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Class & Inequality, Philosophy & Religion

A More Perfect Meritocracy

Two new books take aim at the moral failures of meritocracy. But we can advocate for a more just society without giving up on merit.

Agnes Callard

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Philosophy & Religion

Global Justice, Philosophy & Religion

Land of My Dreams

Islamic liberalism under fire in India.

Martha C. Nussbaum

Global Justice, Law & Justice

A Response to David Mikhail’s Sleepwalker

We must focus on the laws that continue to put so many noncitizens— including legal residents —into detention and deportation proceedings.

Mark Dow

Philosophy & Religion, Politics

Against Cyber-Utopianism

Reflections on information technology and democracy. 

Joshua Cohen

Global Justice, Law & Justice

Sleepwalker

Forgetting Shakir Baloch.

David Mikhail

Arts in Society, Global Justice

Private Arrangements

“Recognizing sharia” in England.

John R. Bowen

Philosophy & Religion, Politics

Texting Toward Utopia

The problem with building public spheres from above, online or offline, is much like that of building Frankenstein’s monsters: we may not like the end product.

Evgeny Morozov

Law & Justice, Philosophy & Religion

Consensus History

In response to Sanford Levinson’s critique of Constitutional Conventions.

William Hogeland

Global Justice, Philosophy & Religion

History Matters, But So Does Politics

A response to William Hogeland’s “Constitutional Conventions.”

Sanford Levinson

Arts in Society, Philosophy & Religion

God

Philosophers weigh in.

Alex Byrne

Arts in Society, Law & Justice

The Mourner's Hope

Martha Nussbaum’s bat mitzvah talk.

Martha C. Nussbaum

Philosophy & Religion, Politics

Constitutional Conventions

Public history should make us think.

William Hogeland

Philosophy & Religion, Politics

Obama's Bolt from the Blue

. By restricting religious hiring rights, Obama’s faith-based initiative attacks the very thing it claims to be supporting. 

Lew Daly

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