Ethics and moral philosophy Books

Book SynopsisBenedict (Baruch) de Spinoza (16321677) was one of the most systematic, inspiring, and influential philosophers of the early modern period. From a pantheistic starting point that identified God with Nature as all of reality, he sought to demonstrate an ethics of reason, virtue, and freedom while unifying religion with science and mind with body. His contributions to metaphysics, epistemology, psychology, ethics, politics, and the analysis of religion remain vital to the present day. Yet his writings initially appear forbidding to contemporary readers, and his ideas have often been misunderstood. This second edition of The Cambridge Companion to Spinoza includes new chapters on Spinoza''s life and his metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of religion, and biblical scholarship, as well as extensive updates to the previous chapters and bibliography. A thorough, reliable, and accessible guide to this extraordinary philosopher, it will be invaluable to anyone who wants to understand what SpTable of ContentsIntroduction Don Garrett; 1. Spinoza's life Piet Steenbakkers; 2. Spinoza's metaphysics of substance Yitzhak Y. Melamed; 3. Spinoza on the metaphysics of thought and extension Martin Lin; 4. Spinoza's epistemology Ursula Renz; 5. Spinoza on natural science and methodology Alan Gabbey; 6. Spinoza's metaphysical psychology Michael Della Rocca; 7. Spinoza's ethical theory Don Garrett; 8. Kissinger, Spinoza, and Genghis Khan Edwin Curley; 9. Spinoza's philosophical religion Susan James; 10. Spinoza's contribution to biblical scholarship Edwin Curley; 11. Spinoza's reception Pierre-François Moreau and Mogens Lærke.

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Book SynopsisIn Morality Bernard Williams confronts the problems of writing moral philosophy and offers a stimulating alternative to more systematic accounts which seem nevertheless to have left all the important issues somewhere off the page. Williams explains, analyses and distinguishes a number of key positions, from the purely amoral to notions of subjective or relative morality, testing their coherence before going on to explore the nature of 'goodness' in relation to responsibilities and choice, roles, standards and human nature. A classic in moral philosophy.Table of ContentsPreface; Preface to the Canto edition; The amoralist; Subjectivism: first thoughts; Interlude: Relativism; Subjectivism: further thoughts; 'Good'; Goodness and roles; Moral standards and the distinguishing mark of man; God, morality, and prudence; What is morality about?; Utilitarianism.

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Book SynopsisThe first edition of the Cambridge Companion to Plato (1992), edited by Richard Kraut, shaped scholarly research and guided new students for thirty years. This new edition introduces students to fresh approaches to Platonic dialogues while advancing the next generation of research. Of its seventeen chapters, nine are entirely new, written by a new generation of scholars. Six others have been thoroughly revised and updated by their original authors. The volume covers the full range of Plato''s interests, including ethics, political philosophy, epistemology, metaphysics, aesthetics, religion, mathematics, and psychology. Plato''s dialogues are approached as unified works and considered within their intellectual context, and the revised introduction suggests a way of reading the dialogues that attends to the differences between them while also tracing their interrelations. The result is a rich and wide-ranging volume which will be valuable for all students and scholars of Plato.Table of Contents1. Introduction to the study of Plato David Ebrey and Richard Kraut; 2. Plato in his context T. H. Irwin; 3. Stylometry and chronology Leonard Brandwood; 4. Plato's Socrates and his conception of philosophy Eric Brown; 5. Being good at being bad: Plato's Hippias Minor Agnes Callard; 6. Inquiry in the Meno Gail Fine; 7. Why eros? Suzanne Obdrzalek; 8. Plato on philosophy and the mysteries Gábor Betegh; 9. The unfolding account of the forms in the Phaedo David Ebrey; 10. The defense of justice in Plato's republic Richard Kraut; 11. Plato on poetic creativity: A revision Elizabeth Asmis; 12. Betwixt and between: Plato on mathematical objects Henry Mendell; 13. Another good-bye to the third man Constance C. Meinwald; 14. Plato's Sophist on false statements Michael Frede; 15. Cosmology and human nature in the Timaeus Emily Fletcher; 16. The fourfold classification and Socrates' craft analogy in the Philebus Verity Harte; 17. Law in Plato's late politics Rachana Kamtekar and Rachel Singpurwalla.

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Book SynopsisThis Element provides an opinionated introduction to the debate in moral philosophy over identifying the basic elements of well-being and to the related debate over the nature of happiness. The question of the nature of happiness is simply the question of what happiness is (as opposed to what causes it or how to get it), and the central philosophical question about well-being is the question of what things are in themselves of ultimate benefit or harm to a person, or directly make them better or worse off.Table of Contents1. The Topics of Well-Being and Happiness; 2. Objectivism and Subjectivism about Well-Being; 3. The Nature of Happiness; 4. Varieties of Subjectivism about Well-Being.

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Book SynopsisWhat is happiness? Does life have a meaning? If so, is that meaning available in an ordinary life? The philosopher Zena Hitz confronted these questions head-on when she spent several years living in a Christian religious community. Religious life -- the communal life chosen by monks, nuns, friars, and hermits -- has been a part of global Christianity since earliest times, but many of us struggle to understand what could drive a person to renounce wealth, sex, children, and ambition to live a life of prayer and sacrifice. Hitz''s lively and accessible book explores questions about faith, sacrifice, asceticism and happiness through philosophy, stories, and examples from religious life. Drawing on personal experience as well as film, literature, history, biography, and theology, it demystifies an important element of contemporary culture, and provides a picture of human flourishing and happiness which challenges and enriches modern-day life.Trade Review'We live in a time in which few people write about the lives of consecrated religious. In such a context, this book would have been a welcome contribution to the literature were it only half as intelligent and articulate as it actually is. But even if our bookstores were overflowing with commentaries on the religious life, 'A Philosopher Looks at the Religious Life' would stand out for its distinctive and thoughtful approach, the breadth of its learning, and its willingness to speak to those entirely unfamiliar with, perhaps even hostile to, so much of what constitutes the great and unfathomable mystery of this life.' Sister Carino Hodder, The Lamp'Hitz the philosopher does some of her best work here … [a] stirring and beautiful book.' James Matthew Wilson, National Review'Hitz's perceptive, humane study is an ideal guide for anyone who suddenly finds someone they know hearing the call, or, even more, hears it themselves.' Washington Examiner'As a philosopher, her view of religious life is thought-provoking and distinct; as a practicing Catholic, it avoids both abstraction and sentimentality.' The Lamp'As in any lively conversation, Hitz's book unfolds often freewheelingly and provocatively, resisting linear synopsis and predictable conclusions.' The Public Discourse'It is a book written from the heart and rooted in deep rumination on wide reading, careful observations, and first-hand experiences.' Current'Hitz invites her readers to question often unexamined assumptions about the comfort and security personal achievement can provide.' First ThingsTable of ContentsWhat is this book about?; Introduction: renunciation and happiness; 1. The call; 2. Blessed are the poor; 3. Intimacy with God; 4. The family of humanity; 5. Abandonment and freedom; Conclusion: The last things.

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Book SynopsisA milestone in the study of value in human life and thought, written by one of the world's preeminent living philosophers The Moral Powers: A Study of Human Nature is a philosophical investigation of the moral potentialities and sensibilities of human beings, of the meaning of human life, and of the place of death in life. It is an essay in philosophical anthropology: the study of the conceptual framework in terms of which we think about, speak about, and investigate homo sapiens as a social and cultural animal. This volume examines the diversity of values in human life and the place of moral value within the varieties of values. Its subject is the nature of good and evil and our propensity to virtue and vice. Acting as theculmination offive decadesof reflection onthephilosophy of mind, epistemology,ethics,and humannature, this volume: Concludes Hacker's acclaimed Human Nature tetralogy: Human Nature: The Categorial Framework, The ITable of ContentsProlegomenon xi 1. Philosophical anthropology and the investigation of value xi 2. The sinopia for a fresco xvi Acknowledgements xxiv Part I Of Good and Evil 1 Chapter 1 The Roots of Value and the Nature of Morality 3 1. The place of values in a world of facts 3 2. Varieties of goodness 8 3. The framework of moral goodness 17 4. Morality 24 5. Individual critical morality 30 Chapter 2 The Roots of Morality and the Nature of Moral Goodness 33 1. Moral goodness 33 2. The roots of moral value 38 3. Respect 46 4. The relative permanence of the virtues 58 5. Constants in human nature 61 Chapter 3 The Roots of Evil 65 1. The horror! 65 2. The grammar of evil: preliminary clarification 76 3. Philosophical problems: does evil exist? 83 4. Philosophical problems: can evil be explained? 89 Chapter 4 Explanations of Evil 101 1. The variety of explanations 101 2. Reasons and motives for doing evil 103 3. Can evil be a motive? 115 4. Knowledge of good and evil 121 5. Experimental psychology: Milgram’s and Browning’s explanations of evil‐doing 125 Chapter 5 Evil and the Death of the Soul 129 1. Body, mind, and soul 129 2. The death of the soul 138 3. Forgiveness and self‐forgiveness 143 4. Evil and the unforgivable 148 5. From soul to soul: trisecting an angle with compass and rule 152 Part II Of Freedom and Responsibility 155 Chapter 6 Fatalism and Determinism 157 1. Of fate and fortune 157 2. Fatalism 162 3. Nomological determinism 169 4. Flaws in reductive determinism 173 5. The random and the determined 177 Chapter 7 Neuroscientific Determinism, Freedom, and Responsibility 179 1. Neuroscientific determinism 179 2. Explanations of human behaviour: a recapitulation 182 3. Neuroscientific explanation and its limits 188 4. How possible, not why necessary 192 5. Varieties of responsibility 196 6. Elaboration 201 7. Irresistible impulse and temptation 203 Part III Of Pleasure and Happiness 207 Chapter 8 Pleasure and Enjoyment 209 1. Varieties of hedonism 209 2. Pleasure, enjoyment, and being pleased 212 3. Pleasure, pain, and the pleasures of sensation 219 4. Enjoyment and the pleasures of activities 224 5. Pleasure, desire, and satisfaction 229 6. Comparability and quantification 231 7. First‐person judgements of pleasure 235 8. The hedonic life 237 Chapter 9 Happiness 243 1. The linguistic terrain 243 2. A distinct idea of happiness 246 3. A clear idea of happiness 250 4. Preconditions of happiness 263 5. The epistemology of happiness 266 6. Two philosophical traditions 269 7. Happiness and morality 276 Chapter 10 The Science of Happiness 281 1. From eighteenth‐century crudity and back again 281 2. How happiness is understood by happiness scientists 286 3. Psychological and epistemological presuppositions of the science of happiness 290 4. Measuring happiness 294 5. Some results of the science of happiness 298 Part IV Of Meaning and Death 305 Chapter 11 The Need for Meaning 307 1. Meaning 307 2. The primacy of loss of meaning and the sense of meaninglessness 313 3. The roots of meaninglessness 316 4. Does life have a meaning? 326 5. Finding meaning in human life 329 Chapter 12 The Place of Death in Human Life 334 1. What is death? 334 2. An afterlife 338 3. The valuelessness of life 341 4. The value of life 344 5. Living for ever 349 6. Thanatophobia – the fear of death 353 Appendices Appendix 1: On Animal Beliefs and Animal Morality 361 1. Animal morality 361 2. Animal thinking, animal thoughts, and animal memory 364 3. Counter‐arguments and their rebuttal 367 4. Animal knowledge of other animals’ minds 378 5. Animal emotions 384 Appendix 2: Diabology: Satan, Lucifer, and the Devil in Western Thought 390 Appendix 3: Hannah Arendt and the Banality of Evil 398 Appendix 4: The Pictorial Representation of Pleasure in Western Art 407 Index 412

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Book SynopsisAn approachable introduction to the philosophical study of ethical dilemmas in technology In the Technology Age, innovations in medical, communications, and weapons technologies have given rise to many new ethical questions: Are technologies always value-neutral tools? Are human values and human prejudices sometimes embedded in technologies? Should we merge with the technologies we use? Is it ethical to use autonomous weapons systems in warfare? What should a self-driving car do if it detects an unavoidable crash? Can robots have morally relevant properties? This is Technology Ethics: An Introduction provides an accessible overview of the sub-field of philosophy that focuses on the ethical implications of new technologies. Requiring no previous background in the subject, this reader-friendly volume explores ethical questions concerning artificial intelligence, robots, self-driving cars, brain implants, social media and communication technologies, and more. ThrouTrade Review"Overall, This is Technology Ethics: An Introduction is well written, philosophically engaging, thought provoking, and timely—considering our society is in the midst of working out the ethical implications surrounding emerging technologies. This book will be of benefit to instructors teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in technology ethics or introductory ethics courses that want to incorporate technology ethics into the curriculum. Reading the entire book has academic merit and is a fascinating read, but you could also choose to only read certain chapters. This is a testament to the well-organized structure of the book. Finally, footnotes in philosophy books tend to be exclusively concerned with written material. Nyholm extends the content of his foot-notes by pointing readers to podcasts and videos that are sure to be useful for students, instructors, and those that want to take a deep dive into the fascinating world of technology ethics." (AI and Ethics, 2023).“This Is Technology Ethics is an engaging and enjoyable introduction for anyone who is interested in the ethical implications of advancing technologies. It brings a helpful level of structure to a field of philosophy that is still in the process of being developed. Nyholm's clear language and use of real and fictional examples make the book accessible to a wide audience, as well as a valuable addition to Wiley's ‘This Is Philosophy’ series.” (Journal of Applied Philosophy, 2023).Table of ContentsPreface xiii Acknowledgments xvii 1 What is Technology (From an Ethical Point of View)? 1 1.1 A Hut in the Black Forest 1 1.2 The Question Concerning Technology: The Instrumental Theory of Technology from Martin Heidegger to Joanna Bryson 3 1.3 “Post- Phenomenology” and the Mediation Theory of Technology 7 1.4 Technologies Conceived of as Being More Than Mere Means or Instruments 11 1.5 Technologies Regarded as Moral Agents 13 1.6 Technologies Regarded as Moral Patients 16 1.7 Some of the Key Types of Technologies That Will Be Discussed at Greater Length in Later Chapters of the Book 19 Annotated Bibliography 24 2 What is Ethics? (and, in Particular, What is Technology Ethics)? 25 2.1 Two Campaigns 25 2.2 The Ethics of Virtue and Human Flourishing in Ancient Greece 28 2.3 Ancient Chinese Confucianism and Traditional Southern African Ubuntu Ethics 32 2.4 Kantian Ethics 36 2.5 Utilitarianism and Consequentialist Ethical Theories 39 2.6 If Ethics More Generally Can Be All the Things Discussed in the Previous Sections, then What Does this Mean for Technology Ethics in Particular? 44 2.7 How Technology Ethics Can Challenge and Create a Need for Extensions of More General Ethical Theory 46 Annotated Bibliography 49 3 Methods of Technology Ethics: The Ethics of Self- Driving Cars as a Case Study 51 3.1 Methodologies of Ethics? 51 3.2 The Ethics of Self- Driving Cars 53 3.3 Ethics by Committee 56 3.4 Ethics by Analogy: The Trolley Problem Comparison 58 3.5 Empirical Ethics 61 3.6 Applying Traditional Ethical Theories 65 3.7 Which Method(s) Should We Use in Technology Ethics? Only One or Many? 70 Annotated Bibliography 74 4 Artificial Intelligence, Value Alignment, and the Control Problem 76 4.1 Averting a Nuclear War 76 4.2 What Is Artificial Intelligence and What Is the Value Alignment Problem? 79 4.3 The Good and the Bad, and Instrumental and Non- Instrumental Values and Principles 83 4.4 Instrumentally Positive Value- Alignment of Technologies 86 4.5 Instrumentally Negative Misalignment of Technologies 87 4.6 Positive Non- Instrumental Value Alignment of Technologies 90 4.7 Negative Non- Instrumental Value Misalignment of Technologies 94 4.8 The Control Problem 96 4.9 Control as a Value: Instrumental or Non- Instrumental? And Are There Some Technologies It Might Be Wrong to Try to Control? 99 Annotated Bibliography 102 5 Behavior Change Technologies, Gamification, Personal Autonomy, and the Value of Control 104 5.1 A Better You? 104 5.2 Behavior Change Technologies and Gamification 107 5.3 Control: Three Basic Observations 110 5.4 Key Dimensions of Control Discussed in Different Areas of Philosophy 112 5.5 Behavior Change Technologies and the “Subjects” and “Objects” of Control 116 5.6 The Value and Ethical Importance of Control 120 5.7 Concluding This Chapter 123 Annotated Bibliography 125 6 Responsibility and Technology: Mind the Gap(s)? 127 6.1 Two Events 127 6.2 What Is Responsibility? Different Ways in Which People Can Be Held Responsible and Different Things for Which People Can Be Held Responsible 130 6.3 Responsibility Gaps: General Background 134 6.4 Responsibility Gaps Created by Technologies 138 6.5 Filling Responsibility Gaps by Having People Voluntarily Take Responsibility 142 6.6 Should We Perhaps Welcome Responsibility Gaps? 145 6.7 Responsible Machines? 148 6.8 Human–Machine Teams and Responsibility 153 6.9 Concluding This Chapter 155 Annotated Bibliography 156 7 Can a Machine be a Moral Agent? Should any Machines be Moral Agents? 158 7.1 Machine Ethics 158 7.2 Arguments in Favor of Machine Ethics and Types of Artificial Moral Agents 160 7.3 Objections to the Machine Ethics Project 163 7.3.1 First Objection: Morality Cannot Be Fully Codified 164 7.3.2 Second Objection: It Is Unethical to Create Machines that We Allow to Make Life- and- Death Decisions About Human Beings 165 7.3.3 Third Objection: Moral Agents Need to Have Moral Emotions and Machines Do Not/Cannot Have Emotions 167 7.3.4 Fourth Objection: Machines Are Not Able to Act for Reasons 169 7.3.5 Brief Reminder of the Objections to Machine Ethics Considered Above 171 7.4 Possible Ways of Responding to the Critiques of the Machine Ethics Project 172 7.4.1 First Response: Bottom- Up Learning Rather Than Top- Down Rule- Following 173 7.4.2 Second Response: Resisting the Idea That Machines/Technologies Should Ever Be Full Moral Agents 175 7.4.3 Third Response: Switching to Thinking in Terms of Human–Machine Teams Rather Than in Terms of Independent Artificial Moral Agents 176 7.5 Concluding This Chapter 179 Annotated Bibliography 180 8 Can Robots be Moral Patients, with Moral Status? 182 8.1 The Tesla Bot and Erica the Robot 182 8.2 What Is a Humanoid Robot? And Why Would Anybody Want to Create a Humanoid Robot? 186 8.3 Can People Act Rightly or Wrongly Toward Robots? 190 8.4 Can Robots Have Morally Relevant Properties or Abilities? 193 8.5 Can Robots Imitate or Simulate Morally Relevant Properties or Abilities? 197 8.6 Can Robots Represent or Symbolize Morally Relevant Properties or Abilities? 200 8.7 Should We Be Discussing— Or Perhaps Better Be Avoiding— the Question of Whether Robots Can Be Moral Patients, with Moral Status? 205 Annotated Bibliography 210 9 Technological Friends, Lovers, and Colleagues 213 9.1 Replikas, Chuck and Harmony, and Boomer 213 9.2 Ethical Issues That Arise in This Context Independently of Whether Technologies Can Be Our Friends, Lovers, or Colleagues 216 9.3 Technological Friends 219 9.4 Technological Lovers and Romantic Partners 222 9.5 Robotic Colleagues 227 9.6 Are These All- or- Nothing Matters? Respect for Different Points of View 232 9.7 The Technological Future of Relationships 234 Annotated Bibliography 238 10 Merging with the Machine: The Future of Human–Technology Relations 240 10.1 The Experience Machine 240 10.2 Different Ways of Merging with— Or Merging with the Help of— Technology 244 10.3 Transhumanism, Posthumanism, and Whether We Should Become— Or Perhaps Already Are— Cyborgs 248 10.4 Some Critical Reflections on the Proposals to Merge with Technologies and the Arguments and Outlooks Used in Favor of Such Proposals 251 10.5 Concluding Reflections: Revisiting the Hut in the Black Forest 256 Annotated Bibliography 263 Index 265

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsThe Bad Batch viii Introduction xviii Part I Episodes I–III 1 1 “Another Solution Will Present Itself”: The Phantom Menace, Daoism, and Doing without Trying 3Russell P. Johnson 2 Bioethics Wars: Fear and Fallacy in Revenge of the Sith 11Thomas D. Harter 3 “A Pathway to Many Abilities Some Consider to Be Unnatural”: The Natural Law Ethics of Star Wars 20Matthew Shea, Joel Archer, and Daniel Banning 4 Mothers, Daughters, Rebels: Women’s Bodies in Star Wars 30Aikaterini-Maria Lakka Part II Clone Wars, Rebels, and The Bad Batch 41 5 Order 66: The Fragility of Moral Autonomy in The Clone Wars 43Timothy Challans 6 “Corporations Do Not Rule Us!”: The Separatist Freedom Movement and the Struggle for Justice 52Mohammed Shakibnia 7 “No One Rescues Droids”: Rebels on Race and Racism 62Steve Bein 8 Individuality and Identity: Are Clones Literally a “Band (or Batch) of Brothers”? 73Patricia L. Brace 9 The Failure of Jedi Ethics: The Jedi Betrayal of Ahsoka 82James Rocha and Mona Rocha 10 Of Graffiti and Kalikoris 90Daniel P. Malloy 11 A Long Time Ago? Time and Time Travel in Star Wars 99Philipp Berghofer Part III Rogue One and Solo 109 12 Building the Death Star: Complicity in Moral Evil 111Jason T. Eberl 13 “Rebellions Are Built on Hope”: The Creative Democratic Force of Rogue One 122Terrance MacMullan 14 Han Solo: The Corellian Evasion of Philosophy 132Kevin S. Decker 15 Friendship, Love, and Sex with Droids in Solo: “How Would that Work?” “It Works” 143Nick Munn and Dan Weijers 16 La L3-37 Continue: Droid Rights and the Problem of Legal Personhood 152Joshua Jowitt Part IV Episodes IV–VI 163 17 The Non-dualistic, Redemptive Metaphysics of the Jedi 165Michael Baur 18 Just How Many “Lukes” Are There in A New Hope, Anyway? 174Roy T. Cook and Nathan Kellen 19 Force and Geist: Hegel Watches The Empire Strikes Back 183Umut Eldem 20 “I Know There Is Good in You”: Luke, Anakin, and Confucian Filial Piety 192Eric Yang Part V The Mandalorian 199 21 Should You Eat Baby Yoda? 201A.G. Holdier 22 Grogu’s Little Way: The Binds of Power and the Bonds of Love in The Mandalorian 209Jeffrey P. Bishop and Isabel Bishop 23 Beneath the Helmet, Beyond the Way: The Mandalorian and Moral Decision-making 218Noam Ebner 24 Paradox of Faith: The Way of Din Djarin and Kierkegaard 228Patrick Tiernan 25 Reading the Mind of Din Djarin: The Music of The Mandalorian 236Lance Belluomini Part VI Episodes VII–IX 245 26 Awakening Race, Culture, and Ethnicity in a Galaxy Far, Far Away 247Edwardo Pérez 27 The Last Jedi’s Despair: Did Episode VIII Ruin Luke Skywalker? 257David Kyle Johnson 28 Deleuze, the Force of Becoming, and The Last Jedi 268Corry Shores 29 Passionate Love, Platonic Love, and Force Love in Star Wars 276James Lawler 30 The Rise of Rey Skywalker: The Importance of Community and Friends in Star Wars 284James M. Okapal Index 293

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Book SynopsisThe experience of pleasure, alongside pain, is a primary element of human life. It rules our instincts and desires for food, sex and avoiding various forms of harm. Crucial to psychological and social well-being, it has preoccupied philosophers from Aristotle to John Stuart Mill and plays a fundamental role in moral and ethical theory, especially utilitarianism. More recently, it has become a central subject for psychologists, biologists and neuroscientists.Yet it remains an elusive and deceptively difficult concept. What is pleasure? How does it differ from happiness? Should we value pleasure? Should we value only pleasure? Which theories of pleasure are most plausible? In this rigorous and comprehensive introduction to the topic, Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek unpacks and assesses these questions and many more, including: The history of pleasure from ancient China, India and Greece to modern times Pleasure, sensation, feeling and consciousness W

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Book SynopsisThe ancient philosophy of stoicism has been a crucial and formative influence on the development of Western thought since its inception through to the present day. It is not only an important area of study in philosophy and classics, but also in theology and literature.The Routledge Handbook of the Stoic Tradition is the first volume of its kind, and an outstanding guide and reference source to the nature and continuing significance of stoicism. Comprising twenty-six chapters by a team of international contributors and organised chronologically, the Handbook is divided into four parts: Antiquity and the Middle Ages, including stoicism in Rome; stoicism in early Christianity; the Platonic response to stoicism; and stoic influences in the late Middle Ages Renaissance and Reformation, addressing the impact of stoicism on the Italian Renaissance, Reformation thought, and early modern English literature including ShakespeaTrade Review'... [A] welcome contribution to the literature on the multifaceted aspects of the remarkably consistent and complete metaphysics of ancient Stoicism. The references and the index are excellent. Summing Up: Recommended.' - P. A. Streveler, CHOICE 'All in all, this will be a very useful reference volume for scholars working in a wide range of fields.' - Kurt Lampe, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 'For a long time historians of post-Renaissance philosophy have been telling each other that they need to take into account the influence of the ideas and aspirations of the Stoics. But they've done so without knowing enough about the details of reception and transmission. Here, at last, is a comprehensive, complex and fascinating account of the Stoic legacy that will be a standard reference work for decades to come. It will be invaluable for those seeking to understand the philosophy of the past on its own terms.' - James A. Harris, University of St. Andrews, UK 'A unique and very impressive volume. The editor and contributors are absolutely first rate, and the topics and solidity of scholarship really asks the reader to rethink the scope, substance, and forms of a wide-ranging "tradition" of interpretation and reinterpretation that many might think is reducible to a few maxims.' – Aaron Garrett, Boston University, USA Table of ContentsIntroduction John Sellars Part 1: Antiquity and the Middle Ages 1. Stoicism in Rome Gretchen Reydams-Schils 2. Stoicism in Early Christianity Troels Engberg-Pedersen 3. Plotinus and the Platonic Response to Stoicism Lloyd Gerson 4. Augustine’s Debt to Stoicism in the Confessions Sarah Byers 5. Boethius and Stoicism Matthew Walz 6. Stoic Themes in Peter Abelard and John of Salisbury Kevin Guilfoy 7. Stoic Influences in the Later Middle Ages Mary Beth Ingham Part 2: Renaissance and Reformation 8. The Recovery of Stoicism in the Renaissance Ada Palmer 9. Stoicism in the Philosophy of the Italian Renaissance Jill Kraye 10. Erasmus, Calvin, and the Faces of Stoicism in Renaissance and Reformation Thought Barbara Pitkin 11. Justus Lipsius and Neostoicism Jacqueline Lagrée 12. Shakespeare and Early Modern English Literature Andrew Shifflett Part 3: Early Modern Europe 13. Medicine of the Mind in Early Modern Philosophy Guido Giglioni 14. Stoic Themes in Early Modern French Thought Michael Moriarty 15. Spinoza and Stoicism Jon Miller 16. Leibniz and the Stoics: Fate, Freedom, and Providence David Forman 17. The Epicurean Stoicism of the French Enlightenment Edward Andrew 18. Stoicism and the Scottish Enlightenment Christian Maurer 19. Kant and Stoic Ethics José Torralba and Daniel Doyle Part 4: The Modern World 20. Stoicism in Nineteenth Century German Philosophy Michael Ure 21. Stoicism and Romantic Literature Simon Swift 22. Stoicism in Victorian Culture Heather Ellis 23. Stoicism in America Kenneth Sacks 24. Stoic Themes in Contemporary Anglo-American Ethics Christopher Gill 25. Stoicism and Twentieth Century French Philosophy Thomas Bénatouïl 26. The Stoic Influence on Modern Psychotherapy Donald Robertson. Index

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Book SynopsisFor use in undergraduate engineering programs incorporating ethics topics. Engineering Ethics serves as both a textbook and a resource for the study of engineering ethics. It is written to help future engineers be prepared for confronting and resolving ethical dilemmas that they might encounter during their professional careers.Table of Contents1 Introduction 1 1.1 Background Ideas 2 1.2 Why Study Engineering Ethics? 2 1.3 Engineering Is Managing the Unknown 3 1.4 Personal vs. Professional Ethics 4 1.5 The Origins of Ethical Thought 4 1.6 Ethics and the Law 4 1.7 Ethics Problems Are Like Design Problems 5 1.8 Case Studies 6 Summary 15 References 15 Problems 16 2 Professionalism and Codes of Ethics 18 2.1 Introduction 19 2.2 Is Engineering a Profession? 19 2.3 Codes of Ethics 24 Key Terms 33 References 34 Problems 34 3 Understanding Ethical Problems 37 3.1 Introduction 38 3.2 A Brief History of Ethical Thought 38 3.3 Ethical Theories 39 3.4 Non-Western Ethical Thinking 46 Key Terms 53 References 53 Problems 53 4 Ethical Problem-Solving Techniques 56 4.1 Introduction 57 4.2 Analysis of Issues in Ethical Problems 57 4.3 Line Drawing 59 4.4 Flow Charting 62 4.5 Confl ict Problems 63 4.6 An Application of Problem-Solving Methods: Bribery/Acceptance of Gifts 65 Key Terms 71 References 71 Problems 72 5 Risk, Safety, and Accidents 74 5.1 Introduction 75 5.2 Safety and Risk 75 5.3 Accidents 79 Key Terms 98 References 98 Problems 99 6 The Rights and Responsibilities of Engineers 103 6.1 Introduction 104 6.2 Professional Responsibilities 104 6.3 Professional Rights 106 6.4 Whistle-Blowing 108 Key Terms 120 References 120 Problems 121 7 Ethical Issues in Engineering Practice 124 7.1 Introduction 125 7.2 Environmental Ethics 125 7.3 Computer Ethics 127 7.4 Ethics and Research 135 Key Terms 143 References 143 Problems 144 8 Doing the Right Thing 150 References 155 Problems 155 APPENDIX A Codes of Ethics of Professional Engineering Societies 157 The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE) 157 National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) 158 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) 163 American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 164 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE) 168 Japan Society of Civil Engineers 169 APPENDIX B Bibliography 172 General Books on Engineering Ethics 172 Journals with Articles on Engineering Ethics and Cases 173 Websites 173 Index 174

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Book SynopsisIn the course of more than twenty works François Laruelle has developed one of the most singular and unique ways of thinking within contemporary philosophy. This volume develops the style of his late work, which has sought to combine the idioms of diverse areas (from the language of quantum mechanics to theology, messianism and Gnosticism) to create non-standard philosophical fictions which further articulate his thinking of radical immanence in relation to wide-ranging themes and concerns. The focus here is a reassessment of his attempt to rethink what it means to be human. Much of that work has taken place through an engagement with science, politics and religion, but now we see Laruelle confronting the challenge of ecology for his kind of humanism (which he would call a ''non-humanism'', meaning a non-standard humanism). This challenge is one of thinking of the ethical demands of other entities within a general ecology. Namely the lives of plants and other vegetation alonTrade ReviewFrançois Laruelle's The Last Humanity is a unique, ambitious, and provocative adventure in ecological thinking. It offers one of the most original, realist, and dare I say deconstructive ecological encounters to date. * Rick Elmore, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Appalachian State University, USA *Laruelle’s non-philosophical ecology represents an uncompromising challenge to existing ecological thought and, in this brilliantly accomplished translation, makes a provocative and landmark contribution to contemporary eco-critical debate. Laruelle aims at nothing less than a total reconfiguration of the ethical relations between the human, the animal, and biological life more generally and he succeeds in ways that we have hitherto been unable to imagine. * Ian James, Reader in Modern French Literature and Thought, University of Cambridge, UK *Table of ContentsForeword Introduction Chapter 1: In Search of a Messianic Ecology Chapter 2: Philosophy’s Degrowth for a Generic Ecology Chapter 3: The House of Philosophy Is in Ruins Chapter 4: The Antinomy of Ecology and Philosophy Chapter 5: The Unification of the Lived-without-Life and Being-in-the-Last-Humanity Chapter 6: Ecology as Quantum of the Messianic Lived Conclusion: Ethics Between Ecology and Messianity

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Book SynopsisEthics: The Key Thinkers introduces the individuals who have wrestled with core moral questions and shaped how we understand ethics today, from what constitutes a good life to arguments about what is right and wrong. Chapters are organised chronologically and cover figures from a wide range of traditions in ancient, modern and contemporary philosophy, explaining exactly how a particular individual has changed the development of ethical theory as a whole. Alongside chapters on Plato, Aristotle, Marx and Nietzsche, this fully updated 2nd edition now provides: A global approach to the history of ethics, featuring new chapters on Confucian, Buddhist and African thinkers Further reading guides to the latest writing on each thinker A conclusion that looks ahead to new directions in contemporary ethical theory For anyone looking to better understand the ideas, people and debates behind one of philosophy''s most important subjects, Ethics: The Key Thinkers is the ideal starTrade ReviewIt is good to have a new edition of this very useful and informative work. The essays offer clear and sympathetic treatments of a range of key ethical thinkers, including now chapters on Chinese, Indian and African ethics. It is highly recommended to anyone looking to explore this fascinating field, and learn more about the ethical insights to be learned from its history. * Robert Stern, Professor of Philosophy, University of Sheffield, UK *Ethics: The Key Thinkers is an uncommonly successful integration of explanation and critical discussion. The treatment of thinkers is historically informed and negotiates the conceptual terrain—now global in scope—with admirable clarity. The chapters are philosophically rich but also accessible, making the volume a valuable resource at many levels. * Jonathan Jacobs, Professor of Philosophy, John Jay College and Doctoral Faculty of Philosophy, CUNY Graduate Center, CUNY, USA *Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction, Tom Angier (University of Cape Town, South Africa) 1. Plato, Tom Angier (University of Cape Town, South Africa) 2. Aristotle, Timothy Chappell (The Open University, UK) 3. The Stoics, Jacob Klein (Colgate University, USA) 4. Aquinas, Vivian Boland O.P. (University of Oxford, UK) 5. Hume, Peter Millican (University of Oxford, UK) 6. Kant, Ralph Walker (University of Oxford, UK) 7. Hegel, Kenneth Westphal (Bogazici University, Turkey) 8. Marx, Sean Sayers (University of Kent, UK) 9. Mill, Krister Bykvist (Stockholm University, Sweden) 10. Nietzsche, Ken Gemes (Birkbeck College and New College of the Humanities, UK) and Christoph Schuringa (New College of the Humanities, UK) 11. MacIntyre, David Solomon (University of Notre Dame, USA) 12. Chinese Ethics, Alba Cercas Curry (University of California at Riverside, USA) 13. Indian Ethics, Christopher Bartley (University of Liverpool, UK) 14. African Ethics, Thaddeus Metz (University of Pretoria, South Africa) Index

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Book SynopsisIstván Szabó is one of the few Hungarian filmmakers to have earned a major international reputation over the past half century. This thoughtful and original book is the first examination of Szabó's contribution to contemporary thought, engaging the troubled history of Europe in the 20th and 21st centuries. István Szabó's importance as a filmmaker lies not only in his attention to film's formal elements but in his deep and ongoing engagement with some of the most urgent ethical and existential questions of our time. With detailed analyses of István Szabó's major films, from his 1960s works to his Academy Award for Best Foreign Film winner, Mephisto, and on through Szabó's last film in 2020, Final Report, Susan Rubin Suleiman focuses on four important questions pertaining to existential choice: to leave home or to stay in a communist country? To collaborate or not with an authoritarian regime? To affirm or to deny one's Jewishness in the face of antisemitism? To seek or to give Trade ReviewSusan Suleiman’s book touched me deeply and it was interesting even for me. I was surprised by several connections that I had never thought of, but they are very true. * István Szabó *Drawing on her previous studies of exile and memory, and inspired by her own investigation of roots, Susan Rubin Suleiman’s engagement with István Szabó’s films presents a compelling and essential analysis of his continuing exploration of the themes of community, Hungarian-Jewish identity, and the individual’s ‘search for security’. * Peter Hames, Author of Czech and Slovak Cinema: Theme and Tradition (2010), and Visiting Professor in Film Studies, Staffordshire University, UK *Susan Suleiman’s landmark book, István Szabó: Filmmaker of Existential Choice, brilliantly illuminates the neglected oeuvre of a major Academy Award-winning Central European director. Foregrounding Szabó’s lifelong concern with the impact of historical forces on the fate of his protagonists, each chapter engages deeply with the urgent ethical and existential questions of our time. * Catherine Portuges, Founding Program Director and Founding Curator of the Massachusetts Multicultural Film Festival, USA *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Encountering István Szabó 1. To Leave or to Stay? Existential Choices under Communism Getting around the Censor in the 1960s Leaving and Its Consequences in Lovefilm Those Who Stay: Visions of Home in the 1970s 2. What Price Glory? The Talented Individual and State Power Step by Step: The Road to Degradation in Mephisto Responsibility in the Rearview Mirror: Taking Sides The Parvenu’s Dilemma: Loyalty and Alienation in Colonel Redl 3. To Be or Not To Be Jewish? Identity as Choice or as Fate The “Jewish Question” for Jews Jews in Hungarian Cinema under Communism Jewish Identity and Its Vicissitudes in Sunshine 4. Living Together? The Idea of Community after Communism “A Metaphor for Europe”? Passions and Music in Meeting Venus Hanging On: Precarious Lives in Sweet Emma, Dear Böbe “Poor Hungary”: Relatives and Final Report References List of Figures Films Index

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Book SynopsisWhat is environmental virtue? Is developing good habits enough? What does climate justice require? Is ecological restoration just another form of the human domination of nature?Exploring these questions and more, this book provides an up-to-date and balanced introduction to environmental ethics. It first examines ethical theory, then ties theory to practice, showing how values guide environmental policies, but also how policies and institutions shape environmental values. Updated and expanded to engage with the latest scholarship, scientific findings, and societal challenges, this 2nd edition features: New sections on food ethics, multispecies justice, intergenerational ethics, and the Anthropocene Contemporary case studies focusing on the rights of nature, the use of biotechnology in ecological restoration, and just climate transitions Expanded coverage of diverse philosophical traditions, including Confucian, Daoist, and Indigenous ethical perspectives Trade ReviewHourdequin writes with clarity, depth, and passion, so the book is suitable for nonspecialists. * K. Doran, Hamilton College, CHOICE (of the first edition) *What most distinguishes this text ... is its emphasis on practical action ... [Hourdequin] presents a diversity of views sympathetically, explains them accurately and assesses them fairly. * Environmental Values (of the first edition) *The great strength of the text is the variety of ethical approaches on offer ... Houdequin's book serves as a solid and broad introductory textbook to environmental ethics at an intermediate or senior undergraduate level. * Ethical Perspectives (of the first edition) *This well-written book works both as an introductory text as well as a review of the topic. The arguments and examples are helpful both for those readers interested in the theoretical background as well as for those more interested in the applied aspects. The examples are well chosen and well presented. * Ethical Theory and Moral Practice (of the first edition) *Hourdequin's book addresses environmental ethics from theory to practice through a series of well-structured and thought-provoking chapters. ... [It] stand[s] out from the present-day rich panorama of works regarding environmental ethics and may significantly mark the horizon of future publications in the field. * Ethics, Policy & Environment (of the first edition) *It is outstanding and commendable as a textbook for both undergraduate and postgraduate alike ... In short, the book is a pleasure to read ... Written at a level that any intelligent layperson will appreciate and enjoy. It is an ideal basic introductory to environmental ethics ... The book is essential reading. * International Studies in the Philosophy of Science (of the first edition) *In addition to discussing the usual topics and themes, in this engaging new introduction to environmental ethics Marion Hourdequin draws on the insights of Chinese philosophy and focuses on such issues of contemporary concern as climate change, ecological restoration and the problem of defining sustainability. * Dale Jamieson, Professor of Environmental Studies and Philosophy, New York University, USA (of the first edition) *Few philosophers and fewer environmental scientists could have written a book that combines a solid grasp of real ethical theory, a full understanding of the current state of the science, and the wisdom that Marion Hourdequin brings to Environmental Ethics. This work is not only an utterly accessible introduction to the field, but a magisterial assessment of the inescapable alternatives it confronts us with. * Alex Rosenberg, R. Taylor Cole Professor of Philosophy Department of Philosophy, Duke University, USA (of the first edition) *This engaging and comprehensive introduction to environmental ethics combines directness and clarity with a depth of analysis and distinctiveness of approach that few texts in the field can match. The result is a feast for inquiring minds, an inspiration and aspiration for active ones; specifically, it helps us understand how an environmental ethic can become a lived ethic. * Alan Holland, Emeritus Professor of Applied Philosophy, Lancaster University, UK (of the first edition) *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements Part I: Environmental Values 1. Bringing Values to Light 2. Western Ethical Theories and the Environment 3. Anthropocentrism and its Critics: Broadening Moral Concern 4. The Social Dimensions of Environmental Problems Part II: Environmental Ethics in Practice 5. Ethics, Institutions, and the Environment 6. Global Climate Change 7. Ecological Restoration 8. Engaging Environmental Concern, Promoting Change Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisShould transhuman and posthuman persons ever be brought into existence? And if so, could they be generated in a good and loving way? This study explores how society may respond to the actual generation of new kinds of persons from ethical, philosophical, and theological perspectives. Contributors to this volume address a number of essential questions, including the ethical ramifications of generating new life, the relationships that generators may have with their creations, and how these creations may consider their generation. This collection''s interdisciplinary approach traverses the philosophical writings of Aristotle, Aquinas, Kant, Nietzsche, and Heidegger, alongside theological considerations from Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions. It invites academics, faith leaders, policy makers, and stakeholders to think through the ethical gamut of generating posthuman and transhuman persons.Table of ContentsA note on the text List of contributors Faith perspectives Introduction: Calum MacKellar (Scottish Council on Human Bioethics, UK) and Trevor Stammers Part I Who is a transhuman and posthuman person? 1. The concept of a ‘person’ and its history, Michael Fuchs (Catholic University of Linz, Austria) 2. One of us: Humans, transhumans and posthumans, Richard Playford (St Mary's University, UK) 3. Remaining human: The philosophy of Charles Taylor aimed at the ethics of generating trans- and posthuman persons, Gregory Parker Jr. (University of Edinburgh, UK) 4. Being somebody: Towards a categorical imperative for the age of transhumanism, Christian Hölzchen Part II How can transhuman and posthuman persons be generated? 5. On the scientific plausibility of transhumanism, Chris Willmott (University of Leicester, UK) Part III Philosophical aspects in generating transhuman and posthuman persons 6. Domination and vulnerability: Herman Bavinck and posthumanism in the shadow of Friedrich Nietzsche, James Eglinton (University of Edinburgh, UK) 7. The question of technology and relationships: How might Martin Heidegger’s idea of enframing shape how posthuman persons and their generators relate to one another? Matthew James (St Mary's University, UK) 8. Deliver us from (artificial) evil: Are the generators of Artificial Intelligences morally accountable for the actions of those they generate? Trevor Stammers Part IV Theological aspects in generating transhuman and posthuman persons 9. A Jewish outlook: A Jewish case study in creating transhuman and posthuman persons, Deborah Blausten (Finchley Reform Synagogue, London) 10. A Christian outlook: The rational body: A Thomistic perspective on parenthood and posthumanism, Michael Wee (Durham University, UK) 11. An Islamic outlook: Islamic perspectives on the ethics of bringing transhuman and posthuman persons into existence Mehrunisha Suleman (University of Cambridge, UK) Part V Ethical aspects in generating transhuman and posthuman persons 12 Procreating transhuman and posthuman persons, Calum MacKellar (St Mary's University, UK) 13 Posthuman children: Questions of identity, Gillian Wright (Scottish Council on Human Bioethics, UK) Conclusion Calum MacKellar (Scottish Council on Human Bioethics, UK) and Trevor Stammers Appendix: Scottish Council on Human Bioethics recommendations on the generation of transhuman and posthuman persons Index

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Book SynopsisCovid-19 has been described as a digital pandemic'. But who might the characterisation of the pandemic as digital' leave behind? This timely book reconsiders the pandemic as postdigital', examining tensions between a growing postdigital attitude of disenchantment with digital technologies and the increasing reliance on adapted modes of online practice mid-lockdown in both performance-making and healthcare.What emerged amidst the pandemic restrictions was a theatre that was unable to show its face, instead adapting into a variety of covid-safe' remote forms of engagement, from Zoom plays' to self-generating experiences sent by post. This book explores the ways that both performances and healthcare practices found proxies for direct touch and face-to-face encounters, deconstructing the way that care and resilience were spectacularized by political actors online.Liam Jarvis and Karen Savage explore aspects of care in relation to technology, spectacle and fTrade ReviewAs theatre and performance struggle to emerge in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, Postdigital Performances of Care provides a distinct lens through which to review our collective experiences and to reimagine possibilities for the future. Critical, insightful and compassionate throughout, the book reflects on the many meanings of care and challenges us to reconsider the "new normal". The authors present a compelling provocation for the field and how we might rethink performance itself in the current context. * Sarah Bay-Cheng, York University, Canada *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements Series Editors’ Preface Opening Provocation: Soft Spaces; Hard Edges By Proto-type Theater Introduction: A ‘Postdigital Pandemic’? Chapter 1: Spectacles of Resilience: Postdigital Online Theatre & Mid-pandemic Resilience A Postdigital Attitude: Blind Spots in Digital Culture Vacant Theatres as Nightingale Courtrooms Theatre as Social Services: Slung Low & Holbeck Food Bank Chapter 2: Theatre’s ‘Loss of Face’: The Levinasian Problem of Face-to-Face Encounters Mid-pandemic Ambivalent Otherness: Face Ethics Mid-lockdown Patching into the Past: Coney’s Telephone Lockdown as a Hotel Room Without a Door: Thaddeus Phillips’ Zoo Motel Chapter 3: The Spectacularization of Care Online Performing Handshakes: From Defiant Gestural Retail Politics to ‘Bioweapon’ Performing Applause: From Doorstep Clapping to Anti-Hero Worship Resilience Optics: Surveillance Technologies as Care Symbols in ‘Drone Captain Tom’ Chapter 4: Digital Care & Pandemic Care Ethics in Post-internet Cultures: ‘Caring about’ & ‘Caring for’ ‘Caring About’ Expanded: Webs of Interdependencies What Counts as ‘Digital Care’? Care as ‘Virtue Signaling’ on Social Media? Detached Touch: ‘Posting About’ as ‘Caring About’? Care and Memory in Miguel Angel Muñoz and Luisa Cantero's 100 Days with Tata Regressing in Care: Russell Howard’s Home Time Theatre as Care Package: Nightcap’s Handle With Care Chapter 5: Digital Twins, Avatars & the Metaverse AI-generated Avatars on Lensa Avatar Band Members in Aespa The Metaverse Conclusion: Meta-Resilience & the ‘New Normal’ Endnotes References Index

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Book SynopsisA refreshing approach to the dominance of technology in our contemporary lives, The Digital Pandemic, translated from Portuguese, poses fundamental questions about love, fear, connectedness, proximity, imagination and consciousness.Arguing that the pandemic has ushered in a civilizational digital shock, João Pedro Cachopo charts new channels of relatedness and communication between people through digital technologies for the foreseeable future. The transformation of human experience that began in 2020 creates a break in our sociality that Cachopo pinpoints through key themes of love, travel, study, community and art.In contrast to the growing philosophical literature on the pandemic, this bold theoretical work does not prophesy the fall of capitalism or the end of personal freedom and relationships. Instead, this book carefully investigates the advanced technology that is increasingly inextricable from our lives, using an alternative approach that avoids pessimism, while remainiTrade ReviewA marvellous meditation on the spatial and temporal reorientation brought to light by the pandemic. Covering isolation in the home, and the shock of a new daily existence that produces distinct aesthetic experiences, Cachopo explores the digital pandemic through globalization, inequality, biopolitics, technology and disaster capitalism. * Lydia Goehr, Professor of Philosophy, Columbia University, USA *From Agamben to Žižek, anyone interested in a sober, witty, and productive critique of the ways in which the pandemic has influenced our ways of loving, studying, traveling, coexisting, and creating should read this book. * Ana Ilievska, Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow and Lecturer, Stanford University, USA *Among countless books and articles on the COVID-19 crisis, The Digital Pandemic stands out. It is a compelling meditation on the isolation that we have experienced. Philosophically sophisticated and yet thoroughly readable, the book offers fresh insight into the physical separation and digital proximity of life during this unpredictable pandemic. * Jay David Bolter, Wesley Chair of New Media, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA *Speaking to the urgency of our times, this is a short, incisive book that manages to slow down. Cachopo’s analysis moves the critical literature on the pandemic along by highlighting how digital media reshapes the conditions of human imagination. * Peter Szendy, Professor of Humanities and Comparative Literature, Brown University, USA *Table of ContentsPrologue: The Pandemic Is Not the Event 1. The Role of Philosophy in Times of Uncertainty 2. Questions, Hypotheses, Suspicions 3. Topology of the Imagination 4. Apocalypse Remediated 5. The Disruption of the Senses Love Travel Study Community Art Epilogue: Our World After the Pandemic Index

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Book SynopsisCarol J. Adams is the author of numerous books including her germinal The Sexual Politics of Meat, as well as Burger, Protest Kitchen, The Pornography of Meat, and others. She is the co-editor of several anthologies on feminist theory and animals. She has been an activist against domestic violence, racism, and homelessness, and for reproductive justice and fair housing practices. A new generation of feminists, artists, and activists respond to her work in Defiant Daughters: 21 Women on Art, Activism, Animals, and The Sexual Politics of Meat and The Art of the Animal: 14 Women Artists Explore The Sexual Politics of Meat. www.caroljadams.comTable of ContentsPreface to the Bloomsbury Revelations Edition 1. When Worlds Collide 2. Are You At Peace? 3. Repairing the Hole in Our Conscience 4. Judgment, Guilt, and Anger 5. Sabotage and Other Meat-eating Defenses 6. Talking with Meat Eaters 7. Stopping the Conversation 8. Love at Work I: Living with Meat Eaters: The Nature of Relationships and Kitchens 9. Love at Work II: Living with Meat Eaters: The Family System 10. Love at Work III: Living with Meat Eaters: Partners and Children 11. Grace at Work: Eating with Meat Eaters 12. On the Job: Working with, for, and (Sometimes) against Meat Eaters 13. Living Among Meat Eaters Online 14. Magician at Work: Cooking for Meat Eaters 15. Being the Mover, Not the Moved 16. Recipes for Yourself and Others — Appetizers — Breakfasts — Soups — Sauces — Tempeh and Tofu — Main Dishes — Side Dishes and Salads — Desserts Notes Acknowledgments Index

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Book SynopsisWhy pursue a university education? Some people answer in terms of the purpose of getting a good job. Others respond in terms of the aim of earning more money. Still others answer in terms of the goal of promoting social justice. Drawing on C. S. Lewis's belief that the purpose of life is the experience of perfect happiness, Stewart Goetz explains Lewis's simple but overlooked view that a person should pursue a university education for the pleasure that comes from higher-level intellectual activity. Goetz not only sharpens our understanding of Lewis's life and work in higher education, but also leads us to question why we attend, study, teach, or research at a university.Trade ReviewVery few Lewis scholars capture the richness of Lewis’s thought in the way Owen Barfield described it: “somehow what he thought about everything was secretly present in what he said about anything.” In his provocative and illuminating treatment of Lewis’s view of higher education, Goetz has done exactly that. * Justin D. Barnard, Professor of Philosophy, Union University, USA *Thoughtful and thought-provoking. Stewart Goetz provides an important contribution both to Lewis scholarship and to the wider conversation about the purpose and value of education. * Michael Ward, Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Oxford, UK *Stewart Goetz has emerged as a leading Lewis scholar, particularly with respect to Lewis’s philosophical writing. In this book he makes a convincing case that Lewis saw the fundamental purpose of higher education to be the pleasure and happiness it brings. Lovers of Lewis will naturally find this book to be a delight! * Jerry L. Walls, Professor of Philosophy, Houston Christian University, USA *Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements Introduction: Why Higher Education? 1. The Intrinsic Goodness of Pleasure 2. The Pleasure of Higher Education 3. Higher Education and Being a Christian 4. Higher Education and Naturalism 5. Lewis and Higher Education Today 6. What Do I Think? Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisPeter Sjöstedt Hughes is Research Fellow and Associate Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Exeter, UK. Christine Hauskeller is Professor of Moral and Political Philosophy at the University of Exeter, UK.Trade ReviewPhilosophy and Psychedelics is a fabulous book – it’s psychedelicious – a rich thoughtful collection which exceeds the samples I’ve considered here. It should be read slowly and sporadically rather than gorged, to avoid indigestion and prolong the pleasure. * Psychiatrie en Filosofie *This impressive multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary collection surveys the impacts of psychedelic research on philosophy, science and culture. Examinations of standard philosophical problems in light of psychedelic experience are complemented by studies of broader cultural and cross-cultural significance of psychedelia. Its inclusion of non-Western perspectives on psychedelics sets an important example. * Farzad Mahootian, Clinical Associate Prof., Global Liberal Studies, New York University, USA *Sacred plants and substances propitiate knowledge based on direct experience. Like a strong wind on fallen leaves, they disturbed previous orders, raise questions, propose new hypothesis, induce wondering at many levels. The authors of this timely book make an important contribution to a conversation that cannot be ignored any longer, one that has its deeper roots in the ancestral traditions of all continents, and which seems especially urgent in these times of extremes and uncertainty. * Luis Eduardo Luna, Director of the Wasiwaska Research Center, Brazil *Table of ContentsIntroduction – Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes and Christine Hauskeller(University of Exeter, UK) 1. Transpersonal Gratitude and Psychedelic Altered States of Consciousness, Taline Artinian (University of Exeter, UK) 2. What is Real(ity)?, John H. Buchanan (Centre for Process Studies, USA) 3. A Cultural History of Psychedelics in the US, Kyle Buller, Joe Moore, and Lenny Gibson (Dreamshadow Group, USA) 4. Power and the Sublime in Aldous Huxley's Drug Aesthetics, Robert Dickins (Psychedelic Press, UK) 5. Decolonizing the Philosophy of Psychedelics, Osiris Sinuhé González Romero (University of Saskatchewan, Canada) 6. Making Your Soul Visible, Michael Halewood (University of Essex, UK) 7. Individualization and Alienation: Paradoxes in Psychedelic Psychotherapy, Christine Hauskeller (University of Exeter, UK) 8. Walter Benjamin and Herbert Marcuse: Psychedelics and Revolution, Fernando Huesca Ramon (Meritorius Autonomous University of Puebla, Mexico) 9. Mary on Acid: Experiences of Unity and the Epistemic Gap, Jussi Jylkkä (Åbo Akademi University, Finland) 10. Are Psychedelic Drugs Distorting?, Ole Martin Moen (Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway) 11. The Unconscious in Zen and Psychedelic Experience, Steve Odin (University of Hawai?i, USA) 12. Altered Consciousness after Descartes: Whitehead's Philosophy of Organism as Psychedelic Realism, Matthew D. Segall (California Institute of Integral Studies, USA) 13. The White Sun of Substance: Spinozism and the Psychedelic Amor Dei Intellectualis, Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes (University of Exeter, UK) 14. Journeying in the Realm of the Unconscious: Jung's Liber Novus and Psychedelic Experience, Johanna Hilla Sopanen (University of Exeter, UK) 15. Arguments for the Psychedelic Cure of Western Philosophy, Michel Weber (University of Saskatchewan, Canada) Index

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Book SynopsisAlmost everyone grows up in a family, and family ties play an important role in daily life. But what exactly is a family'? What is a family tie'? We use the general concept of family' in many contexts in fiction, in talk shows, in law, in politics and yet one person''s family may be strikingly different from another''s.This introductory guide sets out to examine the multiple meanings of the family and related concepts. It explores the different roles played by these concepts in our attempts to understand who we are, where we belong, and what we owe to whom, and the relationships between individual, family, and society. Grounded in philosophy and ethics, the book also draws extensively from other disciplines such as law and sociology, discussing the concrete implications of these ideas for issues such as parental love, marriage and divorce, family autonomy, and assisted reproduction.

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Book SynopsisForgiveness is a lovely idea, wrote C. S. Lewis, and in recent decades it has been seen and admired in situations ranging from therapy to politics, and proposed as a constructive pathway in the aftermath of abuse and atrocity. Not everyone is impressed, however, and in parallel with praise and promotion of forgiveness, cries of unforgivable' are uttered with increased shrillness and frequency.In this hugely compelling, wide-ranging, and thought-provoking book, Stephen Cherry argues that while forgiveness can be transformative in the aftermath of harm, it can also, if not handled with care, become an additional pressure and anxiety for those who have been harmed. He teases out the way in which Christian understandings often lie behind pressure to forgive, identifying a number of typical mistakes with the Christian approach to forgiveness.Reflecting on many examples from real life as well as literature, and on the insights of psychologists and philosophers, Cherry uses

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Book SynopsisThe first systematic application of Marx's value theory to animal labour within the context of capitalist food systems

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Book SynopsisOne of the first readings, in English or French, of Édouard Glissant as an ethical theoristTrade ReviewChoose Your Bearing commits to inclusive universal rights and protections for natural environments. Interweaving philosophy and history, Benjamin Davis presents an elegant account of the contributions, contradictions, and betrayals of human rights advocacy within anti-colonial struggles. Referencing Glissant, Said, Marx, Du Bois and other intellectuals, this book engages ethics, diverse ethnic identities, and the structural antagonisms between colonizers and the colonized. Choose Your Bearing offers a succinct study of intellectuals and care-givers who improvised a common language for political advocacy; thus, it clarifies how to stabilize current resistance to imperialism and predatory powers. – Joy James, author of New Bones Abolition and Contextualizing Angela DavisTable of ContentsIntroduction: Starting from Responsibility and Human Rights Thesis and Chapter Outline Chapter One: The Right to Opacity in Theory Toward an Alternative Ethical Vocabulary Alterity and Encounter Read in Context Contacts, Relays, Opacities The Right to Opacity and Human Rights Chapter Two: The Right to Opacity in Practice The Critical-Reformist Tension Three Approaches to Human Rights The Paradigmatic Approach The Critical Approach The Organizational Approach The Three Approaches at Work and the Promises of Standing Rock Chapter Three: Solidarity beyond Participation Institutions and Imaginaries Roots: Identity and Belonging Relations: Solidarity, Anarchy, and Generosity Root Identity and Relation Identity Expansive Belonging Chapter Four: The Feasibility of Ethical Pursuits Feasibility The Other of Thought La Facultad Deslenguada Entanglements Making Kin Chapter Five: The Limits of Ethics and the Question of Political Commitment Summary of Study The Limits of Ethics The Question of Political Commitment W. E. B. Du Bois’s Critique of Elite Human Rights Discourse Bibliography

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Book SynopsisFrom world-leading scientist and New York Times bestselling author of The Language of God, a deeply thoughtful guidebook to discerning what and who we can trust to move us from societal discord to civic harmony.As the COVID-19 pandemic revealed, western society has become not just hyper-partisan, but also deeply cynical; distrustful of traditional sources of knowledge and wisdom such as science and faith. Scepticism about vaccines led to the needless deaths of at least 230,000 Americans, and Do your own research is now a rallying cry in many online rabbit holes. Yes, experts can make mistakes, and institutions can lose their moral compass, but there are reliable ways and means to weigh information and navigate truth, and The Road to Wisdom is here to help us rediscover them.Francis Collins reminds us of the four core sources of judgement and clear thinking: truth, science, faith, and trust. Drawing on his scientific work at the forefront of the Human Genome Project and the US National Institutes of Health, as well as on ethics, philosophy, and theology, Collins makes a robust, thoughtful case for each of these sources - their reliability, and their limits. Ultimately, he shows how they work together, not separately - and certainly not in conflict. It is only when we re-link these four pillars of wisdom that we can begin to discern the best path forward in life.?Hopeful, accessible, winsome, and deeply wise, The Road to Wisdom leads us beyond current animosities to surer footing. Here is the moral, philosophical, and scientific framework with which to address the problems of our time - on the world stage, but also in our daily lives.

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Book SynopsisThe Ethics of War is an indispensable collection of essays addressing issues both timely and age-old about the nature and ethics of war. Features essays by great thinkers from ancient times through to the present day, among them Plato, Augustine, Aquinas, Machiavelli, Grotius, Kant, Russell, and Walzer Examines timely questions such as: When is recourse to arms morally justifiable? What moral constraints should apply to military conduct? How can a lasting peace be achieved? Will appeal to a broad range of readers interested in morality and ethics in war time Includes informative introductions and helpful marginal notes by editors Trade Review"This is a superb, comprehensive collection of the basic texts that make up the just war tradition. Some have been very difficult to get hold of and others have been translated for the first time. It will be an indispensable resource for all departments of international affairs, ethics, war studies, peace studies and many history departments." Times Higher Education, 25 May 2007 "As a collection of key readings, each prefaced by editorial comment, it can scarcely be bettered." The Times "An invaluable resource for many readers for years to come...anyone interested in the history of western thought on the subject of war will find [the volume] fascinating." Peace News "On balance...The Ethics of War will serve as a tremendous resource for students, teachers and writers for decades to come. We owe its editors much gratitude for their diligent compilation of a tremendous range of texts, and their careful scholarly analysis of the arguments to be found within them." David L. Perry, United States Army War College "This superbly edited and thoughtfully organized collection brings together all of the essential texts of the just war tradition in one single volume. An outstanding achievement!" George R. Lucas, Jr., U.S. Naval Academy "A unique and extremely well-done collection of essays culled from every period of Western history – some of which were previously unavailable in English. This is an important anthology, one that should be read and re-read by any serious student of the perennial ethical problems of warfare." Carl Ficarotta, US Air Force Academy "This magnificent volume allows readers both to learn about the past and from the past. It will be of great value to historians, while those who are concerned with the burning current issues of just war will appreciate the depth of analysis of their predecessors." Jon Elster, Collège de France "Although this book is primarily aimed at the academic market, anyone interested in the history of western thought on the subject of war will find it fascinating" Peace NewsTable of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgments. Part I: Ancient and Early Christian. 1. Thucydides (ca. 460–ca. 400 BC): War and Power. 2. Plato (427­–347 BC): Tempering War among the Greeks. 3. Aristotle (384–322 BC): Courage, Slavery, and Citizen Soldiers. 4. Roman Law of War and Peace (7th century BC–1st century AD): Ius Fetiale. 5. Cicero (106­­–43 BC): Civic Virtue as the Foundation of Peace. 6. Early Church Fathers (2nd–4th century): Pacifism and Defense of the Innocent. 7. Augustine (354–430): Just War in the Service of Peace. Part II: Medieval. 8. Medieval Peace Movements (975–1123): Religious Limitations on Warfare. 9. The Crusades (11th–13th century): Christian Holy War. 10. Gratian and the Decretists (12th century): War and Coercion in the Decretum. 11. John of Salisbury (ca. 1120–1180): The Challenge of Tyranny. 12. Raymond of Peñafort (ca. 1175–1275) & William of Rennes (13th century):. The Conditions of Just War, Self-Defense and their Legal Consequences under Penitential Jurisdiction. 13. Innocent IV (ca. 1180–1254): The Kinds of Violence and the Limits of Holy War. 14. Alexander of Hales (ca. 1185–1245): Virtuous Dispositions in Warfare. 15. Hostiensis (ca. 1200–1271): A Topology of Internal and External War. 16. Thomas Aquinas (ca. 1225–1274): Just War and Sins against Peace. 17. Dante Alighieri: (1265–1321): Peace by Universal Monarchy. 18. Bartolus of Saxoferrato (ca. 1313–1357): Roman War in Christendom. 19. Christine de Pizan (ca. 1364–ca. 1431): War and Chivalry. 20. Raphaël Fulgosius (1367–1427): Just War Reduced to Public War. Part III: Late Scholastic and Reformation. 21. Erasmus of Rotterdam (1466–1536): The Spurious ‘Right to War’. 22. Cajetan (1468-1534): War and Vindicative Justice. 23. Niccolò Machiavelli (1469–1527): War Is Just to Whom It Is Necessary. 24. Thomas More (ca. 1478-1535): Warfare in Utopia. 25. Martin Luther (1483-1546) and Jean Calvin (1509-1564): Legitimate War in Reformed Christianity. 26. The Radical Reformation: Religious Rationales for Violence and Pacifism (16th Century). 27. Francisco de Vitoria: (ca. 1492–1546): Just War in the Age of Discovery. 28. Luis de Molina (1535–1600): Distinguishing War from Punishment. 29. Francisco Suárez (1548–1617): Justice, Charity, and War. 30. Alberico Gentili (1552–1608): The Advantages of Preventive War. 31. Johannes Althusius (1557–1638): Defending the Commonwealth. 32. Hugo Grotius (1583–1645): The Theory of Just War Systematized. Part IV: Modern. 33. Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679): Solving the Problem of Civil War. 34. Baruch Spinoza (1632–1677): The Virtue of Peace. 35. Samuel von Pufendorf (1632–1694): War in an Emerging System of States. 36. John Locke (1632–1704): The Rights of Man and the Limits of Just Warfare. 37. Christian von Wolff (1679–1754): Bilateral Rights of War. 38. Montesquieu (1689–1755): National Self-Preservation and the Balance of. Power. 39. Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778): Supranational Government and Peace. 40. Emer de Vattel (1714–1767): War in Due Form. 41. Immanuel Kant: (1724–1804): Cosmopolitan Rights, Human Progress, and Perpetual Peace. 42. G.W.F. Hegel (1770–1831): War and the Spirit of the Nation-State. 43. Carl von Clausewitz (1780–1831): Ethics and Military Strategy. 44. Daniel Webster (1782–1852): The Caroline Incident (1837). 45. Francis Lieber (1800–1872): Devising a Military Code of Conduct. 46. John Stuart Mill (1806–1873): Foreign Intervention and National Autonomy. 47. Karl Marx (1818–1883) & Friedrich Engels (1820–1895): War as an. Instrument of Emancipation. Part V: 20th Century. 48. Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924): The Dream of a League of Nations. 49. Bertrand Russell (1872–1970): Pacifism and Modern War. 50. Hans Kelsen (1881–1973): Bellum Iustum in International Law. 51. Paul Ramsey (1913–1988): Nuclear Weapons and Legitimate Defense. 52. G.E.M. Anscombe (1919–2001): The Moral Recklessness of Pacifism. 53. John Rawls (1921–2002): The Moral Duties of Statesmen. 54. Michael Walzer (b. 1935): Terrorism and Ethics. 55. Thomas Nagel (b. 1937): The Logic of Hostility. 56. James Turner Johnson (b. 1938): Contemporary Just War. 57. National Conference of Catholic Bishops (1983 & 1993): A Presumption against War. 58. Kofi Annan (b. 1938): Toward a New Definition of Sovereignty. Index

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Book Synopsis''This is the definitive book on philanthropy its history, contradictions and future'' John Gray, Emeritus Professor of European Thought, London School of Economics''Good books lay out the lie of the land. Important books change it. This book is both'' Giles Fraser, priest, journalist and broadcasterThe super-rich are silently and secretly shaping our world. In this groundbreaking exploration of historical and contemporary philanthropy, bestselling author Paul Vallely reveals how this far-reaching change came about. Vivid with anecdote and scholarly insight, this magisterial survey from the ancient Greeks to today's high-tech geeks provides an original take on the history of philanthropy. It shows how giving has, variously, been a matter of honour, altruism, religious injunction, political control, moral activism, enlightened self-interest, public good, personal fulfilment and plutocratic manipulation.Its narrative moves from the Greek man of honTrade ReviewThis is the definitive book on philanthropy – its history, contradictions and future … A deep and probing study of a highly complex practice that is an increasingly powerful force in our world. -- John Gray, Emeritus Professor of European Thought, London School of EconomicsA magisterial treatment of the history of Western philanthropy. Paul Vallely has produced the best single volume on the ideas that have shaped philanthropy, the institutional arrangements that have structured it, and the outsized personalities that have marked it… Stuffed with astonishing stories and illuminating interviews, this book will be a lasting resource for scholars, philanthropic and NGO leaders, and individual donors. -- Rob Reich, Professor of Political Science at Stanford University and author of Just Giving: Why Philanthropy is Failing Democracy and How It Can Do Better.There are good books and there are important books. Good books lay out the lie of the land. Important books change it. This book is both. Beautifully written, passionately argued and crammed full of fascinating detail. -- Giles Fraser, priest, journalist and broadcasterPaul Vallely has done all those involved in philanthropy a service with this comprehensive and panoramic overview of the field. * Dr Beth Breeze, Director, Centre for Philanthropy, University of Kent *Deeply researched and wonderfully written, this book is much more than a sweeping, erudite history. It is a fascinating exploration of why people give – and a powerful call for philanthropy to do a better job of melding empathy with effectiveness. -- David Callahan, Founder & Editor of Inside Philanthropy, Author of The Givers: Wealth, Power, and Philanthropy in a New Gilded AgeTimely and fascinating -- Peter Hennessy, Attlee Professor of Contemporary British History, Queen Mary, University of LondonPhilanthropy is as awesome in breadth as it is meticulous in detail … [the] text is helpfully broken up with interviews that provide a great deal of illumination about different approaches to giving. * Literary Review *This book deserves the widest possible readership. Paul Vallely has poured five years of research into a highly readable yet deeply serious exploration of the paths taken by the instinct and duty to give. * The Tablet *…a … highly readable survey by the British journalist Paul Vallely … helpful in framing the major questions about philanthropy. * The New Yorker *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Two Visions of Philanthropy 2 The Foundations of Western Philanthropy 3 Medieval Charity 4 How the Black Death Changed Everything 5 The Great Myth of the Reformation 6 The Business of the State 7 The Philanthropist as Activist 8 Victorian Virtues and Vices 9 Survival of the Fattest 10 Cradle to Grave - Philanthropy and the Welfare State 11 The Staggering Success of Philanthrocaptialism 12 The Serious Shortcomings of Philanthrocaptialism 13 Philanthropy Goes Global 14 Celebrity Philanthropy 15 Geeks Bearing Gifts - Philanthropy and Politics 16 Is Philanthropy Bad For Democracy? 17 Effective Altruism - What Could be Wrong with That? 18 How Philanthropy Can Recover Its Lost Soul Epilogue: Philanthropy After the Pandemic Notes Further Reading Picture Credits Acknowledgments Index

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Book SynopsisFerrarese develops our thinking about the social conditions of caring for others, while arguing for an understanding of morality that is materialist and political always-already political.

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Book SynopsisDo people only act out of self-interest? Or is there a less pessimistic explanation for human behaviour? Maurer delves into early-Enlightenment debates on self-love from both famous and lesser known authors, including Lord Shaftesbury, Bernard Mandeville, Francis Hutcheson, Joseph Butler, Archibald Campbell, David Hume and Adam Smith.

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Book SynopsisTechnological innovations have advanced at an incredible speed since the introduction of the computer that it has altered the fabric of our society.  The possession of computers, smart-devices, along with social media, texting and video games, is now an intimate part of the structure of our culture. This book is a framework to start a conversation on how technology is changing our lifestyles and transforming our world. There is now an entire generation that has been using technology through the most delicate developmental time in their lives. This book presents how to look at the cognitive and psychosocial developmental stages and what are the age-appropriate milestones and factsheet of behaviors at different ages. It provides insight into the strength and vulnerable characteristics at each stage and the prevalence of some negative conditions in our society. You will gain a perspective of the encouraging and challenging aspects of computer learning, smart devices, aTable of ContentsPart 1: Scientific AdvancesChapter 1: The History of Computers and Personal ComputerChapter 2: History of the Internet, Search Engines, Emails, Word Processors, WiFi, and TextingChapter 3: History of Smart Devices, Video Games and Video Communication, and ConferencingPart 2: History of Social MediaChapter 4: Beginning of Social Media's LaunchChapter 5: Meta, Twitter, Spotify, Instagram, Pinterest, Snap Chat and Tik TokPart 3: Synopsis of Psychological Theories, with Behavioral Milestones and Factsheet as SupportChapter 6: Jean Piaget's Life and Stages of Cognitive DevelopmentChapter 7: Erik Erickson's Life and Psychosocial Developmental StagesChapter 8: CDC and Medline Milestones and APA Factsheet GuidelinesPart 4: Developing a Framework and an Understanding of the Problem's in Today's WorldChapter 9: Guidelines on When and How to Give Your Children TechnologyChapter 10: Common Problems Prevalent in Today's SocietyChapter 11: Conclusions and Thoughts.

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Book Synopsis“The people are missing” is a constant refrain in Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari’s writings after the 1975 publication of Kafka: Pour une litterature mineure. With the translation of this work into English (Kafka: Toward a Minor Literature) in 1986, the refrain quickly became a hallmark of political interpretation in the North American academy and was especially applied to the works of minorities and postcolonial writers. However, in the second cinema book, Cinéma 2: L’Image-temps, the refrain is restricted to third-world cinema, in which Deleuze and Guattari locate the conditions of truly postwar political cinema: the absence, even the impossibility, of a people who would constitute its organic community. In this critical reflection, Gregg Lambert traces the “narrowing” of the refrain itself, as well as the premise that the act of art is capable of inventing the conditions of a “people” oTrade Review“Lambert’s book is mesmerizing. . . . Serious literary and political theorists will want to read this.”—Dorothea E. Olkowski, author of Postmodern Philosophy and the Scientific Turn“The People Are Missing is a commanding intervention by one of the most original and incisive readers of Deleuze today. Lambert assuredly offers the reader what is undoubtedly the most penetrating and systematic analysis to date of this famous Deleuzian concept of ‘minor literature.’”—Nick Nesbitt, author of Caribbean Critique: Antillean Critical Theory from Toussaint to GlissantTable of ContentsProvocations: Year 0—The Refrain “The People Are Missing” 1. The Axiom of Political Interpretation 2. The Principle of “Anti-interpretation” 3. The Tautology of Literary History 4. The Ethical Duty of the Writer and the Critic 5. The Weakness of the Moral Analogy 6. The Final Sense of the Refrain Year 2021: Minor Literature Today Notes

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Book SynopsisSocial Ethics and Governance in Contemporary African Writing is the first book to bring rigorous literary, philosophical, and artistic discourse together to interrogate the ethics of governance and development in postcolonial Africa. It takes literature seriously as a context for philosophical reflection, vividly engaging the human agency, creativity, and resourcefulness of local Nigerians as political and social actors and shedding new light on the dynamics of human flourishing. Drawing on important secondary scholarship across several humanities disciplines, especially literature, philosophy, and the performing arts, Nimi Wariboko provides compelling and innovative analysis of the challenges and opportunities on governance and development in postcolonial Nigerian state and society. With a detailed introductory chapter and an authoritative analysis contained in six cohesive chapters, all anchored in political and social ethics and close readings of fascinating literary and artiTrade ReviewIn this highly original work, social ethicist Nimi Wariboko steps off Aristotle’s insight that literature can be an excellent tool for teaching ethics and developing moral imagination to interrogate the works of four Nigerian writers and one comedian, instructing how the intersection of philosophy and literature can teach invaluable lessons on imagining an ethical, pluralistic, and democratic society in Nigeria. Incisively brilliant and beautifully written, this is a must read. * Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong, Ellen Gurney Professor of History and of African and African American Studies, Harvard University, USA *In this influential book, Nimi Wariboko brilliantly and thoughtfully reflects on the ethics of governance and development in a post-colonial space. By employing secondary data and critical analysis, he adopts his diverse disciplinary perspectives and mastery to deeply interrogate ethical and governance issues that post-colonial states in Africa continue to grapple with. This book also deeply speaks to ethical, moral, and historical dilemmas facing governance and democracy, and it is a must read for anyone interested in social ethics and governance in post-colonial Africa. * Damaris Parsitau, Senior Lecturer and Researcher in Religion and Gender Studies, Egerton University, Kenya, and Country Director of the British Institute in Eastern Africa *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Hear Word—Literature Is Philosophy 1. Theoretical Hesitations: Ibadan Brown Roofs’ Rusty Revival of Desires 2. The Black Moon on the White Surface: A Philosophical Analysis of A. Igoni Barrett’s Blackass 3. Bad Governance and Postcoloniality: Literature as Cultural Criticism 4. From Executed God to Ozidi Saga: Ethos of Ijo Democratic Republicanism 5. Comedy as Dialectics: Laughing Nigeria to Human Flourishing 6. Literature as Ethics Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThe year 1888 marked the last year of Friedrich Nietzsche's intellectual career and the culmination of his philosophical development. In that final productive year, he worked on six books, all of which are now, for the first time, presented in English in a single volume. Together these new translations provide a fundamental and complete introduction to Nietzsche's mature thought and to the virtuosity and versatility of his most fully developed style. The writings included here have a bold, sometimes radical tone that can be connected to Nietzsche's rising profile and growing confidence. In The Antichrist, we are offered an extended critique of Christianity and Christian morality alongside blunt diagnoses of contemporary Europe's cultural decadence. In Dionysus Dithyrambs we are presented with his only work composed exclusively of poetry, and in Twilight of the Idols we find a succinct summary of his mature philosophical views. At times the works are also openly personal, as in The Case of Wagner, which presents Nietzsche's attempt to settle accounts with his former close friend, German composer Richard Wagner, and in his provocative autobiography, Ecce Homo, which sees Nietzsche taking stock of his past and future while also reflecting on many of his earlier texts. Scrupulously edited, this critical volume also includes commentary by esteemed Nietzsche scholar Andreas Urs Sommer. Through this new collection, students and scholars are given an essential introduction to Nietzsche's late thought.

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Book SynopsisThis volume provides the first English translation of Nietzsche's unpublished notes from the spring of 1884 through the winter of 1884–85, the period in which he was composing the fourth and final part of his favorite work, Thus Spoke Zarathustra. These notebooks therefore provide special insight into Nietzsche's philosophical concept of superior humans,as well as important clues to the identities of the famous nineteenth-century European figures who inspired Nietzsche's invention of fictional characters such as "the prophet," "the sorcerer," and "the ugliest human."In these notebooks, Nietzsche also further explores ideas that were introduced in the first three parts of Thus Spoke Zarathustra: Zarathustra's teaching about the death of God; his proclamation that it is time for humankind to overcome itself and create the superhumans; his discovery that the secret of life is the will to power; and his most profound thought—that the entire cosmos will eternally return. Readers will encounter here a wealth of material that Nietzsche would include in his next book, Beyond Good and Evil, as he engages the ideas of Kant and Schopenhauer, challenges cultural icons like Richard Wagner, and mercilessly exposes the foibles of his contemporaries, especially of his fellow Germans. Readers will also discover an extensive collection of Nietzsche's poetry. Richly annotated and accompanied by a detailed translators' afterword, this volume showcases the cosmopolitanism at work in Nietzsche's multifaceted and critical exploration of aesthetic and cultural influences that transcend national (and nationalist) notions of literature, music, and culture.Trade Review"The Fragments are a terrific read – pithy, cutting, stark, playful, grand. It is like being in the company of the philosopher at his most expansive and garrulous."—Alexander Adams, The Brazen Head

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Book SynopsisThis volume provides the first English translation of Nietzsche's unpublished notes from late 1879 to early 1881, the period in which he authored Dawn, the second book in the trilogy that began with Human, All Too Human and concluded with The Joyful Science. In these fragments, we see Nietzsche developing the conceptual triad of morals, customs, and ethics, which undergirds his critique of morality as the reification into law or dogma of conceptions of good and evil. Here, Nietzsche assesses Christianity's role in the determination of moral values as the highest values and of redemption as the representation of humanity's highest aspirations. These notes show the resulting tension between Nietzsche's contrasting thoughts on modernity, which he critiques as an unrecognized aftereffect of the Christian worldview, but also views as the springboard to "the dawn" of a transformed humanity and culture. The fragments further allow readers insight into Nietzsche's continuous internal debate with exemplary figures in his own life and culture—Napoleon, Schopenhauer, and Wagner—who represented challenges to hitherto existing morals and culture—challenges that remained exemplary for Nietzsche precisely in their failure. Presented in Nietzsche's aphoristic style, Dawn is a book that must be read between the lines, and these fragments are an essential aid to students and scholars seeking to probe this work and its partners. Table of ContentsNotebook 1 = N V 1. Beginning of 1880 Notebook 2 = N V 2. Spring 1880 Notebook 3 = M II 1. Spring 1880 Notebook 4 = N V 3. Summer 1880 Notebook 5 = Mp XV 1a. Summer 1880 Notebook 6 = N V 4. Autumn 1880 Notebook 7 = N V 6. End of 1880 Notebook 8 = N V 5. Winter 1880–1881 Notebook 9 = M II 2. Winter 1880–1881 Notebook 10 = Mp XV 1b. Spring 1880–Spring Notes Translator's Afterword Index of Persons Subject Index

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Book SynopsisThis revised edition of Kimberly Hutchings’s best-selling textbook provides an accessible introduction to the field of Global Ethics for students of politics, international relations and globalization. It offers an overview and assessment of key perspectives in Global Ethics and their implications for substantive moral issues in global politics. These include the morality of state and non-state violence, the obligations of rich to poor in a globalizing world, and the scope and nature of international human rights. The second edition contains expanded coverage of pressing contemporary issues relating to migration, changes in the technologies of war, and the global environment. Hutchings’s excellent book helps non-specialist students to understand the assumptions underpinning different moral traditions, and enables them to formulate their own views on how to approach moral judgement and prescription – essential in a world which, though it is shared by all, possesses massive cultural differences and inequalities of power.Trade Review'In this revised update to the classic first edition, Hutchings provides an intellectually dynamic, but also tangible, introduction to Global Ethics as both a field, and a practice. It serves as both a textbook, and a scholarly reference point, for students, instructors, academics and practitioners.' Brent J. Steele, University of Utah‘Kimberly Hutchings provides an ideal introduction to the increasingly complicated world of Global Ethics. The first edition was already outstanding, and the second edition goes further, including more from decolonial perspectives and connecting with growing literatures across all the most important areas. This text will be an essential addition to any student’s or scholar’s library.’Anthony Lang, University of St AndrewsTable of Contents Acknowledgements and Preface to the Second Edition List of Abbreviations 1 What is Global Ethics? 2 Rationalist Ethical Theories 3 Alternatives to Ethical Rationalism 4 Ethics of International Aid and Development 5 Global Distributive Justice 6 Ethics of War 7 Ethics of Making and Sustaining Peace 8 Global Ethics in a Glocal Context Glossary Index

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Book SynopsisIn popularising the term ‘speaking truth to power’, Michel Foucault established the basis upon which a new ethics can be constructed. This is the thesis that Mark Olssen advances in Constructing Foucault’s ethics. Olssen not only ‘speaks truth’ to existing moral and ethical theories that have dominated western philosophy since Plato, but also shows how an alternative ethical and moral theory can be established that avoids the pitfalls of postmodern relativism while grounding ethical, moral and political discourse for the present age. Taking the late ‘ethical turn’ in the philosopher’s thought as its starting point, this ambitious study seeks to construct an ethics beyond anything Foucault ever attempted while remaining consistent with his core postulates. It advances the concept of ‘life continuance’, which expresses a normative orientation to the future in terms of the quest for survival and well-being, giving rise to irreducible normative values as part of the discursive order of events. This approach is explored in contrast with a range of other, established systems, from the Kantian to the Marxist, contract ethics and utilitarianism.Trade Review'Fascinating... one of the best books on Foucault.'Professor Lord Bhikhu Parekh, Emeritus Professor of Political Philosophy at the Universities of Westminster and Hull and winner of the Sir Isaiah Berlin Prize for Political Philosophy in 2002'Mark Olssen’s book is both sympathetic and adventurous. It remains true to Foucault’s attitude and style but also moves beyond him to think about and explore what a set of foucauldian normative concepts might look like and how they might be made use of. This is very much the direction Foucault might have moved if he had lived longer. The book is a major contribution to foucauldian scholarship.'Stephen J. Ball, Emeritus Professor of Sociology of Education, University College London'This is a truly impressive and timely book that takes Foucault’s work as a starting point to develop an ethics founded on a "continuance" of life. There are clear implications for our age, especially in understanding how we should think about climate change. The book emphasises that Foucault was not a relativist in any crude sense. It builds on Mark Olssen’s previous work to make an important contribution.'Hugh Lauder, Professor of Education and Political Economy, University of Bath -- .Table of ContentsIntroduction1 Foucault and normativity2 Life and error: Foucault, Canguilhem, Jacob3 Nietzsche’s life philosophy: naturalism, will to power, normativity4 Continuance ethics, objectivity, Kant5 Foucault, Hegel, Marx6 Hobbes, God, and modern social contract theory7 A politics of pluralism8 Democracy, education, global ethics9 Ethical comportmentIndex

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Book SynopsisIn popularising the term ‘speaking truth to power’, Michel Foucault established the basis upon which a new ethics can be constructed. This is the thesis that Mark Olssen advances in Constructing Foucault’s ethics. Olssen not only ‘speaks truth’ to existing moral and ethical theories that have dominated western philosophy since Plato, but also shows how an alternative ethical and moral theory can be established that avoids the pitfalls of postmodern relativism while grounding ethical, moral and political discourse for the present age. Taking the late ‘ethical turn’ in the philosopher’s thought as its starting point, this ambitious study seeks to construct an ethics beyond anything Foucault ever attempted while remaining consistent with his core postulates. It advances the concept of ‘life continuance’, which expresses a normative orientation to the future in terms of the quest for survival and well-being, giving rise to irreducible normative values as part of the discursive order of events. This approach is explored in contrast with a range of other, established systems, from the Kantian to the Marxist, contract ethics and utilitarianism.Trade Review'Fascinating... one of the best books on Foucault.'Professor Lord Bhikhu Parekh, Emeritus Professor of Political Philosophy at the Universities of Westminster and Hull and winner of the Sir Isaiah Berlin Prize for Political Philosophy in 2002'Mark Olssen’s book is both sympathetic and adventurous. It remains true to Foucault’s attitude and style but also moves beyond him to think about and explore what a set of foucauldian normative concepts might look like and how they might be made use of. This is very much the direction Foucault might have moved if he had lived longer. The book is a major contribution to foucauldian scholarship.'Stephen J. Ball, Emeritus Professor of Sociology of Education, University College London'This is a truly impressive and timely book that takes Foucault’s work as a starting point to develop an ethics founded on a "continuance" of life. There are clear implications for our age, especially in understanding how we should think about climate change. The book emphasises that Foucault was not a relativist in any crude sense. It builds on Mark Olssen’s previous work to make an important contribution.'Hugh Lauder, Professor of Education and Political Economy, University of Bath -- .Table of ContentsIntroduction1 Foucault and normativity2 Life and error: Foucault, Canguilhem, Jacob3 Nietzsche’s life philosophy: naturalism, will to power, normativity4 Continuance ethics, objectivity, Kant5 Foucault, Hegel, Marx6 Hobbes, God, and modern social contract theory7 A politics of pluralism8 Democracy, education, global ethics9 Ethical comportmentIndex

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Book Synopsis‘An unbelievably inspiring book’ Peter Wohlleben, author of The Hidden Life of TreesDid you know that pigs frequently throw tantrums? That chickens are capable of complex communication? That sheep know their own names? That cows grieve when their calves are taken away from them?Jeffrey Masson delves deep into the mysterious world of farm animals and reveals just how sophisticated these creatures truly are - capable of joy, sadness, love and friendship - just like us.Trade ReviewAn unbelievably inspiring book * Peter Wohlleben, author of The Hidden Life of Trees *Compassionate, compelling and often tear-jerking... Anyone who has a heart will be reduced to tears, if not to vegetarianism, by Masson's argument * Daily Mail *An entertaining survey of the main characteristics of farmed animals and a sobering account of how these have been ignored * Guardian *Presents information and anecdotes without ever preaching * Independent on Sunday *In this latest leg of Jeffrey Moussaieff's journey through the animal kingdoms, this perceptive writer peels back our prejudices to reveal the depth of feeling and thought in animals' minds and the leap we must make to be worthy of understanding them. Eye-opening, warm, thoroughly engaging -- Ingrid Newkirk, President of PETA

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Book Synopsis'A serious - and seriously readable - book about the deep issues that our shallow age has foolishly tried to dodge' - Douglas Murray'A crystal-clear analysis of the multiple failures of "me-first" contemporary liberalism' - Giles FraserFor millennia, philosophical, ethical and theological reflection was commonplace among the intellectually curious. But the wisdom that some of the greatest minds across the centuries continue to offer us remains routinely ignored in our modern pursuit of self-fulfilment, economic growth and technological advancement.Sohrab Ahmari, the influential Op-Ed editor at the New York Post, offers a brilliant examination of our postmodern Western culture, and an analysis of the paradox at its heart: that the 'freedoms' we enjoy - to be or do whatever we want, subject only to consent, with everything morally neutral or relative - are at odds with the true freedom that comes from the pursuit of the collective good.Rather than the insatiable drive to satisfy our individual appetites, this collective good involves self-sacrifice and self-control. It requires us to diminish so that others may grow. What responsibility do we have to our parents? Should we think for ourselves? Are sexual ethics purely a private matter? How do we justify our lives? These, and other questions - explored in the company of a surprising range of ancient and contemporary thinkers - reveal how some of the most ancient moral problems are as fresh and relevant to our age as they were to our ancestors.By plumbing the depths of each question, the book underscores the poverty of our contemporary narratives around race, gender, privilege (and much else), exposing them as symptoms of a deep cultural crisis in which we claim a false superiority over the past, and helps us work our way back to tradition, to grasp at the thin, bare threads in our hands, while we still can.Trade ReviewA serious - and seriously readable - book about the deep issues that our shallow age has foolishly tried to dodge. -- Douglas MurraySohrab Ahmari offers a compelling account of the need for tradition in a world of arid, technocratic secularism. Combining a father's love and a crystal-clear analysis of the multiple failures of 'me-first' contemporary liberalism, he mines the past for a devastating critique of the present, providing much needed wisdom in these dark times. Beautifully written and passionately argued, The Unbroken Thread is an absolute must-read: a book that reminds us how much is at stake in some of the most urgent debates of our day. -- Giles FraserAhmari's tour de force makes tradition astonishingly vivid and relevant for the here and now. Only a writer with Ahmari's intellect, his audacious commitment to faith and reason, and a journalist's gift for storytelling could have pulled this off. From the first line to the last, The Unbroken Thread glows like an electrified filament, illuminating a sure path through this new Dark Age. -- Rod DreherIn a moving series of reflections about figures from our culture, from Maximilian Kolbe to Andrea Dworkin, from Augustine to C. S. Lewis, Sohrab Ahmari raises profound questions about how the past teaches us about the present, and how Christianity unites to and contrasts with the human world outside the faith, from ancient paganism to the secularism of today. A wonderfully written, provocative book. -- Thomas Pink, professor of philosophy, King's College LondonSohrab Ahmari offers more than a vivid and learned defense of traditionalism. With fatherly love, he leads his son - and us - on a fearless consideration of life's big questions, taking thinkers of many historical times and circumstances as interlocutors. Along the way, he recovers truths about the nature and flourishing of the human person - truths seemingly in danger of being forgotten in our contentious and uncertain times. -- Timothy Cardinal Dolan, Archbishop of New YorkDrawing on the deepest wells of ancient and modern wisdom from around the world, The Unbroken Thread weaves together essential lessons desperately needed to guide a new generation into an uncertain future. Written with love as a legacy for his young son, Sohrab Ahmari has produced a gift for all of us. -- Patrick J. Deneen, professor of political science, University of Notre DameSohrab Ahmari has been thinking for himself since arriving from Iran as a youth. Paradoxically, he has thought himself back into the heart of our best traditions and has seen, with striking clarity, that the modern quest for total liberation of the intellect and will is both quixotic and damaging, individually and collectively. This clever and engaging work is the result; the dozen questions it asks are fresh, and the answers it gives are powerfully persuasive. -- Adrian Vermeule, Professor of Constitutional Law, Harvard Law SchoolIn a time of widespread confusion and uncertainty about the meaning of life, Sohrab Ahmari makes a strong case for the truth and relevance of traditional values, virtues, and beliefs. This is a unique and hopeful book that reminds us that the human person is made for great and beautiful things - far more than the vision of life offered by our society today. -- Most Rev. José H. Gomez, Archbishop of Los AngelesWith The Unbroken Thread, Sohrab Ahmari has written an urgent love letter to America. The 'self-seeking' that began in '60s, was the backdrop of his childhood, growing up in Iran with parents who yearned for a life of freedom, outside the confines of religious oppression. Now a parent himself, he writes of a new understanding of freedom. As having a child instantly teaches us, it's no longer about you. Ahmari uses his personal experience, but then broadens out to draw on wisdoms of all ages and faiths. He jars us out of our 'selfie'-obsessed world, with the clear message that commitment to faith, to others, and to humanity, is actually the most liberating existence of all. -- Martha MacCallumIn this fascinating book, Sohrab Ahmari eloquently articulates what many American Founders understood and the French revolutionaries forgot: that faith is essential for freedom to truly flourish, and that we abandon the wisdom of the past at great peril to our future. Traditional Jews, Christians and all who care about the future of the West are in his debt. -- Rabbi Meir Soloveichik, Yeshiva UniversityThought provoking * The Sunday Telegraph *We cannot undo technological or material changes; the moving finger writes, and having writ, moves on, as the Persian poet Omar Khayyam said. What we can do is match well-written, thoughtful and true arguments like Ahmari's with serious thinking about how to make the material incentives match them. * Unherd *Sohrab Ahmari's robust defence of inherited wisdom, rooted overwhelmingly if not exclusively in the Christian faith, may be interpreted as a scholarly rebuke to the fashionable currents of our rootless age. * The Times *engaging and entertaining read * The Critic *Perhaps because Ahmari is writing for his son, there is an enthralling immediacy in the way he reads. * The Times *Bristling with ideas and insights, this is a book to engage theologians and general readers alike, as we seek deeper wisdom within which to situate contemporary questions and concerns. * The Church Times *

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Book SynopsisThis is the first book to systematize the philosophical content of Thomas Jefferson's writings. Sifting through Jefferson's many addresses, messages, and letters, philosopher M. Andrew Holowchak uncovers an intensely curious Enlightenment thinker with a well-constructed, people-sympathetic, and consistent philosophy. As the author shows, Jefferson's philosophical views encompassed human nature, the cosmos, politics, morality, and education. Beginning with his understanding of the cosmos, part one considers Jefferson's philosophical naturalism and the influence on him of Francis Bacon, Isaac Newton, and John Locke. The next section critically examines his political viewpoints, specifically his republicanism, liberalism, and progressivism. The third part, "Jefferson on Morality," analyzes Jefferson's thoughts on human nature, his moral-sense theory, and his notion of "natural aristoi" (best or most virtuous citizens). Finally, "Jefferson on Education" reviews his ideas on properly educating the people of the new nation for responsible, participatory citizenry. Jefferson conceived of the United States as a "great experiment"-embodying a vision of a government responsibly representative of its people and functioning for the sake of them. This book will help readers understand the philosophical perspective that sustained this audacious, innovative, and people-first experiment.

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