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Many have asked what it is like to write a philosophy book with four hands. In our experience, it has been a great adventure; talking through rough thoughts, exchanging drafts all over Europe and beyond, struggling with revisions, trashing entire chapters, reformulating, and redrafting. Throughout the process, no single paragraph was completed until we were both satisfied with it. We made this roller-coaster run smoothly perhaps because we have traveled the same academic path, even if we walked it with a small time lag. We began studying philosophy at Pavia, where Salvatore Veca introduced a whole generation of Italian students to analytical political philosophy, and Ian Carter encouraged them to pursue their studies in the United Kingdom. We were first at York and then at Manchester, where Hillel Steiner’s acumen helped us survive the strenuous times of our PhD research. We are indebted to Salvatore, Ian, and Hillel in many ways, but perhaps the greatest debt we owe them is in showing us the importance of letting our own interests guide our research, rather than participating in the fashionable debates of the discipline.
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