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The Prince
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The Prince

By Niccolò Machiavelli , Tim Parks (translator) ,

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The Second Sex
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The Second Sex

By Simone de Beauvoir , Constance Borde (translator) , Sheila Malovany-Chevallier (translator)

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A Theory of Justice
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By John Rawls ,

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The Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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The Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau

By Jean-Jacques Rousseau , J. Cohen (translator) ,

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The Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787
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The Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787

By Gordon S. Wood ,

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The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution
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The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution

By Bernard Bailyn ,

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Between Past and Future: Eight Exercises in Political Thought
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Between Past and Future

By Hannah Arendt , Jerome Kohn ,

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Free: Coming of Age at the End of History
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Free

By Lea Ypi ,

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Placeless People: Writings, Rights, and Refugees
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Placeless People

By Lyndsey Stonebridge ,

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Eight Bookes of the Peloponnesian Warre
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Eight Bookes of the Peloponnesian Warre

By Thomas Hobbes , David Grene ,

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Where's the Rest of Me? The Autobiography of Ronald Reagan
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Where's the Rest of Me? The Autobiography of Ronald Reagan

By Ronald Reagan ,

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Strangers in Our Midst: The Political Philosophy of Immigration
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Strangers in Our Midst

By David Miller ,

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The Tyranny of the Ideal: Justice in a Diverse Society
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The Tyranny of the Ideal

By Gerald Gaus ,

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Little Red Book of Selling: 12.5 Principles of Sales Greatness: How to Make Sales Forever
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Little Red Book of Selling

By Jeffrey Gitomer ,

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Friends Divided: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
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Friends Divided

By Gordon S. Wood ,

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Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation
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Founding Brothers

By Joseph J. Ellis ,

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Hamilton, Adams, Jefferson: The Politics of Enlightenment and the American Founding
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Hamilton, Adams, Jefferson

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Responsibility for Justice
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Responsibility for Justice

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Poverty and Famines: An Essay on Entitlement and Deprivation
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Poverty and Famines

By Amartya Sen ,

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Justice for Hedgehogs
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Justice for Hedgehogs

By Ronald Dworkin ,

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The Morality of Freedom
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The Morality of Freedom

By Joseph Raz ,

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Offense to Others
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Offense to Others

By Joel Feinberg ,

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Adam Smith
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Adam Smith

By Craig Smith ,

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The Just Economy: Principles of Political Economy Volume IV
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The Just Economy

By James E. Meade ,

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Democracy and Political Ignorance: Why Smaller Government Is Smarter
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Democracy and Political Ignorance

By Ilya Somin ,

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Our Declaration: A Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Defense of Equality
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Our Declaration

By Danielle Allen ,

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The American Language of Rights
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The American Language of Rights

By Richard A. Primus ,

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The Political Philosophy of AI: An Introduction
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The Political Philosophy of AI

By Mark Coeckelbergh ,

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Between Samaritans and States: The Political Ethics of Humanitarian INGOs
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Between Samaritans and States

By Jennifer C. Rubenstein ,

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Transnational Cosmopolitanism: Kant, Du Bois, and Justice as a Political Craft
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Transnational Cosmopolitanism

By Inés Valdez ,

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Basic Rights: Subsistence, Affluence, and U.S. Foreign Policy
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Basic Rights

By Henry Shue ,

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Political Theory and International Relations
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Political Theory and International Relations

By Charles R. Beitz ,

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The Myth of Choice: Personal Responsibility in a World of Limits
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The Myth of Choice

By Kent Greenfield ,

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The Mind of the Master Class
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The Mind of the Master Class

By Elizabeth Fox-Genovese , Eugene D. Genovese ,

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Plato and the City
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Plato and the City

By Jean-Francois Pradeau , Janet Lloyd (translator) ,

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The Prince
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The Prince

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