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Beyond Blame

Barbara H. Fried leads a forum on blame, moral philosophy, and public philosophy with replies from Paul Bloom, Brian Leiter, T. M. Scanlon, and others. Plus, Vivian Gornick on Albert Camus; Calvin Bedient defends “heart” poetry against “head” poetry, and more.

 

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FOUNDATIONS

 

State of the Nation: Ages and Wages

Gary Burtless

 

Dispatch: High in Uruguay

Michelle García

 

Made in America: Extremely Local

Claude S. Fischer

 

Karlan’s Court: The Constitution Without the Court

Pamela S. Karlan

 

Eyewitness: The Ride

Philip Cheung

 

FORUM

 

Beyond Blame

Barbara H. Fried

With responses from Christina Korsgaard, Paul Bloom, Gideon Rosen, Erin Kelly, Brian Leiter, Adriaan Lanni, George Sher, Mike Konczal, and T.M. Scanlon.

 

CONTEXT

 

Twelve Absent Men: Rebuilding the American Jury

Albert W. Dzur

 

PRIVATE LIFE

 

The Book: Finding Nazi Loot

Karlin Andert and Niko Kohls

 

FICTION

 

There Are Two Pools You May Drink From

Kerry-Lee Powell

 

BOOKS AND IDEAS

 

The Republic of Choosing: A Behaviorist Goes to Washington

William H. Simon

 

Empire’s Wasteland: Camus’s Algerian Chronicles

Vivian Gornick

 

White Flights: Fiction’s Racial Landscape

Jess Row

 

Debts: In Peter Stamm’s World, We All Have Them

Roger Boylan

 

ON POETRY

 

Poet’s Sampler

Jessica Laser

 

Against Conceptualism: Defending the Poetry of Affect

Calvin Bedient

 

ON FILM

 

The Greater Gatsby: Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby

Alan A. Stone

 

POEMS

 

Aubade

Joanna Klink

 

KY

Jennifer Kronovet

 

Here in the Birthplace of Cilantro

Jeff Encke

 

Mound

Christopher Phelps

 

Same-Day Resolution

Trey Moody

 

Divide and Conquer Algorithm for the Pacifist

Jeff Encke

 

1776

Claire Sylvester Smith

 

Celebrity Dream Poems

Noah Falck

Forum 

Beyond Blame

Barbara H. Fried — with responses from:

CHRISTINE KORSGAARDPAUL BLOOMGIDEON ROSENERIN KELLYBRIAN LEITERADRIAAN LANNIGEORGE SHERMIKE KONCZAL, AND T. M. SCANLON.


Editors’ Note
Deborah Chasman and Joshua Cohen

Foundations

State of the Nation: Ages and Wages
Gary Burtless
High in Uruguay
Michelle García
Made in America: Extremely Local
Claude S. Fischer
Karlan’s Court: The Constitution Without the Court
Pamela S. Karlan

Context

Twelve Absent Men: Rebuilding the American Jury
Albert W. Dzur

Private Life

The Book: Finding Nazi Loot
Karin Andert and Niko Kohls

Fiction

Books & Ideas

The Republic of Choosing: A Behaviorist Goes to Washington
William H. Simon
Empire’s Wasteland: Camus’s Algerian Chronicles
Vivian Gornick
Debts: In Peter Stamm’s World, We All Have Them
Roger Boylan

On Poetry

Poet’s Sampler
Jessica Laser, introduced by Mark Levine
Against Conceptualism: Defending the Poetry of Affect
Calvin Bedient

On Film

The Greater Gatsby: Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby
Alan A. Stone

 

Poems

Aubade and Aubade
Joanna Klink
 
KY
Jennifer Kronovet
 
Here in the Birthplace of Cilantro and Divide and Conquer Algorithm for the Pacifist
Jeff Encke
 
Mound
Christopher Phelps
 
Samde-Day Resolution
Trey Moody
 
1776
Claire Sylvester Smith
 
Celebrity Dream Poems
Noah Falck

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