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Making Waves with Philosophy

A conversation with Harvard professor Michael Sandel

by Lydialyle Gibson

Toward a Liberal Realist Foreign Policy

On January 20, you will inherit a legacy of trouble: Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, Palestine, North Korea for starters. Failure to manage any one of...