting the Defense of Philosophical Writing A Sociology of Symbols The Psychological Power of Symbols.
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12The World of Prometheus: the Politics of Punishing in Democratic AthensPrinceton University Press. 2000.The common view is that democratic legal processes moved away from the "emotional and personal" to the "rational and civic," but Allen shows that anger, honor, reciprocity, spectacle, and social memory constantly prevailed in Athenian law and politics."--Jacket.
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12What Plato WroteIn Neville Morley (ed.), Why Plato Wrote, Blackwell. 2012-12-10.This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Plato's Choice Platonic Dialogues: A Multipurpose Genre The Republic as Theoretical Model Plato Politikos.
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12The Case for InfluenceIn Neville Morley (ed.), Why Plato Wrote, Blackwell. 2012-12-10.This chapter contains sections titled: Philosophy in Politics The Case for Influence A Culture War.
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11The Philosopher as Shadow‐MakerIn Neville Morley (ed.), Why Plato Wrote, Blackwell. 2012-12-10.This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Salvaging Shadows The Meaning of Pragmatic Efficacy The Sources of Pragmatic Efficacy The Noble Lie Why Plato Wrote.
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11Culture War ConcludedIn Neville Morley (ed.), Why Plato Wrote, Blackwell. 2012-12-10.This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction The Politics of the 330s Who Was Fighting Whom? What Were Lycurgus and Demosthenes Fighting About? Why Fight over Plato? The End of the Culture War Conclusion.
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10How Plato LivedIn Neville Morley (ed.), Why Plato Wrote, Blackwell. 2012-12-10.This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction The Seventh Letter on Writing The Seventh Letter on Ways of Life.
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9Culture War EmergentIn Neville Morley (ed.), Why Plato Wrote, Blackwell. 2012-12-10.This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction The Politics of the 350s and 340s The Emergence of the Culture War, or the Man with the Good Memory.
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9The Philosopher as Model‐MakerIn Neville Morley (ed.), Why Plato Wrote, Blackwell. 2012-12-10.This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Discovering a Defensible Kind of Philosophical Writing Imitators vs. Constitution‐Painters The Necessary and Sufficient Criterion of Philosophical Writing.
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8Who Was Plato?In Neville Morley (ed.), Why Plato Wrote, Blackwell. 2012-12-10.The prelims comprise: Half‐Title Page Wiley Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Page Table of Contents Acknowledgments Abbreviations.
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Appendix 2: A Second Tri‐partite Division of the Soul?In Neville Morley (ed.), Why Plato Wrote, Blackwell. 2012-12-10.
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Appendix 3: Miso‐ Compounds in Greek LiteratureIn Neville Morley (ed.), Why Plato Wrote, Blackwell. 2012-12-10.