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Highlights from our Archives: Sadek J. al-Azm on the Arab Spring in Syria; William Glod on paternalism; Carrie-Ann Biondi on Tara Smith’s Virtuous Egoist; Stephen Kershnar on intrinsic value; Roderick Long on Hilary Putnam; Larry Sechrest on Hayek’s ‘Extended Order’; Randall Curren on Fred Miller’s Aristotle; Laurie Calhoun on Churchland’s eliminativism; Stuart Warner on Locke’s Second Treatise.

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