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Why We Are Restless - On The Modern Quest For Contentment

by Benjamin Storey e Jenna Silber Storey

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 A compelling exploration of how our pursuit of happiness makes us unhappy
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Democratic Faith

by Patrick Deneen

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 The American political reformer Herbert Croly wrote, "For better or worse, democracy cannot be disentangled from an aspiration toward human perfectibility." Democratic Faith is at once a trenchant analysis and a powerful critique of this underlying assumption that informs democratic theory. Patrick Deneen argues that among democracy's most ardent s
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The Supreme Court And Religion In American Life, Vol. 1 - The Odyssey Of The Religion Clauses

by James Hitchcock

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 Offers an exploration of the Supreme Court's approach to religion, offering a close look at various cases. This book traces the history of the way the Court has rendered important decisions involving religious liberty. It offers a fresh analysis of some of the Court's most important decisions in constitutional doctrine.
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The Supreme Court And Religion In American Life, Vol. 2 - From "Higher Law" To "Sectarian Scruples"

by James Hitchcock

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 Offers an analysis and interpretation of the Court's historical understanding of religion, explaining the revolutionary change that occurred in the 1940s. This book examines how a strict separation of church and state was sustained through the opinions of Jefferson and Madison, even though their views were those of the minority.
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Why We Are Restless - On The Modern Quest For Contentment

by Benjamin Storey e Jenna Silber Storey

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 A compelling exploration of how our pursuit of happiness makes us unhappy
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Speak Freely - Why Universities Must Defend Free Speech

by Keith E. Whittington

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 Examining such hot-button issues as trigger warnings, safe spaces, hate speech, disruptive protests, speaker disinvitations, the use of social media by faculty, and academic politics, "Speak Freely" describes the dangers of empowering campus censors to limit speech and enforce orthodoxy.
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Speak Freely - Why Universities Must Defend Free Speech

by Keith E. Whittington

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 Why free speech is the lifeblood of colleges and universitiesFree speech is under attack at colleges and universities today, with critics on and off campus challenging the value of open inquiry and freewheeling intellectual debate. Too often speakers are shouted down, professors are threatened, and classes are disrupted. In Speak Freely, Keith
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Leonhard Euler - Mathematical Genius In The Enlightenment

by Ronald S. Calinger

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 This is the first full-scale biography of Leonhard Euler (1707-83), one of the greatest mathematicians and theoretical physicists of all time. In this comprehensive and authoritative account, Ronald Calinger connects the story of Euler's eventful life to the astonishing achievements that place him in the company of Archimedes, Newton, and Gauss. Dr
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Praise And Blame - Moral Realism And Its Applications

by Daniel N. Robinson

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 Takes on the task of setting forth the contours of praise and blame. The author does so by mounting an important defense of a radical theory of moral realism and offering a critical appraisal of prevailing alternatives such as determinism and behaviorism and of their conceptual shortcomings.
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Oxygen - A Four Billion Year History

by Donald E. Canfield

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 The air we breathe is twenty-one percent oxygen, an amount higher than on any other known world. While we may take our air for granted, Earth was not always an oxygenated planet. How did it become this way? This title tells an account of the history of atmospheric oxygen on Earth.
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By Nature Equal - The Anatomy Of A Western Insight

by John E. Coons e Patrick M. Brennan

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 What do we mean when we refer to people as being equal by nature? This book argues that even if people possess unequal talents or are born into unequal circumstances, all may still be equal if it is true that human nature provides them the same access to moral self-perfection.
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Covenantal Rights - A Study In Jewish Political Theory

by David Novak

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 Intends to bring insights from the Jewish political tradition into political and legal debates about rights and to bring rights discourse into Jewish thought. This book presents a theory of rights founded on the covenant between God and the Jewish people as that covenant is constituted by Scripture and the rabbinic tradition.
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The Priority Of Love - Christian Charity And Social Justice

by Timothy P. Jackson

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 Explores the relation between agape (or Christian charity) and social justice. The author defines agape as the central virtue in Christian ethical thought and action and applies his insights to three concrete issues: political violence, forgiveness, and abortion.
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Hawks Of The Eastern Usa And Canada - A Field Guide

by Brian K. Wheeler

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That Eminent Tribunal - Judicial Supremacy And The Constitution

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 Should the Court undertake the task of guarding a wide variety of controversial and often unenumerated rights? This book brings together a distinguished group of legal scholars and political scientists who argue that the Court's power has exceeded its appropriate bounds, and that sound republican principles require greater limits on that power.
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Freedom'S Orphans - Contemporary Liberalism And The Fate Of American Children

by David L. Tubbs

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 Evaluating changes in liberal political theory and jurisprudence, particularly American liberalism after WWII, this book argues that the expansion of rights for adults has come at a high and generally unnoticed cost. It documents the indifference of liberal theorists and jurists to what were long deemed core elements of children's welfare.
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The Future Of Assisted Suicide And Euthanasia

by Neil M. Gorsuch

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 Provides an overview of the ethical and legal issues raised by assisted suicide and euthanasia. This work assesses the strengths and weaknesses of contemporary ethical arguments for assisted suicide and euthanasia. It explores evidence and case histories from the Netherlands and Oregon, where the practices have been legalized.
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From Subsistence To Exchange And Other Essays

by Peter Tamas Bauer

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 Shows the impact of people's conduct, their cultural institutions, and the policies of their governments on economic progress. This book includes the process that transforms a subsistence economy into an exchange economy, the correlation between poverty and population density, and the alleged responsibility of the West for Third World poverty.
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The Ambiguous Embrace - Government And Faith-Based Schools And Social Agencies

by Charles L. Glenn

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 Shows that faith-based schools and social agencies have been particularly effective, especially in meeting the needs of the most vulnerable. This work builds a comprehensive and persuasive case for faith-based organizations playing a far more active role in American schools and social agencies.
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Virtue And The Making Of Modern Liberalism

by Peter Berkowitz

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 William Bennett's moral guide for children, "A Book of Virtues", was a national bestseller. Yet, many continue to associate virtue with a prudish, Victorian morality. This book clarifies the fundamental issues, and presents analyses of four central figures in the making of modern liberalism: Hobbes, Locke, Kant, and Mill.
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Democratic Faith

by Patrick Deneen

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 Argues that among democracy's supporters there is a belief in the need to "transform" human beings in order to reconcile the reality of human self-interest with the ideal of selfless commitment. This book proposes a form of "democratic realism" that recognizes democracy the regime appropriate for imperfect humans.
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The Jewish Social Contract - An Essay In Political Theology

by David Novak

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 Begins by asking how a traditional Jew can participate politically and socially and in good faith in a modern democratic society, and ends by proposing a broad, inclusive notion of secularity. It shows how social contracts emerged, rooted in biblical notions of covenant, and how they developed in the rabbinic, medieval, and modern periods.
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Welfare And The Constitution

by Sotirios A. Barber

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 Defends the positive or "welfarist" view of Abraham Lincoln and the Federalist Papers. This book challenges conventional scholarship by arguing that the government has a constitutional duty to pursue the well-being of all the people.
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Plato'S Fable - On The Mortal Condition In Shadowy Times

by Joshua Mitchell

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 Offers insight into what, in Plato's view, is the central problem of life: the mortal propensity to adopt defective ways of answering the question of how to live well. This book seeks to explicate the meaning of Plato's central claim - that "only philosophy can save us."
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