Think of the last time you faced a tough decision. Did you feel overwhelmed? Confused? Challenged? How should a son talk to his elderly mother about stopping driving? Should a high school senior "co……続きを見る
"Negative ethnicity" is Koigi wa Wamwere’s name for the deep-seated tensions in Africa that the world has seen flare so terrifyingly. The genocide in Rwanda and "ethnic" killing in the Democratic Re……続きを見る
Explore the gray areas in your gray matter with philosophical brainteasers from armchair philosopher and bestselling author of The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten, Julian Baggini.
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著者:Seumas Miller
出版社: Cambridge University Press
発売日: 2015年11月10日
In this book, Seumas Miller examines the moral foundations of contemporary social institutions. Offering an original general theory of social institutions, he posits that all social institutions exi……続きを見る
The History of Torture tells the complete story of torture, from its earliest uses right up to the present day. The book explains the tools and techniques of torture, from the first use of the rack ……続きを見る
Collected here in one edition are two of the most important books on the Samurai Way, Bushido: The Soul of Japan and The Book of Five Rings. Bushido: Chivalry is a flower no less indigenous to the s……続きを見る
This major discussion takes a look at some of the most important ethical issues confronting us today by some of the world’s leading thinkers. Including essays from leading thinkers, such as Jurgen H……続きを見る
Thought-provoking short essays by Britain's leading public philosopher that show us how to discover our own answers to life's challenges
'While most philosophy is written in abstruse and ponderous p……続きを見る
著者:Derrick Bell
出版社: Bloomsbury Publishing
発売日: 2010年12月15日
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'Timely and profound' - The Observer
'A concise, beautifully written guide to the true good life, written by man of true principles and morals' - James McBride
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When a legal rule requires us to drive on the right, notarize our wills, or refrain from selling bootleg liquor, how are we to describe and understand that requirement? In particular, how does the l……続きを見る
The second edition of Ethical Theory: An Anthology features a comprehensive collection of more than 80 essays from classic and contemporary philosophers that address questions at the heart of moral ……続きを見る
Although best known for his contributions to the theory of knowledge, metaphysics, and philosophy of religion, Hume also influenced developments in the philosophy of mind, psychology, ethics, politi……続きを見る
著者:Robert Holton
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2012年03月06日
Written under the shadow of the global financial crisis, this book charts the current shape of global finance and tries to explain why the crisis arose – and what can be done about it. Economics alo……続きを見る
著者:Robert Elliot
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2008年02月21日
Faking Nature explores the arguments surrounding the concept of ecological restoration. This is a crucial process in the modern world and is central to companies' environmental policy; whether areas……続きを見る
著者:John Harris
出版社: Princeton University Press
発売日: 2007年08月13日
Decisive biotechnological interventions in the lottery of human life--to enhance our bodies and brains and perhaps irreversibly change our genetic makeup--have been widely rejected as unethical and ……続きを見る
Biomedical research is increasingly carried out in low- and middle-income countries. International consensus has largely been achieved around the importance of valid consent and protecting research ……続きを見る
著者:Whitney Bauman
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2009年04月30日
Winner of the John Templeton Award for Theological Promise, 2009
This book argues that the Christian doctrine of creatio ex nihilo (creation out of nothing) sets up a support system for a "logic of ……続きを見る
著者:Barbara Killinger
出版社: McGill-Queen's University Press
発売日: 2007年07月23日
Drawing on her clinical practice and pioneering efforts in workaholism Dr Killinger describes the personality traits and psychological philosophical historical and familial influences that help deve……続きを見る
An Elementary Textbook for Schools.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. DUTY 7
II. OBEDIENCE 15
III. TRUTHFULNESS 19
IV. COURAGE 24
V. PURITY 30
VI. UNSELFISHNESS 35
VII. HONESTY 40
VIII. FAITHFULNESS 45
IX. PROFA……続きを見る
Timothy O'Hagan investigates Jean-Jacques Rousseau's writings concerning the formation of humanity, of the individual and of the citizen in his three master works: the Discourse on the Origin of Ine……続きを見る
著者:Sarah Kember
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2003年08月29日
Cyberfeminism and Artificial Life examines the construction, manipulation and re-definition of life in contemporary technoscientific culture. It takes a critical political view of the concept of lif……続きを見る
著者:David Carr
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2005年06月20日
Professionalism and Ethics in Teaching presents a thought-provoking and stimulating study of the moral dimensions of the teaching professions.
After discussing the moral implications of professional……続きを見る
In a monastical village, a monk and a nun to-be exchange notes, via the books they send back and forth, for illustration and editing, they noting the forbidden knowledge therein. Thus begins their r……続きを見る
What sort of ethics do we need? Rosalyn Diprose argues that the usual approaches to ethics both perpetuate and remain blind to the mechanisms of the subordination of women. In Bodies of Women: Ethic……続きを見る
The war on terror is remaking conventional warfare. The protracted battle against a non-state organization, the demise of the confinement of hostilities to an identifiable battlefield, the extensive……続きを見る
著者:Peter L. Atkinson
出版社: Athabasca University Press
発売日: 2009年01月01日
Making Game is a mixed-genre composition in which the author reflects on the philosophical and ethical implications of hunting wild game. This engaging essay is informed by the author’s significant ……続きを見る
Pedro Almodóvar is one of the most renowned film directors of recent years. Talk to Her is one of the most discussed and controversial of all his films. Dealing principally with the issue of rape, i……続きを見る
Examining the major developments in social work from moral, philosophical and political perspectives, the highly respected and experienced contributors to this text analyse social work values and pl……続きを見る
著者:James D. Faubion
出版社: Cambridge University Press
発売日: 2015年11月10日
Through an ambitious and critical revision of Michel Foucault's investigation of ethics, James Faubion develops an original program of empirical inquiry into the ethical domain. From an anthropologi……続きを見る
It has always been recognised that the practice of social work raises ethical questions and dilemmas. Recently, however, traditional ways of addressing ethical issues in social work have come to see……続きを見る