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The anthropology of the contemporary

From The Philosophers' Magazine, three scenes and a Moral: David Papineau on his philosophical development; and how emotional are moral judgments? Mathew Iredale investigates. A review of What is Good and Why: The Ethics of Well-Being by Richard Kraut. A review of Without Justification by Jonathan Sutton. The introduction to John Searle's Philosophy of Language: Force, Meaning and Mind. A review of A Life of H.L.A. Hart: The Nightmare and the Noble Dream by Nicola Lacey.  From TLS, a review of Ronald Dworkin's Is Democracy Possible Here? and Justice in Robes; and Exploring Law's Empire: The Jurisprudence of Ronald Dworkin. A review of Nozick, Autonomy and Compensation by Dale F. Murray. An interview with Henry Hardy on Isaiah Berlin's pluralism. A review of Le temps present: Écrits 1945-2005 by Claude Lefort. Dick Howard introduces Claude Lefort: From the critique of totalitarianism to the politics of democracy. The introduction to Marking Time: On the Anthropology of the Contemporary by Paul Rabinow.