Les niveaux très élevés d’inégalité semblent moralement contestables. Mais les raisons pour lesquelles ils le sont et pour lesquelles il faudrait les réduire ou les éliminer sont-elle si évidentes ?……続きを見る
Ralph Adams Cram's "The Decadent: Being the Gospel of Inaction" presents a profound exploration of aestheticism and moral disillusionment characteristic of the early 20th century. Cram's literary st……続きを見る
Inequality is widely regarded as morally objectionable: T. M. Scanlon investigates why it matters to us. Demands for greater equality can seem puzzling, because it can be unclear what reason people ……続きを見る
T. M. Scanlon is one of the world’s leading philosophers, widely known for his contractualist moral theory and his distinctive account of moral responsibility and blame. In these important essays, w……続きを見る
A gripping book from the bestselling author of hugely popular self-help book, The Road Less Travelled. Leading psychiatrist and self-help pioneer Dr M.Scott Peck reveals his encounters with evil, du……続きを見る
Is it good to be trusting, or should we be wary of trusting others? Trust seems to be the basis of large-scale social cooperation and even of democracy itself, but in recent years many commentators ……続きを見る
Scientists are supposed to have freedom to choose and conduct their experiments and exchange their ideas. Known as scientific freedom, this idea has been implicated in both wonderful and terrible sc……続きを見る
The question of whether it is ever permissible to believe on insufficient evidence has once again become a live question. Greater attention is now being paid to practical dimensions of belief, namel……続きを見る
In "Das Gastmahl" entfaltet Platon ein facettenreiches Gespräch über die Natur der Liebe und Erotik, das in Form eines symposionartigen Dialogs präsentiert wird. Die Dialogpartner, darunter Sokrates……続きを見る
In "Platons Apologie des Sokrates" und "Xenophons Erinnerungen an Sokrates" begegnen wir der zentralen Figur des Sokrates, der sich während seines Prozesses dem Vorwurf der Gottlosigkeit und der Ver……続きを見る
Im gesellschaftlichen Kontext Württembergs zeichnet das vorliegende Buch exemplarisch für den deutschsprachigen Raum die Entstehung und organisatorische Entfaltung des Tierschutzes im langen 19. Jah……続きを見る
Vertrauen ist in aller Munde. Es spielt für das Miteinander der Menschen eine wichtige Rolle. Gleichzeitig wird allenthalben ein Vertrauensverlust beklagt. Es stellt sich jedoch die Frage, was Vertr……続きを見る
“This magnificent book…opens up a novel, arresting position on matters that have been debated for thousands of years.” ーTimes Literary Supplement
How do we judge whether an action is morally right ……続きを見る
Ralph Adams Cram'Äôs "Towards the Great Peace" presents a profound exploration of society's evolution towards a harmonious future, blending architectural theory with philosophical inquiry. Set again……続きを見る
This book is designed to provide basic philosophy and information regarding the vast number of subject matters covered. This was assembled in the understanding that the publisher and the author are ……続きを見る
Mit diversen geopolitischen Schauplätzen der Gegenwart setzt sich Vadim Schmidtheisler auseinander und wirft öfters einen Blick in die Vergangenheit. Dabei wird immer wieder deutlich, dass sich die ……続きを見る
In a clear and elegant style, T. M. Scanlon reframes current philosophical debates as he explores the moral permissibility of an action. Permissibility may seem to depend on the agent’s reasons for ……続きを見る
Saving the City provides a detailed analysis of the attempts of ancient writers and thinkers, from Homer to Cicero, to construct and recommend political ideals of statesmanship and ruling, of the po……続きを見る
T. M. Scanlon offers a qualified defense of normative cognitivism--the view that there are irreducibly normative truths about reasons for action. He responds to three familiar objections: that such ……続きを見る
Patient autonomy is a much discussed and debated subject in medical ethics, as well as in healthcare practice, medical law, and healthcare policy. This book provides a detailed and nuanced analysis ……続きを見る
