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Castle Lecture Series by Michael Walzer

11 primary works • 11 total works
The Castle Lectures, endowed by Mr. John K. Castle, honor his ancestor, the Reverend James Pierpont, one of Yale’s founders. Given by prominent public figures, the lectures are intended to promote reflection on the moral foundations of society and government and to enhance understanding of ethical issues facing individuals in our complex modern soc…
On Toleration
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3.45 · 175 Ratings · 10 Reviews · published 1997 · 30 editions
What kinds of political arrangements enable people…

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    Diplomacy for the Next Century
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    3.47     · 17 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 1998 · 6 editions
    In this wise and eloquent book, one of the world’s…

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    How Democratic Is the American Constitution?
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    3.69     · 746 Ratings · 74 Reviews · published 2001 · 31 editions
    “Robert A. Dahl . . . is about as covered in honor…

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    Hollywood Westerns and American Myth: The Importance of Howard Hawks and John Ford for Political Philosophy
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    3.95     · 79 Ratings · 8 Reviews · published 2010 · 4 editions
    In this pathbreaking book one of America’s most di…

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    The Moral Economy: Why Good Incentives Are No Substitute for Good Citizens
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    3.85     · 219 Ratings · 28 Reviews · 4 editions
    Why do policies and business practices that ignore…

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    The Question of Intervention: John Stuart Mill and the Responsibility to Protect
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    3.78     · 18 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 2015 · 7 editions
    The question of when or if a nation should interve…

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    The Democratic Faith: Essays on Democratic Citizenship
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    4.00     · 1 Ratings · 2 editions
    Can the citizens of a democracy be trusted to run …

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    African States Since Independence: Order, Development, and Democracy
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    4.00     · 7 Ratings · 2 editions
    Authors Christensen and Laitin argue that an inter…

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    The Hidden Face of Rights: Toward a Politics of Responsibilities
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    4.00     · 12 Ratings · 1 Reviews · 2 editions
    Why we cannot truly implement human rights unless …

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    That Is Not Who We Are!: Populism and Peoplehood
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    4.50     · 8 Ratings · 3 Reviews · 2 editions
    How can liberals offer “stories of peoplehood” tha…

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    Constitutional Processes and Democratic Commitment
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    From one of our leading scholars of comparative co…

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