J Ethics (2009) 13:423 DOI 10.1007/s10892-009-9069-8

Editor’s Choice of Books Received (September 2008–August 2009) J. Angelo Corlett

Published online: 26 November 2009 Ó Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009

Deigh, John, Emotions, Values, and the Law (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008), 243 pages. Fischer, John Martin, Our Stories: Essays on Life, Death, and Free Will (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009), 184 pages. Habermas, Ju¨rgen, Between Naturalism and Religion (Cambridge: Polity, 2008), 361 pages. Haybron, Daniel, M., The Pursuit of Unhappiness (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008), 357 pages. Korsgaard, Christine M., Self-Constitution (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009), 230 pages. McMahan, Jeff, Killing in War (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009), 250 pages. Rocca, Michael Della, Spinoza (London: Routledge, 2008), 341 pages.

J. A. Corlett (&) Department of Philosophy, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA e-mail: [email protected]

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