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**An Instant New York Times Bestseller “This book will change your sense of how grand the sweep of human history could be, where you fit into it, and how much you could do to change it for the bette……続きを見る

William Edward Hartpole Lecky's 'The Map of Life' is a profound exploration of human life and society in the late 19th century. Written in a clear and engaging literary style, the book delves into p……続きを見る

William Kingdon Clifford's book, 'The Scientific Basis of Morals, and Other Essays' delves into the intricate relationship between science and ethics. Clifford's writing style is both intellectual a……続きを見る

**A radical reassessment of how we can most effectively help others by a rising star of philosophy and leading social entrepreneur. '**A surprising and often counterintuitive look at the best ways t……続きを見る

William Jackson's 'The Philosophy of Natural Theology' is a comprehensive exploration of the intersection between philosophy and theology, focusing on the natural world as a source of divine revelat……続きを見る

If we are kind people, we care about others, including others who tend to hurt themselves. We all have friends or family members who have potential but squander or even ruin their lives from things ……続きを見る

Marcus Aurelius Complete Works – World’s Best World's Best Collection This is the world’s best Marcus Aurelius collection, including the most complete set of Aurelius’s works available plus many fre……続きを見る

When we accept that advertisers and sponsors dictate athletic schedules, that success in sport is measured by revenue, that athletes’ loyalties lie with their commercial agents instead of teams and ……続きを見る

Moving through our human lives begs for answers to the hard questions. What does life mean? Why am I here? Why is there pain? What is this inner angst? Is there a God? Why did God create me? How can……続きを見る

William Edward Hartpole Lecky was a well known Irish historian who wrote at length about the history of the European continent, spanning from antiquity to the 19th century. In 1860 he published anon……続きを見る

The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle translated by William David Ross One of the philosopher's most studied works, the Nicomachean Ethics, is here made available in the same translation in the World'……続きを見る

Strangers to Nature challenges a reading public that has grown complacent with the standard framework of the animal ethics debate. Human influence on, and the control of, the natural world has great……続きを見る

The volume documents, and makes an original contribution to, an astonishing period in twentieth-century philosophy_the progress of Arne Naess's ecophilosophy from its inception to the present. It in……続きを見る

William James was the older brother of novelist Henry James, and a pioneering psychologist and philosopher. His works pushed the boundaries of psychology and helped shape the direction the field wou……続きを見る

In his acclaimed book Lincoln's Virtues, William Lee Miller explored Abraham Lincoln's intellectual and moral development. Now he completes his "ethical biography," showing how the amiable and inexp……続きを見る

William Hazlitt's tough, combative writings on subjects ranging from slavery to the imagination, boxing matches to the monarchy, established him as one of the greatest radicals of his age and have i……続きを見る

One of the great polemics and the key founding anarchist text, Godwin's Enquiry is his major work of political philosophy. Enquiry Concerning Political Justice established William Godwin as the chie……続きを見る

This book, first published 1931, examines the attitudes surrounding the natural sciences at the time of writing, and contends that an unreflective belief in the power of science, and especially in h……続きを見る

Emmanuel Levinas' Totality and Infinity is a monumental work of phenomenological enquiry that goes on to assert the centrality of ethics to philosophical thought. This Reader's Guide provides a deta……続きを見る

William James believed that events could not be catalogued simply as a series of facts, but had to be considered through the lens of experience. Thus each person affects and modifies their own reali……続きを見る

Universal Human Rights brings new clarity to the important and highly contested concept universal human rights. The Charter of the United Nations commits nearly all nations of the world to promote, ……続きを見る

What are the limits of justified retaliation against aggression? What actions are morally permissible in preventing future aggression? Against whom may retaliation be aimed? These questions have lon……続きを見る

"The Will to Believe" is a lecture by William James, initially published in 1896, which defends, in certain cases, the adoption of a belief without prior evidence of its truth. In particular, James ……続きを見る

The word pragmatism is used everywhere today, from business to sports to politics. Although the word hadn't yet entered everyday language when William James published "Pragmatism" in 1907, the philo……続きを見る

From one of nineteenth-century America’s leading philosophical thinkers, William James, this fascinating short essay is an engaging read exploring the reasons for war, and methods and resources to p……続きを見る

This book offers a detailed utilitarian analysis of the ethical issues involved in war. Utilitarianism and the Ethics of War addresses the two basic ethical questions posed by war: when, if ever, ar……続きを見る

This volume breaks new ground by approaching Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) as an explicitly ethical practice in financial markets. The work explains the philosophical and practical shortcomi……続きを見る

This book argues that punishment's function is to communicate a message about an offenders' wrongdoing to society at large. It discusses both 'paradigmatic' cases of punishment, where a state punish……続きを見る

This book offers a comprehensive moral theory of privatization in war. It examines the kind of wars that private actors might wage separate from the state and the kind of wars that private actors mi……続きを見る

Since the end of World War II, runaway fears of Soviet imperialism, global terrorism, and anarchy have tended to drive American foreign policy toward an imperial agenda. At the same time, uncurbed a……続きを見る