Gerard Drosterij (Tilburg): The Distinctiveness of Politics: Political Theory as a Third-Order Construction. Martha Nussbaum (Chicago): Perfectionist Liberalism and Political Liberalism. Thom Brooks (Newcastle): Respect for Nature: The Capabilities Approach. Hendrik Gommer (Tilburg): Law as a Reflection of Emotion and Human Nature. Mathilde Cohen (Columbia): The Social Epistemology of Public Institutions. Gillian Hadfield (USC) and Stephen Macedo (Princeton): Rational Reasonableness: Toward a Positive Theory of Public Reason. Joel I. Colon-Rios (Victoria) and Martin Hevia (Torcuato): From Redistribution to Recognition. Paul Turpin (Pacific): Rethinking Distributive Justice: The Relational Ground for Commutative Justice. Winnifred Fallers Sullivan (SUNY-Buffalo): Joan’s Two Bodies: A Study in Political Anthropology. From the inaugural issue of The Art of Theory, John P. McCormick (Chicago): Defending the People from the Professors: Machiavelli and Democracy; Sharon Krause (Brown): Moral Sentiment and the Politics of Human Rights; and an interview with Michael Sandel. From Modern Age, Pierre Manent on the greatness and misery of liberalism; and a review of A World beyond Politics? A Defense of the Nation-State by Pierre Manent. Are there natural human rights? Michael Boylan wonders. A review of Human Dignity by George Kateb. Waiting for St. Vladimir: An admirer of Alasdair MacIntyre’s moral philosophy rejects his political economy. Do multicultural policies erode trust in redistributive programs? Andreas Follesdal investigates. Taking inequality seriously: Here is a lost interview (2006) with Brian Barry. Zygmunt Bauman on justice and how to know it is there.
