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Cornell University Press Masculinity and Morality
Book SynopsisIn these philosophically reflective essays, Larry May argues against standard accounts of traditional male behavior, discussing male anger, paternity, pornography, rape, sexual harassment, the exclusion of women, and what he terms the myth of uncontrollable male sexuality.Trade ReviewMay's points are well-argued, at times original, and always stimulating reading. Graduate courses on ethics and responsibility would do well to incorporate chapters from this book in their readings. And those character educators who haven't yet seen how feminism could apply to 'them' and their courses, would do well to read through these arguments. The book is one of the first books in the 'men and masculinity' literature to make feminism and feminist issues the heart of the book. This is a good work. * Journal of Moral Education *May... addresses several gender-related issues from a 'group-oriented' point of view.... He contends that men need to alter their behavior toward women, rejecting the position that innate qualities or badgering compel them to behave as they do.... He provides a well-articulated account of a distinctive stance on major issues. * Library Journal *This book represents May's latest ideas in his ongoing project to 'rethink' masculinity... His book is rich in insights and deservers to be widely read for its intelligent discussions of central aspects of sexist oppression in Western society. It is an admirable contribution to realizing Marx's dictum that the point of philosophy is to change the world, not merely interpret it. * Ethics *
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Cornell University Press Gorgias
Book SynopsisWith a masterful sense of the place of rhetoric in both thought and practice and an ear attuned to the clarity, natural simplicity, and charm of Plato''s Greek prose, James H. Nichols, Jr., offers a precise yet unusually readable translation of one of the great Platonic dialogues on rhetoric.The Gorgias presents an intransigent argument that justice is superior to injustice—to the extent that suffering an injustice is preferable to committing an unjust act. The dialogue contains some of Plato''s most significant and famous discussions of major political themes, and focuses dramatically and with unrivaled intensity on Socrates as a political thinker and actor.Nichols''s attention to dramatic detail brings this dialogue to life. Plato''s striking variety in conversational address (names and various terms of relative warmth and coolness) is carefully reproduced, as is alteration in tone and implication even in the short responses. The translatioTable of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction: Rhetoric, Philosophy, and PoliticsGORGIASThe Rhetoric of Justice in Plato's Gorgias
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Cornell University Press Rethinking Rape
Book SynopsisRape, claims Ann J. Cahill, affects not only those women who are raped, but all women who experience their bodies as rapable and adjust their actions and self-images accordingly. Rethinking Rape counters legal and feminist definitions of rape as mere...Trade ReviewCahill provides a readable and well-researched book on feminist theories that have guided our strategies on rape.... This provocative book will re-draw our attention to rape as a central concern for feminist activism. * Feminist Academic Press *
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MB - Cornell University Press The Ethics of Destruction
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Cornell University Press Protagoras and Meno
Book SynopsisThis volume contains new translations of two dialogues of Plato, the Protagoras and the Meno, together with explanatory notes and substantial interpretive essays. Robert C. Bartlett''s translations are as literal as is compatible with sound English style and take into account important textual variations. Because the interpretive essays both sketch the general outlines of the dialogues and take up specific theoretical or philosophic difficulties, they will be of interest not only to those reading the dialogues for the first time but also to those already familiar with them.The Protagoras and the Meno are linked by the attention each pays to the idea of virtue: the latter dialogue focuses on the fundamental Socratic question, What is virtue?; the former on the specific virtue of courage, especially in its relation to wisdom. An appendix contains a short extract from Xenophon''s Anabasis of Cyrus that vividly portrays the figure of Meno.Trade Review"The overall value of Bartlett's translation is very high. The footnotes are extraordinarily helpful; the prose is clear and readable; and the interpretive essays will surely prove to be an excellent source of classroom discussion. This volume is a welcome addition to Plato scholarship."—Edward Moore, St. Elias School of Orthodox Theology, Philosophy in Review, Vol. 24, No. 4-6, Aug-Dec 2004"Robert C. Bartlett's translations of Protagoras and Meno display a degree of accuracy and literalness that makes them most suitable for scholarly and teaching purposes. The consistency with which Bartlett has translated terms enables the reader to confidently develop an interpretation of Plato's meaning as the terms recur in the dialogues. His notes and introductory essays are thoughtful, learned, and well-designed guides to assist the reader toward a serious confrontation with the philosophic issues dealt with in the texts. They raise questions, sketch lines of interpretation, and guide one toward one's own thinking rather than declaring the definitive interpretation or examining the questions exhaustively, which makes them ideal for classroom use."—James H. Nichols, Claremont McKenna CollegeTable of ContentsPrefacePROTAGORASOn the ProtagorasMENOOn the MenoAppendix: Xenophon's Assessment of Meno (Anabasis of Cyrus 2.6.21-27)
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Cornell University Press Virtue Ethics Old and New
Book Synopsis"There are grounds for saying that contemporary work in virtue ethics is, if not quite in its theoretical infancy, at least not far out of diapers. And this suggests that we should be gentle and nurturing, allowing it time to flourish before coming to...Trade Review"This is a very useful volume and will be of interest to more than just virtue ethicists. The chapters by Annas and Irwin are especially noteworthy." -- Michael Slote, University of Miami"Virtue Ethics, Old and New makes significant original contributions and offers useful continuations of current topics. It is a solid addition to the literature on virtues and virtue ethics." -- Michael Stocker, Syracuse University
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Cornell University Press The Art of Life
Book SynopsisThat the art of life is creative, imaginative, and individual does not mean... that it cannot be taught and learned or that individuals cannot improve their mastery of it. Teaching it proceeds by way of exemplary lives, and learning it consists in coming to appreciate what makes some lives exemplary.... That imitation here is impossible does not mean one cannot learn from examples. The question is, How can that be done reasonably; how can decisions about how one should live escape being arbitrary, if they are left to individual creativity and imagination and are not governed by rules that apply to everyone living in a particular context?from The Art of LifeThe art of life, according to John Kekes, consists in living a life of personal and moral excellence. This art requires continuous creative effort, drawing on one''s character, circumstances, experiences, and ideals. Since these conditions vary with times and places, Kekes says, there can be no single blueprint for the achievementTrade ReviewJohn Kekes has been a steady and important contributor to recent discussions about life.... The Art of Life demonstrates unequivocally the value of rigorous philosophical reflection on something that we all want, spend most of our time and energy trying to achieve, fret about endlessly, but understand only dimly, namely, a good life. The Art of Life is both a pleasure to read and an illuminating piece of philosophical work. Kekes brings a lifetime of serious thought to this 'most important of all human activities.' * The Journal of Ethics *Arguing that no formalist doctrine such as Kant's can provide universally valid rules for leading a moral life, Kekes instead maintains that the study of admirable individuals furnishes the guidelines we need. Among those Kekes finds worthy of emulation are Montaigne and Thomas More, who balanced public responsibilities with private commitments.... Highly recommended for all public libraries. * Library Journal *Kekes belongs to a flourishing school of thought known as 'virtue ethics.' He and his colleagues believe that mainstream moral philosophers since the time of Kant and Bentham have been barking up the wrong tree. Instead of seeking to define morality in terms of abstract universal principles, they should have stuck to the traditional methods of Aristotle and Cicero, exploring what it might mean for particular individuals to have a virtuous or vicious character, or to lead an honourable or a despicable life. The Art of Life is an impressive attempt to tackle this task directly. * Times Literary Supplement *
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Cornell University Press Racism and Justice
Book SynopsisAffirmative action: does it really counteract racism? Is it morally justifiable? In her timely and tough-minded book, Gertrude Ezorsky addresses these central issues in the ongoing controversy surrounding affirmative action, and comes up with some...Trade ReviewA lucid, refreshingly elegant guide to the history and moral foundations of affirmative action. In an era when so many programs are under attack as 'mere quota systems,' this book is an indispensable reminder of their variety and potential. * The Nation *Ezorsky's discussion of affirmative action programs is quietly methodical and admirably clearheaded. It is a useful starting point for any discussion of the morality of affirmative action. * Publishers Weekly *Racism and Justice will add to the national debate on affirmative action. * Library Journal *
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Johns Hopkins University Press Reprogenetics Law Policy and Ethical Issues
Book SynopsisConcluding with a cautionary call for increased regulation, Reprogenetics introduces fact, history, and reason into a public discussion of complex and vexing issues.Trade ReviewAn essential reference, this also will extend into classroom discussion and debates. Midwest Book Review 2007 A useful addition to the library of anyone interested in reprogenetics and particularly the future of legislation and policy on research and application of reprogenetic technology. -- Constance Perry, Ph.D. Metapsychology 2008Table of ContentsList of ContributorsPrefacePart I: The Historical and Regulatory LandscapeChapter 1. On Drawing Lessons from the History of EugenicsChapter 2. Governmental Regulation of Genetic Technology, and the Lessons LearnedChapter 3. Oversight of Assisted Reproductive Technologies: The Last Twenty YearsPart II: Ethical Issues in ReprogeneticsChapter 4. Market Transactions in Reprogenetics: A Case for RegulationChapter 5. Stem Cells, Clones, Consensus, and the LawPart III: International Regulation of Reprogenetics Chapter 6. The Governance of Reprogenetic Technology: International ModelsChapter 7. Regulating Reprogenetics in the United KingdomChapter 8. The Evolution of Public Policy on Reprogenetics in CanadaPart IV: Regulating Reprogenetics in the United StatesChapter 9. A Brief History of Public Debate about Reproductive Technologies: Politics and CommissionsChapter 10. Possible Policy Strategies for the United States: Comparative LessonsChapter 11. The Development of Reprogenetic Policy and Practice in the United States: Looking to the United KingdomChapter 12. Reprogenetics and Public Policy: Reflections and RecommendationsIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Lessons amid the Rubble
Book SynopsisSophisticated and engagingly written, this volume combines history, engineering, ethics, and philosophy to provoke a deep discussion about the symbolic meaning of buildings and other structures and the nature of engineering.Trade ReviewThe aim is to blend history, engineering, ethics, and philosophy into the design process with implications for the future curricula of engineering design courses. Choice 2011Table of ContentsIntroduction: Why?1. "A Very Imperfect Process": Engineering Problem-Solving2. "Finding Hope in the Ruins": A Short History of Engineering Disasters3. "A New Era": The Limits of Engineering Expertise in a Post-9 /11 World4. "Safe from Every Possible Event": How to Strive for the Impossible5. "Architectural Terrorism": Why Moderation Matters6. "These Material Things": Passion and Power in EngineeringConclusion: "More Time for the Dreaming": Engineering Curricula for the Twenty-First CenturyAcknowledgmentsNotesRecommended ReadingIndex
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University of Toronto Press Walking the Tightrope Ethical Issues for
Book SynopsisAre formal ethics research guidelines congruent with the aims and methodology of inductive and qualitative social research? Using the experiences of 16 Canadian, American, and British researchers, this collection explores answers to the question.
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University of Toronto Press Taking Life Seriously
Book SynopsisThis is the first book in modern times that makes sense of the Nicomachean Ethics in its entirety as an interesting philosophical argument, rather than as a compilation of relatively independent essays. In Taking Life Seriously Francis Sparshott expounds Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics as a single continuous argument, a chain of reasoned exposition on the problems of human life. He guides the reader through the whole text passage by passage, showing how every part of it makes sense in the light of what has gone before, as well as indicating problems in Aristotle's argument.No knowledge of Greek is required. When the argument does depend on the precise wording of the Greek text, translations and explanatory notes are provided, and there is a glossary of Greek terms. Sparshott offers insightful and useful criticism, making Taking Life Seriously the best available companion to a first reading of the Ethics.Trade Review'Sparshott's refusal to deal with Aristotle in terms of standard scholarly problems is matched by his refusal (or inability) to write academic prose. What he gives us instead is sharp, chatty, sly, at times rambling, occasionally downright perverse... Readers will also find the book to be sensibly organized; that the author is generally cultivated in classics and philosophy; and that he makes his way by taking Aristotle and Aristotle's unspoiled readers extremely seriously, though in neither case at arm's length.' -- Sarah Broadie Phoenix 'This exceptional book deserves to replace W.F.R. Hardie's Aristotle's Ethical Theory (1968) as the standard one-volume companion to Aristotle's Nichomachean Ethics (EN). ... Few will agree with this detailed reading at every point, but it repays careful consideration. Glossary of transliterated Greek terms. Interesting quasi-ethnographic appendix, "Aristotle's World," which is not about fourth-century Athens but about the world of Aristotle's theoretical construction. Highly recommended.' -- D.R.C. Reed Choice 'Sparshott succeeds in making us confront the Ethics as a whole, and his attempt to make sense of the work as we have it is refreshing in an age when scholars are often more interested in the provenance of the text than its substance.' -- David Foster Books in Canada
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University of Nebraska Press Plotting Justice
Book SynopsisHave the terrorist attacks of September 11 shifted the moral coordinates of contemporary fiction?Trade Review"Part narrative theory, part ethical analysis, this book offers a well-written conceptual examination of the juncture between fiction and morality in the literature written in the wake of 9/11."—E. T. Mason, CHOICE"Banita's book makes an important contribution to scholarship on post-9/11 literature."—Clemens Spahr, NOVEL"With great breadth and power, Banita's Plotting Justice will be of interest to scholars concerned with discussion of narrative ethics, but also to scholars interested in the specific narrative strategies and themes that emerge in post-9/11 fiction."—James Gifford, The Year's Work in English StudiesTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: New Ethics, New Literatures, New Americas1. Falling Man Fiction: DeLillo, Spiegelman, Schulman, and the Spectatorial Condition2. Sex and Sense: McGrath, Tristram, and Psychoanalysis from Ground Zero to Abu Ghraib3. Moral Crusades: Race, Risk, and Walt Whitman's Afterlives4. The Internationalization of Conscience: Hemon, Barker, Balkanism5. Reading for the Pattern: Narrative, Data Mining, and the Transnational Ethics of SurveillanceConclusion: Postincendiary CircumstancesNotesBibliography Index
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Stanford University Press The Joyful Science Idylls from Messina
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Stanford University Press The Case of Wagner Twilight of the Idols The
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Stanford University Press Unpublished Fragments from the Period of Human
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Stanford University Press Unpublished Fragments from the Period of Dawn
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsNotebook 1 = N V 1. Beginning of 1880 Notebook 2 = N V 2. Spring 1880 Notebook 3 = M II 1. Spring 1880 Notebook 4 = N V 3. Summer 1880 Notebook 5 = Mp XV 1a. Summer 1880 Notebook 6 = N V 4. Autumn 1880 Notebook 7 = N V 6. End of 1880 Notebook 8 = N V 5. Winter 1880–1881 Notebook 9 = M II 2. Winter 1880–1881 Notebook 10 = Mp XV 1b. Spring 1880–Spring Notes Translator's Afterword Index of Persons Subject Index
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Stanford University Press Unpublished Fragments from the Period of Thus
Book SynopsisTrade Review"The Fragments are a terrific read – pithy, cutting, stark, playful, grand. It is like being in the company of the philosopher at his most expansive and garrulous."—Alexander Adams, The Brazen Head
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Stanford University Press The Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche
Book SynopsisThis translation is a 20-volume English-language edition of "The Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche", the first complete, critical, and annotated translation of all of Nietzsche's work.Trade Review"The Colli-Montinari edition has revolutionized our understanding of one of the greatest German thinkers. As a result of the new view opened up by this edition, Nietzsche has clearly come into his own as one of the more important philosophers of modern times. The English-language edition should become a classic that will be used by generations of scholars."—David E. Wellbery, The Johns Hopkins University"The Colli-Montinari critical edition of Nietzsche's works is one of the most important works of scholarship in the humanities in the last quarter century. It was not until after World War II that one began to realize the extent to which Nietzsche's notebooks had been tampered with, jumbled, badly deciphered, and poorly edited, and it was not until the Colli-Montinari edition that scholars could be confident for the first time of having a trustworthy text."—Van A. Harvey, Stanford UniversityTable of ContentsContents First Piece Second Piece Third Piece Fourth Piece
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Stanford University Press Of Hospitality
Book SynopsisThese two lectures by Jacques Derrida, Foreigner Question and Step of Hospitality/No Hospitality, derive from a series of seminars on hospitality conducted by Derrida in Paris, January 1996. His seminars, in France and in America, have become something of an institution over the years, the place where he presents the ongoing evolution of his thought in a remarkable combination of thoroughly mapped-out positions, sketches of new material, and exchanges with students and interlocutors.As has become a pattern in Derrida''s recent work, the form of this presentation is a self-conscious enactment of its content. The book consists of two texts on facing pages. Invitation by Anne Dufourmantelle appears on the left (an invitation that of course originates in a response), clarifying and inflecting Derrida''s response on the right. The interaction between them not only enacts the hospitality under discussion, but preserves something of the rhythms of teaching.The volume also chaTrade Review"Of Hospitality provides us with a glimpse of Jacques Derrida as not only the brilliant thinker and writer readers have long admired but as the masterful lecturer and pedagogue his students have long known. . . . Of Hospitality should find a welcome audience not only among faithful readers of Derrida but among all those who are open enough to hear the knock at their borders or their doors."—L'Esprit Créateur"Both lectures [in the book] deserve credit not only for representing a significant step in Derrida's reflection on ethics and politics but also for prompting us to begin our own deconstructive work and rethink our identity."—Symploke"The book clearly shows the political and ethical seriousness of Derrida's philosophical thought, and it is an important work for anyone who is working with those notions in light of thought about 'the other.'"—Religious Studies ReviewTable of ContentsTranslator's note; 1. Invitation Anne Dufourmantelle; 2. Foreigner question Jacques Derrida; 3. Step of hospitality/no hospitality Jacques Derrida; Notes.
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Stanford University Press Unpublished Writings from the Period of
Book SynopsisThis is the third volume to appear in an edition that will be the first complete, critical, and annotated English translation of all of Nietzsche's work. It provides for the first time English translations of all of Nietzsche's unpublished notebooks from the summer of 1872 to the end of 1874.Trade Review"The Colli-Montinari edition has revolutionized our understanding of one of the greatest German thinkers. As a result of the new view opened up by this edition, Nietzsche has clearly come into his own as one of the more important philosophers of modern times. The English-language edition should become a classic that will be used by generations of scholars."—David E. Wellbery, The Johns Hopkins University"The Colli-Montinari critical edition of Nietzsche's works is one of the most important works of scholarship in the humanities in the last quarter century. It was not until after World War II that one began to realize the extent to which Nietzsche's notebooks had been tampered with, jumbled, badly deciphered, and poorly edited, and it was not until the Colli-Montinari edition that scholars could be confident for the first time of having a trustworthy text."—Van A. Harvey, Stanford UniversityTable of ContentsA note on this edition; Abbreviations and conventions; Unpublished writings; Reference matter; Notes; Translator's afterword; Index.
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Stanford University Press An Ethics of Dissensus Postmodernity Feminism and
Book SynopsisAddressing a constellation of diverse thinkers including Emmanuel Levinas, Patricia Williams, Michel Foucault and Luce Irigaray, this book proposes a conception of ethics - an ethics of dissensus that rethinks the relation between freedom and obligation in the context of embodiment and antagonism.Trade Review"Original, carefully argued, and beautifully written, this book is one of the first sustained attempts to think through the relationship between feminist ethics and feminist politics. Ziarek's nuanced readings of central figures in current debates in postmodern ethics provide not only new ways of interpreting their work but also new directions for ethical theory." -- Kelly Oliver * SUNY-Stony Brook *"Ziarek has produced one of the most sensitive, thoughtful, original, and quietly provocative texts I know in the broad areas of contemporary philosophy and sexual and racial politics. . . . Trained in comparative literature and literary studies, she is equally at home in the most difficult and contentious of philosophical texts." -- Elizabeth Grosz, State University of New York * Buffalo *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Toward an experimental ethos of becoming: from docile bodies to ethical agency 2. Ethical responsibility, Eros, and the politics of race and rights 3. Toward an ethics of Dissensus: Lyotard's agnostic politics and the pursuit of justice 4. The libidinal economy of power, democracy and the ethics of psychoanalysis 5. Labor of the negative: the impossible ethics of sexual difference and the politics of radical democracy 6. Postmodern blackness/visionary feminism: paradigms of subjectivity, community, and ethics in Bell Hooks's work Afterword Notes Index.
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Stanford University Press On Escape De l233vasion
Book SynopsisFirst published in 1935, On Escape represents Emmanuel Levinas's first attempt to break with the ontological obsession of the Western tradition. In it, Levinas not only affirms the necessity of an escape from being, but also gives a meaning and a direction to it.Trade Review"On Escape is an extremely important early text by someone considered by many to be the most important ethical thinker of the twentieth century. It contains the first full treatment of many of the themes Levinas would pursue over the next sixty years. Rolland's contributions are not simply helpful supplements to the essay but a quasi-necessity for understanding its place and significance for both Levinas's work in particular and twentieth century thought in general." -Michael Naas,DePaul University
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Stanford University Press Human All Too Human I
Book SynopsisThis is an annotated English translation of one of Nietzsche's seminal early works in which his philosophical concerns and methodologies can be glimpsed.Trade Review"The Colli-Montinari edition has revolutionized our understanding of one of the greatest German thinkers. As a result of the new view opened up by this edition, Nietzsche has clearly come into his own as one of the more important philosophers of modern times. The English-language edition should become a classic that will be used by generations of scholars."—David E. Wellbery, The Johns Hopkins University"The Colli-Montinari critical edition of Nietzsche's works is one of the most important works of scholarship in the humanities in the last quarter century. It was not until after World War II that one began to realize the extent to which Nietzsche's notebooks had been tampered with, jumbled, badly deciphered, and poorly edited, and it was not until the Colli-Montinari edition that scholars could be confident for the first time of having a trustworthy text."—Van A. Harvey, Stanford UniversityTable of ContentsPreface 1. Of the first and last things 2. On the history of the moral sensations 3. The religious life 4. From the souls of artists and writers 5. Signs of higher and lower culture 6. In relations with others 7. Woman and child 8. A glance at the state 9. By oneself alone Among friends: an epilogue.
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Stanford University Press Ethics and the Business of Bioscience
Book SynopsisFollowing industry research, development and the marketing of medical and bioscience products across a variety of fields, this book covers biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and bio-agriculture.Trade Review"The stakes in bioscience, both moral and financial, are high. While each of the landmark cases depicted in Ethics and the Business of Bioscience offers distinct lessons, in aggregate it becomes clear that those engaged in bioscience and business must learn to exercise moral reasoning as scientific adn financial decisions are being made. Eaton's accessible text should prove to be a useful resource for those learning to do so." --Journal of the American Medical AssociationTable of ContentsTable of Contents for Politics Beyond the Capital List of Tables Acknowledgments Part One: Introduction 1. Explaining Decentralization of Re-centralization 2. Definitions, Cases, Patterns Part Two: Nineteenth-Century Origins, Twentieth-Century Trajectories 3. Decentralization from Below: Argentina before 1966, Brazil before 1964 4. Decentralization from Above: Chile and Uruguay before 1973 Part Three: Bureaucratic Authoritarianism Beyond the Capital 5. Subnational Reforms by Military Governments Part Four: Subnational Institutions in the Third Wave of Democracy 6. Reemergence of the Governors in Argentina and Brazil 7. National Engineering of Subnational Institutions in Chile and Uruguay Part Five: Conclusion 8.A Comparing Waves and Approaches Notes Works Cited Index
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Stanford University Press Elements of Ethics
Book SynopsisThis book is an unorthodox attempt at renewing the basic questions and principles of philosophical ethics. It focuses on the descriptive and conceptual analysis of the experiences through which human lives become aware of themselves as being provoked and urged to respond appropriately to the various dimensions and phenomena of the universe.Trade Review"Elements of Ethics is philosophical in the truest sense: it is not only rigorous and engaged in the language of western philsophy; it is good, just and beautiful." -- Philsophy in Review/Comptes rendus philosophiques"Elements of Ethics will appeal to those who are in search of an alternative to the dominant modes of ethical reflection practiced today, because it is clear, concrete, historically informed, and thought provoking." -- The Journal of Religion"This rich and elegant work by a renowed philosopher grapples with the 'givenness' of ethics and of self-in-community. Its scope is grand and its reach broad, but the whole is grounded in a precise, analytical delineation of the essentials of ethics and unfolds into a masterful synthesis."—Thomas Sheehan, Stanford UniversityTable of Contents@fmct:Contents @toc4:Preface iii From "Know Yourself!" to Correspondence iii @toc2:1 Introduction 0 2 From Doing to Living 00 3 Affections 00 4 Desire 000 5 Correspondence 000 6 The Analogy of Should 000 7 Unity and Universality 000 8 Freedom 000 9 CONSCIENCE 000 10 Adventures 000 11 Religion 000 @toc4:Index 000 Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Ethics
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Stanford University Press The Present Alone Is Our Happiness
Book SynopsisIn this book of brilliantly erudite and precise discussions, Pierre Hadot explains that for the Ancients philosophy was not reducible to the building of a theoretical system: it was above all a choice about how to live one''s life. One of the most influential historians of ancient philosophy in the world today, Hadot is adept at using ancient philosophers to illuminate the relevance of their ideas to contemporary life. In this book, which is an ideal introduction to Hadot''s more scholarly What is Ancient Philosophy?, we learn that to be an Epicurean is not merely to think like one; it is to adopt a way of living where limiting desires is the condition for happiness. Being an Aristotelian, similarly, is to choose a life that involves contemplation, and being a Cynic is to follow Diogenes in his refusal of quotidian convention and the mentality of ordinary people. If so many Ancient philosophers founded schools, Hadot explains, it was precisely because they were proposiTrade Review"There is much here that could affirm and inform a philosophical counseling practice, both in attitude and content. There is much here to remind ourselves of the importance of spiritual or philosophical exercises in our own trying times."—Helen Douglas, Philosophical Practice"Hadot's refreshing efforts to free philosophy and its history from the sterile constraints of abstract theorizing and academic specialization find a lively and productive outlet in the interviews collected here. Introduced by Jeannie Carlier, a French scholar of Neo-platonic religious thought and friend of Hadot, and conducted in turns by Carlier and Arnold Davidson, the American philosopher and intellectual historian most responsible for the introduction and dissemination of Hadot's work in English-speaking contexts, these conversations explore in depth and varied detail both the personal and the intellectual development of a scholar whose own work insists above all that the personal or existential cannot rightly or fruitfully be separated from the intellectual or philosophical. Enacting the kind of dialogue that Hadot believes essential to any philosophy that would constitute a living relation between persons rather than an abstract relation to ideas, these interviews could not find a more suitable subject."—Thomas A. Carlson, University of California, Santa Barbara"If your own experience of 'Philosophy 101' way back when was just shy of miserable, disconnected from the daily or generally incoherent—gridlocked, for instance, in self-serving terms—here, in The Present Alone Is Our Happiness: Conversations with Jeannie Cartier and Arnold I. Davidson, a good-souled man—Hadot himself—winks. He seems to say, 'Here's what happened, and here's why philosophy really is for you.' And if you are a teacher or a pedagogue, it's for you all the more."—Teachers College RecordTable of Contents@fmct:Contents @toc4:Introduction iii @toc2:1 Tied to the Apron Strings of the Church 000 2 Researcher, Teacher, Philosopher 000 3 Philosophical Discourse 000 4 Interpretation, Objectivity and Nonsense 000 5 Unitary Experience and Philosophical Life 000 6 Philosophical Discourse as Spiritual Exercise 000 7 Philosophy as Life and as a Quest for Wisdom 000 8 From Socrates to Foucault. A Long Tradition 000 9 Inacceptable? 000 10 The Present Alone is Our Happiness 000 @toc4:Postface 000 Notes 000 Index 000
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Stanford University Press Inheriting the Future
Book SynopsisThis book explores several canonical works of philosophy, psychoanalysis, and literature. The surprising juxtaposition of Kant''s moral philosophy, Freud''s reflections on obsessional neurosis, and Flaubert''s peculiar late novel Bouvard et Pécuchet forms the basis of a compelling argument linking each of these central works around the problem of moral thought as it fundamentally determines the modern subject in relation to time. The book engages an area of emerging importance in contemporary critical thought, the problem of ethics or otherness as a crucial factor at play in speculative and literary works. The readings in this book provide insight into the ways in which three fundamental philosophical, psychoanalytic, and literary texts can be reread in light of their confrontation with a seemingly inhuman force at the heart of the foundation of the human subject.Trade Review"Such brilliant and original work is rare. Rottenberg demonstrates remarkable skills as a close reader, as a philosophical thinker, and as a scholar. Her extensive experience as a translator of difficult philosophical texts gives her a particularly fine-tuned sensitivity to the linguistic complexities of the languages with which she works. The book provides an unusual example of the finest comparatist work in the humanities and attests to the remarkable illumination that true interdisciplinary work can provide. This book will appeal to scholars of literature, philosophy, and psychoanalysis; to literary critics and theorists; and to teachers who will use it for teaching all three of the authors as well as literary criticism and theory." -Shoshana Felman,Yale UniversityTable of ContentsContents Note on Sources and Key to Abbreviations and Translations xiii Prefatory Note xix Introduction: Of Human Bondage 1 * 1 The Legacy of the Future: Kant and the Ethical Question 21 * 2 Freud: When Morality Makes Us Sick: Disavowal, Ego Splitting, and the Tragedy of Obsessional Neurosis 51 * 3 Flaubert: Testament to Disaster 88 Postscript: Last Words 124 Notes 135 Works Cited 165 Index 171
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Stanford University Press Perversity and Ethics
Book SynopsisPerversity and Ethics argues that a psychoanalytic reading of the phenomenon of perversity is crucial to understanding contemporary philosophical ethics.Trade Review"In today's times, when the ruling ideology presents itself in the guise of the primacy of the ethical over politics—thereby soliciting us to dismiss every project of radical political change as ethically problematic—Egginton's book reasserts Freud's message about the perverse core of ethics in all its raw force. It strikes at the very heart of today's ideological mess and cuts through its Gordian knot!" -- Slavoj Zizek, Co-director, International Center for Humanities, Birbeck College * University of London *"The naughty knottedness of law and desire is the focus of Egginton's illuminating study of the psychoanalytic reorientation in ethical thought. Giving Lacan's concepts a new philosophical lineage, Perversity and Ethics renews them and breaks fresh ground. Written for anyone interested in contemporary ethical theory, this book will engage committed Lacanians and sceptics alike." -- Joan Copjec, Professor of English, Comparative LiteratureTable of ContentsContents Acknowledgments 000 Preface 000 1. Freud and the Banishment of Evil 000 2. In the Beginning Was the (Orthos) Logos 000 3. Deconstruction and the Theology of Desire 000 4. Sexual Difference and the Ethics of Duplicity 000 Notes 000 Works Cited 000 Index 000
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Stanford University Press Taking Ourselves Seriously and Getting It Right
Book SynopsisFrom the best-selling author of On Bullshit... This book consists of the Tanner Lectures in Moral Philosophy, delivered by the author at Stanford University in 2004, along with commentary on the lectures.Trade Review"Frankfurt's argument is intelligent, sophisticated, and thooughtful."—CHOICE"In his Tanner lectures, Harry Frankfurt continues his exploration of the nature of human agency and practical reasoning. Love, and other 'volitional necessities'—things about which we cannot help caring—anchor us in the world and provide us with ends for our actions. Without love, or other kinds of volitionally necessary caring, we would not have an answer to the fundamental question of how we should live. This is a very important essay, written by a first-class philosophical mind, and animated by a humane outlook. It will be of interest not only to philosophers, but also to all those who look to understand the springs of human action."—Debra Satz, Stanford University"Frankfurt delves into the ideals of rationality and love, compares the two, and declares love the winner in defining self-commitment to our actions (which is "getting it right"). These arguments are related in superbly written prose and stand well on their own...The commentary, likewise, is well written and presents the reader with an enhanced framework and relevant, thought-provoking objections. "—Library Journal"This wise and engaging little book deals with issues that are profoundly important to us as human beings. Frankfurt effortlessly weaves together his thoughts on love, agency, and practical reason...Scholars interested in Frankfurt, or the philosophical issues discussed in his lectures, will enjoy readin this book." —Philosophy in Review/Comptes Rendus PhilosophiquesTable of Contents@fmct:Contents @toc4:Preface, by Debra Satz iii @toc1:Part One. The Stanford Tanner Lectures by Harry Frankfurt @toc2:1 Taking Ourselves Seriously 0 2 Getting It Right 00 @toc1:Part Two. Comments @toc2:3 Morality and the Logic of Caring 00 @tocca:Christine M. Korsgaard @toc2:4 A Thoughtful and Reasonable Stability 00 @tocca:Michael E. Bratman @toc2:5 Socializing Harry 00 @tocca:Meir Dan-Cohen @toc4Notes 000 Index 000
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Stanford University Press The Sparks of Randomness Volume 1
Book SynopsisThe Sparks of Randomness, Henri Atlan''s magnum opus, develops his whole philosophy with a highly impressive display of knowledge, wisdom, depth, rigor, and intellectual and moral vigor. Atlan founds an ethics adapted to the new power over life that modern scientific knowledge has given us. He holds that the results of science cannot ground any ethical or political truth whatsoever, while human creative activity and the conquest of knowledge are a double-edged sword. This first volume, Spermatic Knowledge, begins with the Talmudic tale about the prophet Jeremiah''s creation of a golem, or artificial man. Atlan shows that the Jewish tradition does not demonize man for creating and changing living thingsa charge often leveled at promoters of advanced technologies, like biologists, who are accused of playing God. To the contrary, man is depicted as being the co-creator of the world.Although Atlan believes that the fabrication of life from scratch will take pTrade Review"Atlan seeks to integrate the mechanistic worldview common in the biological sciences into a form of absolute monism that draws upon Kabbalah and Spinoza. . . Steeped in the biological sciences and remarkably learned in Judaica, it will set a standard for new creative forms of constructive Jewish thought. Anyone interested in the relation between religion and science will do well to turn here."—Zachary Braiterman, Religious Studies Review"Henri Atlan has undoubtedly become a great scholar and important international figure in the academic community. His approach to texts is original and stimulating, his ideas both lucid and insightful. He has written many volumes on a variety of subjects, but this one has special meaning due to the convulsions society has been undergoing in recent years. The book is steeped in psychology and religion, biology and sociology, mysticism and ethos. Drawing from Talmudic sources but also from secular ones, it is sure to find appeal in many circles."—Elie Wiesel"As a physician, biologist, and philosopher, Henri Atlan occupies a preeminent place in the present-day French intellectual landscape, carrying on a grand French tradition of scientist-philosophers that goes back to Pascal. His Sparks of Randomness is dedicated to reflecting upon the lesson that Jeremiah learned from the golem: that we should not renounce attaining the perfect knowledge that makes us capable of creating life, but once we attain the knowledge, we should abstain from acting on it. This book is not only fundamental for the future of biology, cognitive science, and the human sciences in general, but also constitutes one of the most important readings of Spinoza ever produced."—Jean-Pierre Dupuy, Stanford University
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Stanford University Press The Sparks of Randomness Volume 2
Book SynopsisIn this second volume of The Sparks of Randomness, Henri Atlan pursues his investigation of human life, which he grounds in a distinctive intermingling of the biological and cognitive sciences and traditions of Jewish thought. The Atheism of Scripture offers up a paradox: its audacious thesis is that the Word or revealed scripture can be better understood without God. It must be decrypted or analyzed atheistically, that is, not as divine revelation, but in and of itself. The first part of the book addresses contemporary science. It puts the evolution of ideas about life and knowledge as conceived by today''s biological and cognitive sciences into perspective and shows how the genealogy of ethics must be approached in a new way. The second part takes up this challenge by putting classical philosophy in dialogue with the Talmud and the Kabbalah to advance a non-dualistic anthropology of the body and the mind.Trade Review"Henri Atlan has undoubtedly become a great scholar and important international figure in the academic community. His approach to texts is original and stimulating, his ideas both lucid and insightful. He has written many volumes on a variety of subjects, but this one has special meaning due to the convulsions society has been undergoing in recent years. The book is steeped in psychology and religion, biology and sociology, mysticism and ethos. Drawing from Talmudic sources but also from secular ones, it is sure to find appeal in many circles."—Elie Wiesel
£98.60
Stanford University Press The Sparks of Randomness Volume 2
Book SynopsisIn this second volume of The Sparks of Randomness, Henri Atlan pursues his investigation of human life, which he grounds in a distinctive intermingling of the biological and cognitive sciences and traditions of Jewish thought. The Atheism of Scripture offers up a paradox: its audacious thesis is that the Word or revealed scripture can be better understood without God. It must be decrypted or analyzed atheistically, that is, not as divine revelation, but in and of itself. The first part of the book addresses contemporary science. It puts the evolution of ideas about life and knowledge as conceived by today''s biological and cognitive sciences into perspective and shows how the genealogy of ethics must be approached in a new way. The second part takes up this challenge by putting classical philosophy in dialogue with the Talmud and the Kabbalah to advance a non-dualistic anthropology of the body and the mind.Trade Review"Henri Atlan has undoubtedly become a great scholar and important international figure in the academic community. His approach to texts is original and stimulating, his ideas both lucid and insightful. He has written many volumes on a variety of subjects, but this one has special meaning due to the convulsions society has been undergoing in recent years. The book is steeped in psychology and religion, biology and sociology, mysticism and ethos. Drawing from Talmudic sources but also from secular ones, it is sure to find appeal in many circles."—Elie Wiesel
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Stanford University Press Kantian Ethics and Economics
Book SynopsisThis book integrates the moral philosophy of Immanuel Kant—particularly the concepts of autonomy, dignity, and character—into economic theory, enriching models of individual choice and policymaking, while contributing to our understanding of how the economic individual fits into society.Trade Review"There is much here that will repay careful reading . . . This is a particularly worthwhile read for Christian economists, not only for its intriguing secular insights, but also for its critique of normative economics from premises which are similar but not identical to the Christian concept of human dignity . . . A Christian economist who wants to explore the implications of human dignity for normative economics will find an important ally in White." -- Andrew M. Yuengart * Faith and Economics *"Mark D. White's book on Kantian Ethics and Economics is an outstanding example of mastery in both fields. . . [A] treatise written in a way that is accessible to graduates and to all economists, increasing the reader's knowledge without being too demanding in terms of pre-existing knowledge." -- Stefano Solari * Review of Social Economy *"For too long it was almost universally thought that utility theory, and so economics, was intrinsically and solely about means/end rationality and achieving the best consequences. Principled action, it was agreed, could not be integrated into formal decision theory and economics. Mark White's wonderful and important book shows this to be a fundamental error. White's Kantian ethics opens a much richer, and far more adequate, normative analysis to economics, freeing economics from an impoverished view of humans and ethics. White holds out to us the promise of an economics as a science of human dignity and autonomy." -- Gerald Gaus, James E. Rogers Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Program in Philosophy, Politics, Economics & Law * University of Arizona *"This book makes an original and valuable contribution by introducing the philosophy of Kant and the concepts of autonomy, dignity, and character into economics. Mark White is to be complemented for raising fundamentally important questions about economics' theory of choice. The book will be a landmark in social economics." -- John Davis * University of Amsterdam and Marquette University *"This interesting book presents itself as an introduction to economists of the moral philosophy of Immanuel Kant . . . [T]he reference point from which the author develops his critique of the ethical foundations of mainstream economics is quite a sophisticated . . . view of Kant's conception of morality." -- Nicolas Gravel * Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics *"Relentlessly utilitarian and procedurally-detached, economic man takes no account of the duty to treat morally equivalent persons impartially. In contrast, the decision environment contemplated by Professor White's Kantian agent is congenial to the cultivation of respect for the moral law. The implications for social interaction and for public policy are profound. A must read!" -- Timothy Roth, Department of Economics & Finance * The University of Texas at El Paso *"This remarkable book provides a new ethical perspective for economics based on Kantian ethics of autonomy and dignity . . . [It] is clearly written, and the author has upheld the interdisciplinary appeal of the topic, demonstrating an outstanding knowledge of the vast literature on ethics (both Kantian and not) and economics. White's emphasis on the irreducibility of moral principles is absolutely relevant for current economics and political debates." -- Ivan Boldyrev * Journal of the History of Philosophy *"White objects that the emphasis on inclinations and beliefs makes economics careless of rights, dignity, and autonomy . . . His book is a careful reproach to a discipline too often oblivious to individual rights because they are preoccupied by aggregate market efficiency . . . Economists reading White's book will find much to value." -- David Weissman * Clio *"Here we have a robust, well-conceived and serious book. It is a breath of fresh air, which improves understanding of preference structures in economic decision models that are better suited to the reality of normal economic science . . . this is a well-penned text from a literary perspective; it exudes dexterity, fluency, and boasts a refined sense of humor." -- José Fernández * Ethical Perspectives *
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Stanford University Press Transcendence
Book SynopsisTranscendence offers an original theory of self and society that reconciles philosophical and political commitments to self-determination, cultural pluralism, and cosmopolitanism.Trade Review"Mitchell Aboulafia offers a gracefully presented and intellectually satisfying conception of transcendence for an age when multiculturalism is an undeniable social fact. Aboulafia's argument crisscrosses the Atlantic to bring into play its key themes—cosmopolitanism and self-determination. The result is a highly persuasive and sophisticated conception of human freedom that acknowledges the social and biological forces associated with Darwin without succumbing to the old dualism of freedom and determinism." -- Cynthia Willett * Emory University *"Aboulafia has written a fascinating and important book, one that reaches across intellectual contexts and advances our insights into the social medium in which we fashion our world and ourselves. The figures that dwell in this book come from different places and, while they are not unaware of each other, their conversations are surprising, and Aboulafia shows us ways of thinking and creating philosophical conversations that offer new insights." -- Robert Gibbs
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Stanford University Press Mark of the Sacred
Book SynopsisJean-Pierre Dupuy, prophet of what he calls enlightened doomsaying, has long warned that modern society is on a path to self-destruction. In this book, he pleads for a subversion of this crisis from within, arguing that it is our lopsided view of religion and reason that has set us on this course. In denial of our sacred origins and hubristically convinced of the powers of human reason, we cease to know our own limits: our disenchanted world leaves us defenseless against a headlong rush into the abyss of global warming, nuclear holocaust, and the other catastrophes that loom on our horizon. Reviving the religious anthropology of Max Weber, Emile Durkheim, and Marcel Mauss and in dialogue with the work of René Girard, Dupuy shows that we must remember the world''s sacredness in order to keep human violence in check. A metaphysical and theological detective, he tracks the sacred in the very fields where human reason considers itself most free from everything it judges irrational: scieTrade Review"Dupuy approaches the philosophical question at the very heart of today's social and economic crisis: how is self-transcendence possible? How is it that, although we all know that market is just the result of the interaction of millions of individual acts, it appears to all of them as a foreign autonomous power? Through a close reading of Christian theology, Hegel, Heidegger, and Rene Girard, Dupuy provides a unique answer which shatters all our common wisdoms. The Mark of the Sacred is one of those rare books that cannot simply be measured by academic standards because they themselves set new standards–a book which, in an enlightened well-organized state, should be printed and freely distributed in all schools!"—Slavoj Žižek"This book explores the relation between violence and religion, but not to endorse the common opinion that we can escape the first by abandoning the second. On the contrary, Dupuy argues that there is a dimension of religion and of the sacred which is inescapable even in a secular age. He challenges us to question the complacency of our received wisdom and forces us to reexamine some of our most cherished self-images of modern liberal democratic societies."—Charles Taylor"I'd recommend that all Californians — as citizens of a global hub for apocalyptic and utopian thinking — read [this] most accessible book."—Joe Mathews, LA Daily News
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Stanford University Press Fraud
Book SynopsisWe can calculate financial fraud, but how do we measure bad faith? How can we evaluate the words of the pharmaceutical industry or of eco-scientific ideologies, or the subtle deception found in political scheming? Henri Atlan sheds light on these questions through the concept of ona''ah, which in Hebrew refers to both fraud in financial transactions and the verbal injury inflicted by speech. The world of ona''ah is a world of an in-between, where the impossible purity of absolute Platonic truth gives way to a more relative notionthe near-theft, the quasi-lie. Today it seems that no discourse is safe from fraudulent excesses, be they intentional or no. As both philosopher and biologist, Atlan works on several registers. He forges links between the Talmud, the Kabbalah, and the big questions of our time, multiplying the bridges between science, philosophy, and current ethical dilemmas. In a context of financial and moral crises that appear to be weakening our democraciesTrade Review"Atlan reveals himself to be a rara avis, a French intellectual developing his theory within the context of Jewish traditional concepts. His book takes readers through a fascinating journey across the history of philosophy and religion, from the Pre-Socratics and the Orphics, through Spinoza, to contemporary issues of science ethics and political ethics in the postmodern world."—Guy Stroumsa, University of Oxford and The Hebew University of Jerusalem
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Stanford University Press Fraud
Book SynopsisThis book explores the stakes of the uses and abuses of money, language, and technical objects.Trade Review"Atlan reveals himself to be a rara avis, a French intellectual developing his theory within the context of Jewish traditional concepts. His book takes readers through a fascinating journey across the history of philosophy and religion, from the Pre-Socratics and the Orphics, through Spinoza, to contemporary issues of science ethics and political ethics in the postmodern world."—Guy Stroumsa, University of Oxford and The Hebew University of Jerusalem
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Stanford University Press The Novel and the New Ethics Post45
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This is an astute and probing analysis of the patterns of thought that shape literary studies. Surveying the perspectives of both critics and novelists, Dorothy Hale offers a comprehensive anatomy of the belief that literature offers its readers an exemplary encounter with otherness. A must-read for anyone who is interested in the ethics or politics of literature."—Rita Felski, University of Virginia"The Novel and the New Ethics will be of interest to anyone working in literature, from the nineteenth century to contemporary fiction. But moral philosophers and those interested in the ethical character—or potential—of literature should also find much to enlighten them. Dorothy Hale's approach is undogmatic, her prose sprightly and clear, her judgments fair but shrewd—and, most important, they are not just asserted, but justified."—Maria DiBattista, Princeton University"In her critique of the new ethical theories raised – some of which have already achieved high degrees of notoriety in academic circles – Hale is indeed very incisive... [The] major takeaway from The Novel and the New Ethics is how Hale powerfully identifies a tradition of Anglo-American novelists who believe that novelistic aesthetics necessitates an ethical engagement with the other."—Manuel J. Sousa Oliveira, Cadernos de Literatura Comparada"The Novel and the New Ethics is a bold, compelling, and compendious book that should leave researchers plenty of other avenues of inquiry. Not only has Hale written a fascinating literary history, she has offered a definition of the novel as fundamentally driven by ethics that could well reverberate throughout literary criticism."—Frederick W. Feldman, College Literature"The Novel and the New Ethics is a valuable contribution to modern novel theory that is able to take the most glaring fault line in twentieth-century criticism—the divide between liberal humanism and poststructuralist ideological critique—as the starting point for a unified account of literature's ethical relationship to alterity. In addition to providing an excellent overview of new ethical interest in the novel, Hale's insights will be particularly useful for scholars interested in characterological approaches to the novel, in the relationship of contemporary literature to modernism, and in the enduring legacy of Henry James. The Novel and the New Ethics is also a refreshingly optimistic book, with the imaginative capacity to recast the internecine conflicts of the literary critical establishment as part of a larger cultural aspiration toward an ethical, though ever-faltering, engagement with otherness."—Benjamin Paul, Twentieth-Century Literature"Recommended."—K. Gale, CHOICE"When critics seek to offer an account of the novel, they are usually proposing instead a principle of selection. What is intriguing in Hale's works is how explicit, even foundational, she makes this operation.... It is impossible to read this book, in which everyone is closely tied to the practice of critical reading, and not reflect—sometimes uncomfortably, always profitably—on what we, as critical readers, do."—Jesse Rosenthal, Studies in the NovelTable of Contents1. The New Ethics and Contemporary Fiction 2. Henry James and the Development of the Novelistic Aesthetics of Alterity 3. Zadie's Smith's On Beauty: An Ethical Aesthetic as the Problem of Perspectivalism 4. J. M. Coetzee's Elizabeth Costello: The Tradition as the Sum of Its Parts 5. The New Ethics in the Academy: The Lesson of the Master, the Master as the Lesson Coda: Henry James in the Clinician's Office
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Louisiana State University Press The History of the Race Idea From Ray to Carus
Book SynopsisPlaces the rise of the race idea in the context of the development of modern philosophy. The history of the race idea, according to Eric Voegelin, begins with the post-Christian orientation toward a natural system of living forms.
£47.70
Louisiana State University Press The Evolving Project of Cormac McCarthy
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John Wiley & Sons Real World Ethics Frameworks for Educators and
Book SynopsisThis second edition of Robert Nash's work includes an expansive ""question-and-answer"" epilogue where Nash responds to questions about the first edition. It should be useful reading for those who find themselves faced with making critical ethical decisions in their work.
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MP-SIL Southern Illinois Uni Communication Ethics and Tenacious Hope
Book SynopsisDuring the Enlightenment, Scottish intellectuals and administrators met the demands of profit and progress while shepherding concerns for self and other, individual and community, and family and work. This book presents the Scottish Enlightenment as an exemplar of tenacious hope countering the excesses of individualism.Table of Contents Contents PART I. A TALE OF TWO STORIES 1. Communication Ethics: The Necessity of Tenacious Hope Part II. COORDINATES OF CREATIVE INNOVATION 2. Scottish Education: Ethics and Productive Change 3. Lord Provost George Drummond: Architect of Imaginative Space PART III. SCHOLARSHIP AND LOCALITY 4. Adam Smith: Commercial Life and Caution 5. David Hume: Scholarship and Skepticism 6. Thomas Reid: Common Sense and Undue Clarity 7. George Campbell: An Integrative Rhetoric 8. Adam Ferguson: Discerning Intersections PART IV. THE REIFYING GRASP 9. Sir Walter Scott: The Fragility of Commemoration Communication Ethics and Marginalization: The Dark Side of Progress Notes Bibliography Index
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Northwestern University Press Ethical Implications of Heideggers Being and Time
Book SynopsisAn investigation of Heidegger's philosophy of the I and the We.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Fundamental ontology as a ""fundamental ethics""; Heidegger's critique of morality: the inauthenticity of the morally conscientious individual; The existentialist interpretation: authentic being-unto-death and the authority of the individual; The historicist interpretation: authentic historicality and the authority of tradition; The cosmopolitan interpretation: authentic being-with-others and the authority of the other person; Is fundamental ontology morally nihilistic?
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Northwestern University Press Nietzsche and Dostoevsky
Book SynopsisAfter more than a century, the urgency with which the writing of Fyodor Dostoevsky and Friedrich Nietzsche speaks to us is undiminished. Nietzsche explicitly acknowledged Dostoevsky's relevance to his work, noting its affinities as well as itspoints of opposition. Both of them are credited with laying much of the foundation for what came to be called existentialist thought. The essays in this volume bring a fresh perspective to a relationship that illuminates a great deal of twentieth-centuryintellectual history. Among the questions taken up by contributors are the possibility of morality in a godless world, the function of philosophy if reason is not the highest expression of our humanity, the nature of tragedy when performed for a bourgeois audience, and the justification of suffering if it is not divinely sanctioned. Above all, these essays remind us of the supreme value of the questioning itself that pervades the work of Dostoevsky and Nietzsche.
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Northwestern University Press Essential Vulnerabilities
Book SynopsisContests Emmanuel Levinas's idea that Plato is a philosopher of freedom for whom thought is a return to the self. Instead, Plato, like Levinas, is a philosopher of the other. Nonetheless, Deborah Achtenberg argues, Plato and Levinas are different. Though they view human beings as essentially vulnerable and in relation to others, they conceive human vulnerability and responsiveness differently.
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