wired - Ethics & Moral Philosophy 7

Twentieth century continental thinkers such as Bergson, Levinas and Jonas have brought fresh and renewed attentions to Jewish ethics, yet it still remains fairly low profile in the Anglophone academ……続きを見る

The author presents a number of strategies for making decisions based on desires or values which are incompatible or which conflict with one another in various ways. Cases discussed include conflict……続きを見る

Violence and Messianism looks at how some of the figures of the so-called Renaissance of "Jewish" philosophy between the two world wars - Franz Rosenzweig, Walter Benjamin and Martin Buber - grapple……続きを見る

Over the last few decades, there are increasing public awareness of adverse events involving engineering failures that not only led to monetary losses but also more importantly, human injuries and d……続きを見る

Stoicism, one of the oldest, Western philosophical schools, has enchanted scholars and the general public alike for over two thousand years. Where some accounts of human nature and the particularly ……続きを見る

This collection embodies a debate that explores what could be characterised as the tension between judging and understanding. It seems that after a particular threshold of understanding of the basic……続きを見る

Virtue theory, natural law, deontology, utilitarianism, existentialism: these are the basic moral theories taught in “Ethics,” “History of Philosophy,” and “Introduction to Philosophy” courses throu……続きを見る

The Joyful Wisdom is a book by Friedrich Nietzsche, first published in 1882 and followed by a second edition, which was published after the completion of Thus Spoke Zarathustra and Beyond Good and E……続きを見る

Twilight of the Idols was written in just over a week, between 26 August and 3 September 1888, while Nietzsche was on holiday in Sils Maria. As Nietzsche's fame and popularity was spreading both ins……続きを見る

Morally and Otherwise Right Lives, Education and Upbringing proposes a new theory concerning values. This is argued to be a rationally-justified, evidence-based theory. It has one universally-applic……続きを見る

This book provides methods and practical cases and experiences with the aim of stimulating Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) through the direct engagement of researchers, Civil Society Organ……続きを見る

Er is vandaag de dag sprake van een opmerkelijke heropleving van de belangstelling voor de zeventiende-eeuwse Nederlandse filosoof Benedictus de Spinoza. En dat niet alleen binnen de academische fil……続きを見る

A Pragmatic Approach to Libertarian Free Will argues that the kind of free will required for moral responsibility and just desert is libertarian free will. It is a source of great controversy whethe……続きを見る

19th-Century British MP and abolitionist William Wilberforce wrote A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, also called Real Christianity, in 1797. In the book, W……続きを見る

Jenseits von Gut und Böse bildet den Übergang von Nietzsches mittlerer, eher dichterisch, positiv geprägten Schaffensperiode zu seinem von philosophischem Denken dominierten späteren Werk. Dies komm……続きを見る

Now in a new, affordable edition with updated notes, a superbly readable translation of Kant’s classic work This work, one of the most important texts in the history of ethics, presents Immanuel Kan……続きを見る

Das neue Buch von Bestseller-Autor Karsten Brensing ("Das Mysterium der Tiere")! Mit Tieren sprechen: Geht das? Ist es wirklich möglich, die uralte Menschheitssehnsucht, dass Mensch und Tier einande……続きを見る

The present work aims to investigate the problems of ethics in the light of an examination of the facts of moral life. 続きを見る

It has been my object in the present work to investigate the problems of ethics in the light of an examination of the facts of moral life. One reason for this procedure is my desire to conduct the r……続きを見る

It has been my object in the present work to investigate the problems of ethics in the light of an examination of the facts of moral life. One reason for this procedure is my desire to conduct the r……続きを見る

Although the religious and ethical consideration of food and eating is not a new phenomenon, the debate about food and eating today is distinctly different from most of what has preceded it in the h……続きを見る

Former Google advertising strategist, now Oxford-trained philosopher James Williams launches a plea to society and to the tech industry to help ensure that the technology we all carry with us every ……続きを見る

Il cibo è il nostro legame più intimo e significativo sia con la natura sia con la nostra eredità culturale. Per evitare la distruzione del pianeta, dobbiamo evolvere. O perire. Cosa c’è di più semp……続きを見る

QUESTO LIBRO E' A LAYOUT FISSO “L’affermazione che la religione è per l’uomo qualcosa di innato e naturale è falsa, se si fanno passare per religione in generale le idee e le rappresentazioni del te……続きを見る

Nietzsche criticizes German culture of the day as unsophisticated and nihilistic, and shoots some disapproving arrows at key French, British, and Italian cultural figures who represent similar tende……続きを見る

Teodoro Wigodski, destacado profesor e investigador en ética aplicada a los negocios, aborda la pregunta del por qué los seres humanos manifiestan conductas «no éticas». A partir de un enfoque noved……続きを見る

This reader-friendly, richly illustrated book provides an engaging overview of quantum physics, from “big ideas” like probability and uncertainty and conservation laws to the behavior of quarks and ……続きを見る

This book argues that classical natural law jurisprudence provides a superior answer to the questions “What is law?” and “How should law be made?” rather than those provided by legal positivism and ……続きを見る

Traditionally, Buddhist philosophy has seemingly rejected the autonomous self. In Western philosophy, free will and the philosophy of action are established areas of research. This book presents a c……続きを見る

Thomas Jefferson and Edward Coles were men of similar backgrounds, yet they diverged on the central moral wrong of this country's history: the former remained a self-justified slave-holder, while th……続きを見る