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The article discusses issues related to target killing, which is officially authorized and premeditated killing by military or intelligence officials of named and identified individuals without the benefit of any judicial process. Topics discussed include effect of targeted killing on innocent civilians, issues related to target killings and adoption of a new practice of individualized killing.

The article explores the political theory of Scottish philosopher David Hume. G. A. Cohen, Chichele Chair of Social and Political Theory, examines whether the possibility of changes to the society's institutional structure should be considered when talking about a just society. Cohen addressed the questions on justice and social states of affair in a paper entitled "How to Do Political Philosophy?" Particular focus is given to Hume's two-fold choice between an emphasis on virtue and an emphasis on institutions. Isaiah Berlin, another Chichele predecessor, examines the tasks of political philosophy. Berlin claims that social situations includes political organization and the relations of the individual to the community.

Focuses on the need for maintaining a balance between civil liberty and the security aspects of the society. Quantitative computation of balance between liberty and security; Detailed analysis of pitfalls to be kept in mind when balancing civil liberties and security; Different aspects of the meaning of civil liberties.

Focuses on the principle of publicity by Thomas Hobbes. Importance of understanding the true basis of claims of the sovereign; Applicability of the principle of publicity in wholesale and retail; Anticipation of the Enlightenment commitment to rationality and transparency in social and political arrangements.

Focuses on the different dimensions of cosmopolitanism. Definition of cosmopolitanism; Information on cosmopolitan cultures; Cosmopolitan rights and civic responsibility.

Discusses the status of the legitimacy of judicial review of legislation in constitutional jurisprudence in the United States. Comments on the book `Freedom's Law,' by Ronald Dworkin; Effect of constitutional adjudication on the character of public debate.

Argues against John Rawls' views on the principles of justice expressed in his book `Political Liberalism.' Incompatibility of the idea of public reason with reasonable disagreement; Basis of evaluation of proposals about political procedure; Disagreements about justice and about the good.