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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Practical Ethics for Food Professionals
Book SynopsisThis book offers a practical guide to the most pressing ethical issues faced by those working in food manufacturing and associated industries. Early chapters look at the fundamentals of ethical thinking and how lessons of medical ethics might be applied to the food industry. The book then addresses some issues specifically relevant to the food industry, including treatment of animals; the use of genetically modified organisms; food product advertising; health claims and sustainability. Several further chapters present case studies which show how ethical thinking can be applied in real life examples. This volume should be on the desk of every food industry professional responsible for important decisions about science, marketing, resources, sustainability, the environment and people.Trade Review“Ethical practices, once a traditional component of basic education and daily living, appear to have too often slipped from our culture. The authors provide a practical guide for applying ethical principles to the global food production and processing industry while anchoring doing the “right” or “ethically best” thing to the foundations of Western philosophy. The volume leads the reader to conclude that application of practical ethics to each link of the commercial food chain would greatly benefit all, from the producer to the consumer.” (Journal of Aquatic Food Product Technology, 22 April 2014) “I highly recommend the groundbreaking and very approachable book Practical Ethics for Food Professionals: Ethics in Research, Education and the Workplace edited by J. Peter Clark and Christopher Ritson, to any academics, teachers, and students in any food related and agricultural program, business leaders in the food industry, primary agricultural producers, public policy makers, and activists seeking a clear and practical series of essays that offer a complete overview of values and ethics in the food industry. This book should be a must read for anyone making decisions within any part of the food industry.” (Blog Business World, 27 July 2013)Table of ContentsContributors ix Preface xi PART I PRINCIPLES 1 Fundamentals of ethics: the use of virtues 3 Edmund G. Seebauer 2 Lessons from medical ethics 21 Thomas A. Nairn 3 Ethical principles and the ethical matrix 39 Ben Mepham 4 An East Asian perspective on food ethics: implications for childhood obesity in mainland China 57 Vinh Sum Chau PART II ISSUES IN FOOD INDUSTRY ETHICS 5 Ethics in business 77 Timothy F. Bednarz 6 Ethics in publishing/reporting food science and technology research 93 Daryl Lund 7 Humane treatment of livestock 101 Temple Grandin 8 Sustainable food production and consumption 117 Jeanette Longfield 9 Good or bad foods? Responsible health and nutrition claims in Europe 135 Sue Davies 10 Worker exploitation in food production and service 153 Charlie Clutterbuck PART III EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDIES 11 Ethical practices in the workplace 173 J. Peter Clark 12 Ethical thinking and practice 189 Louis B. Clark 13 The fair trade movement 203 Richard Norman 14 A serious case: the Peanut Corporation of America 221 Mark F. Clark 15 Ethical aspects of nanotechnology in the area of food and food manufacturing 239 Herbert J. Buckenhuskes 16 Food commodity speculation – an ethical perspective 247 Chris Sutton PART IV CONCLUSION 17 Reflections on food ethics 265 Christopher Ritson Index 277
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Ethics and the CPA
Book SynopsisA society without truth--and the related quality of trust--willnot long endure. --from the Preface Ethics in corporate America has become a bottom-line issue.Scandals such as the junk bond debacle in the late ''80s and therecent bankruptcy of Orange County, California, graphicallyillustrate just how devastating losses from corrupt businesspractices can be. Closing the rift between a company''s public andprivate face, its avowed as opposed to actual behavior, is now morethan ever the concern of the accountant. Examining a firm''s business records and practices has traditionallyplaced the accountant in the role of watchdog. And in a corporateworld where ethical ambivalence can complicate even the mostroutine business decision, a trusted accountant can guide a companytoward a revived sense of purpose, showing it how to live up to itsown expressed ethical standards--leading the way to new business,increased profits, and cost savings. Ethics and the CPA detailsjust how an Table of ContentsETHICS SERVICES CPAs CAN PROVIDE. Ethics Services Needed. Knowledge, Competencies, and Attitudes Relevant for New EthicsServices. CONTEMPORARY ETHICAL ENVIRONMENT: PROBLEMS AND DEMANDS. Confusion Regrading the Value of Ethics. Regulatory Demands. Private Sector Response to Regulatory Oversight of CPAs. Ethics Survey Reports on CPAs. PROVIDING VALUE-ADDED ETHICS SERVICES. Promoting Ethics in the CPA Firm. Providing the Ethical Services. CPAs Facing the Future. Appendices. Index.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Ethics for CPAs
Book SynopsisCurrent, comprehensive guidelines to ethical regulations for accounting professionals A handful of high-profile accounting misdeeds at Enron, WorldCom, Adelphia, and the like have left the entire accounting profession scrambling to assert its validity and negotiate a flurry of new regulations. Ethics for CPAs provides a valuable road map to this new landscape, instructing accounting professionals on how to abide by the new pronouncements and, if necessary, how to professionally respond to an investigation. Employing an information-mapping format, Ethics for CPAs separates information into small units based on purpose or function for the reader, rather than by topic, creating an accessible desk reference. This authoritative guide covers the most recent and extensively revised ethics requirements of the: * AICPA''s Code of Professional Conduct * SEC * Department of Labor * GAO''s Yellow Book * State societies and state boards Table of ContentsPART A. INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS. Chapter 1. Introduction. Chapter 2. Organizations Involved in the Development, Regulation, and Enforcement of Ethics Requirements. Chapter 3. Ethics Enforcement–What a Member Needs to Know. PART B. OVERVIEW OF INDEPENDENCE, INTEGRITY, AND OBJECTIVITY. Chapter 4. The Fall of Enron and the Ethics Aftermath. Chapter 5. Importance of Independence. Chapter 6. Basic Concepts of Rule 101, Independence, and Rule 102, Integrity and Objectivity. Chapter 7. Requirements for Integrity and Objectivity (Including Freedom from Conflicts of Interest). PART C. INDEPENDENCE REQUIREMENTS FOR MEMBERS IN PUBLIC PRACTICE. Chapter 8. Engagements That Require Independence. Chapter 9. Definition of Covered Member/Person, Immediate Family Members, and CPA Firms for Purposes of Independence Requirements. Chapter 10. Direct and Indirect Financial Interests in Clients. Chapter 11. Financial Interests in Nonclients That Have Investor or Investee Relationships with Clients. Chapter 12. Former Practitioners. Chapter 13. Unpaid Fees. Chapter 14. Performance of Other Services for Clients. Chapter 15. Business Relationships; Cooperative Arrangements; Joint Closely Held Investments; Lease Arrangements; and Investments by Clients in Auditors. Chapter 16. Loans to and from Clients. Chapter 17. Employment by and Connections with Clients. Chapter 18. Employment of a Spouse, Dependent, or Close Relative by a Client. Chapter 19. Gifts and Privileges. Chapter 20. Actual or Threatened Litigation. Chapter 21. Indemnification Agreements. Chapter 22. Outsourcing of the Internal Audit Function and Other Extended Audit Services. Chapter 23. Independence Requirements for Governmental Audits and Nonprofit Organizations Subject to Yellow Book Requirements. Chapter 24. Independence Requirements for Audits of Employee Benefit Plans. Chapter 25. Independence Requirements for Agreed-Upon Procedures Engagements. Chapter 26. Alternative Practice Structures. Chapter 27. Quality Control Systems for Independence. PART D. AICPA RULES OTHER THAN INDEPENDENCE, INTEGRITY, AND OBJECTIVITY. Chapter 28. Rules 201, 202, and 203–General Standards, Compliance with Standards and Accounting Principles. Chapter 29. Rule 301—Confidential Client Information. Chapter 30. Rule 302—Contingent Fees. Chapter 31. Rule 501—Acts Discreditable. Chapter 32. Rule 502—Advertising and Other Forms of Solicitation. Chapter 33. Rule 503—Commissions and Referral Fees. Chapter 34. Rule 505—Form of Organization and Name. PART E. OTHER ETHICS GUIDANCE. Chapter 35. Statements on Standards for Tax Services and Interpretations. Chapter 36. Statements on Standards for Consulting Services. Chapter 37. An Interpretative Outline of IFAC's Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants. Chapter 38. Where to Go for More Information. Appendix A. Glossary. Appendix B. How to Contact the State Boards and State Societies. 2003 Self-Study CPE Program. Index.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Ethics and the Practice of Architecture
Book SynopsisFrom local AIA (American Institute of Architects) chapters to magazine cover stories, architectural ethics is a topic of growing interest. This book offers a much-needed primer on the subject, covering the theoretical and historical aspects of ethics as well as practical, design-related issues.Trade Review"...an invaluable piece of work, with its brisk tables andsummaries should be compulsory reading for architecture students."(Architecture Review, October 2000) "The Authors of Ethics and the Practice of Architecture bring awealth of scholarship and experience to a subject that is not oftenso well explored." (Journal of Architectural Education,February 2003Table of ContentsAWARENESS. Introduction to Awareness. Some Basics About Ethics. The Ethical Nature of Architecture. A More In-Depth Look at Ethical Concepts. Businesses, Professions, and Ethical Obligations. Ethics and Architectural Practices. Ethical Reasoning. UNDERSTANDING. A Closer Look at Being an Architect. A Closer Look at Making Architecture. A Closer Look at Doing Architecture Ethically. CHOICES. Introduction to Choices. Making Ethical Judgments. Case Studies. Epilogue. Appendices. Notes to the Text. Works Cited in the Notes. Works Recommended for Further Study. Additional Architectural References. Additional Information About the Photographs. Index.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Business Ethics
Book SynopsisAny company violating the public trust today puts itself at a disadvantage. Competitors who are more eager to please their clients will gain the upper hand by developing trusting relationships. Readers are exposed to ethical problems, striking examples of unethical conduct, and a variety of moral dilemmas and temptations businesses encounter every day. The aim of this book is to teach from the mistakes of the well-known cases described and to show how to avoid, and how to respond best, should the worse scenario occur.Table of ContentsPartial table of contents: CLASSIC ETHICAL VIOLATIONS. Union Carbide: Assault on the Ohio Valley. STP: Oh, Such Product Claims. ITT: Heavy-Handed Interference in a Foreign Government. The Dalkon Shield: Spurning User Safety. CONTEMPORARY ETHICAL CONTROVERSIES. Union Carbide's Bhopal Catastrophe. Beech-Nut: Adulterated Apple Juice--for Babies. The Savings & Loan Disaster: Repudiating Management'sTrusteeship Responsibility. Raiders: Raping American Corporations. PowerMaster Beer: Targeting the Ghetto. Recent Cigarette Controversies. CONCLUSIONS. Johnson & Johnson: Tylenol, a Shining Example of ResponsibleBusiness Conduct--And Yet...? Conclusions: What Can Be Learned?.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Making the Right Decision
Book SynopsisProvides the reader with a unique decision-making tool by showing how ethics play an integral part of all business decisions. It offers excellent advice on how to apply ethics in all of your everyday decisions whether they be large or small. Features an illustrative case study of one company''s decision making process and the ethical considerations behind their choices. Contains business suggestions for integrating ethics into everyday management--from establishing a corporate code to implementing an in-house ethics training program.Table of ContentsETHICAL ISSUES FROM A COMPANY PERSPECTIVE. A Board's Painful Decision. The Role of Ethics in Company Decisions. A Company's Hard Decision--Revisited. How Does a Company Decide What Is Right?. ETHICAL ISSUES FROM AN INDIVIDUAL PERSPECTIVE. The Individual's Role in Business Ethics. Some Tough Soul Searching. ASPECTS OF A CORPORATE ETHICS PROGRAM. Ethics Can Be Taught. Components of a Program. Is Business Ethics Worthwhile?. The Story's Epilogue. Conclusion: How to Get an Ethics Program Started.
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LUP - University of Michigan Press The Morality of Laughter
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LUP - University of Michigan Press The Morality of Laughter
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsLaughter as superiority -- The elements of laughter -- The one necessary thing -- Objectives to the normative thesis -- Comic, virtues, and vices -- The social virtues -- Machine law -- Machine shcolarship -- Machine art and machine cities -- The battle of the norms -- Resistance to laughter -- The sociability thesis -- Conclusion.
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University of California Press Choosing Justice An Experimental Approach to
Book SynopsisPresents an answer to the question: 'What is fair'? This book argues that much of the empirical methodology of the natural sciences should be applied to the ethical questions of fairness and justice.
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University of California Press Revolutionary Love A Political Manifesto to Heal
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Peels apart the insidious myths of capitalism that keep people hopeless and apathetic, daring its audience to practice optimism as activism. . . . Filled with big-picture vision, Revolutionary Love is a manifesto for recovering cynics looking for a place to plug in, or for those wrested out of apathy but not sure where to start.” * Foreword *"A book for rethinking the left and wider politics filled with scholarship, rethinking spirituality and courage. One of my books of the year." * Gerry Hassan blog *"Revolutionary Love gives us a blueprint for how [a new vision of the world] might look, and all of us should be grateful for the guidance." * LA Progressive *"This brilliant and prophetic book is required reading for anyone actively participating in the co-creation of a sustainable humane future." * Scientific Medical Network/Paradigm Explorer *"The very reverend double-doctor rabbi’s observations, analyses, and solutions for tikkun olam, or repair the world, are spot-on. They are rational, they are practical, they are achievable, and above all, they are needed. Lerner’s perspective as a philosopher, psychotherapist, and rabbi allows him a melding of insight regarding human fears, needs, and desires, both spiritual and secular. . . . Rabbi Lerner offers sane, real world solutions." * San Diego Jewish World *"By drawing connections between the political economy, our personal wounds and systemic issues such as poverty and homelessness, Lerner shows how deeply we need a socialist framework of connection, society and care." * Dazed *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Part I. Transcending the crippling dynamics of oppression 1. A World of Pain, a Hunger for Love 2. Fear and Domination, or Love and Generosity? 3. Toxic Self-Blaming and Powerlessness 4. To Change a Society, You Must Respect Its People Part II. Strategies for building the caring society 5. Overcoming the Dictatorship of the Capitalist Marketplace 6. Major Institutional Changes for Building a Love and Justice Movement 7. The Caring Society in the Twenty-Second Century Afterword Notes Bibliography Index
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University of California Press Just Doctoring
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University of California Press Residues of Justice
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University of California Press Essays on the Moral Concepts
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University of California Press Oedipus Lex
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University of California Press Revolutionary Love
Book SynopsisFrom social theorist and psychotherapist Rabbi Michael Lerner comes a strategy for a new socialism built on love, kindness, and compassion for one another. Revolutionary Love proposes a method to replace what Lerner terms the capitalist globalization of selfishnesswith a globalization of generosity, prophetic empathy, and environmental sanity. Lerner challenges liberal and progressive forces to move beyond often weak-kneed and visionless politics to build instead a movement that can reverse the environmental destructiveness and social injustice caused by the relentless pursuit of economic growth and profits. Revisiting the hidden injuries of class, Lerner shows that much of the suffering in our societyincluding most of its addictions and the growing embrace of right-wing nationalism and reactionary versions of fundamentalismis driven by frustrated needs for community, love, respect, and connection to a higher purpose in life. Yet these needs are too often missing from liberal discourse. No matter that progressive programs are smartly constructedthey cannot be achieved unless they speak to the heart and address the pain so many people experience. Liberals and progressives need coherent alternatives to capitalism, but previous visions of socialism do not address the yearning for anything beyond material benefits. Inspired by Herbert Marcuse, Erich Fromm, and Carol Gilligan, Revolutionary Love offers a strategy to create the Caring Society.Lerner details how a civilization infused with love could put an end to global poverty, homelessness, and hunger, while democratizing the economy, shifting to a twenty-eight-hour work week, and saving the life-support system of Earth. He asks that we develop the courage to stop listening to those who tell us that fundamental social transformation is unrealistic.Trade Review“Peels apart the insidious myths of capitalism that keep people hopeless and apathetic, daring its audience to practice optimism as activism. . . . Filled with big-picture vision, Revolutionary Love is a manifesto for recovering cynics looking for a place to plug in, or for those wrested out of apathy but not sure where to start.” * Foreword *"A book for rethinking the left and wider politics filled with scholarship, rethinking spirituality and courage. One of my books of the year." * Gerry Hassan blog *"Revolutionary Love gives us a blueprint for how [a new vision of the world] might look, and all of us should be grateful for the guidance." * LA Progressive *"This brilliant and prophetic book is required reading for anyone actively participating in the co-creation of a sustainable humane future." * Scientific Medical Network/Paradigm Explorer *"The very reverend double-doctor rabbi’s observations, analyses, and solutions for tikkun olam, or repair the world, are spot-on. They are rational, they are practical, they are achievable, and above all, they are needed. Lerner’s perspective as a philosopher, psychotherapist, and rabbi allows him a melding of insight regarding human fears, needs, and desires, both spiritual and secular. . . . Rabbi Lerner offers sane, real world solutions." * San Diego Jewish World *"By drawing connections between the political economy, our personal wounds and systemic issues such as poverty and homelessness, Lerner shows how deeply we need a socialist framework of connection, society and care." * Dazed *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Part I. Transcending the crippling dynamics of oppression 1. A World of Pain, a Hunger for Love 2. Fear and Domination, or Love and Generosity? 3. Toxic Self-Blaming and Powerlessness 4. To Change a Society, You Must Respect Its People Part II. Strategies for building the caring society 5. Overcoming the Dictatorship of the Capitalist Marketplace 6. Major Institutional Changes for Building a Love and Justice Movement 7. The Caring Society in the Twenty-Second Century Afterword Notes Bibliography Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Ethics Religion and Politics
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Quest for Meaning
Book SynopsisAddresses the query: what is the value and meaning of human life? The author examines the variety of philosophical questions in the area, their meaningfulness and the paradoxes suggested by answers to those questions.Table of Contents1. Making sense of the questions ; 2. The Meaning of death ; 3. Religious and scientific perspectives ; 4. The Ozymandias perspective; Inevitable decay ; 5. "Meaning of Life" and meaningful lives ; 6. Being and consciousness, in the abstract ; 7. The good life ; 8. Animals ; 9. Comparison of animals with people ; 10. Utilitarianism on animals ; 11. Naturalist arguments ; 12. Non-utilitarian arguments ; 13. Special status arguments.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Anthropology of Evil
Book SynopsisEvil may be said to be shadowy, mysterious, covert, and associated with night, darkness, secrecy. It is a force acting to destroy the integrity, happiness and welfare of a normala society. It is at once the cause and the explanation of misfortune, of the wretchedness of human existence, and of our own individual wrongdoing.Table of ContentsPreface iv 1 Introduction 1 2 Theological thoughts about evil 26 3 Unruly evil 42 4 The root of all evil 57 5 The seed of evil within 77 6 Confucian confusion: the good, the bad and the noodle western 92 7 The popular culture of evil in urban south India 110 8 Buddhism and evil 128 9 Hindu evil as unconquered Lower Self 14210 Is God evil? 165 11 Good, evil and spiritual power: reflections on Sufi teachings 194 12 Do the Fipa have a word for it? 209 13 Entitling evil: Muslims and non-Muslims in coastal Kenya 224 14 There is no end of evil: the guilty innocents and their fallible god 244 Notes on Contributors 279 Index 281
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Levinas Reader
Book SynopsisEmmanuel Levinas has been Professor of Philosophy at the Sorbonne and the director of the Ecole Normale Israelite Orientale. Through such works as Totality and Infinity and Otherwise than Being, he has exerted a profound influence on twentieth-century continental philosophy, providing inspiration for Derrida, Lyotard, Blanchot and Irigaray. The Levinas Reader collects, often for the first time in English, essays by Levinas encompassing every aspect of his thought: the early phenomenological studies written under the guidance and inspiration of Husserl and Heidegger; the fully developed ethical critique of such totalizing philosophies; the pioneering texts on the moral dimension to aesthetics; the rich and subtle readings of the Talmud which are an exemplary model of an ethical, transcendental philosophy at work; the admirable meditations on current political issues. Sean Hand''s introduction gives a complete overview of Levinas''s work and situates each chapter within his general contrTable of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgements. Introduction. Part I: From Existence to Ethics:. 1. The Phenomenological Theory of Being. 2. There is: Existence without Existents. 3. Time and the Other. 4. Martin Buber and the Theory of Knowledge. 5. Ethics as First Philosophy. 6. Substitution. Part II: Reading Writing, Revolution, or Aesthetics, Religion, Politics, Aesthetics:. 7. Reality and its Shadow. 8. The Transcendence of Words. 9. The Servant and her Master. 10. The Other Proust: Religion. 11. God and Philosophy. 12. Revelation in the Jewish Tradition. 13. The Pact. 14. Prayer without Demand. Politics. 15. Ideology and Idealism. 16. Difficult Freedom. 17. Zionisms. 18. Ethics and Politics. Glossary. Bibliography. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Wittgenstein on Ethics and Religious Belief
Book SynopsisExpounds the ethical and religious views of Wittgenstein. The book stresses Wittgenstein's supreme conviction of the importance of ethical and religious values, his belief that this importance could not be adequately articulated, and the consistency of his ideas in this sphere.Table of ContentsPreface Abbreviations and acknowledgements 1. Introduction Part I : Earlier Wittgenstein 1914 - 1930 2. The Sayable and Unsayable 3. Ethics 4. The Mystical 5. Absolute Value 6. God Part II : Later Wittgenstein 1930 - 1951 7. The Language of Value Revised? 8. Religion and Science 9. The Faith of Primitive Peoples 10. Religious Discourse 11. Faith and Theology 12 Whatever Happened to Ethics? 13. Other Commentators and Conclusion.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Companion to Ethics
Book SynopsisIn this volume, some of todaya s most distinguished philosophers survey the whole field of ethics, from its origins, through the great ethical traditions, to theories of how we ought to live, arguments about specific ethical issues, and the nature of ethics itself.Trade Review"A Companion to Ethics will provide an invaluable stimulus for anyone interested in ethics -- which is to say it will benefit anyone interested in the central questions of human life." David Seehouse, University of Liverpool; BMJ "Peter Singer has directed this book very expertly. The contributors have set forth the facts about ethical systems with as much kind clarity as specialists can ever bestow upon the ignorant." The Independent "A brilliant collection of articles." Pat Haggard, New ScientistTable of ContentsIntroduction. Acknowledgments. List of contributors. Part I: The Roots:. 1. The Origin of Ethics: Mary Midgley. 2. Ethics in Small-Scale Societies: George Silberbauer. 3. Ancient Ethics: Gerald A. Larue. Part II: The Great Ethical Traditions:. 4. Indian Ethics: Purusottama Bilimoria. 5. Buddhist Ethics: Padmasiri de Silva. 6. Classical Chinese Ethics: Chad Hansen. 7. Jewish Ethics: Menachem Kellner. 8. Christian Ethics: Ronald Preston. 9. Islamic Ethics: Azim Nanji. Part III: Western Philosophical Ethics : A Short History:. 10. Ethics in Ancient Greece: Christopher Rowe. 11. Medieval and Renaissance Ethics: John Haldane. 12. Modern Moral Philosophy: J. B. Schneewind. Part IV: How Ought I Live?:. 13. Natural Law: Stephen Buckle. 14. Kantian Ethics: Onora O'Neill. 15. The Social Contract Tradition: Will Kymlicka. 16. Egoism: Kurt Baier. 17. Contemporary Deontology: Nancy (Ann) Davis. 18. An Ethic of Prima Facie Duties: Jonathan Dancy. 19. Consequentialism: Philip Pettit. 20. Utility and the Good: Robert E. Goodin. 21. Virtue Theory: Greg Pence. 22. Rights: Brenda Almond. Part V : Applications: . 23. World Poverty: Nigel Dower. 24. Environmental Ethics: Robert Elliot. 25. Euthanasia: Helga Kuhse. 26. Abortion: Mary Anne Warren. 27. Sex: Raymond A. Belliotti. 28. Personal Relationships: Hugh Lafollette. 29. Equality, Discrimination and Preferential Treatment: Bernard R. Boxill. 30. Animals: Lori Gruen. 31. Business Ethics: Robert C. Solomon. 32. Crime and Punishment: C. L. Ten. 33. Politics and the Problem of Dirty Hands: C. A. J. Coady. 34. War and Peace: Jeff McMahan. Part VI: The Nature of Ethics:. 35. Realism: Michael Smith. 36. Intuitionism: Jonathan Dancy. 37. Naturalism: Charles R. Pigden. 38. Subjectivism: James Rachels. 39. Relativism: David Wong. 40. Universal Prescriptivism: R. M. Hare. 41. Morality and Psychological Development: Laurence Thomas. 42. Method and Moral Theory: Dale Jamieson. Part VII: Challenge and Critique:. 43. The Idea of a Female Ethic: Jean Grimshaw. 44. The Significance of Evolution: Michael Ruse. 45. Marx Against Morality: Allen Wood. 46. How Could Ethics Depend on Religion?: Jonathan Berg. 47. The Implications of Determinism: Robert Young. Afterword. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Pragmatism
Book SynopsisHilary Putnam has been at the center of contemporary debates about the nature of the mind and of its access to the world, about language and its relation to reality, and many other metaphysical and epistemological issues. In this book he turns to pragmatism - and confronts the teachings of James, Peirce, Dewey, and Wittgenstein - not solely out of an interest in theoretical questions, but above all to respond to the questions of whether it is possible to find an alternative to corrosive moral skepticism, on the one hand, and to moral authoritarianism on the other.Trade Review"It is a relatively rare, and very welcome, event when an original, brilliantly imaginative analytic philosopher takes a fresh look at earlier figures in the history of philosophy and proceeds to tell a story that ties in their work with his own. Analytic philosophy's greatest disability remains its lack of historical resonance, and Hilary Putnam is one of the few who have worked hard to help it overcome this handicap ... In sum, this book is a useful supplement to Putnam's other recent work." Richard Rorty, The Philosophical ReviewTable of ContentsHilary Putnam. Preface. Introductory Remarks. 1. The Permanace of William James. 2. Was Wittgenstein a Pragmatist?. 3. Pragmatism and the Contemporary Debate. Bibliography of the Writings of Hilary Putman. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Personal Relationships
Book SynopsisThis volume is a philosophical introduction and exploration of the nature and value of personal relationships. It is an ideal text for introductory philosophy, ethics, or applied ethics courses.Trade Review"An engaging and accessible discussion of love and friendship. LaFollette has produced valuable and interesting results, and he defends his position with philosophical acuity and personal wisdom." Lester Hunt, University of WisconsinTable of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgements. Part I: The Nature and Value of Personal Relationships:. 1. What is a Personal Relationship?. 2. Emotions and Feelings. 3. Why Do I Love?. 4. Reasons for Love. 5. Value of Personal Relationships. Part II: The Personal Bond:. 6. Interpreting Another's Behavior. 7. Intimacy and Trust. 8. Honesty & Self-Knowledge. 9. Equity in Relationships. 10. The Art of Loving. 11. Sex and Jealousy. 12. Commitment. 13. Morality and Personal Relationships. Bibliography. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Reading Parfit
Book Synopsisaeo Critiques Derek Parfita s outstanding work, Reasons and Persons. aeo Includes 11 newly--commissioned essays and 2 reprinted essays from leading scholars such as Frank Jackson, Michael Smith, Philip Pettit, Sidney Shoemaker, Judith Jarvis Thomson, John McDowell to name but a few.Trade Review"An impressive collection of twelve essays which reflect Parfit's own knack of getting to the heart of the most fundamental problems in ethics and personal identity. With contributors of the calibre of Sydney Shoemaker, Simon Blackburn, Judith Jarvis Thomson, John McDowell and Frank Jackson you would have every right to expect some first-rate writing, and you won't be disappointed ... This is a volume for the reader who has been fascinated by the richness and complexity of Parfit and is looking for insightful, well-considered responses to it." The Philosophers' Magazine Table of Contents1. Parfit and Indirectly Self-Defeating Theories: Jonathan Dancy (University of Reading). 2. Rationality and The Rational Aim: David Gauthier (University of Pittsburgh). 3. Which Effects?: Frank Jackson (Australian National University). 4. Parfit and the Time of Value: Michael Stocker (Syracuse University). 5. Parfit's P: Philip Pettit and Michael Smith (both Australian National University). 6. Rational Egoism and the Separateness of Persons: David O. Brink (University of California, San Diego). 7. Parfit on Identity: Sydney Shoemaker (Cornell University). 8. Human Concerns without Superlative Selves: Mark Johnston (Princeton University). 9. Has Kant refuted Parfit?: Simon Blackburn (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill). 10. Persons and Their Bodies: Judith Jarvis Thomson (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 11. Reductionism and the First Person: John McDowell (University of Pittsburgh). 12. Should Ethics be More Impersonal?: Robert Merrihew Adams (Yale University). 13. Rethinking the Good: Moral Ideals and the Nature of Practical Reasoning: Larry Temkin (Rice University).
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Ethics
Book SynopsisPresents the central texts in the history of moral philosophy. This volume includes some classics from other traditions such as the debate between the two Confucians, Mencius and Hsun Tzu, and the early chapters from The Bhagavad Gita.Table of ContentsSeries Preface. Acknowledgements. Introduction. 1. Plato, Gorgias, 482-4, 488-500. 2. Aristole, Nicomachhean Ethics, Book I. 3. Epicurus, 'Letter to Menoeceus' and 'Leading Doctrines'. 4. Mencius, 'Human Nature is Good': Hsun Tzu, 'Man’s Nature is Evil'. 5. The Book of Change Tzu, Chapters 9, 13-14. 6. The Bhagavad Gita, Chapters 1-5. 7. Santideva, The Bodhicaryavatara, Chapter 8 (Verses 89-140). Tsongkapa and Pabongka Rinpoche, 'The Second Path'. 8. St Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica, I-II, Questions 55, 58, 61-3. 9. Joseph Butler, Sermon 'Upon the Love of Our Neighbour'. 10. David Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature, Book III, Part I (Sections 1-2). 11. Immanuel Kant, Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals, Preface and Section I. 12. Sören Kierkegaard, Fear and Trembling, Problems I. 13. John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism, Chapter 2. 14. Friedrich Nietzsche, On the Genealogy of Morals, First Essay, Sections 2-14, 16. 15. G.E. Moore, Principia Ethica, Chapter I, Sections 1-2, 5-15. 16. W.D. Ross, The Right and the Good, Chapter 2. 17. Charles L. Stevenson, 'The Emotive Meaning of Ethical Terms'. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Business Ethics
Book SynopsisOffers an introduction to business ethics. This book applies the essential features of Kantian moral philosophy to the business firm by addressing the question, 'How should a business firm in a capitalist economy be structured and managed according to the principles of Kant's ethics?Trade Review"Bowie is a very senior person in business ethics - one of the half dozen or so people who are generally acknowledged as leaders in the field. He has extensive experience as a writer, teacher, and consultant in business ethics and philosophy. I have no doubt that his book will be well received, widely reviewed, and extremely influential in the discipline." Robert Fredericks, Bentley College.Table of ContentsIntroduction. 1. The Self-Defeating Nature of Immoral Business Practice. Introduction Immoral Actions Are Based on Self-Defeating Maxims Inconsistency and Immorality Applications to Business. It Seems Right in Theory But Does It Work in Practice?. Objections to the Application of Kantian Ethics to Business. Extending the Reach of Categorical Imperatives: Pragmatically Inconsistent Maxims. Why Neither Being Trustworthy nor Not Trusting in Business Involves a Pragmatic Contradiction. Transition to Chapter 2. 2. Treating the Humanity of Stakeholders as Ends rather than as Means Merely. Introduction. The Respect for Persons Principle. Not Using Employees: Neither Coercion nor Deceit. Business Practices That Reduce or Remove Coercion and Deception. An Objection and Replies. Positive Freedom ad Meaningful Work: Respecting the Humanity in a Person. Kant’s Reflection s on Work. Meaningful Work and Contemporary Business. 3. The Firm as a Moral Community. Introduction. Viewing Organizations and Human Nature. Creating the Kantian Moral Firm: The Kingdom of Ends Formulation of the Categorical Imperative. The Principles of a Moral Firm. Implications for Organizational Studies. 4. Acting from Duty: How Pure a Motive. Introduction. Kant’s Position on the Purity of Moral Motives. Strategic Payoffs and Moral Motives. Reasons and Emotions: A Brief Aside. Multiple Moral Motives. 5. The Cosmopolitan Perspective. Introduction. The Morality of the Market. International Business Can Contribute to World Peace, Universal Rights, and Democracy. Objections and Replies. Conclusion. Bibliography. Further Reading. Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Ethics of Gender
Book SynopsisThis volume investigates the impact of thinking with gender on modern ethics, and considers the insights that postmodern gender theory might bring to the ethical project. It concludes with the possibility of another way of self-understanding and of renewal in theological ethics for our time.Trade Review"This is a demanding but rewarding book. Dr. Parsons wants to reconstrue theological ethics by developing our critical sensitivity to the ways we are made by our cultures. That human beings are richly complex and positively creative is a key feature of what she has to say about 'gender'. This profoundly theological book centres on the virtue of hope and the transfiguration of human relationships. No crying for the moon here, but something which is a serious possibility." Ann Loades, University of Durham, UK "This work is a fine achievement. There is an impressive range of treatments, remarkable erudition, consistent clarity, and imaginative glimpses of a new future for recognizably Christian ethics. It is certain to be discussed for several years." TheologyTable of ContentsPreface. Introduction. 1. On Ethics and Gender. 2. Feminism as an Ethics of Gender. 3. Is Ethics a Man's Subject?. 4. The Matter of Bodies. 5. The Subject of Language. 6. The Power of Agency. 7. Engendering Ethics. 8. Conceiving of Difference. 9. Subjected in Hope. 10. For Love of God. Select Bibliography. Index.
£91.15
John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Ethics of Gender
Book SynopsisThis volume investigates the impact of thinking with gender on modern ethics, and considers the insights that postmodern gender theory might bring to the ethical project. It concludes with the possibility of another way of self-understanding and of renewal in theological ethics for our time.Trade Review"This is a demanding but rewarding book. Dr. Parsons wants to reconstrue theological ethics by developing our critical sensitivity to the ways we are made by our cultures. That human beings are richly complex and positively creative is a key feature of what she has to say about 'gender'. This profoundly theological book centres on the virtue of hope and the transfiguration of human relationships. No crying for the moon here, but something which is a serious possibility." Ann Loades, University of Durham, UK "This work is a fine achievement. There is an impressive range of treatments, remarkable erudition, consistent clarity, and imaginative glimpses of a new future for recognizably Christian ethics. It is certain to be discussed for several years." TheologyTable of ContentsPreface. Introduction. 1. On Ethics and Gender. 2. Feminism as an Ethics of Gender. 3. Is Ethics a Man's Subject?. 4. The Matter of Bodies. 5. The Subject of Language. 6. The Power of Agency. 7. Engendering Ethics. 8. Conceiving of Difference. 9. Subjected in Hope. 10. For Love of God. Select Bibliography. Index.
£42.70
John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Ethics of Sex
Book SynopsisMark Jordan has written a provocative and stimulating introduction to the issues surrounding sexual ethics and sexuality and theology, filling a much--needed void in this field. Jordan summarizes key topics and themes in the teaching and discussion of religious ethics as well as pushing forward the debate in interesting and original directions.Trade Review"This genealogical approach to Christian sexual ethics is as refreshing as it is illuminating. If this book is taken seriously, and it should be, it could transform the current and totally hackneyed debates." Graham Ward, University of Manchester "This book provides an informative foundation for a serious study of religious sexual teachings and a helpful survey of current debates in religious circles regarding sexual ethics." Choice "Occasionally a book appears that stimulates such thoughtful controversy that one can welcome its arrival with a certain delight. Such a book is The Ethics of Sex by Mark Jordan." International Academy for Marital Spirituality Review "The Ethics of Sex is perhaps the best undergraduate sexual ethics book available today." Journal of the American Academy of Religion "(A) thought-provoking challenge to all ethicists (theological or secular) who aspire to offer an account of the 'ethics of sex'" Women's Philosophy ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. Prologue: Candid Advice to the Reader. 1 The Vices of Christian Ethics. 2 Scriptural Authorities. 3 A New Life Beyond Sex. 4 Crimes against Nature. 5 Marriage Acts. 6 "Attack" upon Christendom. 7 Redeeming pleasures. Epilogue: Sex and Schism. Works Cited. Subject Index. Index of Biblical References.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Moral Theory
Book SynopsisThis text sets out the basic system used to solve moral problems, the system that consequentialists deride as "traditional morality" and which they believe is "dead".Trade Review"Oderberg's discussion of [the] issues is rich and thought provoking. [The] work is, even for non-believers, an important and engaging statement of non-consequentialist moral theory" Kaspar Lippert-Rasmussen, The Philosophical Quarterly, vol. 51, no. 204, July 2001. "Oderberg writes clearly and with precision in a way that is neither patronising, popularist, or difficult.... His is a serious look at what's gone wrong in recent moral philosophy and at how we ought to recast our theories. As such it offers no feel good John Lennon 'Imagine' type view of the changed world. What it does instead is to remind us of a strangely misplaced aim to morality, that of living the good life, of simply being or trying to be a good and whole person....This is a book that throws a new light in a new direction on an old subject and as such should be widely read by both those in the business of philosophy and, perhaps equally importantly, by those outside the academic circles." Reviewed by Ashley Harrold, bookseller at Blackwell's Bookshop, King's Road Reading "Moral Theory ... provides a welcome alternative to current debates dominated by the consequentialist approach" CHOICETable of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgements. 1 Ethics, Knowledge and Action. 1.1 Introduction. 1.2 Ethics and Knowledge. The Fact-Value Distinction. Relativism. Prescriptivism and Expressivism. 1.3 Ethics and Action. 2 Basic Concepts in Moral Theory I. 2.1 Introduction. 2.2 The Good. 2.3 Virtue. 2.4 Rights and Duties. 2.5 Rights and Contracts. 2.6 Rights and Consequentialism. 2.7 Collision of Rights. 3 Basic Concepts in Moral Theory II. 3.1 Intention and Foresight. Good, Evil and the Will. The Principle of Double Effect. Criticisms of PDE and Replies. 3.2 Acts and Omissions. Another Derided Distinction. Initial Clarifications of AOD. The Derided Distinction Defended. 4 Close-Up on the Good of Life. 4.1 Life as a Good. 4.2 The Right to Life and the Sanctity of Life. 4.3 The Sanctity of Life and its Critics:. Innocence. A Life Not Worth Living?. 4.4 Persons and Human Beings. Notes and Further Reading. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Problem of Evil
Book SynopsisUncovering forgotten but still powerful arguments and approaches, this reader provides both an historical and contemporary examination of the practical and theoretical challenges that evil poses to faith, reason, and practice.Trade Review"The greatest strength of the reader, apart from the sheer number of selections, is the impressive variety of approaches. This richness of variety lends a particular grace to the volume, making for lively and engaging reading. The volume will prove a valuable reference tool for both student and specialist, and its usefulness is significantly enhanced by the detailed Person, Subject and Scripture indices." The Reformed Theological Review "Mark Larrimore of the Centre for Human Values at Princeton University has chosen the extracts judiciously and imaginatively and provided short introductions to each of them together with suggestions for further reading. Those students who work carefully through this reader should gain a much more nuanced understanding of this ancient dilemma." Theological Book ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. Introduction. Responding to Evils. How to Use this Book. Beginnings. 1 Plato, Timaeus. 2 Lucretius , On the Nature of the Universe. 3 Ovid, Phaethon. 4 Seneca, “On Providence”. 5 Epictetus, Encheiridion. 6 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heretics. 7 Sextus Empiricus, “God”. 8 Plotinus, “Providence: First Treatise”. 9 Lactantius, The Wrath of God. 10 Augustine, City of God. 11 Pseudo-Dionysius, On the Divine Names and Mystical Theology. 12 Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy. Before Theodicy. 13 Anselm of Canterbury, On the Fall of the Devil. 14 Hildegard of Bingen, To the Congregation of Nuns. 15 Moses Maimonides, Guide of the Perplexed. 16 Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica. 17 Three liturgies: Stabat mater, a fifteenth-century Sarum, and Dies irae. 18 Meister Eckhart, “Blessed are the poor in spirit”. 19 Geoffrey Chaucer, “Patient Griselda”. 20 Julian of Norwich, Showings. 21 Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ. 22 Martin Luther, Prefaces to Job, Ecclesiastes, and the Psalter. 23 John Calvin, The Institutes of the Christian Religion: John Calvin. 24 John Donne, Batter my hear, three-personed God. The Rise of Theodicy. 25 Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan. 26 John Milton, Paradise Lost. 27 Baruch Spinoza, Ethics. 28 Ralph Cudworth, The True Intellectual System of the Universe. 29 Anne Conway, Principles of the Most Ancient and Modern Philosophy. 30 Nicolas Malebranche, Dialogues on Metaphysics and on Religion. 31 Pierre Bayle, “Manichees”;Note D. 32 G. W. Leibnitz, Theodicy. 33 Alexander Pope, An Essay on Man. 34 Voltaire, “The Lisbon Earthquake: An Inquiry into the Maxim, ‘Whatever us, is right”. 35 Jean-Jacques Rousseau, “Letter from J.-J. Rosseau to Mr. de Voltaire, August 18, 1756”. 36 David Hume, Dialogues concerning Natural Religion. 37 Immanuel Kant, On the Miscarriage of all Philosophical Trials in Theodicy. Beyond Optimism. 38 Thomas Robert Malhus, An Essay on the Principle of Population. 39 F. W. Schelling, “Philosophical Investigations into the Essence of Human Freedomand Related Matters”. 40 John Keats, To George & Georgiana Keats, 14 February-8 May 1819. 41 Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, The Philosophical History of the World. 42 Ralph Waldo Emerson, “The Tragic”. 43 The World as Will and Representation: Arthur Schopenhauer. 44 Charles Darwin, to Asa Gray, 22 May 1860. 45 John Stuart Mill, An Examination of Sir William Hamilton's Philosophy. 46 Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov. 47 Freidrich Neitsche, On the Genealogy of Morality. 48 Gerald Manley Hopkins, “Thou Art Indeed Just, Lord”. 49 Josiah Royce, “The Problem of Job”. The 20th Century. 50 William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience. 51 W. E. B. DuBois, A Litany at Atlanta. 52 Thomas Hardy, Before Life and After. 53 Hermann Cohen, The Religion of Reason out of the Sources of Judaism. 54 Sigmund Freud, The Future of an Illusion. 55 Martin Heidegger, An Introduction to Metaphysics. 56 W. H. Auden, Musée des Beaux Arts. 57 C. S. Lewis, Animal Pain. 58 Simone Weil, The Love of God and Affliction". 59 C. G. Jung, Aion The Serenity Prayer. 60 Karl Barth, God and Nothingness. 61 John Hick, The 'Vale of Soul-Making' Theodicy. 62 William Jones, Is God a White Racist?. 63 Dorothee Soelle, A Critique of Christian Masochism. 64 Emmanuel Levinas, Useless suffering. 65 Nel Noddings, Women and Evil. Index. Scripture Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Identity Truth and Value
Book SynopsisThis collection of essays was presented to David Wiggins to mark his 60th birthday and his accession to the Wykeham Chair of Logic at Oxford. The contributors, who include both long-established and younger writers, take up some of the many important philosophical debates on which Wiggins has made an impact. Their chosen topics range from ancient philosophy to contemporary questions in ethics, metaphysics and the theory of meaning. An attractive feature of the volume is that it contains Wiggins''s comments on each of the papers, and so offers an accessible guide to his present thinking.Table of ContentsAristotelian Society Monographs Series. Aristotelian Society Monograph Committee: Martin Davies (Monograph Editor), Thomas Baldwin, Jennifer Hornsby, Mark Sainsbury, Anthony Savile. 1. Wittgenstein on Meaning: An Interpretation and Evaluation: Colin McGinn. 2. Modes of Occurrence: Verbs, Adverbs and Events: Barry Taylor. 3. Reasoning with Arbitrary Objects: Kit Fine. 4. Thoughts: An Essay on Content: Christopher Peacocke. 5. Metaphor: David E. Cooper. 6. Needs, Values, Truth: Essays in the Philosophy of Value (Second Edition): David Wiggins. 7. Colour: Some Philosophical Problems from Wittgenstein (Second Edition): Jonathan Westphal. 8. Aesthetic Reconstructions: The Seminal Writings of Lessing, Kant and Schiller: Anthony Savile. 9. Languages of Possibility: An Essay in Philosophical Logic: Graeme Forbes. 10. Kinds of Being: A Study of Individuation, Identity and the Logic of Sortal Terms: E. J. Lowe. 11. Logical Necessity: I. McFetridge. 12. Psychoanalysis, Mind, and Art: Perspectives on Richard Wollheim: Edited by Jim Hopkins and Anthony Savile. 13. Quantum Non-Locality and Relativity: Metaphysical Intimations of Modern Physics: Tim Maudlin. 14. The Metaphysics of Free Will: An Essay on Control: John Martin Fischer. 15. Universals and Property Instances: The Alphabet of Being: John Bacon. 16. Identity, Truth and Value: Essays for David Wiggins: Sabina Lovibond and S. G. Williams. 17. Minds, Causes, and Mechanisms: A Case Against Physicalism: Josep E. Corbí and Josep L. Prades. 18. Moral Theory and Anomaly: Tom Sorell.
£37.00
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Global Justice
Book SynopsisContributors from several countries discuss the central moral issues arising in the emerging global order: the responsibilities of the strongest societies, moral priorities for the next decades, and the role of intellectuals in view of the huge gap between widely expressed moral ambitions and prevailing political and economic realities.Table of Contents1.Thomas W. Pogge: Introduction: Global Justice. 2. Thomas W. Pogge: Priorities of Global Justice. 3. Rüdiger Bittner: Morality and World Hunger. 4. Andrew Hurrell: Global Inequality and International Institutions. 5. Wilfried Hinsch: Global Distributive Justice. 6. Lief Wenar: Contractualism and Global Economic Justice. 7. Stéphane Chauvier: Justice and Nakedness. 8. Charles R. Beitz: Does Global Inequality Matter?. 9. Simon Caney: Cosmopolitan Justice and Equalizing Opportunities. 10. Stefan Gosepath: The Global Scope of Justice. 11. Rainer Forst: Towards a Critical Theory of Transnational Justice. 12. Onora O’Neill: Agents of Justice. 13. Véronique Zanetti: Global Justice: Is Interventionism Desirable?. 14. Michael W. Doyle: The New Interventionism. 15. Andreas Føllesdal: Federal Inequality Among Equals: A Contractualist Defense. Notes on Contributors. Index.
£18.99
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Goodness and Justice
Book Synopsis* Discusses three major theories of good: perfectionist formal or functional good, hedonic good, and good as desire satisfaction. * Draws comparisons between Platoa s and Aristotlea s theories of good and justice and the theories of the moderns. * Devotes considerable attention to hedonic theories of the good.Trade Review"Santas's book is a major contribution to the study of ancient Greek ethics. His discussion of the theoretical structure of Platonic and Aristotelian ethics and the comparisons he draws between the ethical views of the ancient Greek philosophers and those of the moderns, especially of John Rawls, have no equal in the existing literature. This is essential reading for anyone interested in Greek ethics or ethical theory in general." Georgios Anagnostopoulos, University of California at San Diego "One of the very greatest Socrates scholars of the twentieth century – here in finer form than ever – now brings us the fruits of decades of reading and teaching the ethics and social philosophy of Plato and Aristotle viewed in the light of John Rawls's theory of justice. The two chapters on Justice in the Republic are not only refreshing but also as illuminating as anything ever written on that topic. For everyone, from the greatest scholar to the beginning student, this book is a lesson both in how to do philosophy and how to read texts." Terry Penner, University of Wisconsin "This wonderful book on the fundamental concept of goodness is the harvest of a lifetime's reflection on ancient and modern ethics. Its bounty includes the isolation of two theories of good in Plato's Republic – a functional theory and a metaphysical theory – an account of the Form of the Good that rescues the pinnacle of Plato's philosophy from the charge of vacuity, and a discussion of Aristotle's rejection of the metaphysical theory and his embrace of the functional. It is a virtual commentary on both the Republic and the Nicomachean Ethics. Truly a masterwork." David Keyt, University of Washington "This is the most insightful overarching analysis of the good in Plato and Aristotle of recent decades. Santas offers a comprehensive framework for the classification, and detailed discussion, of Plato's and Aristotle's theories of good, with valuable comparisons to positions in the history of philosophy and contemporary debates. A very wise investment for moral and ancient philosophers." Theodore Scaltsas, University of Edinburgh "Acute, close analysis characterizes Santas's book throughout...beautifully clear, a joy to read." MF Burnyeat, TLS, 14th June 2002 "... This book offers a capacious, clear and careful exploration of the centrality of concepts of the good to these two ancient philosophers (Plato, Aristotle), showing how ethics and politics drive epistemology and metaphysics and ... comparing the resulting structures with those of John Rawls and other modern theorists. The result is an impressive achievement..." Polis, Vol. 20, 2003Table of ContentsPreface. Part I: Introduction. 1 The Role of the Good in the Ancients and the Moderns. 2 Science and Ultimate Good. 3 Disputes and Questions about Good. 4 The Aims and Limits of this Study. Notes. Part II: The Socratic Good of Knowledge. Introduction. 1 All Goods and their Socratic Rankings. 2 The Dispute with Gorgias: Is Rhetoric the Greatest Good?. 3 The Dispute with Polus about Power, Desire, and Good. 4 The Dispute with Polus about Justice and Happiness. 5 The Dispute with Callicles about Good and Pleasure. 6 Conditional and Unconditional Goods. 7 Socrates and Kant: Wisdom or the Good Will?. 8 The Conditional Value of all Goods on Virtue in the Meno. 9 Socrates and G.E. Moore on the Value of Knowledge. 10 Goods, Wisdom, and Happiness. Notes. Part III: The Good of Platonic Social Justice. 1 The Great Questions of the Republic. 2 The Functional Perfectionist Theory of Good. 3 The Application of the Functional Theory of Good to the City. 4 The Definitions of the Social Virtues. 5 The Role and Scope of Platonic Social Justice. 6 The Good of Platonic Social Justice. 7 The Application of Platonic Social Justice to Gender. 8 Conclusion. Notes. Part IV: The Good of Justice in Our Souls. 1 The Isomorphism between Social and Psychic Justice. 2 Plato's Pioneering Analysis of the Psyche. 3 Psychic Justice and the Good of It. 4 Plato and Hume on Reason or Passion as the Rule of Life. 5 The Defence of Psychic Justice as Analogous to Health. 6 The Criticism of the Democratic Individual. 7 Which is Prior, Social or Psychic Justice?. 8 The Structure of Plato's Ethical Theory. Notes. Part V: Plato's Metaphysical Theory of the Form of the Good. 1 Opinion, Knowledge, and Platonic Forms. 2 The Imperfections of the Sensible World. 3 Forms as the Best Objects of their Kind to Know. 4 Forms as the Best Objects of their Kind and the Form of the Good as their Essence. 5 Function, Form, and Goodness. Notes. Part VI: Aristotle's Criticism of Plato's Form of the Good: The Breakup of Goodness. 1 Aristotle's Arguments from Priority. 2 Breaking up Goodness: Aristotle's Argument from Homonymy. 3 Aristotle's Argument from Final and Instrumental Goods. 4 The Attack on the Ideality of the Form of the Platonic Good. 5 The Attack on the Practicability and Usefulness of Plato's Good. 6 Putting the Fragments of Goodness Back Together: Focal Meaning. Notes. Part VII: The Good of Desire, the Good of Function, and the Good of Pleasure. 1 The Concept of the Good. 2 Different Orectic Conceptions of the Good. 3 Aristotle's Functional Perfectionist Theory of Good. 4 Objections to Aristotle's Functional Theory of Good. 5 Orectic, Hedonic, and Perfectionist Good. Notes. Part VIII: The Good of Character and the Good of Justice. 1 Is Aristotle's Ethical Theory Circular?. 2 Did Aristotle have a Virtue Ethics?. 3 Aristotle's General Analysis of Virtue and Functional Good. 4 Can Moral Virtue be Explicated by Functioning Well?. 5 States of Character and Practical Wisdom. 6 Aristotle's Analysis of Justice: Not a Virtue Ethics. 7 Paucity of Practical Content: Justice and the other Virtues. 8 Summary and Conclusion. Notes. Bibliography. Index.
£38.90
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Economics Ethics and Environmental Policy
Book SynopsisThis text analyses the ethical problems associated with basing environmental policy on economic analysis, and ways to overcome these problems. The volume has practical relevance because policy recommendations and choices based on economic analysis are often contested.Table of ContentsList of Figures. List of Tables. List of Contributors. Preface. Part I: Introduction. 1. Contested Choices. (Jouni Paavola and Daniel W. Bromley). Part II: Economics, Ethics, and Policy Choices. 2. Are Choices Trade-offs? (Alan Holland). 3. The Ignorance Argument: What Must We Know to Be Fair to the Future? (Bryan Norton). 4. Benefit-Cost Considerations Should Be Decisive When There is Nothing More Important at Stake. (Alan Randall). 5. Environmental Policy as the Process of Reasonable Valuing. (Juha Hiedanpaa and Daniel W. Bromley). Part III: Ethical Concerns and Policy Goals. 6. Rethinking the Choice and Performance of Environmental Policies. (Jouni Paavola). 7. What to Do with Inconsistent, Non-Welfaristic and Undeveloped Preferences? (Olof Johansson-Stenman). 8. Awkward Choices: Economics and Nature Conservation. (Nick Hanley and Jason Shogren). Part IV: Ethical Dimensions of Policy Consequences. 9. All Policy Instruments Require A Moral Choice as to Whose Interests Count. (Allan Schmid). 10. Efficient or Fair: Ethical Paradoxes in Environmental Policy. (Arild Vatn). 11. Trading with the Enemy: Examining North-South Perspectives in the Climate Change Debate. (Bhaskar Vira). 12. Social Costs and Sustainability. (Martin O'Connor). Part V: Ethics in Aaction: Emperical Analysis. 13. Empirical Signs of Ethical Concern in Economic Valuation of the Environment. (Clive Spash). 14. Motivating Existence Values: The Many and Varied Sources of the Stated WTP for Endangered Species. (Andreas Kontoleon and Timothy Swanson). 15. Environmental and Ethical Dimensions of the Provision of a Basic Need: Water and Sanitation Services in East Africa. (Nick Johnstone , John Thompson , Munguti Katui-Katua , Mark Mujwajuzi , James Tumwine , Elizabeth Wood , and Ina Porras). Part VI: Conclusions. 16. Economics, Ethics, and Environmental Policy. (Daniel W. Bromley and Jouni Paavola). Index.
£116.06
John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Prenatal Person
Book SynopsisA host of ethical questions has arisen recently in response to the development of new reproductive technologies. This text helps students of theology, philosophy and health studies, as well as lay readers to find answers to these questions.Trade Review"The Prenatal Person is a welcome contribution to dialogue between adherents of Christian and secular approaches to controversial bioethical issues about the beginning of human life. It is refreshing to find a Catholic scholar addressing these issues in a way that does not rely heavily on religious teachings that only a Catholic could be expected to accept. This is a book I will recommend to my students, so that they can consider a reasoned approach that is very different to my own." Peter Singer, Princeton University "...there are many useful insights and The Prenatal Person is helped by attention to detail in medical matters." The TabletTable of ContentsPreface. Acknow;edgments. Part I: Foundations. 1. Morality for persons. Utilitarianism. Contemporary Concept of Person. Traditional Concept of Person. Survival of Traditional Morality. 2. Life, Health, Ethics and The Bible. Biblical Interpretations and Bioethics. Life, Health, Sickness and Death: Old Testament. Life and Healing: New Testament. Lilfe After Death in the Bible. Relevance of the Bible for Health Ethics. 3. Ethical Principles for Health Care. Christian Vision of Human Dignity. Respect for Human Life. Duty of Reasonable Care of Health and Life. Doing Good and Permitting Harm. Responsibilities of Healthcare Professionals. Christian and Secular Ethicists in a Democracy. Part II: Ethical Issues. 4. Human Embryo. Beginning of the Embryo. Research and Clinical Use of Embryos. Respect for the Embryo. Ethical Evaluation of the Use of Embryos in Research and Clinical Practice. 5. The Pregnant Woman and Her Fetus. Support for Pregnant Women. Embryonic and Fetal Mortality and Morbidity. Induced Abortion. Long-term Sequelae of Abortion. Fetus with Anencephaly. Ethical Evaluation of Issues During Pregnancy. 6. Infertility and Artificial Reproductive Technology. Infertility. Assisted Reproductive Technology and Ethics. 7. Prenatal Screening and Diagnosis. Prevalence of Fetal Congenital Malformations. Pregnant Women's Anxieties. Current Procedures. Therapeutic Benefits. Ethical Evaluation of Prenatal Screening and Diagnosis. 8. The Fetus. Fetal Therapies. Use of Fetal Tissue. Fetal Pain. Care of the Fetus and Ethics. 9. Newborns. Breastfeeding. Perinatal Mortality. Low Birthweight Babies. Delivery for HIV Infected Pregnant Women. Noenatal Transplants. Ethical Issues in the Treatment of Newborns. Notes. Select Bibliography. Glossary. Index.
£98.96
John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Prenatal Person
Book SynopsisA host of ethical questions has arisen recently in response to the development of new reproductive technologies. This text helps students of theology, philosophy and health studies, as well as lay readers to find answers to these questions.Trade Review"The Prenatal Person is a welcome contribution to dialogue between adherents of Christian and secular approaches to controversial bioethical issues about the beginning of human life. It is refreshing to find a Catholic scholar addressing these issues in a way that does not rely heavily on religious teachings that only a Catholic could be expected to accept. This is a book I will recommend to my students, so that they can consider a reasoned approach that is very different to my own." Peter Singer, Princeton University "...there are many useful insights and The Prenatal Person is helped by attention to detail in medical matters." The TabletTable of ContentsPreface. Acknow;edgments. Part I: Foundations. 1. Morality for persons. Utilitarianism. Contemporary Concept of Person. Traditional Concept of Person. Survival of Traditional Morality. 2. Life, Health, Ethics and The Bible. Biblical Interpretations and Bioethics. Life, Health, Sickness and Death: Old Testament. Life and Healing: New Testament. Lilfe After Death in the Bible. Relevance of the Bible for Health Ethics. 3. Ethical Principles for Health Care. Christian Vision of Human Dignity. Respect for Human Life. Duty of Reasonable Care of Health and Life. Doing Good and Permitting Harm. Responsibilities of Healthcare Professionals. Christian and Secular Ethicists in a Democracy. Part II: Ethical Issues. 4. Human Embryo. Beginning of the Embryo. Research and Clinical Use of Embryos. Respect for the Embryo. Ethical Evaluation of the Use of Embryos in Research and Clinical Practice. 5. The Pregnant Woman and Her Fetus. Support for Pregnant Women. Embryonic and Fetal Mortality and Morbidity. Induced Abortion. Long-term Sequelae of Abortion. Fetus with Anencephaly. Ethical Evaluation of Issues During Pregnancy. 6. Infertility and Artificial Reproductive Technology. Infertility. Assisted Reproductive Technology and Ethics. 7. Prenatal Screening and Diagnosis. Prevalence of Fetal Congenital Malformations. Pregnant Women's Anxieties. Current Procedures. Therapeutic Benefits. Ethical Evaluation of Prenatal Screening and Diagnosis. 8. The Fetus. Fetal Therapies. Use of Fetal Tissue. Fetal Pain. Care of the Fetus and Ethics. 9. Newborns. Breastfeeding. Perinatal Mortality. Low Birthweight Babies. Delivery for HIV Infected Pregnant Women. Noenatal Transplants. Ethical Issues in the Treatment of Newborns. Notes. Select Bibliography. Glossary. Index.
£37.00
Harvard University Press The Practice of Justice A Theory of Lawyers
Book SynopsisShould a lawyer keep a client's secrets even when disclosure would exculpate a person wrongly accused of a crime? When can lawyers justifiably make procedural maneuvers that defeat substantive rights? Simon offers a fresh look at these and other traditional questions about the ethics of lawyering.Trade ReviewThough slender and unpretentious, William Simon's new book, The Practice of Justice, packs a wallop. Aiming at nothing less than a radical rethinking of lawyer's ethics, it proposes a new conception of our professional responsibilities and challenges us to examine critically the conventional norms of our professional role. Along the way, it explores the scope and underpinning of our loyalty to clients, our obligations to protect the rights of third parties and our duty to promote justice...Simon's writing is lucid, well-organized and jargon-free...The cogency of [his] critique of the dominant view...shakes the grounds on which we currently practice...Thus, Simon's work is profoundly unsettling, even disorienting, both intellectually and emotionally. Therein lies its enormous value. -- James M. Altman * New York Law Journal *Thus, it is easily argued that lawyers should practice under a very different ethical regime. The problem is, then, what should that regime look like? How should we expect lawyers to act in the current context? Simon offers a valuable answer, to be sure It hasn't closed the debate over legal, but jump-started it by making a serious and important contribution to thinking about the practice of law. For that he merits great praise. -- Thomas M. Hilbink * The Law and Politics Book Review *William Simon is the George Orwell of the legal profession, a fearless, bluntly honest and clear-sighted observer whose sharp critique of lawyers' practices arises from his deep attachment to their ideals. Simon's book is clearly one of the most important statements of the aims, purposes, and practical ethics of law practice ever to have appeared in this legal culture. His ambition is to reconceptualize the entire subject, to give a thorough exposition and critique of the ethical views that currently permeate law practice in this society, and to put forward a fully-fledged alternative. The special power and appeal of Simon's approach consists in that he views legal ethics neither as solely tied to specialized rules or roles nor as a branch of personal morality, but as necessarily and intimately connected with the justice-serving goals of the legal system. His analysis of how lawyers can cope with the inevitable complexities and ambiguities of a legal system shot through with conflicting purposes is especially brilliant. Unlike so much writing on professional ethics, Simon's is neither naively idealistic nor cynical and demoralized: it is impressive because his views are grounded in considerable experience, personal and vicarious, of how lawyers actually behave--every point is illustrated by thickly described examples of real practice situations--and are also linked to basic conceptions of jurisprudence and social theory. It would be hard to find a better illustration in legal literature of how theory can inform and structure inquiries into practice, and the knowledge of practice in turn help to qualify and amplify theoretical insight. Original and unconventional, Simon's work challenges almost all of the prevailing orthodoxies of legal ethics. Whether or not lawyers are ultimately convinced by Simon's efforts to reconstruct legal ethics on a foundation of lawyering as a justice-seeking profession, if they read his work carefully they will never be able again to think about their work in the comfortable old formula of zealous advocacy in an adversary system. -- Robert W. Gordon * Yale Law School *Table of ContentsIntroduction An Anxious Profession The Moral Terrain of Lawyering The Dominant View and Alternatives A Preview False Starts A Right to Injustice The Entitlement Argument The Libertarian Premise The Positivist Premise Libertarianism versus Positivism The Problem of Retroactivity The Problem of Private Legislation Conclusion Justice in the Long Run Confidentiality The Adversary System and Trial Preparation Identification with Clients and Cognitive Dissonance The Efficiency of Categorical Norms Aptitude for Complex Judgment Conclusion Should Lawyers Obey the Law? Lawyer Obligation in the Dominant View Positivist versus Substantive Conceptions of Law The Pervasiveness of Implicit Nullification Some Clarification about Nullification Nullification versus Reform Tax versus Prohibition Determination versus Obligation A Prima Facie Obligation? Divorce Perjury and Enforcement Advice Revisited Conclusion Legal Professionalism as Meaningful Work The Problem of Alienation The Professional Solution The Lost Lawyer The Brandeisian Evasions Self-Betrayal Conclusion Legal Ethics as Contextual Judgment The Structure of Legal Ethics Problems Some Objections The Moral Terrain of Lawyering Revisited Is Criminal Defense Different? Contested Issues Weak Arguments for Aggressive Criminal Defense Social Work, Justice, and Nullification The Stakes Conclusion Institutionalizing Ethics A Contextual Disciplinary Regime: The Tort Model Restructuring the Market for Legal Services Conclusion Notes Further Reading Acknowledgments Index
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Harvard University Press Collected Papers
Book SynopsisBefore and after writing his great treatises, Rawls produced a steady stream of essays. They are important in and of themselves because of the deep issues about the nature of justice, moral reasoning, and liberalism they raise as well as for the light they shed on the evolution of Rawls's views.Trade ReviewWhat a body of work this is, and what an accomplishment. Collected Papers affords an opportunity to step back and see [Rawls's] work as a whole, as the elaboration of a single powerful and abiding idea...The other thing these papers show--and for this we should be grateful to Sam Freeman's persistence in having them republished--is how hard-won Rawls's achievement has been... This volume of Collected Papers stands as an inspiration to the next generation of theorists. -- Jeremy Waldron * London Review of Books *The course of Rawls's career can be followed clearly in the Collected Papers, whose twenty-seven chapters span forty-eight years...The writings of John Rawls, whom it is now safe to describe as the most important political philosopher of the twentieth century...owe their influence to the fact that their depth and their insight repay the close attention that their uncompromising theoretical weight and erudition demand. -- Thomas Nagel * New Republic *[John Rawls] has, among other things, rescued an endangered academic practice, the serious and disciplined study of the great issues of public values by professional philosophers, from imminent extinction and given a remarkable exemplary display of how to devote an entire intellectual life to the patient, frank and indefatigable study of a single great intellectual problem. His Collected Papers, naturally, covers the whole of that life, from two decades before he published his masterpiece, A Theory of Justice, in 1971 to more than 25 years later. -- John Dunn * Times Higher Education Supplement *The publication of this book is an important event. Since the appearance of Rawls's epoch-making A Theory of Justice in 1971, he has been acknowledged as America's-perhaps the world's--leading political philosopher...The story of 'How John Rawls Revived Political Philosophy and Rejuvenated Liberalism' is part of academic legend...Rawls is a sophisticated and ambitious thinker. His arguments are informed by a deep sense of history and draw on an array of different disciplines...Rawls also did the index to A Theory of Justice and it is a masterpiece of the art. Rawls's thoroughness, indeed, is the stuff of legends. -- Ben Rogers * Prospect *In 1971, Rawls published A Theory of Justice, which has come to be generally regarded as the century's major systematic work of substantive ethics and political philosophy; about 20 years later, in Political Liberalism, he examined issues arising from it. This collection includes nearly all of his published essays, beginning with the first (1951) and running to as recently as 1997 and an interview in 1998. It reveals his beginnings in utilitarianism and the dissatisfactions that led to his contractarianism and to his examination of such matters as public consensus in a pluralistic society, public reason, the compatibility of religious and comprehensive secular doctrine in a liberal society, commonality in human laws, Kant's moral philosophy, and more. These essays both clarify Rawls's thought and make significant contributions to their subject. -- Robert Hoffman * Library Journal *[Collected Papers is] a nearly complete collection of Rawls's short essays from 1951 through 1998. What is arguably the most widely discussed political theory of the second half of the 20th century emerged from an evolutionary process. By making available in one volume the papers through which Harvard philosopher Rawls initially tried out his ideas, Freeman provides easy access to the steps taken along the way...What the reader will find in this volume are the starts and stops, the grappling with issues of moral philosophy, and especially later in his career, the confrontation with concerns such as religious belief that threaten the assumptions of rationality and the positive value of reasonableness upon which his vision of justice depends. A convenient and welcome compilation. * Kirkus Reviews *Editor Freeman has assembled almost all the articles of 20th-century American philosopher John Rawls. Originally published elsewhere during the span of his career, these works together testify to Rawls's belief that a just society is an actionable idea. They anticipate his two most distinguished and influential works, A Theory of Justice and Political Liberalism...Freeman's anthology is exemplary and ought to appeal to a wide professional audience and the educated public. -- A. S. Rosenbaum * Choice *Table of ContentsEditor's Preface 1. Outline of a Decision Procedure for Ethics 2. Two Concepts of Rules 3. Justice as Fairness 4. Constitutional Liberty and the Concept of Justice 5. The Sense of Justice 6. Legal Obligation and the Duty of Fair Play 7. Distributive Justice 8 Distributive Justice: Some Addenda 9. The Justification of Civil Disobedience 10. Justice as Reciprocity 11. Some Reasons for the Maximin Criterion 12. Reply to Alexander and Musgrave 13. A Kantian Conception of Equality 14. Fairness to Goodness 15. The Independence of Moral Theory 16. Kantian Constructivism in Moral Theory 17. Social Unity and Primary Goods 18. Justice as Fairness: Political not Metaphysical 19. Preface for the French Edition of A Theory of Justice 20. The Idea of an Overlapping Consensus 21. The Priority of Right and Ideas of the Good 22. The Domain of the Political and Overlapping Consensus 23. Themes in Kant's Moral Philosophy 24. The Law of Peoples 25. Fifty Years after Hiroshima 26. The Idea of Public Reason Revisited 27. Commonweal Interview with John Rawls Credits Index
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Harvard University Press The Mystery of Courage
Book SynopsisMiller culls sources as varied as soldiers' memoirs, heroic and romantic literature, and philosophical discussions to get to the heart of courageand to expose its role in generating the central anxieties of masculinity and manhood.Trade ReviewLike a veteran hunter onto the scent of some elusive beast, William Miller relentlessly tracks down the mystery of courage from the Greeks to Vietnam with common sense and a humanity free of both naivete and cynicism. From his fascinating survey of literature, philosophy, history and anthropology, we learn that courage, after taking quite a beating from the modern age, is still with us after all. A rare encomium to those few who want to live but are not afraid to die for others, and who out of reason embrace sacrifice, find shame a worse thing than suffering, and count the physical world far less than the spiritual. -- Victor Davis Hanson, author of The Soul of Battle and The Land Was EverythingAn impressive, fascinating meditation on a timeless issue, The Mystery of Courage is interdisciplinary scholarship at its very best. It is a tribute to the writing that all Miller's erudition never gets in the reader's way. This will surely be the definitive account of courage for our generation and perhaps for our time: no mean feat, given the pantheon of authors cited in the book who have devoted themselves to this subject. -- Larry Kramer, New York University School of Law[Miller] displays an exquisite feel for the warring emotions overlain by courage, such as cowardice, fear, and shame, and for the situations in which courage is displayed. Its stage is primarily combat...[which] Miller examines with astuteness and sensibility to layered meanings...An accessible intellectual exploration. -- Gilbert Taylor * Booklist *Though he alludes to the connection only briefly in closing, one has the sense that this book is his reckoning with his own moral conundrum: What did I do in the age of 'Nam? There's little overt autobiographical information, but the personal concerns ooze from the interstices of the text. -- Modris Eksteins * Globe and Mail *Miller...presents a provocative analysis of the fine line between courage and cowardice. Using historical example, literature and the memoirs of soldiers, sailors, and marines, Miller has put together a witty, articulate, and thoughtful study of why some fight and some run. From ancient Greeks to Romans to the 20th-century warrior, Miller examines the social, cultural, and psychological factors that define courage and cowardice. -- Col. William D. Bushnell * Library Journal *Acknowledging that 'courage is no easy virtue to get a grip on,' Miller nonetheless charges fearlessly ahead in this entertaining, troubling, and fluid meditation on what he calls 'the most frequent theme of all world literature...Well-researched and gracefully written. * Kirkus Reviews *[Miller] had planned to take up the topic of cowardice. Instead, he found himself intrigued and baffled by the opposite of that vice. In Miller's new book, The Mystery of Courage, he explains that bravery is much harder to define than we might think. Does it take more courage to launch a bold attack or maintain a stout defense? Is courage the result of passion or reason? Is moral courage superior to physical courage or vice versa? And has our contemporary life, often shielded from danger and the immediate threat of war, lost some of its grandeur and resonance because courage--whatever that may be--is seldom demanded of us? It's impossible to read Miller's book without jumping from these larger philosophical questions to the even more difficult personal ones, questions that explore the limits of our own fortitude. -- Laura Miller * Salon.com *It takes great courage to write about courage...[and] Miller has written to the challenge. The Mystery of Courage is an irresistible meditation on a virtue that you might not think you want to read this much about, but almost right away, you do...[Miller's] prose is scholarly and vigorous. Majestic rhythms echo throughout the book. -- Anne Valentine Martino * Ann Arbor News *In his animated and absorbing investigation into The Mystery of Courage, William Ian Miller draws on a variety of sources, ancient and modern, to examine a virtue that is far more complicated than it first may appear...Although Miller may not have solved the mystery of courage, it was probably not his intention to do so. Instead, his book serves the far better purpose of opening up the subject and setting us thinking. -- Merle Rubin * Christian Science Monitor *[Miller] is brave enough to have written a book about courage, a subject he regards--as much at the end as at the beginning of his story--as a 'mystery.' Not that its mysteriousness prevents it from being of absorbing interest. Miller is at his best in displaying the results of his trawlings through the literature of war for examples that illuminate what he calls 'the emotional terrain' of courage, which includes all those counter-urges--fear, shame, humiliation, and disgust--that courage must overcome. -- James Bowman * National Review *The Mystery of Courage is immensely wide-ranging and intelligent. It is the more interesting for having started as a book on cowardice, which was overcome by the courage shown by the subjects of Miller's researches, most notably soldiers. -- John Hudson * BBC History Magazine *Table of ContentsPreface 1. Introduction: The Good Coward 2. Aristodemus, or Cowardice Redeemed 3. Tim O'Brien and Laches 4. Courageous Disposition 5. Courage and Scarcity 6. "I Have a Wife and Pigs" 7. Shoot the Stragglers and the Problem of Retreat 8. Offense, Defense, and Rescue 9. Man the Chicken 10. Praised Be Rashness 11. Stupidity, Skill, and Shame 12. The Shape and Style of Courage 13. The Emotional Terrain: Fear, Hope, Despair 14. The Emotional Terrain: Disgust, Anger, Relief 15. Courage and Chastity 16. Moral Courage and Civility 17. Fixing to Die: A Valediction 18. Concluding Postscript Notes Bibliography Index
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Harvard University Press A Brief Inquiry into the Meaning of Sin and Faith With On My Religion
Book SynopsisJohn Rawls never published anything about his own religious beliefs, but after his death two texts were discovered which shed light on the subject. The present volume includes these two texts, together with an Introduction that discusses their relation to Rawls’s published work, and an essay that places them theological context.Trade ReviewWhat a pleasure to read John Rawls's senior thesis at Princeton, which he submitted in 1942, long before his book A Theory of Justice (1971) established him as America's most respected liberal philosopher of law. Rawls's later writings are as pareve (neutral) as could be--they have no hint of the religious passion and wisdom that permeates his senior thesis. Robert Merrihew Adams has a long accompanying essay reviewing what is the most exciting in Rawls's thesis. * Tikkun *No recent secular moralist has been more influential than John Rawls...[A Brief Inquiry into the Meaning of Sin and Faith] undoubtedly reveals an interesting stage in the development of a highly significant philosopher. -- Anthony Kenny * Times Literary Supplement *Allows us to see how a very intelligent believer, who once considered the priesthood, lost his Christian faith as a young man. -- James Wood * New Yorker *[A] fascinating account of the evolution of his religious convictions. -- R. Bruce Douglass * Christian Century *[A] fascinating account of the evolution of his religiousd convictions. -- R. Bruce Douglass * Christian Century *Table of Contents* Introduction *Joshua Cohen and Thomas Nagel * The Theological Ethics of the Young Rawls and Its Background *Robert Merrihew Adams A Brief Inquiry into the Meaning of Sin and Faith * A Note on the Text * Preface * A General Prospectus * Vindication of the Natural Cosmos * The Extended Natural Cosmos * The Meaning of Sin * The Meaning of Faith * Bibliography On My Religion * Index
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Harvard University Press Reading Wittgenstein with Anscombe Going On to
Book SynopsisCora Diamond follows two major philosophers as they think about thinking, and about our ability to respond to thinking that has gone astray. Acting as both witness to and participant in the encounter, she provides fresh perspective on the value of Wittgenstein’s and Anscombe’s work, and demonstrates what genuinely independent thought can achieve.Trade ReviewCora Diamond’s work on the Tractatus is insightful, original, and stimulating; it has been deservedly influential. In this collection, she pursues new themes and deepens the exploration of others. Of particular interest are the fresh connections she draws between reflections on the Tractatus and issues in moral philosophy, where her rich and exciting work has been a game-changer for many. -- Alexander George, Amherst CollegeIt is becoming increasingly evident to many that Elizabeth Anscombe’s writings on Wittgenstein are just as wonderful as the rest of her work. This book shows what is less appreciated: that Cora Diamond is one of our finest readers of both Wittgenstein and Anscombe. -- James Conant, University of ChicagoThese excellent essays are crucially important in elucidating central questions in the works by Wittgenstein and Anscombe, two of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century. The issues discussed here are fundamental: how we are to understand thoughts, forms of words, and uses of language that relate to our self-understanding, but cannot fit the template we instinctively bring to bear on how language and thought are related to reality. -- James Doyle, Harvard UniversityIn times in which analytic philosophy needs to look at its history, an inspired practitioner of the discipline such as Diamond is a wonderful guide. She is one of the most original contemporary philosophical voices and this is an unusual book, out of step with the massification of academic work in philosophy…It is philosophy at its truest. -- Sofia Miguens * Wittgenstein Studies *Elucidates and extends Anscombe’s findings. This is required reading for scholars of Wittgenstein, Anscombe, and analytic metaphysics and ethics. * Choice *It is Diamond’s highly original reading of Ludwig Wittgenstein that stands out as her most important and perhaps most lasting contribution…The essays are quite demanding but the fruits gleaned by their engagement are well worth the effort. -- Jonathan Tran * Modern Theology *
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Harvard University Press Arc of the Moral Universe and Other Essays
Book SynopsisA collection of essays that locates ideas about democracy in three far-ranging contexts. It includes a companion collection on Philosophy, Politics, and Democracy.Trade ReviewIn this marvelous collection, Josh Cohen displays his characteristic mixture of sharp philosophical analysis and serious political engagement. Beginning (and ending) with reflections on the role of moral truth in explaining moral advances, he addresses some of the largest questions about democracy within nations and global justice beyond them. And, on the way, he engages with recent thinkers as important and diverse as Chomsky, Habermas, Okin and Rawls. An exhilarating read. -- K. Anthony Appiah, Princeton UniversityIn this new collection of essays, Josh Cohen cements his position as one of American philosophy's brightest stars. His subject has long been democracy, and here he pushes further his investigation of the way we live democracy, the ways in which it shapes our lives, and the ways our lives shape it. Democracy in his hands is neither an abstract principle nor a fixed set of ideas, but rather a remarkably supple guidebook for government of others and government of the self. -- Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Harvard University
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Harvard University Press When is Discrimination Wrong
Book SynopsisHellman develops a much-needed general theory of discrimination. She demonstrates that many familiar ideas about when discrimination is wrong—when it is motivated by prejudice, grounded in stereotypes, or simply departs from merit-based decision-making—won’t adequately explain our widely shared intuitions.Trade ReviewAlthough democracy is committed to an ideal of equal treatment, we do not always agree on what that commitment requires. In this bold effort to work out when we may morally draw distinctions among people, Deborah Hellman unearths assumptions and unspoken biases that have invisibly corrupted political debates, such as those about affirmative action and the accommodation of the disabled. Cutting through misleading distinctions and false dichotomies, she gets to the heart of what equality means. -- Rebecca Brown, Allen Professor of Law, Vanderbilt UniversityDeborah Hellman has produced one of the most thoughtful and engaging works on equality I know, beautifully written and meticulously argued. Anyone who thinks seriously about equality and discrimination must take account of her argument. -- Louis Michael Seidman, Professor of Constitutional Law, Georgetown UniversityIn a thoughtful analysis, Hellman argues that discrimination is a demeaning speech-act, and is wrongful on these grounds rather than in virtue of its motivation or effects. Her book is an important contribution to the literature on discrimination and expressive theories of law. -- Matthew D. Adler, Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Law SchoolIn When Is Discrimination Wrong? Deborah Hellman has taken on the important and difficult task of trying to establish logically consistent rules for determining just where in that fuzzy territory the line between legitimate and illegitimate discrimination should be drawn. Hellman's writing is clear and engaging, her examples relevant to the daily lives of many...Read Hellman's book as a very competent spur to thinking through for yourself the issues involved in appropriate and inappropriate discrimination. There'll probably be a fly in the ointment of the thesis you come up with too, but the process of thinking it all through can only be good for us all. -- Wendy Johnson * Times Higher Education Supplement *[Hellman] has provided a coherent, thoughtful approach that advances understanding of this intractable problem. -- P. J. Galie * Choice *Table of Contents* Introduction: The Discrimination Puzzle Part I: When is Discrimination Wrong? * The Basic Idea * Demeaning and Wrongful Discrimination * Interpretation and Disagreement Part II: Considering Alternatives Introduction to Part II * Merit, Entitlement and Desert * Accuracy and Irrationality * It's Not the Thought that Counts * Conclusion * Notes * Acknowledgments * Index
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Harvard University Press Aquinas on the Beginning and End of Human Life
Book SynopsisThough often invoked by pro-life supporters, Thomas Aquinas in fact held that human life begins after conception, not at the moment of union. But in following the twists and turns of Aquinas’ thinking about the beginning and end of human life, Fabrizio Amerini reaches a nuanced interpretation that will unsettle both sides in the abortion debate.Trade ReviewErudite, thoughtful, [and] carefully translated… Amerini exposes the ‘tensions’ and ‘vacillations’ in Aquinas’s abstruse accounts of human embryogenesis. But their main point is clear: the inseminating male initiates a process that, while it leads to the conception of a pre-human uterine animal, does not actually generate another human being. -- Denis J. M. Bradley * America *What makes the book, I think, a fascinating read, is Amerini’s detailed analysis of texts that Thomas wrote throughout his career, showing how his thoughts on the topic evolved and were refined. In that sense, I think anyone interested in history, especially the history of philosophy and science, would be fascinated at this look inside the world of a medieval philosopher on one very particular topic. -- John Farrell * Forbes *Because Aquinas’s teachings are authoritative for Catholic theology, this volume by Amerini explores Aquinas’s account of life’s beginning and end. The author notes Aquinas’s inconsistency and changing views. He argues that the Thomistic account does not allow one to claim that an embryo is a human being at the moment of conception, since Aquinas believes humans require faculties of will and reason. Still, scholars need to look at contemporary scientific accounts of growth and development to see how they may or may not harmonize with specific teachings. Students of theology and bioethics will find this study elucidating, especially since it shows the promise and pitfalls of attempting to use classical theological sources to construct positions for contemporary Christian ethics. Students interested in Thomistic thought, theological bioethics, and Catholic moral theology will find this closely argued work worthwhile and illuminating reading. -- A. W. Klink * Choice *This is a first-rate treatment of a complex topic. Fabrizio Amerini carefully and clearly explains how Aquinas deals philosophically with the topic of human generation and how what he says might be connected with certain questions raised today in discussions of bioethics. His treatment of Aquinas is exhaustive and admirably documented. It should serve as an authoritative corrective to ways in which Aquinas has sometimes been invoked in arguments concerning the start of human life. It also amounts to a fine introduction to some of Aquinas’s key metaphysical ideas. -- Brian Davies, Fordham UniversityAmerini’s book is a masterful treatment of the much-discussed discrepancy between the teachings of the Catholic Church on abortion and the teachings of its leading theological champion. Combining philosophical insight with scholarly precision, Amerini carefully works through all aspects of Aquinas’s view: metaphysical, biological, and ethical. In a field where previous treatments have often been marred by bias and animus, Amerini offers a model of evenhanded analysis. Neither of the entrenched parties to this ongoing dispute will feel completely satisfied by Amerini’s conclusions, but all sides will learn a great deal from his meticulous discussion. -- Robert Pasnau, University of ColoradoAquinas on the Beginning and End of Human Life shows how rigorous historical research can be useful in discussing hot topics of current bioethics. Written with great accuracy and attention to historical texts, Amerini’s book stresses the mistakes of many contemporary readings of Aquinas and clarifies implications for the current debate on abortion and euthanasia. This book is one of the best attempts to hold together the accurate historical reconstruction of one of the most influential thinkers of Western philosophy with the theoretical implications for the contemporary bioethical discussion on abortion and euthanasia. -- Sergio Filippo Magni, University of Pavia
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Harvard University Press The Theology of Liberalism
Book SynopsisModern liberal political philosophy is closely associated with post-1945 secularism. But Eric Nelson contends that the liberal tradition founded by John Rawls is an unwitting outgrowth of ancient theological debates about justice and evil. When we understand this, we can better untangle the knotted strands of liberal political thought.Trade Review[One] of the best treatments imaginable of the context and meaning of Rawls’s epoch-making book…Illuminating and original…Nelson also places Rawls in the theological tradition better than anyone so far…A great and rewarding book. -- Samuel Moyn * Commonweal *Effortlessly combines early Christian theology, modern political philosophy, historical scholarship, literature, and economic theory to present a cogent but unorthodox critique of one of the great foes of liberal democratic capitalism: the philosopher John Rawls. -- Tal Fortgang * Commentary *An excellent work, magnificently well done and provocative in all the right ways. -- Christopher Brooke, University of CambridgeSince the first publication of A Theory of Justice some critics have argued that John Rawls’s liberalism rests on a commitment to a questionable view of the self. Eric Nelson now raises the stakes with a critique that interrogates liberal accounts of human agency not just metaphysically but theologically. Nelson’s work is marked by a unique combination of erudite scholarship, lucidity, analytical forcefulness, and the willingness to question received views. He has developed an original case and argued it with great power. His book represents a challenge that cannot be ignored. -- Michael Rosen, Harvard University, author of DignityThe Theology of Liberalism is a remarkable, original, and provocative book with stylish and engaging prose that offers a major intervention across several fields that are all too often artificially segregated: intellectual history, normative political theory, and theology. By showing the afterlife of old debates about grace and theodicy, Nelson breathes new life into today’s contested discussions of freedom, equality, and the liberal tradition. -- Eric Gregory, Princeton UniversityNot everyone will be convinced by Eric Nelson’s assertion about the place of Pelagian theology in the foundations of what we now call early modern liberalism. But scholars need to take his arguments seriously, and those who do will profit from the thoughtfulness of his writing, the learned character of his analysis, and the originality of his insights. -- Jeremy Waldron, author of One Another’s EqualsFascinating…Nelson’s historical acuity makes his book well worth reading. -- Daniel Luban * Dissent *Tantalizing analysis…Nelson’s historical arguments are thorough and detailed. * Publishers Weekly *It will be read as long as Rawlsian liberalism remains a political philosophy to be reckoned with…There are few books that combine precise and original historical scholarship with theoretical depth and sophistication. This is one of them. -- James Hankins * Law & Liberty *Having so masterfully dismantled the reigning justification for redistributive justice, we can only wish that he now uses his extraordinary intellect and vast erudition to help us devise a new one. -- Helena Rosenblatt * Perspectives on Politics *An intricately reasoned and richly documented alternative to Rawlsian redistributive theory. -- David Hoekema * Christian Century *A coherent intellectual attempt to address the challenges arising from left-libertarianism. -- Roger Drinnon * Concordia Journal *This is an important book for readers interested in the intersection of theology and liberal theory. -- Aaron Klink * Religious Studies Review *
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Harvard University Press Recognizing Wrongs
Book SynopsisMuch bemoaned and widely misunderstood, tort law provides an essential vehicle for injured parties to seek redress from wrongdoers and hold them accountable. John Goldberg and Benjamin Zipursky defend tort law against its critics and lay out comprehensively their increasingly influential “civil recourse” conception of tort.Trade ReviewRecognizing Wrongs is powerful and elegant. It proposes that civil recourse simultaneously best explains actual tort practice and presents this practice in its best light, as part of what free and equal citizens demand from their government as a condition of recognizing its legitimacy. Goldberg and Zipursky combine a subtle appreciation for doctrine with powerful theoretical arguments. A major achievement. -- Daniel Markovits, Guido Calabresi Professor of Law, Yale Law SchoolRecognizing Wrongs will be of interest to everyone who studies tort law and to many who practice it. Goldberg and Zipursky are the best in the business. This book is historically rich, theoretically sophisticated, and is bound to be a touchstone for tort theory for decades to come. -- Scott Hershovitz, Thomas G. and Mabel Long Professor of Law, and Professor of Philosophy, University of MichiganThe most important work in tort theory in the contemporary period. If you teach or write on tort law, you really must read this book. -- Lawrence Solum * Legal Theory Blog *Sophisticated, wide-ranging, and multilayered: it intelligently traverses medieval English history, the Declaration of Independence, the philosophy of language, the Lockean state of nature, Internet libel, the influence of legal realism on legal education, corrective justice, and much more…As much an account of legal reasoning as it is an account of tort law. -- Stephen A. Smith * University of Toronto Law Journal *A highly readable conspectus of roughly two decades’ worth of first-rate tort theory. The breadth and depth of learning on offer in this book is as impressive as it is skillfully deployed…Comes as close to being a ‘page-turner’ as a work of legal theory is ever likely to get…Just about the best book on tort theory for many, many years. -- John Murphy * Cambridge Law Journal *Excellent…I highly recommend Recognizing Wrongs as a fascinating analysis of a distinctive normative system…An impressive and rich account of tort law…The purpose of the institution of tort law is to remedy legal wrongs that take place between private actors. It is not another branch of regulatory law. Unless we keep that in mind, tort reform may leave victims without remedies. By providing a robust interpretation of torts as wrongs, Goldberg and Zipursky make a major contribution to these debates. -- Linda Radzik * Ethics *
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Harvard University Press The Varieties of Experience
Book SynopsisReconstructing the philosophical project of William James, Alexis Dianda deploys a concept of experience that avoids both foundationalist epistemology and an account of the subject rooted in immediately given objects of consciousness. In doing so, Dianda rethinks the role of experience as well as the aims and resources of pragmatic philosophy.Trade ReviewThis is a brilliant book and a stunning debut. In clear and eminently readable prose, Dianda succeeds in showing the centrality of experience in James’s work and how the existential richness of experience exceeds the rather narrow picture of pragmatism that we associate with Rorty, Brandom, and others. Avoiding the dead ends of classical empiricism and idealism, Dianda is right to suggest that James offers a philosophical vision attuned to the living complexity of the relations between self and world. -- Simon Critchley, The New SchoolThis book is the best philosophical treatment of the great William James in this generation. Alexis Dianda’s brilliant and subtle readings of James’s profound pluralism against Richard Rorty’s influential linguistic turn in contemporary neopragmatism are powerful and persuasive. She preserves the best of both by giving us a twenty-first-century pragmatism that embraces the vague, ambiguous, and indeterminate in order to better our grasp of the existential and moral challenges of our turbulent times. -- Cornel West, Union Theological SeminaryA brilliant reinterpretation of William James’s complex views of experience. The ‘pragmatic-existential’ conception of experience that Alexis Dianda carefully works out in this book will transform both James scholarship and current debates in and about pragmatism. -- Michael Bacon, Royal Holloway, University of LondonAlexis Dianda discovers a capacious account of an active lived experience in the work of William James. Importantly, she shows the weakness of neopragmatist attempts to abandon the concept of experience and instead focus on language alone. This is a major contribution to our understanding of James. -- Wayne Proudfoot, Columbia University
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