Buddhism and Bioethics is the first book to discuss contemporary issues in bioethics from a Buddhist perspective. Written in a clear and accessible style by a leading expert in field, and drawing on……続きを見る
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In this book the author reflects on the philosophical and ethical bases of the financial crisis 2007-08 and the subsequent recession. He finds in Adam Smith solid arguments for the new free market e……続きを見る
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La morale de la métaphysique réaliste admet un bien en soi, un bien naturel distinct du plaisir et du bonheur, une hiérarch……続きを見る
Nearly twenty years after its original publication, The Idea of Private Law is widely recognized as a seminal contribution to legal philosophy, and one of the leading attempts to explain and justify……続きを見る
著者:Confucius
出版社: Charles River Editors
発売日: 2012年03月05日
When asked to name the first influential philosopher who ever lived, many might initially think of Socrates, who mentored Plato all the way back around the end of the 5th century A.D. Indeed, the An……続きを見る
In war, and in the time which precedes war, the social construction of meaning constantly reaffirms the worst fears of those Nations at odds with one another. War is a system of primitive thought an……続きを見る
著者:Kim Atkins
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2008年06月03日
This book is part of the growing field of practical approaches to philosophical questions relating to identity, agency and ethics--approaches which work across continental and analytical traditions ……続きを見る
著者:Donald Evans
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2007年12月12日
Written by a leading proponent of the philosophy and ethics of healthcare, this volume is filled with thought-provoking and frequently controversial ideas and arguments. Accessibly written, it provi……続きを見る
著者:Oscar Wilde
出版社: The Floating Press
発売日: 2013年09月26日
While Oscar Wilde is now strongly associated with the tone of whimsy that imbues his breezy, effortlessly witty epigrams and essays, the Irish writer and playwright was also a serious thinker who, h……続きを見る
Race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, gender, sexuality: in the past couple of decades, a great deal of attention has been paid to such collective identities. They clamor for recognition and respe……続きを見る
Genetic screening technologies involving pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) raise particular issues about selective reproduction and the welfare of the child to be born. How does selection imp……続きを見る
著者:Alfred Ewing
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2013年11月05日
First published in 1959, this volume follows on from Dr. A. C. Ewing’s earlier work, The Definition of Good. The book does not apologize or undermine Ewing’s previous publication but after further c……続きを見る
'Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all' Aristotle
'Knowing yourself is the mark of all wisdom'
'You will never do anything in this world without courage'
Aristotle wa……続きを見る
Un regard circulaire sur le monde moderne nous interpelle: l'homme n'est-il donc fait que pour répéter ses erreurs? Et si sa capacité à vivre des expériences, à raconter des histoire, pouvait l'aide……続きを見る
This book examines the Japanese government policies that impact on the environment in order to determine whether they incorporate a sufficient ethical substance. Through the three case studies on wh……続きを見る
This book describes the "naturalistic fallacy", as attributed to Hume, that non-moral premises cannot logically entail a moral conclusion, and distinguishes it from the similarly named though subtly……続きを見る
Duty or Pleasure? This was the legendary choice which faced Hercules and which pre-eminent philosopher A.C. Grayling uses as the starting point of this masterful book.
He shows us how much more peop……続きを見る
Ethics: Contemporary Readings is designed to lead any student into the subject, through carefully selected classic and contemporary articles. The book includes articles by the leading figures in the……続きを見る
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• Includes beautiful artworks and illustrations
• A link of a FREE audio book to download at the end of the book
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In 101 SELECTED SAYINGS OF MAHATMA GANDHI you will learn:
The similarity between freedom and slavery.
What makes the world blind.
Who is to be considered religious.
What is the greatness of humanit……続きを見る
著者:Mark Platts
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2005年10月05日
Scepticism about morality is as old as morality itself. Philosophers have attacked the `singular institution' of morality, but have these sceptics correctly identified their target? In this book a d……続きを見る
著者:Daniel Markovits
出版社: Princeton University Press
発売日: 2010年12月28日
A Modern Legal Ethics proposes a wholesale renovation of legal ethics, one that contributes to ethical thought generally.
Daniel Markovits reinterprets the positive law governing lawyers to identify……続きを見る
The fight to eliminate world poverty is being severely hampered by corrupt leaders in developing countries. According to the African Union, some $150 billion is lost every year to corruption in Afri……続きを見る
著者:Robert Paul Wolff
出版社: Society for Philosophy & Culture
発売日: 2013年08月25日
For more than half a century, Philosopher Robert Paul Wolff has been thinking and writing about the great figures of eighteenth century philosophy and about the ideals and realities of American high……続きを見る
著者:Kathy Rudy
出版社: University of Minnesota Press
発売日: 2011年08月11日
The contemporary animal rights movement encompasses a wide range of sometimes-competing agendas from vegetarianism to animal liberation. For people for whom pets are family membersーanimal lovers ou……続きを見る
Leaves of Water is an inspirational, thought-provoking poetry book with poems featuring such topics as the calming symphony of rain on the leaves, the silence of the wind and the glory of God.
Fr. R……続きを見る
著者:Bo Elling
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2012年05月04日
Environmental assessment and management involve the production of scientific knowledge and its use in decision-making processes. The result is that within these essentially rational, political asses……続きを見る
The Good Life is an engaging, reasoned look at American values: how the angry political right hijacks and corrupts ideas about morality, how the fringe political left abandons the moral outlook, and……続きを見る
著者:Keith Tester
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2013年07月23日
First published in 1994. The media report terrible events. But the academic study of the media is increasingly trivial and lacking in moral seriousness. Media, Culture and Morality examines how this……続きを見る