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Hybrid Theories and Modern MetaethicsA recent trend in metaethics has been to reject the apparent choice between pure cognitivism, where moral (and other normative) judgments are understood as representational or belief-like states, and pure non-cognitivism, where they are understood as non-representational or desire-like states. Rather,...

How Soviet Jehovah&'s Witnesses Defied Communism and Lived to Preach About ItEmily B. Baran offers a gripping history of how a small, American-based religious community, the Jehovah&'s Witnesses, found its way into the Soviet Union after World War II, survived decades of brutal persecution, and emerged as one of the region&'s fastest growing...

The Language of Public ApologyPeople do bad things. They misspeak, mislead, and misbehave. They lie, cheat, steal, and kill. Often, afterward, they apologize. But what makes a successful apology? Why does Joe Biden&'s 2007 apology for referring to Barack Obama as "e;articulate and bright"e; succeed, whereas Mel Gibson&'s 2006 apology for...

A Slim GuideOrigins of Language: A Slim Guide offers a concise and accessible overview of what is known about the evolution of the human capacity for language. Non-human animals communicate in simple ways: they may be able to form simple concepts, to feel some limited empathy for others, to cooperate to some extent, and to engage in mind-reading....

Contending Theories and EvidenceMost literature on international arbitration is practice-oriented, technical, and promotional. It is by arbitrators and largely for arbitrators and their clients. Outside analyses by non-participants are still very rare.  This book boldly steps away from this tradition of scholarship to reflect analytically on...

The end of bureaucracy has been anticipated many times throughout the history of management science, as well as in modern social and political theory. This book sets out to show why bureaucracy persists and what values it embodies and upholds. Thus the book seeks to show how and why bureaucratic forms of organization have played, and continue to...