| Acknowledgments | |
| Pt. I | Necessary Offices | 1 |
| Ch. 1 | Arguments for Adversaries | 3 |
| Ch. 2 | Professional Detachment: The Executioner of Paris | 15 |
| Pt. II | Roles and Reasons | 43 |
| Ch. 3 | Doctor, Schmoctor: Practice Positivism and Its Complications | 45 |
| Ch. 4 | The Remains of the Role | 61 |
| Ch. 5 | Are Lawyers Liars? The Argument of Redescription | 76 |
| Pt. III | Games and Violations | 111 |
| Ch. 6 | Rules of the Game and Fair Play | 113 |
| Ch. 7 | Are Violations of Rights Ever Right? | 136 |
| Ch. 8 | Ethics in Equilibrium | 175 |
| Pt. IV | Authority and Dissent | 205 |
| Ch. 9 | Democratic Legitimacy and Official Discretion | 207 |
| Ch. 10 | Montaigne's Mistake | 240 |
| Sources and Credits | 261 |
| Index | 263 |
