Volume 27, Number 1 / February 1999 EDITORIAL Tracy B. Strong 3 Evolutionary Narratives and Ecological Ethics Leslie Paul Thiele 6 Political Oratory and Conversation: Cicero versus Deliberative Democracy Gary Remer 39 Foucault and Critique: Deploying Agency against Autonomy Mark Bevir 65 Composing the Moral Senses: Emerson and the Politics of Character in Nineteenth-Century America Thomas Augst 85 CRITICAL EXCHANGE Domesticating Nietzsche: A Response to Mark Warren Ruth Abbey and Fredrick Appel 121 Reply to Ruth Abbey and Fredrick Appel Mark E. Warren 126 REVIEW ESSAYS The Legacy of Michael Oakeshott Oakeshott, Religion, Politics and the Moral Life Oakeshott, Morality and Politics in Modern Europe—The Harvard Lectures Oakeshott, The Politics of Faith & the Politics of Skepticism Robert Devigne 131 Beyond Identity and Difference Walzer, Thick and Thin: Moral Argument at Home and Abroad Walzer, On Toleration Melissa A. Orlie 140