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Shaping political outlook

Samuel Moyn (Columbia): Judith Shklar on the Philosophy of International Criminal Law. Bjorn Ostbring (Lund): Isaiah Berlin and the Liberal Dilemma of Education. John Oberdiek (Rutgers): The Ideal of Justice. Nicholas Vrousalis (Cambridge): Why Marxists Should Be Interested in Exploitation. Robert C. Hockett (Cornell): The Libertarian Welfare State. Matt Zwolinski reviews The Cambridge Companion to Nozick's Anarchy, State, and Utopia, ed. Ralf M. Bader and John Meadowcroft. David J. Riesbeck reviews Plato, Aristotle and the Purpose of Politics by Kevin M. Cherry. The genetics of politics: Slowly, and in some quarters grudgingly, the influence of genes in shaping political outlook and behaviour is being recognised. Rudolf Schussler reviews The Order of Public Reason: A Theory of Freedom and Morality in a Diverse and Bounded World by Gerald Gaus. Virginia Held reviews When the State Speaks, What Should It Say?: How Democracies Can Protect Expression and Promote Equality by Corey Brettschneider. If I ruled the world: Michael Sandel on why it is time to restore the distinction between good and gold.