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Justice, human nature, and political obligation / by Kaplan, Morton A.(CARDINAL)138068;
Includes bibliographical references and index.1360L
Subjects: Justice.; Natural law.; Ethics.;
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I am not your enemy : a memoir / by Winner, Reality,1991-,author.;
Reality Winner was a twenty-five-year-old translator for the NSA when she read a classified document revealing what she assumed would make headlines during a time of unprecedented leaking: After blatant lies by the Trump administration and public silence by the NSA, there had in fact been foreign interference in the 2016 US election. In a breach of NSA protocol, she impulsively printed it, smuggled it out of the building, and mailed it to The Intercept, which published it and then promptly informed the NSA. For her crime, she received the longest prison sentence ever imposed on a government-affiliated employee convicted of a single count of leaking classified information and spent more than four years in federal prison. Now, for the first time, Winner tells her own story: her unusual childhood in South Texas, with a brilliant but unstable father whose obsession with politics, ancient history, philosophy, and religion sparked her own interests in ancient civilizations and the study of foreign languages, including Latin, Arabic, Farsi, Dari, and Pashto; her patriotism, after 9/11, which led her to enlist in the Air Force and join the NSA, where the work she did in the hope of protecting American security was part of the US campaign in Afghanistan; and, most movingly, her life in the American prison system and how it nearly broke her. I Am Not Your Enemy is Winner's bold, brave examination of the moral choices that compel us to act, as well as an account of the risks one young woman took to protect her country and the price she paid for it. It is also a powerful argument for standing up for what you believe in during uncertain times -- an inspiring message as relevant now as it was when she made her fateful decision.
Subjects: Informational works.; Autobiographies.; Winner, Reality, 1991-; United States. National Security Agency; Whistle blowers; Activism; Espionage, American.; Political obligation; Whistle blowing;
© [2025], Spiegel & Grau,
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 5
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The political constitution : the case against judicial supremacy / by Weiner, Greg,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-198) and index.A republican constitution -- The politics of obligation -- Madison's judges -- The antipolitical constitution -- Cases and controversies.Who should decide what is constitutional? The Supreme Court, of course, both liberal and conservative voices say--but in a bracing critique of the "judicial engagement" that is ascendant on the legal right, Greg Weiner makes a cogent case to the contrary. His book, The Political Constitution, is an eloquent political argument for the restraint of judicial authority and the return of the proper portion of constitutional authority to the people and their elected representatives. What Weiner calls for, in short, is a reconstitution of the political commons upon which a republic stands. At the root of the word "republic" is what Romans called the res publica, or the public thing. And it is precisely this--the sense of a political community engaging in decisions about common things as a coherent whole--that Weiner fears is lost when all constitutional authority is ceded to the judiciary. His book calls instead for a form of republican constitutionalism that rests on an understanding that arguments about constitutional meaning are, ultimately, political arguments. What this requires is an enlargement of the res publica, the space allocated to political conversation and a shared pursuit of common things. Tracing the political and judicial history through which this critical political space has been impoverished, The Political Constitution seeks to recover the sense of political community on which the health of the republic, and the true working meaning of the Constitution, depend.
Subjects: Political questions and judicial power; Judicial power; Judicial review.;
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America in retreat : the decline of US leadership from WW2 to COVID-19 / by Pembroke, Michael,1955-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Origins -- Outcomes -- Consequences -- Criticism -- The future -- Shifting alliances.The story of how America turned its back on the world...
Subjects: History.; International obligations.; Treaties.; Presidents; Presidents;
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Defence of Socrates ; Euthyphro ; Crito / by Plato.(CARDINAL)148214; Gallop, David.(CARDINAL)206308;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 81-110) and indexes.These new translations of the Defence of Socrates, the Euthyphro, and the Crito present Plato's remarkable dramatizations of the momentous events surrounding the trial of Socrates in 399 BC, on charges of irreligion and corrupting the young. They form a dramatic and thematic sequence, raising fundamental questions about the basis of moral, religious, legal, and political obligation. The Introduction provides a stimulating philosophical and historical analysis of these texts, complemented by useful explanatory notes and an index of names.
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Political writings / by Locke, John,1632-1704.(CARDINAL)144901; Wootton, David,1952-(CARDINAL)725649;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 462-470).Letter to S.H. [Henry Stubbe] (mid-September? 1659) -- Letter to Tom (20 October 1659) -- From: "Question : whether the civil magistrate may lawfully impose and determine the use of indifferent things in reference to religious worship. Answer: yes" (First tract on government, 1660) -- "Preface to the reader" from the First tract on government (1661) -- "Question: can the civil magistrate specify indifferent things to be included within the order of divine worship, and impose them upon the people? Answer: yes" (Second tract on government, c. 1662) -- "Question: is each man's private interest the foundation of the law of nature? Answer: no" (Essays on the law of nature, no. VIII, 1664) -- Letter to the Hon. Robert Boyle (12/22 December 1665) -- An essay concerning toleration (1667) -- The fundamental constitutions of Carolina (1669) -- "Philanthropy, or, the Christian philosophers" (1675) -- "Obligation of penal laws" (Journal, 25 February 1676) -- "Law" (Journal, 21 April 1678) -- "Credi, disgrace"(Journal, 12 December 1678) -- "The idea we have of God" (Journal, 1 August 1680) -- "Inspiration" (Journal, 3 April 1681) --"Virtus" (1681; from the 1661 Commonplace book) -- From The first treatise of government (c. 1681) -- "Two sorts of knowledge" (Journal, 26 June 1681) -- The second treatise of government : an essay concerning the true original, extent, and end of civil government (c. 1681) -- Letter to Edward Clarke (27 January/6 February 1685) -- A letter concerning toleration (1685) -- Letter to Edward Clarke (29 January/8 February 1689) -- Preface to Two treatises of government (1689) -- "Labour" (1693; from the 1661 Commonplace book) -- "Venditio" (1695; from the 1661 Commonplace book) -- Draft of a representation containing a scheme of methods for the employment of the poor / proposed by Mr Locke, the 26th October 1697.
Subjects: Political science.; Political science; Political science;
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The women of Pemberley : a companion volume to Jane Auten's Pride and prejudice / by Collins, Rebecca Ann.(CARDINAL)489180;
The Women of Pemberley follows the lives of five women, some from the beloved works of Jane Austen, some new, into post industrial revolution England, at the start of the Victorian Age. The central themes of love, friendship, marriage, and a sense of social obligation remain as do the great political and social issues of the age.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Historical fiction.; Female friendship; Women's friendships.;
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Son of the storm / by Okungbowa, Suyi Davies,author.(CARDINAL)799054;
"In the thriving city of Bassa, Danso is a clever but disillusioned scholar who longs for a life beyond the rigid family and political obligations expected of the city's elite. A way out presents itself when Lilong, a skin-changing warrior, shows up wounded in his barn. She comes from the Nameless Islands - which, according to Bassa lore, don't exist - and neither should the mythical magic of ibor she wields. Now swept into a conspiracy far beyond his understanding, Danso and Lilong will set out on a journey that reveals histories violently suppressed and magic only found in lore"--
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Novels.; Scholars; Women soldiers; Magic; Conspiracies; Imaginary places;
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The Oceana and other works of James Harrington esq / by Harrington, James,1611-1677.(CARDINAL)127277; Toland, John,1670-1722.(CARDINAL)139065; Birch, Thomas,1705-1766.(CARDINAL)183278; Hall, John,1627-1656.Grounds and reasons of monarchy consider'd.;
Toland's dedication -- His preface -- The life of James Harrington -- The grounds and reasons of monarchy considered / by John Hall -- The commonwealth of Oceana -- The prerogative of popular government -- The art of lawgiving -- A word concerning a house of peers -- Valerius and Publicola -- A system of politics delineated in short and easy aphorisms -- Political aphorismus -- Seven models of a commonwealth -- The ways and means whereby an equal and lasting commonwealth may be suddenly introduced, and perfectly founded, with the free consent and actual confirmation of the whole people of England -- The humble petition of divers well-affected persons -- Appendix, containing all the political tracts ... omitted in Mr. Toland's edition.
Subjects: Early works to 1800.; Harrington, James, 1611-1677.; Utopias; Political science; Old State Library Collection.;
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The queen of the night / by Chee, Alexander,author.(CARDINAL)664194;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 554-558).Lilliet Berne is a sensation of the Paris Opera, a legendary soprano with every accolade except an original role, every singers' chance at immortality. When one is finally offered to her, she realizes with alarm that the libretto is based on a hidden piece of her past. Only four could have betrayed her: one is dead, one loves her, one wants to own her. And one, she hopes, never thinks of her at all. As she mines her memories for clues, she recalls her life as an orphan who left the American frontier for Europe and was swept up into the glitzy, gritty world of Second Empire Paris. In order to survive, she transformed herself from hippodrome rider to courtesan, from empress's maid to debut singer, all the while weaving a complicated web of romance, obligation, and political intrigue.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Betrayal; Opera; Sopranos (Singers); Singers;
Available copies: 29 / Total copies: 32
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