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This interview was edited for length and clarity. In his new book “Nasty, Brutish, and Short: Adventures in Philosophy With My Kids,” Scott Hershovitz, professor of law and philosophy at the ...

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LONDON — Bryan Magee, a philosopher, writer and broadcaster who sought to bring philosophy to a mass audience in Britain through radio and television, died on Friday in Oxford, England. He was 89. His ...