12. Prohibition and Transgression

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction xi
5. Part 1. Liberty and the American Constitution
6. 1. Is Patriotism a Mistake? 3
7. 2. Notes on Pluralism 21
8. 3. Undermining the Constitution 41
9. 4. A Life of Fear 60
10. 5. On Being Watched and Known 93
11. Part 2. Politics, Aesthetics, and Morality
12. 6. Aestheticism and Morality: Their Cooperation and Hostility 117
13. 7. The Judgment of Arendt 150
14. 8. Courage as a Virtue 169
15. 9. Technology and Philosophy 196
16. Part 3. The Adequacy of the Canon
17. 10. Socratic Integrity 215
18. 11. Wildness and Conscience: Thoreau and Emerson 245
19. 12. Prohibition and Transgression 272
20. 13. Hobbes and the Irrationality of Politics 298
21. 14. Ideology and Storytelling 334
22. 15. Can Cultures Be Judged?: Two Defenses of Cultural Pluralism in Isaiah Berlin’s Work 361
23. 16. The Adequacy of the Canon 384
24. Index 409