Reconstructing Rawls has one overarching goal: to reclaim Rawls for the Enlightenment—more specifically, the Prussian Enlightenment. Rawls’s so-called political turn in the 1980s, motivated by a newfound interest in pluralism and the accommodation of difference, has been unhealthy for autonomy-based liberalism and has led liberalism more broadly toward cultural relativism, be it in the guise of liberal multiculturalism or critiques of cosmopolitan distributive-justice theories. Ro...

How can citizens best protect themselves from the arbitrary power of abusive spouses, tyrannical bosses, and corrupt politicians? Exit Left makes the case that in each of these three spheres the answer is the same: exit. By promoting open and competitive markets and providing the information and financial resources necessary to enable exit, the book argues that this can empower people's voices and offer them an escape from abuse and exploitation. This will advance a conception of...

The Hand of Erebus (Chronicles of the Collapse, Book 4)The world was unravelling.Nathan knew it now, thought there was little that he could do about it. Though he possessed technology that might be helpful someday,his understanding of it was limited and tinkering with it could have catastrophic consequences.With more immediate and pressing matters to attend to, he continues the daily struggle to survive and make something of the fledgling community that he an...

A New Way to Be Human is an invaluable guide for individuals intent on transforming their lives, revolutionizing our society, and refining our world. It is for those who seek:An impactful life of meaning and purpose, love and hope, compassion and delightThe courage to cross the boundaries of religion and move beyond the demonizing debates about gender equality and human sexualityThe spiritual wisdom discovered in the many forms and disguises of the HolyBy identifying 7 pivotal, universally...

The First Robot President is science fiction with a healthy dose of political satire, making fun of Democrats and Republicans in equal measure. The novel centers around Thomas Jenkins, a lobbyist and Green-party activist, and his robot wife whose political ambitions land her on the Green party’s 2520 Presidential ticket. In Part I, Wife and Mother, Thomas receives delivery of Esmeralda, his robowife, and marries her in a small ceremony with close friends and family members. In Part II, The...

The Children of Icarus (Chronicles of the Collapse, Book 5)For Nathan's group, things looked at their lowest.Though they had escaped the clutches of the slavers, it had not been without cost. A number of their own were dead at the slaver's hands or gone, kidnapped by Colonel Ryerson's men, including Nathan himself.Hiding in Albertville, with their compound now under the control of the Fortuna militia, the survivors rest and lick their wounds. Wounds which, alarmingly...

The Whispers of Eris (Chronicles of the Collapse, Book 3)Albertville. It was a place that should not exist in Nathan's world. A city that should have been a small town and which showed none of the ruin and devastation prevalent elsewhere. It was a city from another world, another reality. A city full of dark secrets.For Nathan Smith and his band it was a place to plunder so that their own community, Fortuna, might survive. But setting up a supply route was not to be as easy...

The Humals. Humanoid Aliens. They dominated the spiral arm millennia ago then vanished without trace. Man had found traces of their presence, reverse-engineered their technology and speculated endlessly about their demise. But no one really knew what had happened. No one knew why they had disappeared or why so few traces of them remained.For James Hamilton the Humals were not something he concerned himself about. Not, that is, until a billionaire philanthropist seeks him out with a...

The Collapse. Civilization swept away in the historical equivalent of the blink of an eye. Man reduced to little more than a parasite living off the carcass of the Old World. After twenty years, little was left for even the most diligent of scavengers to recover.Animals had vanished, replaced with creatures that had never existed on Earth. Reproduction was difficult, water supplies poisoned and the world just kept on getting warmer.As the saying went - The world was not what ...

Nathan Smith had done what he'd been asked to do. He had found a place where his failing community could find food, water, shelter and everything that they were currently lacking.Returning to his community with the news, however, was not quite the triumphant homecoming he had envisaged. Internal politics, petty-mindedness and the presence of those who had reason to hate him all conspired to sour his return.Others had plans for the community. Plans that didn't include him, or ...

The Legacy of Circe (Chronicles of the Collapse, Book 6)Coming home.For Nathan, it has been the foremost thought in his mind ever since he had been abducted by Ryerson's men.Though he fears what he might find, he pushes on, desperate to return to the woman he loves.But things change and sometimes you discover that the world you left behind has moved on without you.His companions, believing him dead, are struggling to stay ahead of the many enemies that h...

A Dawnbringers Short StoryREAD IT BECAUSEThe Dawnbringer Crusades aren't composed solely of human warriors. Find out who else is taking up arms.THE STORYAnhil, an injured witch aelf, follows a Dawnbringer Crusade with nefarious purpose. Unbeknownst to the Khainite warrior, another soul in the ranks of the Crusade has a hidden agenda of her own…Written by Taylor Roberts