This appendix explains the fundamental principles behind mechanism design, why it works, and how we can use the revelation principle to describe what must be true for equilibria within certain classes of games.

Does Scripture have anything to say about whether genetically modified crops are moral? Can the Bible provide an answer to whether it is legitimate to possess nuclear weapons in order to deter an enemy? Underlying these specific questions are two broader ones: How can Scripture help address contemporary issues? And can it provide answers to moral questions that go beyond what Scripture teaches?

In this age, there is no human life without labor. We need someone, somewhere to work so that life can be provisioned and sustained. Work is a central way, as human animals, we metabolize creation. To understand this requires analyzing the purposes of human work, the conditions of good work, and how work is situated within broader economies, both human and divine.1 This chapter addresses each of these in turn. In doing so, it analyzes whether work is an intrinsic and good feature of creaturely life that can be eschatologically transformed or a symptom of fallen life that will cease in the new creation.

Everyday life gives us ample opportunity to pay attention to ethical questions, particularly those related to exploitation and suffering. For example, consider the issues related to the sourcing, selling, and preparation of our food. When I go to the grocery store, how aware am I of the living conditions of the chickens whose flesh I buy and the working conditions of those who processed the meat? How conscious should I be of the terms and conditions given to the farmer who owns the chicken plant by the conglomerate that buys the chicken and sells it on to the supermarket? Are they so burdened with debt that they harbor suicidal thoughts? Should I ask whether those who stack the shelves or work at the checkout lane are paid a living wage? Can I recycle the packaging the chicken comes in?

This chapter identifies the several factors (such as precedent, congressional deference, and Supreme Court decisions) that have allowed the executive branch to dominate American foreign policy making.

This chapter considers the current foreign policy debate among elites and between elites and public, the prospect of a new policy consensus, and three possible alternative directions for the future.

This chapter discusses the complicated relationship between international alw and domestic law, focusing on international law is received by domestic legal orders

The primary task of electrostatics is to find the electric field of a given stationary charge distribution. In principle, this purpose is accomplished by Coulomb’s law, in the form of Eq. 2.8:

This chapter assesses the effects of the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Vietnam War on the Cold War consensus and compares the Nixon and Carter administrations realist and liberal policy appproaches.