Ethics and moral philosophy Books

Book SynopsisIn this series of interviews and dialogues which took place between 1981 and 2003, Paul Ricoeur addresses some of the central questions of political philosophy and ethics: justice, violence, war, the environmental crisis, the question of evil, ethical and political action in the polis. Philosophical issues are brought to bear on present-day concerns and the practical realities of contemporary politics. How can the philosopher speak about politics without claiming superior insight or a higher order of knowledge? Ricoeur distinguishes three levels of society: ‘tools’ (modes of production and the accumulation of technology), ‘institutions’ (which are tied to national cultures) and ‘values’ (which claim to be universal). The philosopher’s task is to probe each of these levels and open up spaces for reflection, criticism and democratic deliberation. It is to explore the paradoxes of the political rather than invoking certainties dictated by conscience. Just as there no longer exists a grand narrative about the past, so too there is no longer any utopia capable of projecting the desired future. What remains is human creativity, which marks the source common to the institutional frameworks that are already present and the horizons that extend beyond them. The philosopher’s engagement lies in the promise to revive this source at the very moment it appears to dry up under the weight of the real. This volume of interviews and dialogues with one of the most important French philosophers of the post-war period will be of interest to anyone interested in the great political and ethical questions of our time.

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Book SynopsisIn this series of interviews and dialogues which took place between 1981 and 2003, Paul Ricoeur addresses some of the central questions of political philosophy and ethics: justice, violence, war, the environmental crisis, the question of evil, ethical and political action in the polis. Philosophical issues are brought to bear on present-day concerns and the practical realities of contemporary politics. How can the philosopher speak about politics without claiming superior insight or a higher order of knowledge? Ricoeur distinguishes three levels of society: ‘tools’ (modes of production and the accumulation of technology), ‘institutions’ (which are tied to national cultures) and ‘values’ (which claim to be universal). The philosopher’s task is to probe each of these levels and open up spaces for reflection, criticism and democratic deliberation. It is to explore the paradoxes of the political rather than invoking certainties dictated by conscience. Just as there no longer exists a grand narrative about the past, so too there is no longer any utopia capable of projecting the desired future. What remains is human creativity, which marks the source common to the institutional frameworks that are already present and the horizons that extend beyond them. The philosopher’s engagement lies in the promise to revive this source at the very moment it appears to dry up under the weight of the real. This volume of interviews and dialogues with one of the most important French philosophers of the post-war period will be of interest to anyone interested in the great political and ethical questions of our time.

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Book SynopsisThe virtue of obedience is seen as outdated today, if not downright toxic – and yet, are we any freer than our forebears? In this provocative work, Jacob Phillips argues not. Many feel unable to speak freely, their opinions policed by the implicit or explicit threat of coercion. Impending ecological disaster is the ultimate threat to our freedoms and wellbeing, and living in a disenchanted cosmos leaves people enslaved to nihilistic whim. Phillips shows that the antiquated notion of obedience to the moral law contains forgotten dimensions, which can be a source of freedom from these contemporary fetters. These dimensions of obedience – such as loyalty, discipline and order – protect people from falling prey to the subtle forms of coercion, control and domination of twenty-first-century life. Fusing literary insight with philosophical discussion and cultural critique, Phillips demonstrates that in obedience lies the path to true freedom.Trade Review‘This book is not a thunderous polemic, still less a dry work of abstract argumentation. Phillips, writing in effective and elegant prose, draws on literature, modern history and personal experience to craft richly human insights into thinking and living well […] stimulating and insightful.’The Critic‘A thoughtful, fascinating read.’Tim Stanley, author of Whatever Happened to Tradition? 'Obedience is Freedom ​musically weaves together high and low culture, ancient and modern, the sacred and profane, in a richly resonant texture of ideas. This is a book that will surprise and delight both the very well-read and the very online.'Mary Harrington, Contributing Editor, UnHerd ‘We live in the wreckage created by the individual liberationist transformations of the twentieth-century Left and Right. More an exploration than a polemic, Phillips uses literary criticism, storytelling and the history of ideas to envision another path based on solidarity, loyalty and obligations, without which we are liberated from all duties, only to find ourselves alone in a harsh and unjust world.’Angela Nagle, author of Kill All Normie“Jacob Phillips has written a book which needed to be written and which needs to be read […] this work cements his reputation as a fine essayist in the best of English traditions.”European Conservative“Utterly unique.” Seamus Flaherty, Merion West"Phillips calls on an eclectic range of philosophers, poets, and novelists as tutelary spirits; and he extracts unexpected lessons from disparate, real-world events."The Irish Examiner"brilliant and unusual”Spiked“Paragraph after paragraph, a seductive threnody unfolds, structured by an almost syllogistic order.” Henry Hopwood-Phillips, The Critic“erudite…crowded with well-expressed insights”Chronicles MagazineTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 Allegiance 2 Loyalty 3 Deference 4 Honour 5 Obligation 6 Respect 7 Responsibility 8 Discipline 9 Duty 10 Authority Notes

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Book SynopsisThinking judgment in relation to the work of Jean-François Lyotard “How to judge—Jean-François Lyotard?” It is from this initial question that one of France’s most heralded philosophers of the twentieth century begins his essay on the origin of the law, of judgment, and the work of his colleague Jean-François Lyotard. If Jacques Derrida begins with the term préjugés, it is in part because of its impossibility to be rendered properly in other languages and also contain all its meanings: to pre-judge, to judge before judging, to hold prejudices, to know “how to judge,” and more still, to be already prejudged oneself. Striving to contain that which comes before the law, that is in front of the law and also prior to it, how to judge Jean-François Lyotard then becomes perhaps a beneficial attempt for Derrida to explore humanity’s rapport with judgment, origins, and naming. For how does one come to judge the author of the Differend? How does one abstain from judgment to accept the term préjugés as suspending judgment and at once as taking into account the impossibility of speaking before the law, prior to naming or judging? If this task indeed seems insurmountable, it is the site where Lyotard’s work itself is played out. Hence this sincere and intriguing essay presented by Jacques Derrida, published here for the first time in English.Trade Review"This excellent translation gives the whole text, parts of which had remained untranslated into English. It has discreet and careful annotation, giving full details for the references and quotations, something the original publication did not do, thus pinning down what was being encouraged to slip away."—French Studies

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Book SynopsisA philosophical and cultural distillation of the bleak joys in today’s ambivalent ecologies and patterns of lifeBleak Joys develops an understanding of complex entities and processes—from plant roots to forests to ecological damage and its calculation—as aesthetic. It is also a book about “bad” things, such as anguish and devastation, which relate to the ecological and technical but are also constitutive of politics, the ethical, and the formation of subjects.Avidly interdisciplinary, Bleak Joys draws on scientific work in plant sciences, computing, and cybernetics, as well as mathematics, literature, and art in ways that are not merely illustrative of but foundational to our understanding of ecological aesthetics and the condition in which the posthumanities are being forged. It places the sensory world of plants next to the generalized and nonlinear infrastructure of irresolvability—the economics of indifference up against the question of how to make a home on Planet Earth in a condition of damaged ecologies. Crosscutting chapters on devastation, anguish, irresolvability, luck, plant, and home create a vivid and multifaceted approach that is as remarkable for its humor as for its scholarly complexity.Engaging with Deleuze, Guattari, and Bakhtin, among others, Bleak Joys captures the modes of crises that constitute our present ecological and political condition, and reckons with the means by which they are not simply aesthetically known but aesthetically manifest.Trade Review"Bleak Joys is a tour de force—a survey of some of the most important ideas and environmental issues of our times."—Eben Kirksey, author of Emergent Ecologies and editor of The Multispecies Salon"With Bleak Joys, Matthew Fuller and Olga Goriunova take us on an extraordinary exploration of aesthetic transformations in the era of the new climate regime. Not only does the book offer a unique perspective on a new framework of thought, but it also questions the perceptual, emotional, and ethico-aesthetic transformations imposed on us by the ecological crisis that constitutes our present."—Didier Debaise, author of Nature as Event: The Lure of the Possible

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Book SynopsisCollected essays by a leading philosopher situating the question of the animal in the broader context of a relational ontology There is a revolution under way in our thinking about animals and, indeed, life in general, particularly in the West. The very words man, animal, and life have turned into flimsy conceptual husks—impediments to thinking about the issues in which they are embroiled. David Wood was a founding member of the early 1970s Oxford Group of philosophers promoting animal rights; he also directed Ecology Action (UK). Thinking Plant Animal Human is the first collection of this major philosopher’s influential essays on “animals,” bringing together his many discussions of nonhuman life, including the classic “Thinking with Cats.”Exploring our connections with cats, goats, and sand crabs, Thinking Plant Animal Human introduces the idea of “kinnibalism” (the eating of mammals is eating our own kin), reflects on the idea of homo sapiens, and explores the place of animals both in art and in children’s stories. Finally, and with a special focus on trees, the book delves into remarkable contemporary efforts to rescue plants from philosophical neglect and to rethink and reevaluate their status. Repeatedly bubbling to the surface is the remarkable strangeness of other forms of life, a strangeness that extends to the human. Wood shows that the best way of resisting simplistic classification is to attend to our manifold relationships with other living beings. It is not anthropocentric to focus on such relationships; they cast light in complex ways on the living communities of which we are part, and exploring them recoils profoundly on our understanding of ourselves.Trade Review"Be prepared to be disoriented. David Wood’s Thinking Plant Animal Human does not offer answers. It offers resources for transformation, for imagining otherwise, as we seek how to live in dangerous times. In a time of environmental crises and growing awareness of the deep interconnections of all living things, Wood’s clarion call for what he labels respeciesification will challenge us all not simply to think but to live plant animal human anew. Engage the uncanny—read this book."—Nancy Tuana, coauthor of Beyond Philosophy: Nietzsche, Foucault, Anzaldúa"As usual, David Wood has written a book that we fail to read, and heed, at our peril. Most generations see the end of the world just over the horizon, but for us this might turn out to be ecologically true. Wood’s voice, speaking of cats and goats and sand-crabs and trees, has always been exemplary in its scholarship and its poetry. With this recent collection of essays the bar is raised again."—H. Peter Steeves, author of Beautiful, Bright, and Blinding: Phenomenological Aesthetics and the Life of ArtTable of ContentsContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsDeclaration of Interdependence1. Homo Sapi ens: The Long View2. Adventures in Phytophenomenology3. Trees and Truth: Our Uncanny Arboreality 4. Sandcrab Speculations5. On Track for Terratoriality: Of Goats and Men6. The Absent Animal: Mirror Infractions in the Yucatan7. Kinnibalism, Cannibalism: Stepping Back from the Plate8. Creatures from Another Planet9. Thinking with Cats10. The Truth about Animals I: Jamming the Anthropological Machine11. The Truth about Animals II: “Noblesse Oblige” and the Abyss12. Giving Voice to Other Beings13. Toxicity and Transcendence: Two Faces of the HumanNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisCollected essays by a leading philosopher situating the question of the animal in the broader context of a relational ontology There is a revolution under way in our thinking about animals and, indeed, life in general, particularly in the West. The very words man, animal, and life have turned into flimsy conceptual husks—impediments to thinking about the issues in which they are embroiled. David Wood was a founding member of the early 1970s Oxford Group of philosophers promoting animal rights; he also directed Ecology Action (UK). Thinking Plant Animal Human is the first collection of this major philosopher’s influential essays on “animals,” bringing together his many discussions of nonhuman life, including the classic “Thinking with Cats.”Exploring our connections with cats, goats, and sand crabs, Thinking Plant Animal Human introduces the idea of “kinnibalism” (the eating of mammals is eating our own kin), reflects on the idea of homo sapiens, and explores the place of animals both in art and in children’s stories. Finally, and with a special focus on trees, the book delves into remarkable contemporary efforts to rescue plants from philosophical neglect and to rethink and reevaluate their status. Repeatedly bubbling to the surface is the remarkable strangeness of other forms of life, a strangeness that extends to the human. Wood shows that the best way of resisting simplistic classification is to attend to our manifold relationships with other living beings. It is not anthropocentric to focus on such relationships; they cast light in complex ways on the living communities of which we are part, and exploring them recoils profoundly on our understanding of ourselves.Trade Review"Be prepared to be disoriented. David Wood’s Thinking Plant Animal Human does not offer answers. It offers resources for transformation, for imagining otherwise, as we seek how to live in dangerous times. In a time of environmental crises and growing awareness of the deep interconnections of all living things, Wood’s clarion call for what he labels respeciesification will challenge us all not simply to think but to live plant animal human anew. Engage the uncanny—read this book."—Nancy Tuana, coauthor of Beyond Philosophy: Nietzsche, Foucault, Anzaldúa"As usual, David Wood has written a book that we fail to read, and heed, at our peril. Most generations see the end of the world just over the horizon, but for us this might turn out to be ecologically true. Wood’s voice, speaking of cats and goats and sand-crabs and trees, has always been exemplary in its scholarship and its poetry. With this recent collection of essays the bar is raised again."—H. Peter Steeves, author of Beautiful, Bright, and Blinding: Phenomenological Aesthetics and the Life of ArtTable of ContentsContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsDeclaration of Interdependence1. Homo Sapi ens: The Long View2. Adventures in Phytophenomenology3. Trees and Truth: Our Uncanny Arboreality 4. Sandcrab Speculations5. On Track for Terratoriality: Of Goats and Men6. The Absent Animal: Mirror Infractions in the Yucatan7. Kinnibalism, Cannibalism: Stepping Back from the Plate8. Creatures from Another Planet9. Thinking with Cats10. The Truth about Animals I: Jamming the Anthropological Machine11. The Truth about Animals II: “Noblesse Oblige” and the Abyss12. Giving Voice to Other Beings13. Toxicity and Transcendence: Two Faces of the HumanNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisA new ethics for the global practice of curating Today, everyone is a curator. What was once considered a hallowed expertise is now a commonplace and global activity. Can this new worldwide activity be ethical and, if yes, how? This book argues that curating can be more than just selecting, organizing, and presenting information in galleries or online. Curating can also constitute an ethics, one of acquiring, arranging, and distributing an always conjectural knowledge about the world. Curating as Ethics is primarily philosophical in scope, evading normative approaches to ethics in favor of an intuitive ethics that operates at the threshold of thought and action. It explores the work of authors as diverse as Heidegger, Spinoza, Meillassoux, Mudimbe, Chalier, and Kofman. Jean-Paul Martinon begins with the fabric of these ethics: how it stems from matter, how it addresses death, how it apprehends interhuman relationships. In the second part he establishes the ground on which the ethics is based, the things that make up the curatorial—for example, the textual and visual evidence or the digital medium. The final part focuses on the activity of curating as such—sharing, caring, preparing, dispensing, and so on. With its invigorating new approach to curatorial studies, Curating as Ethics moves beyond the field of museum and exhibition studies to provide an ethics for anyone engaged in this highly visible activity, including those using social media as a curatorial endeavor, and shows how philosophy and curating can work together to articulate the world today.Trade Review"This is not only a masterful and wholly original rethinking of curating, it is also one of the most exciting treatises on ethics I have ever read. There are remarkably bracing philosophical insights on nearly every page, and Jean-Paul Martinon writes with such theoretical precision and poetic clarity. Heidegger after Martinon will forever have curating as part of ‘building dwelling thinking.’"—John Paul Ricco, author of The Decision Between Us: Art and Ethics in the Time of ScenesTable of ContentsContentsIntroduction: Excess and MoreGods And MortalsDark MatterMatterLawMortalsGodGodsBeckoningObsessionStrifeThe AbsoluteEarths and SkiesEarthsSkiesObjectsAngelsWordsGhostsImagesGnosesContentsNamesDeeds and EndsSavingCaringPreparingIrritatingFraternizingCommuningDignifyingMidwifingIntuitingDispensingConclusion: Irony and ProgenyAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisA new ethics for the global practice of curating Today, everyone is a curator. What was once considered a hallowed expertise is now a commonplace and global activity. Can this new worldwide activity be ethical and, if yes, how? This book argues that curating can be more than just selecting, organizing, and presenting information in galleries or online. Curating can also constitute an ethics, one of acquiring, arranging, and distributing an always conjectural knowledge about the world. Curating as Ethics is primarily philosophical in scope, evading normative approaches to ethics in favor of an intuitive ethics that operates at the threshold of thought and action. It explores the work of authors as diverse as Heidegger, Spinoza, Meillassoux, Mudimbe, Chalier, and Kofman. Jean-Paul Martinon begins with the fabric of these ethics: how it stems from matter, how it addresses death, how it apprehends interhuman relationships. In the second part he establishes the ground on which the ethics is based, the things that make up the curatorial—for example, the textual and visual evidence or the digital medium. The final part focuses on the activity of curating as such—sharing, caring, preparing, dispensing, and so on. With its invigorating new approach to curatorial studies, Curating as Ethics moves beyond the field of museum and exhibition studies to provide an ethics for anyone engaged in this highly visible activity, including those using social media as a curatorial endeavor, and shows how philosophy and curating can work together to articulate the world today.Trade Review"This is not only a masterful and wholly original rethinking of curating, it is also one of the most exciting treatises on ethics I have ever read. There are remarkably bracing philosophical insights on nearly every page, and Jean-Paul Martinon writes with such theoretical precision and poetic clarity. Heidegger after Martinon will forever have curating as part of ‘building dwelling thinking.’"—John Paul Ricco, author of The Decision Between Us: Art and Ethics in the Time of ScenesTable of ContentsContentsIntroduction: Excess and MoreGods And MortalsDark MatterMatterLawMortalsGodGodsBeckoningObsessionStrifeThe AbsoluteEarths and SkiesEarthsSkiesObjectsAngelsWordsGhostsImagesGnosesContentsNamesDeeds and EndsSavingCaringPreparingIrritatingFraternizingCommuningDignifyingMidwifingIntuitingDispensingConclusion: Irony and ProgenyAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisA new look at a beloved classic film that explores the philosophical dynamics of Casablanca Celebrating its eightieth anniversary this year, Casablanca remains one of the world’s most enduringly favorite movies. It won three Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. It is still commonly quoted: “We’ll always have Paris” and “Here’s looking at you, kid” And who can forget, “You must remember this…a kiss is just a kiss.” Yet no one expected much to come of this little film, certainly not its blockbuster stars or even the studio producing it. So how did this hastily cranked-out 1940s film, despite its many limitations, become one of the greatest films ever made? How is it that year after year, decade after decade, it continues to appear in the lists of the greatest movies ever produced? And why do audiences still weep when Rick and Ilsa part? The answer, according to Casablanca’s Conscience, is to paraphrase Rick, “It’s true.” Much has already been written about the film and the career-defining performances of Bogart and Bergman. Casablanca is an epic tale of love, betrayal, and sacrifice set against the backdrop of World War II. Yet decades later, it continues to capture the imagination of filmgoers. In Casablanca’s Conscience, author Robert Weldon Whalen explains why it still resonates so deeply. Applying a new lens to an old classic, Whalen focuses on the film’s timeless themes—Exile, Purgatory, Irony, Love, Resistance, and Memory. He then engages the fictional characters—Rick, Ilsa, and the others—against the philosophical and theological discourse of their real contemporaries, Hannah Arendt, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and Albert Camus. The relationships between fictional and historical persons illuminate both the film’s era as well as perennial human concerns. Both the film and the work of the philosophers explore dimensions of the human experience, which, while extreme, are familiar to everyone. It’s the themes that resonate with the viewer, that have sustained it as an evergreen classic all these years.Table of ContentsPrologue: Everybody Comes to Rick’s | 1 1 Exile | 13 2 Purgatory | 27 3 Irony | 44 4 Love | 56 5 Resistance | 78 Epilogue: You Must Remember This | 95 Acknowledgments | 105 Notes | 107 Bibliography | 127 Index | 137

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Book SynopsisA new look at a beloved classic film that explores the philosophical dynamics of Casablanca Celebrating its eightieth anniversary this year, Casablanca remains one of the world’s most enduringly favorite movies. It won three Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. It is still commonly quoted: “We’ll always have Paris” and “Here’s looking at you, kid” And who can forget, “You must remember this…a kiss is just a kiss.” Yet no one expected much to come of this little film, certainly not its blockbuster stars or even the studio producing it. So how did this hastily cranked-out 1940s film, despite its many limitations, become one of the greatest films ever made? How is it that year after year, decade after decade, it continues to appear in the lists of the greatest movies ever produced? And why do audiences still weep when Rick and Ilsa part? The answer, according to Casablanca’s Conscience, is to paraphrase Rick, “It’s true.” Much has already been written about the film and the career-defining performances of Bogart and Bergman. Casablanca is an epic tale of love, betrayal, and sacrifice set against the backdrop of World War II. Yet decades later, it continues to capture the imagination of filmgoers. In Casablanca’s Conscience, author Robert Weldon Whalen explains why it still resonates so deeply. Applying a new lens to an old classic, Whalen focuses on the film’s timeless themes—Exile, Purgatory, Irony, Love, Resistance, and Memory. He then engages the fictional characters—Rick, Ilsa, and the others—against the philosophical and theological discourse of their real contemporaries, Hannah Arendt, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and Albert Camus. The relationships between fictional and historical persons illuminate both the film’s era as well as perennial human concerns. Both the film and the work of the philosophers explore dimensions of the human experience, which, while extreme, are familiar to everyone. It’s the themes that resonate with the viewer, that have sustained it as an evergreen classic all these years.Table of ContentsPrologue: Everybody Comes to Rick’s | 1 1 Exile | 13 2 Purgatory | 27 3 Irony | 44 4 Love | 56 5 Resistance | 78 Epilogue: You Must Remember This | 95 Acknowledgments | 105 Notes | 107 Bibliography | 127 Index | 137

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Book SynopsisCreation is a foundational pillar of the biblical storyline, yet it plays little role in contemporary evangelical ethics. Seeking to correct this oversight, Dennis Hollinger employs the creation story and creation themes throughout Scripture as a foundation for Christian ethics. After demonstrating why creation is theologically significant and important for Christian ethics, Hollinger develops major creation paradigms that provide ethical guidance on a wide range of issues, including money, sex, power, racism, creation care, social institutions, and artificial intelligence, among many others. Creation and Christian Ethics shows throughout that the triune God creates from love, and in that creation are moral designs for humanity's journey in God's world. Professors and students of Christian ethics will find this a valuable resource for the classroom, while pastors and church leaders will benefit from personal and small-group study.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Why Creation for Ethics?1. In the Beginning God: A Loving, Designing, Self-Disclosing Maker2. It's a Good World After All: Money, Sex, and Power3. Made in the Image of God: Human Dignity in All Humans and the Whole of Human Life4. Creation Care: Stewarding God's Good Creation5. Created for Relationship (1): Sexuality, Marriage, Sex, and Family6. Created for Relationship (2): Major Institutions of Society7. Created to Work: Connecting Sunday to Monday8. Sabbath: God Institutes a Rhythm of Life for Worship, Self-Care, and Justice9. Limited and Dependent: The Ethics of Human Finitude10. Embodied Souls or Ensouled Bodies: The Meaning and Implications of Being Whole BeingsConclusion: Living Out a Creation Ethic in a Pluralistic, Complex, Fallen WorldIndexes

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Book SynopsisThe Sacrifice provides a uniquely detailed account of the sociological context of animal experimentation. The authors provide a rich analysis of complex and changing role of the laboratory animal in the political and scientific culture of the United States and the United Kingdom. By understanding the interplay of the groups, the authors view the experimental controversy as an ongoing and constantly recreated set of social processes, not just a problem of morality.

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Book SynopsisKnowing what is the right thing to do is one thing. bringing yourself to do it is often quite another. This book is addressed to those who ask, 'Why should I be moral?' It explores strategies and tactics for evoking moral responses from people, especially in political contexts where so much is at stake.Trade Review".a splendid tract detailing some of the arguments by which we can persuade people to act morally." Times Higher Education SupplementTable of ContentsIntroduction. 1. Motives, Moral and Otherwise. Part I: The Moral Tack:. 2. Reciprocity and the Duty of Fair Play. 3. Uncertainty and Impartiality. 4. Non-exploitation. Part II: The Political Tack:. 5. Extending the Franchise. 6. Entrenched Rights and Constitutional Restraints. 7. Publicity, Accountability and Discursive Defensibility. Part III: Conclusions:. 8. Infusing Morality into Politics. 9. Taking Morality out of Politics. References.

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Book SynopsisThis book seeks to reflect the growing level of concern worldwide regarding the importance of ethical issues within the conduct of behavioral sciences research. Each chapter includes worldwide case studies of ethically controversial investigations which encourage students to more in-depth study.Trade Review"Kimmel provides a helpful overview of the historical and social contexts in which attention to human service ethics has long preceded attention to research ethics ... Appropriate for undergraduate and graduate students as well as faculty and professionals in social science programs." Choice "It is scholarly, fascinating, and very much up-to-date. I will certainly be using it in my teaching and in my research." Professor Robert Rosenthal, Harvard University "Faced with a daunting array of human subjects regulations and the expanding role of review boards, new investigators will find Kimmel's book an invaluable guide. Interspersed with a broad range of case studies, this book is both instructive and highly informative - a thoroughly captivating introduction to the ethics of research with human subjects in the 1990s and beyond." Professor Ralph L. Rosnow, Temple UniversityTable of ContentsList of Boxes. List of Tables. Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgments. 1. Introduction: Why Research Ethics?. 2. Ethical Principles in Behavioral Research: Professional and Governmental Guidelines. 3. Ethical Issues in the Conduct of Human Subject Research I: Laboratory Research. 4. Methodological Issues in the Use of Deception. 5. Ethical Issues in the Conduct of Human Subject Research II: Field Research. 6. Ethical Issues in the Conduct of Human Subject Research III: Applied Research. 7. Ethical Issues in the Recruitment and Selection of Research Subjects. 8. Ethical Issues in Research With Animals. 9. Ethical Review and the Communication of Results. Appendices. References. Indices.

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Book SynopsisApplied or practical ethics is perhaps the largest growth area in philosophy today, and many issues in moral, social, and political life have come under philosophical scrutiny in recent years. Taken together, the essays in this volume – including two overview essays on theories of ethics and the nature of applied ethics – provide a state-of-the-art account of the most pressing moral questions facing us today. Provides a comprehensive guide to many of the most significant problems of practical ethics Offers state-of-the-art accounts of issues in medical, environmental, legal, social, and business ethics Written by major philosophers presently engaged with these complex and profound ethical issues Trade Review“The Companion to Applied Ethics offers accessible essays by many of the leading writers in the field. It is a superb introduction to applied ethics for students and the interested reader alike.” Peter Singer, Princeton University "The choice of essays is a solid representation of the various investigations and arguments that address important issues in the field of applied ethics. The book's organization allows it to be useful in a number of ways: as a straight reference work, as a reader on allied topics or as an anthology of significant philosophical issues. It is an important work valuable for students, general readers and seasoned specialists." Reference Reviews “Anyone who wants to know the ‘state of the art’ in applied ethics should start here. Frey and Wellman have assembled a collection of first-rate essays by the leading figures in the field. There is no better introduction to this exciting area of philosophy.” James Rachels, University of Alabama at BirminghamTable of ContentsNotes on Contributors. Preface. 1. The Nature of Applied Ethics: Tom L. Beauchamp. 2. Theories of Ethics Stephen: L. Darwall. 3. Property Rights and Welfare Redistribution: Jeremy Waldron. 4. Civil Disobedience and the Duty to Obey the Law: A. John Simmons. 5. Capitalism and Marxism: Richard W. Miller. 6. State Punishment and the Death Penalty: David Dolinko. 7. Racism: Michele Moody-Adams. 8. Sexism: Ann E. Cudd and Leslie E. Jones. 9. Affirmative Action: Bernard Boxill and Jan Boxill. 10. The Legal Enforcement of Morality: Larry Alexander. 11. Hate Crimes, Literature, and Speech: L. W. Sumner. 12. Pornography and Censorship: Lori Gruen. 13. Dirty Hands: Gerald F. Gaus. 14. Sexual Ethics: Alan H. Goldman. 15. Gun Control: Lance Stell. 16. Citizenship: Wayne Norman and Will Kymlicka. 17. Immigration: Michael Blake. 18. World Hunger: Hugh LaFollette. 19. War and Terrorism: C. A. J. Coady. 20. Nationalism and Secession: Christopher Heath Wellman. 21. Intergenerational Justice: Clark Wolf. 22. Bioethics: Margaret P. Battin. 23. Abortion: Margaret Olivia Little. 24. Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide: Michael Tooley. 25. Reproductive Technology: John D. Arras. 26. Genetic Engineering: Dan W. Brock. 27. Surrogate Motherhood: Rosemarie Tong. 28. Cloning: John Harris. 29. Allocation of Medical Resources: H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr. and Ana Smith Iltis. 30. Experimentation on Human Subjects: Patrick Boleyn-Fitzgerald. 31. Disability: Leslie Pickering Francis. 32. Moral Status: Mary Anne Warren. 33. Killing and Letting Die: Alastair Norcross. 34. The Doctrine of Double Effect: R. G. Frey. 35. Bad Samaritans, Acts and Omissions: Patricia Smith. 36. Moral Dilemmas: N. Ann Davis. 37. Education: Amy Gutmann. 38. Personal Relationships: Lawrence A. Blum. 39. Animals: Jeff McMahan. 40. Business Ethics: Patricia H. Werhane and R. Edward Freeman. 41. Corporate Responsibility: R. Edward Freeman and Patricia H. Werhane. 42. Whistle-blowing: Terrance McConnell. 43. Professional Ethics: David Luban. 44. Media Ethics: Judith Lichtenberg. 45. Computer Ethics: Deborah G. Johnson. 46. Engineering Ethics: Michael S. Pritchard. 47. Environmental Ethics: Andrew Light. 48. Values in Nature: Dale Jamieson. 49. The Tragedy of the Commons: David Schmidtz and Elizabeth Willott. 50. Global Warming: Robert Hood. Index

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Book SynopsisThis is the first book devoted to the work of Peter Singer, one of the leaders of the practical ethics movement, and one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century.Trade ReviewWinner of the Choice Magazine - Outstanding Academic Title of 1999 Award. "Dale Jamieson's introductory essay, "Singer and the Practical Ethics Movement", is designed not just to give the reader a feel for what Singer has written and not just to personalize him, which is important in a volume such as this, but to situate him in a larger social and historical context...The chapter is riveting...Those of us who use Singer's essays in our courses...will want to draw upon Jamieson's chapter for background information." Keith Burgess-Jackson, University of Texas at Arlington, Ethics, July 2000. "Whether the reader is a Singer neophyte or a person well acquainted with his works, this anthology will no doubt enlighten her, not only with respect to Singer's positions, but also with respect to the seeming intractability of ethical problems in general". Antony Skelton, Australasian Journal of Philosophy, December 2001. "No one alive today has had such a large influence on practical ethics as Peter Singer. Furthermore, his contributions to practical ethics have vividly brought to light central issues in moral theory. Thus, a volume of essays on his philosophy was an excellent idea. And the end product is very good...the papers in this collection rank with the very best recent essays in moral philosophy". Brad Hooker, University of Reading, Mind, Jan 2002Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors. Preface. 1. Singer and the Practical Ethics Movement: Dale Jamieson (Carleton College). 2. Noncognitivism, Validity, and Conditionals: Frank Jackson (Australian National University). 3. The Definition of "Moral": Michael Smith (Australian National University). 4. Peter Singer's Expanding Circle: Compassion and the Liberation of Ethics: Robert C. Solomon (University of Texas). 5. Teachers in an Age of Transition: Peter Singer (Monash University) and J. S. Mill: Roger Crisp (St Anne's College). 6. What, if Anything, Renders All Humans Morally Equal? Richard J. Arneson (University of California at San Diego). 7. Must Utilitarians be Impartial? Lori Gruen (Stanford University). 8. Our Duties to Animals and the Poor: Colin McGinn (Rutgers University). 9. Famine Ethics: the Problem of Moral Distance and Singer's Ethical Theory: F. M. Kamm (New York University). 10. Empathy and Animal Ethics: Richard Holton and Rae Langton (University of Sheffield). 11. Why I am Only a Demi-Vegetarian: R. M. Hare (University of Oxford). 12. Respect for Life: Counting What Singer Finds of No Account: Holmes Rolston III (Colorado State University). 13. A Response: Peter Singer (Monash University). 14. Peter Singer: Selected Publications, 1970-1998. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis annual publication is devoted to the advancement of ethics research and education in the profession and practice of accounting. It aims to advance innovative and applied ethics research in all accounting-related disciplines on a global basis and to improve ethics education in the field.Table of ContentsThe concept of trust and institutional development in auditing, Steven E. Kaplan and Robert G. Ruland; the relation between audit structure and public responsibility - audit firms propensity to qualify bankruptcy-related opinions, Joseph V. Carcello et al; commentary on auditors public responsibility, Jack C. Robertson; the relation between audit structure and public responsibility - audit firms propensity to quality bankruptcy-related opinions - a comment, J. Edward Ketz; toward an understanding of the philosophical foundations for ethical development of audit expert systems, Steve G. Sutton et al; comments on "Toward an understanding of the philosophical foundations for ethical development of audit expert systems", Jagdish S. Gangolly; further "Toward an understanding of the philosophical foundations for ethical development of audit expert systems", Jesse F. Dillard; on ethical behaviour in social, political, and legal environments, Steve G. Sutton et al; an international comparison of moral constructs underlying auditors ethical judgments, Jeffrey Cohen et al; an analysis of "An international comparison of moral constructs underlying auditors ethical judgments", Joseph J. Schultz, Jr.; comments on "An international comparison of moral constructs underlying auditors ethical judgments", W. Maorley Lemon; do expected audit procedures prompt more ethical behaviour? evidence on tax compliance rates, Wanda A. Wallace and Christopher Wolfe; discussion comments on "Do expected audit procedures prompt more ethical behaviour? evidence on tax compliance rates", Mary S. Doucet; commentary on the ethics of compliance with tax law and regulations, Andrew Baily; application of virtue ethics theory - management-employee whistle blowing, Don W. Finn; an exploratory study of accounting students professional attitudes - implications for accounting education, Patricia Casey et al; perceptions of senior auditors - ethical issues and factors affecting actions, Elizabeth M. Dreike and Cindy Moeckel. (Part contents)

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Book SynopsisThese original essays explore non-reciprocated relationships with regard to the environment. The contributing philosophers who are known for their writing on environmental concerns discuss moral issues that arise when decisions by individuals, corporations, or governments cause changes in the environment that affect those who do not participate in the decisions. Among the topics addressed are population expansion, accumulation of toxic wastes, pollution of air and water, as well as the effects of actions by the "upstream," current generation on "downstream," future generations. Donald Scherer is Professor of Philosophy at Bowling Green State University.Trade Review"This book contains admirable examples of applied philosophy with solid conceptual analysis of critical social and legal issues... The articles are accessible to an educated layman [and]...suitable for use in upper level undergraduate and graduate courses in environmental philosophy, law, political theory, and --to a lesser degree--economics and history. Select essays can be read profitably by those with interests in environmental policy making, consulting, interpretation, and enforcement." --Environmental History Review "The essays in Donald Scherer's Upstream/Downstream offer serious readers more to get their teeth into... [Scherer] deserves congratulation for welding his authors' pieces into a stimulating and satisfying whole...written in accessible, reasonably non-technical language." --Environmental ValuesTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. The Molding of Norms and Environments Donald Scherer 2. On the Rights of Future Generations Ernest Partridge 3. Managing the Future: Public Policy, Scientific Uncertainty, and Global Warming Dale Jamieson 4. Models, Scientific Method, and Environmental Ethics Kristine Shader-Frechette 5. Can Today's International System Handle Transboundary Environmental Problems? Daniel Barstow Magraw and James W. Nickel 6. Takings, Just Compensation, and the Environment Murk Sagoff 7. The Consequences of My Action, Your Action, and the Company's Action Burt Gruzalski 8. Two Types of Cost-Benefit Analysis Alan Gewirth About the Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisProfessionals face tough questions raised by the AIDS pandemicTrade Review"[S]tudents and professionals, [as well as] the general reader will find much food for thought."—Publishers WeeklyTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. AIDS: Moral Dilemmas for Physicians - Albert Flores 2. Nursing and AIDS: Some Special Challenges - Joan C. Callahan and Jill Powell 3. The Dentist's Obligation to Treat Patients with HIV: A Patient's Perspective - Michael Davis 4. HIV and the Professional Responsibility of the Early Childhood Educator - Kenneth Kipnis 5. AIDS in the Workplace: Options and Responsibilities - Al Gini and Michael Davis 6. Leading by Example: AIDS Policy and the University's Social Responsibility - Howard Cohen 7. What Would a Virtuous Counselor Do? Ethical Problems in Counseling Clients with HIV - Elliot D. Cohen 8. The Attorney, the Client with HIV, and the Duty to Warn - Martin Gunderson 9. AIDS: A Transformative Challenge for Clergy - Joseph A. Edelheit 10. Journalistic Responsibilities and AIDS - Michael Pritchard 11. AIDS and a Politician's Right to Privacy - Vincent J. Samar A Bibliography on AIDS and Professional Ethics - Sohair ElBaz and William Pardue About the Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisInternational scholars examine the legacy of a turn-of-the-century self-hating Austrian JewTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Part I: Introduction 1. A Critical Introduction to the History of Weininger Reception Barbara Hyams and Nancy A. Harrowitz 2. "The Otto Weininger Case" Revisited Jacques Le Rider 3. Fragments from Weininger's Education (1895-1902) Hannelore Rodlauer Part II: In Context 4. How Did Weininger Influence Wittgenstein? Allan Janik 5. Weininger and Lombroso: A Question of Influence Nancy A. Harrowitz 6. Otto Weininger as Liberal? Steven Beller 7. Otto Weininger and Sigmund Freud: Race and Gender in the Shaping of Psychoanalysis Sander L. Gilman 8. Characterology: Weininger and Austrian Popular Science Katherine Arens 9. Otto Weininger and the Critique of Jewish Masculinity John M. Hoberman 10. Weininger and Nazi Ideology Barbara Hyams Part III: Weininger and Modern Literature 11. A Scientific Image of Woman? The Influence of Otto Weininger's Sex and Character on the German Novel Gisela Brude-Firnau 12. Weininger in a Poem by Apollinaire Jeffrey Mehlman 13. Kafka and Weininger Gerald Stieg 14. Weininger and the Bloom of Jewish Self-Hatred in Joyce's Ulysses Marilyn Reizbaum 15. James Joyce's Womanly Wandering Jew Natania Rosenfeld 16. Molly Is Sexuality: The Weiningerian Definition of Woman in Joyce's Ulysses Elfriede Poder 17. Svevo and Weininger (Lord Morton's Mare) Alberto Cavaglion 18. Whores, Mothers, and Others: Reception of Otto Weininger's Sex and Character in Elias Canetti's Auto-Da-Fe Kristie A. Foell 19. Memory and History: The Soul of a Jew by Jehoshua Sobol Freddie Rokem Notes Works Cited Notes on the Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisA philosopher of mixed race contemplates racial identity in AmericaTrade Review"Analyzing conceptions and descriptions of race, Zack offers an intriguing exploration of the possibilities of mixed-race identity in society."—Publishers Weekly"Attacking such common racial notions as the idea that 'black plus white always results in black,' Zack deftly shows the flimsiness of our thinking about race."—The Philadelphia Inquirer"Race and Mixed Race is a very thought-provoking essay on an extremely important topic. It is fascinating reading which contains many, many gems."—Laurence Thomas, Syracuse University, author of Vessels of Evil: American Slavery and the HolocaustTable of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments Part I: The Existential Analysis 1. Introduction: Summary, Method, and Structure 2. The Ordinary Concept of Race 3. White Family Identity 4. Black Family Identity 5. Demography and the Identification of the Family 6. Mixed-Race Family Identity Part II: The History of Mixed Race 7. Introduction to the History of Mixed Race 8. The Law on Black and White 9. Marooned! 10. The Harlem Renaissance: Cultural Suicide 11. Genocidal Images of Mixed Race 12. Mulattoes in Fiction 13. Alienation Part III: The Philosophy of Anti-Race 14. Nobility versus Good Faith 15. Black, White, and Gray: Words, Words, Words Notes Select Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisAn engaging discussion of environment as aesthetic experienceTrade Review"Not since Thoreau has an American author displayed such a profound appreciation for the aesthetics of nature; but, unlike Thoreau, Berleant has designed a program for allowing others to join in on that appreciation."—E. F. Kaelin, Professor of Philosophy, Florida State University"Arnold Berleant's Aesthetics of Environment poses an important path for philosophy to walk down—instead of environmental ethics, where what is right and wrong in nature is discussed, he goes after the difficult destination of deciding how to articulate what is beautiful in the nature we want, not the nature we see."—Human Ecology Review"Berleant's new environmental aesthetics is a challenge not only to the philosophers but also to the practitioners of environment-making. With rich illustrations and freedom from technical jargon, Berleant applies his new aesthetics to analyzing and solving the practical problems concerning various environmental designs of today."—Canadian Philosophical ReviewTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments 1. Environment as a Challenge to Aesthetics 2. The Aesthetic Sense of Environment 3. Descriptive Aesthetics 4. Scenes from a Connecticut Landscape: Four Studies in Descriptive Aesthetics 5. Aesthetic Paradigms for an Urban Ecology 6. Cultivating an Urban Aesthetic 7. Designing Outer Space 8. The Museum of Art as a Participatory Environment 9. Environmental Criticism 10. Environment as an Aesthetic Paradigm 11. The Aesthetics of Art and Nature 12. Reclaiming the American Landscape Notes Index

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Book SynopsisA new theodicy embracing the Augustinian tradition of free will as the touchstone for evilTrade Review"By appealing to recent scientific opinion that the universe may well have had an absolute beginning, Geivett develops an interesting, forceful argument for the rationality of belief in God. He then expounds the Augustinian free will theodicy and defends it against Hick's criticisms."—William L. Rowe"Moving from a comparison of the Irenaean and Augustinian traditions in theodicy to a powerfully original critique of Hick's influential 'soul-making' theodicy, Geivett presents a richly developed natural theology drawing on contemporary scientific opinion in support of an ex nihilo creation. Geivett's writing on natural theology is lucid and informed, honestly engaging many of that tradition's critics....This work is notable for its exceptionally thorough documentation and references, making it a valuable sourcebook for reflection on God and evil. A stimulating afterword by Hick himself significantly enriches this book's provocative analyses."—Religious Studies Review"Geivett details a natural theology and develops a way of understanding the existence of evil that places the fact of evil within, rather than in opposition to, a theistic view. Both the natural theology and the theodicy are rich and complex."—Keith E. Yandell, University of WisconsinTable of ContentsPreface Part I: Two Traditions 1. The Problem of Evil 2. The Augustinian Tradition 3. John Hick's Theodicy Part II: Religious Epistemology 4. The Value of Natural Theology 5. The Danger of Dismissing Natural Theology 6. The Possibility of Natural Theology, Part 1: The Argument for a Non-Natural Reality 7. The Possibility of Natural Theology, Part 2: Personality, Power, and Providence 8. Explanation and Religious Ambiguity Part III: Theodicy Proper 9. John Hick's View of Divine Purpose 10. The Augustinian View of Divine Purpose 11. Free Will and Evil 12. Evil and the Afterlife Afterword by John Hick Notes Index

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Book SynopsisPhilosophical debates on equality in the universityTrade Review"This book is recommended for anyone interested in understanding, questioning, articulating, and acting on the basis of their own and others' perspectives on sexism, racism, and affirmative action in American higher education."—ChoiceTable of ContentsIntroduction Steven M. Cahn Part I 1. In Defense of Affirmative Action Leslie Pickering Francis 2. Affirmative Action and the University: Faculty Appointment and Preferential Treatment Robert L. Simon 3. Affirmative Action and Faculty Appointments Lawrence C. Becker Part II 4. What Good Am I? Laurence Thomas 5. Who "Counts" on Campus? Ann Hartle 6. Reflections on Affirmative Action in Academia Robert G. Turnbull 7. The Injustice of Strong Affirmative Action John Kekes 8. Preferential Treatment Versus Purported Meritocratic Rights Richard J. Arneson 9. Faculties as Civil Societies: A Misleading Model for Affirmative Action Jeffrie G. Murphy 10. Facing Facts and Responsibilities The White Man's Burden and the Burden of Proof Karen Hanson 11. Affirmative Action: Relevant Knowledge and Relevant Ignorance Joel J. Kupperman 12. Remarks on Affirmative Action Andrew Oldenquist 13. Affirmative Action and the Multicultural Ideal Philip L. Quinn 14. "Affirmative Action" in the Cultural Wars Frederick A. Olafson 15. Quotas by Any Name: Some Problems of Affirmative Action in Faculty Appointments Tom L. Beauchamp 16. Are Quotas Sometimes Justified? James Rachels 17. Proportional Representation of Women and Minorities Celia Wolf-Devine 18. An Ecological Concept of Diversity La Verne Shelton 19. Careers Open to Talent Ellen Frankel Paul 20. Some Sceptical Doubts Alasdair MacIntyre 21. Affirmative Action and Tenure Decisions Richard T. De George 22. Affirmative Action and the Awarding of Tenure Peter J. Markie 23. The Case for Preferential Treatment James P. Sterba 24. Saying What We Think Fred Sommers 25. Comments on Compromise and Affirmative Action Alan H. Goldman About the Authors Index

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Book SynopsisA revolutionary look at the intellectual and social mileu within which early modern philosophers invented scientific identitiesTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Introduction: Philosophy, History, and Criticism Part I: The Intellectual Context of the New Science 1. Feminist Criticism 2. Descartes' Doubt and Pyrrhonic Skepticism 3. The Via Media and English Empiricism Part II: The New Identities 4. Bachelors in Life 5. Locke's Forensic Self 6. Propriety and Civic Identity 7. Protestant Difference and Toleration 8. The Royal Society 9. Hypotheses non Fingo Part III: The Unidentified 10. Abuses and Uses of Children 11. Wifemen and Feminists 12. Slavery without Race 13. Witches and Magi 14. The Wealth of Nature Afterword: Where Do We Go from There? Notes Select Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe opportunities to become a good person are not the same for everyone. Modern European ethical theory, especially Kantian ethics, assumes the same virtues are accessible to all who are capable of rational choice. Character development, however, is affected by circumstances, such as those of wealth and socially constructed categories of gender, race, and sexual orientation, which introduce factors beyond the control of individuals. Implications of these influences for morality have, since the work of Williams and Nagel in the seventies, raised questions in philosophy about the concept of moral luck. In The Unnatural Lottery, Claudia Card examines how luck enters into moral character and considers how some of those who are oppressed can develop responsibility. Luck is often best appreciated by those who have known relatively bad luck and have been unable to escape steady comparison of their lot with those of others. author takes as her paradigms the luck of middle and lower classes of women who face violence and exploitation, of lesbians who face continuing pressure to hide or self-destruct, of culturally Christian whites who have ethnic privilege, and of adult survivors of child abuse. How have such people been affected by luck in who they are and can become, the good lives available to them, the evils they may be liable to embody? Other philosophers have explored the luck of those who begin from privileged positions and then suffer reversals of fortune. Claudia Card focuses on the more common cases of those who begin from socially disadvantaged positions, and she considers some who find their good luck troubling when its source is the unnatural lottery of social injustice. Author note: Claudia Card is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, with teaching affiliations in women's studies and environmental studies. She belongs to many philosophical societies, including the Midwest Society of Women in Philosophy, the Society for Lesbian and Gay Philosophy, and the North American Nietzsche Society. She serves on several editorial boards and is the philosophy book review editor for the "Journal of Homosexuality". Her other works include "Feminist Ethics, ed.", "Adventures in Lesbian Philosophy, ed.", and "Lesbian Choices".Table of ContentsPreface 1. Lifting Veils of Ignorance 2. Responsibility and Moral Luck 3. Women's Voices and Female Character 4. Caring, Justice, and Evils 5. Rape Terrorism 6. Gratitude and Obligation 7. What Lesbians Do 8. Race Consciousness Notes Index

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Book SynopsisWestern philosophy has long excluded the work of women thinkers from their canon. Presenting Women Philosophers addresses this exclusion by examining the breadth of women's contributions to Western thought over some 900 years. Editors Cecile T. Tougas and Sara Ebenreck have gathered essays and other writings that reflect women's deep engagement with the meaning of individual experience as well as the continuity of their philosophical concerns and practices. Arranged thematically, the collection ranges across eras and literary genres as it emphasizes the intellectual significance of written work by key figures -- for example, Hildegard of Bingen's visionary writings, Iris Murdoch's fiction, Hannah Arendt's historical narratives, and the oral storytelling in black women's literary tradition. The collection also brings to light the philosophical importance of little-known work by such writers as Mme de Sable and Mme de Condorcet. This wide-ranging collection offers non-philosophers an introduction to women's thought but also promises to engage advanced students of philosophy with new research on unrecognized contributions.Trade Review"One of the strengths of Presenting Women Philosophers is the way that it integrates accounts of women's lives with their work, while providing well-thought-out assessments of that work. Another is that it develops and analyzes work that simply is not otherwise available... [This book] examines the writings of women philosophers in a way that no other book to my knowledge does, and it is thematically well-integrated." -Charlene Haddock Seigfried, Professor of Philosophy, Purdue UniversityTable of ContentsCONTENTS Series Introduction: Elizabeth K. Minnich Introduction: Sara Ebenreck and Cecile T. Tougas Part I. The Loss and the Recovery of Women's Voices: Introduced by Sara Ebenreck 1. Why Have There Been So Few Women Philosophers? -- Gerda Lerner 2. Introduction to A Voice from the South -- Mary Helen Washington Part II.Naming Reality -- Differently: Introduced by Sara Ebenreck 1. Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179): A New Medieval Philosopher? -- Helen J. John, S.N.D. 2. Ednah Dow Cheney's (182401904) American Aesthetics -- Therese B. Dykeman 3. Jane Addams's (1860-1935) Feminist Ethics -- Marilyn Fischer 4. Moral Wisdom in the Black Women's Literary Tradition -- Katie Geneva Cannon 5. Susanne K. Langer's (1895-1985) Conception of "Symbol": Making Connections Through Ambiguity -- Beatrice K. Nelson 6. Hannah Arendt (1906-1975): On the Relation of Thinking and Morality -- Elizabeth K. Minnich 7. Hannah Arendt (1960-1975) and Susan Griffin (1943-): Storytelling -- Toward a Feminist Metahistory --Shari Stone-Mediatore 8. Finding New Roots as a Woman Philosopher -- Sara Ebenreck Part III. Philosophical Friendships: Introduced by Cecile T. Tougas 1. Heloise (1101-1164) and Abelard -- Mary Ellen Waithe 2. Elisabeth, Princess Palatine (1618-1680): Letters to Rene Descartes -- Andrea Nye 3. Gloria Ansaldua's (1942-) Borderlands / la Frontera and Rene Descartes's Discourse of Method: Moving Beyond the Canon in Discussion of Philosophical Ideas -- Lisa A. Bergin 4. Mary Astell (1666-1731): A Pre-Humean Christian Empiricist and Feminist -- Jane Duran 5. Harriet Taylor Mill's (1807-1858) Collaboration with John Stuart Mill -- Jo-Ellen Jacobs 6. Philosophical Friendship, 1996: A Postscript -- Cecile T. Tougas 7. Poems from Fifty Forms for Fifty Philosophers -- Veda A. Cobb-Stevens Part IV. Love, Feeling, and Community: Introduced by Cecile T. Tougas 1. Christine de Pizan (1364-1430) and Jehanne d'Arc: "Above All the Heroes Past" -- Tracy Adams 2. Madame de Sable's (1599-1678) Moral Philosophy: A Jansenist Salon -- John J. Conley 3. A Woman-Centered Philosophy: An Alternative to Enlightenment Thought (1700-1750) -- Ann Willeford 4. Madame de Condorcet's (1764-1822) Letters on Sympathy -- Karin Brown 5. Iris Murdoch's (1919-1999) Concept of Love and The Bell -- Patricia J. O'Connor 6. Why I Have Worked on this Book for Several Years -- Cecile T. Tougas Biographical Notes

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Book SynopsisA consideration of three of the most contentious ethical issues of our time - abortion, war and euthanasia - from the Muslim perspective. Scholars of Islamic studies have collaborated to produce this volume which both integrates Muslim thinking into the field of applied ethics and introduces readers to an aspect of the religion long overlooked in the West. This collective effort sets forth the relationship between Islamic ethics and law, revealing the complexity and richness of the Islamic tradition as well as its responsiveness to these controversial modern issues. The contributors analyze classical sources and survey the modern ethical landscape to identify guiding principles within Islamic ethical thought. Clarifying the importance of pragmatism in Islamic decision-making, the contributors also offer case studies related to specialized topics, including ""wrongful birth"" claims, terrorist attacks, and brain death. The case studies elicit possible variations on common Muslim perspectives. The contributors situate Muslim ethics relative to Christian and secular accounts of the value of human life, exposing surprising similarities and differences. In an introductory overview of the volume, Jonathan E. Brockopp underscores the steady focus on God as the one who determines the value of human life, and hence as the final arbiter of Islamic ethics. A foreword by Gene Outka places the volume in the context of general ethical studies, and an afterword by A. Kevin Reinhart suggests some significant ramifications for comparative religious ethics.

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Book SynopsisThe abortion debate has returned. More than forty years have passed since the landmark decision Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion in the United States. But the abortion debate continues to rage among ethicists and the influencers of society in politics, government, and the arts. Dave Sterrett’s Aborting Aristotle examines these essential differences philosophically, while investigating the naturalistic worldview about humanity that is frequently held by many of the scholarly defenders of abortion. Each year 44 million babies are killed from intentional abortion around the world. 1.29 million babies are aborted right here in the United States. These are not just merely cold statistics: These are human beings . . . real babies. Sterrett reveals the unreasonableness of abortion and argues against abortion even in the difficult circumstances. In the ancient world, infanticide was defended by Plato and Aristotle. Christians who believed in the sacredness of human life stopped infanticide and intellectually argued against the practice. Peter Singer, professor of ethics at Princeton, hopes the time has come for atheists to reassess the morality of infanticide “without assuming the Christian moral framework that has, for so long, prevented any fundamental reassessment” [Peter Singer, Practical Ethics (Cambridge University Press, UK; 1993), 173.] Dave Sterrett takes on Peter Singer, along with other scholarly defenders of abortion, including David Boonin, Michael Tooley, and Judith Jarvis Thomson. Although he is against Aristotle’s teaching in favor of abortion, Sterrett argues that Aristotle had much good in his metaphysical and logical teachings that Western education has forgotten. Sterrett draws upon current scientific knowledge of the human embryo to provide reasons for a restoration of the Aristotelian scholastic philosophical tradition that could help ethicists become more open-minded about the dignity and personhood of unborn human beings.Table of ContentsTABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION 2. ARISTOTLE & THOMAS JEFFERSON 3. METAPHYSICS IS ESSENTIAL TO THE ETHICAL DEBATE ON ABORTION. 4. DENYING THE METAPHYSICS OF PERSONS IS SELF-REFUTING. 5. LACKING EPISTEMOLOGICAL PRECISENESS CONCERNING HUMAN BEINGS DOES NOT DISPROVE THE TRUTH ABOUT THEIR EXISTENCE ONTOLOGICALLY. 6. NATURALISTIC MATERIALISM IS NOT THE BEST EXPLANATION FOR REALITY 7. THE TERMS “SANCTITY” AND “NATURAL THEOLOGY” SHOULD NOT NECESSARILY BE DISMISSED IN PHILOSOPHY OR LAW BECAUSE IT MIGHT HAVE IMPLICATIONS OF THE DIVINE. God is the best explanation for a first efficient cause. God is the best explanation for a necessary entity. God is the best explanation for moral realism. 8. ARISTOTLE’S ANCIENT CONCEPT OF SUBSTANCE IS STILL RELEVANT AND COMPATIBLE WITH SCIENCE. 9. ALL HUMANS ARE PERSONS. 10. All HUMAN PERSONS ARE SOMEONE FOR WHOM THEY ARE AND NOT SOMEONE FOR WHAT THEY DO. 11. CONCLUSION: SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES There can be a greater purpose in some suffering encountered in life. Humans are responsible for what they could have prevented. Racism is wrong. Animals should be treated with respect. A fetus is an individual member of the species homo sapiens. Philosophers’ ethical stance of abortion is frequently rooted in their metaphysical beliefs. Those in favor of abortion frequently emphasize hypotheticals, while defenders of life use Aristotlean logic with premises about real life. 11. BIBLIOGRAPHY Index

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Book SynopsisA hallmark of Western culture is a massive moral confusion, rendering the very idea of virtue “exotic and incomprehensible.” McInerny here drags the conversation back to the beginning, establishing the terms and the tools of what it means to think and to do what is moral. As he asserts, the virtuous life and the moral life are one and the same. To be moral is to be good, and the goodness of one’s acts reflects the fundamentals of thought placed in the service of a pursuit of a virtuous life. Why is the concept of a virtuous life so foreign to many? We do not know the basics of a moral life. As McInerny states, “To be good we have to know what that means.” The two biggest judgments one will make during life pertain to knowing what is good, what is bad, and the difference between the two. This bleeds into a study of morality and ethics when it pertains to concrete acts, but in reality all aspects of our lives bear on these judgments. “Being ethical is not simply a state of mind, it is a state of being, a way of living one’s life that reflects the fundamental principles of ethics [...] [it is one] who lives in a certain way.” Nevertheless, the subject of this book focuses on ethics––namely, the goodness or badness of human acts. McInerny’s great reason for writing this work is to teach the reader that he or she cannot properly tackle ethical questions (even if they are not identified as such) if one is not himself or herself actually ethical (living virtuously). Writing very much as a teacher of teachers, McInerny relies on the foundations of Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas, as well as his late brother, Ralph McInerny, to reiterate the principles of ethics that inform both thought and act. To speak of ethics, then, is to admit a commitment to virtue and how the theoretical distinction of good and bad is necessarily practical. Acting well will lead to thinking better, but McInerny notes that culture has lost sight of the former and thereby the coherency to address ethical questions. Being Ethical aims to correct this disconnect in forty-eight cogent lessons. Being Ethical is fundamentally intended to serve as a sequel to D. Q. McInerny’s Being Logical (Random House, 2004), which has remained in print and has been translated into six languages. Its style lends itself to being used as a textbook in liberal studies. More generally, it is a refreshing presentation of this topic and timely and timeless exhortation to readers of the necessity of a love of virtue for ethical thought. For friends and students of Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas and Ralph McInerny, this book bears a style and manner that is both familiar and much loved.

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Book SynopsisJohn Paul II in his personalist approach to moral questions reaffirmed that as sin offends that which is good, if we truly know what human love is––and that it is good––we would thereby see how certain acts can never be acceptable insofar as they in all cases wound this love. Yet in moral debates surrounding love, sex and contraception Adrian Reimers observes that we are not using this approach and these debates are not advancing the cause of real love. Reimers draws upon the encyclical Humanae Vitae and John Paul II’s catechesis known as the theology of the body to respond to the stalled development of moral theology on the issues most crucial to human love and intimacy. “It is time, we are told, for a ‘paradigm shift’ in the Catholic Church’s moral teaching, such shift representing a more pastoral and less dogmatic approach to moral issues,” writes Reimers. His claim that “a paradigm shift in moral theology and philosophy may be valuable––perhaps vital––to scholars who think and write about these sciences and to teachers who communicate moral truth” is not an exhortation to redefine moral truths. Rather, he argues that an approach to contraception, for example, that relies exclusively on natural law is a hackneyed one and often “tedious.” John Paul II’s series of catechetical addresses known as the theology of the body was originally composed in the 1970s after Paul VI’s encyclical Humanae Vitae. Albeit derived from the writing of an archbishop and not yet pope, Reimers identifies John Paul II’s perspectives on love, sex and contraception as an essential force behind this so-called paradigm shift in continuity with the profound and unchanging truths set forth in Humanae Vitae. As Reimers states, “Moral truths do not change, even if our ways to understand them improve.” How, then, is our sense of the goodness or badness of contraception meant to be helped by such a development of thought? Ethics grounded philosophically tends to lean toward legalism in the context of moral actions, says Reimers, as it emphasizes conformity to God’s law and largely overlooks “the relationship between moral behavior and the human person’s ultimate end of beatitude with God.” The important principle of the necessarily two-fold description that natural law gives to sex––namely, as unitive and procreative––must not be the authoritative end of the discussion regarding the moral nature of contraception. In an age where technology has given human beings new power it seems there must be new rules as well, and the conquest of procreative acts changes the human perception of the limitations once associated with harmful acts. Herein lies the importance of John Paul II’s catechesis––the goodness or badness of acts is not just concerned with end of a particular act. As Reimers writes, “If we are to understand the complex relationships among love, marriage, and their sexual expression, we must situate these within the context of the end of the human being.” A position on contraception and human sexuality cannot be comprehensive without a concept of love properly understood. Human acts must bring us closer to sanctity, not to comfort or possession. Holiness is the perfection of love, and its pursuit aims at ultimate beatitude. This end, the truest love human can know, is the end which ultimately condemns contraception once and for all, as “contracepted sex is contrary to holiness.” Reimers unpacks this sometimes difficult truth in eight chapters, which begin with love and conclude with faithfulness to moral norms and a spirituality of marriage. The arguments surrounding contraception and “good sex” seem to have set the grounds for coherently choosing a side rather than to have succeeded in presenting certain human acts as definitively immoral. As Reimers notes, a natural law position on contraception often fails to employ its greatest ally: the reality of authentic human love and “victory” of the individual in one’s sanctity as achieved through that love. This work will reorient the objectives and claims of the moral debate, as well as influence the popular notion of what love is and what it cannot be. It is an aid to scholars, students and study groups, humanists, and those who seek to deepen the sense of love’s highest physical expression.

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Book SynopsisFor five centuries, literary treasures had lain dormant in the archives of the Palazzo Tuttofare in Florence. Through a fortunate coincidence they have been recently discovered, and the present work is the result of this find. Contained herein, in fact, is the unedited correspondence – or presented as such – exchanged between Desiderius Erasmus, Thomas More, and Niccolo Machiavelli in 1517–1518. To these letters are added texts which serve, as it were, as annexes of the Prince and of the Utopia.Between these three illustrious writers the discussion, or the quarrel, bears chiefly on two themes: the art of governing on the one hand, and the art of writing on the other. As was to be expected, they battle over the best manner of governing: Erasmus and More on one side, Machiavelli on the other. The confrontation occurs on two terrains in particular: morality and necessity in politics, and the political forms of necessity. In the background of the quarrel is raised the problem of Christianity’s political power, perhaps that of its truth.The second theme is not unrelated to the first. Erasmus, More, and Machiavelli are accomplished writers. Each has several styles at his command, each knows and practices the resources of the art of writing, each intends to read as he should. And so in the margins of their discussion about substance, they argue about the significance of their respective works; they interpret, rightly or wrongly, the others’ manners of writing; they explain their own writing or dodge explanation, they deliver their secret or lead into error. What is at stake is the meaning of these enigmatic works, which are the Prince (1513), the Utopia (1516), and, to a lesser extent, the Praise of Folly (1511). Any lifting of the veil necessitates a golden rule: we cannot grasp the meaning of a work unless we grasp the manner in which it was written. In the case of Erasmus, More, and Machiavelli, cunning has a role to play. The author has taken a leaf from their book. “And from the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence,and the violent bear it away.” – Matthew 11:12 Table of ContentsTABLE OF CONTENTSPrologue1PreliminariesSection 1. The Readers, The Readings 6Section 2. The Authors, The Strategic Context 15Section 3. The Authors, The Historical Contexts 31Section 4. The Texts, The Writing 426Book I. Morality and NecessityCh. 1. The Tender Commerce of Friendship 51Ch. 2.Ch. 3.(July 1517–March 1518) 51Institutio Tyranni 60Liber Necessitatis 85Book II. Realism and UtopiaCh. 4. Prince Atecratos’s Island 101Ch. 5. Nowhere and Elsewhere 125(April–November 1518) 101Book III. The Hidden PrinceCh. 6.Ch. 7.Ch. 8. Addenda 176(1519–1525) 149Quia Nominor Princeps (1) 149Quia Nominor Princeps (2) 168Book IV. The Registers of WritingCh. 9. The Languages of Friendship 182Ch. 10.(1535–1536) 182Apte dicere, apte tacere 201Epilogue227Appendices232Acknowledgments252Index253

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Book SynopsisVirtue is not what it used to be. It has lost its good name. If virtue were a television show, it would garner low ratings and promptly be cancelled. If virtue were running for president, it would fare poorly in the Iowa caucuses and would drop out of the race after a weak showing in the New Hampshire primary. Virtue has a bad name, both because people no longer use the term and because it is associated with repression of desires. Today, it not considered healthy to keep inner urges at bay for very long. Virtue comes off looking like a relic of a quaint, narrow-minded, uptight age. Virtue does not support self-esteem since it is difficult to master the passions. Yet virtue seems to be a part of everyday life. What accounts for the kindly relationships between people? Why are most people peaceful, law abiding, and decent? If, as some insist, there is no foundation for virtue, or people act only out of self-interest, how can we explain why so many people are good to each other? Prestigious scholars, such as Alasdair MacIntyre, After Virtue, James Q. Wilson, The Moral Sense, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, and Philippa Foot, Natural Goodness, have attempted to answer this question. While these authors make great strides in explaining the character of goodness, their works do not face the problem raised by “anti-foundationalist.” Anti-foundationalist such as Richard Rorty, Friedrich Nietzsche, Martin Heidegger, and the libertarian school of economics maintain that humans lack a capacity for comprehending what is good or bad. For anti-foundationalists there are no higher metaphysical principles that guide behavior. Prescriptive judgments are little more than long-held cultural prejudices fortified by habit so as to seem natural. Therefore, philosophic claims about virtue are little more than guesses about proper conduct.Nature’s Virtue squarely faces the challenge of anti-foundationalists. The book points out the defects of these ideas. It does so by presenting a contemporary restatement of the case for grounding virtue in Platonic forms or ideas.

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Book SynopsisWhat is it about the nature of “soul” that makes it so difficult to adequately capture its complexity in a strictly discursive account? Why do some of the most profound human experiences elude our attempts to theorize them? How can a written document do justice to the dynamic activity of thinking, as opposed to merely presenting a collection of thoughts-as-artifacts? Finally, what can we learn about the activity of philosophizing, and about the human soul, by reflecting on the possibilities and limitations of writing?These concerns, in various forms and in different registers, have preoccupied Michael Davis throughout his distinguished career. This volume is in honor of, and in dialogue with, Davis’s work, which spans ancient philosophy and literature, continental philosophy and political philosophy. It includes original essays by numerous distinguished scholars in the fields of philosophy and political science. The remarkable range and caliber of the contributions attest to the breadth and depth of Davis’s influence.The essays in Part I of the volume explore the nature of soul through the lens of tragedy. Part II consists of three essays that explore the human longing for perfect knowledge and completion—and the obstacles to the fulfilment of that longing—in relation to the divine. In Part III, the essays address the distinctive challenges of the political sphere and philosophy’s relation to it. And while the relationship between philosophy and poetry is an implicit theme throughout the volume, the essays in Part IV focus directly on philosophy’s aestheticizing tendencies. Many different philosophical and literary works are discussed throughout these chapters, including ancient works such as Plato’s Republic, Euthydemus and Laws, Homer’s Iliad, and Euripides’ Trojan Women, as well as works by modern philosophers such as Rousseau, Kant, Hegel, Kierkegaard and Nietzsche. In addition, three essays analyze some of Shakespeare’s plays in relation to the thought of Plato and Machiavelli. All of the essays are thematically linked by a common thread as they attend to the poetic dimension of philosophical thinking.Michael Davis is Professor of Philosophy at Sarah Lawrence College, where he has taught since 1977 and has been the Sarah Yates Exley Chair in Teaching Excellence (2003-2005). He has also taught on the graduate faculty at Fordham University and the New School for Social Research. He is the author of numerous articles and books, which include: Ancient Tragedy and the Origins of Modern Science; The Poetry of Philosophy: On Aristotle’s Poetics; The Politics of Philosophy: A Commentary on Aristotle’s Politics; The Autobiography of Philosophy; Rousseau’s The Reveries of the Solitary Walker; Wonderlust: Ruminations on Liberal Education; and The Soul of the Greeks: An Inquiry. He is also co-translator (with Seth Benardete) of Aristotle’s On Poetics.Contributors include: Abraham Anderson, Jonathan Badger, Robert Berman, Ronna Burger, Kenneth DeLuca, Gwenda-lin Grewal, Scott Hemmenway, Paul Kirkland, Mary Nichols, Denise Schaeffer, Paul Stern, Richard Velkley, Lisa Pace Vetter, Ann Ward, Lee Ward, Catherine Zuckert and Michael Zuckert.About the Editor: Denise Schaeffer is Professor of Political Science at the College of the Holy Cross. She is the author of Rousseau on Education, Freedom and Judgment and contributing co-editor (with Christopher Dustin) of Socratic Philosophy and Its Others. She is co-editor (with Gregory McBrayer and Mary P. Nichols) of the Focus Philosophical Library edition of Plato’s Euthydemus, for which she authored the Introduction and co-authored the Interpretive Essay.

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Book SynopsisA groundbreaking effort to find the "common language" between two of the most important philosophical thinkers of the twentieth century, Forms in the Abyss promises to be one of the most significant contribution to our critical understanding of western thought in recent memory.Trade Review"The project of transcoding Sartrean language into the Derridean coordinates, and vice-versa, is an unseasonable one whose reward lies in the defamiliarization of both. Martinot's minute, technical readings avoid all facile ideological generalizations and send us back to the original texts with new eyes." -Fredric JamesonTable of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction 1 History and Writing The Metaphysics of a Common Language The Narrative of Metaphysics The Historical Dimension A Common Uncommonality Chapter 2: The Form of Uncommon Logic 37 Invention Différance Néantisation On HeideggerChapter 3 - The Parameters of Homology 73 Extensions of the Double Non-negation Sartre's Use of the Skew Relation as a Formalism Derrida's Use of the Skew Relation in his Thematics The Middle Voice Always Already Chapter 4: Form and Structure 103 On Form On Structure The Derridean Circle Mediation The Triadic Circle in its Historical Moment Conclusion: The Structures of Ethnocentrism Chapter 5: The Look and its Inner Narrativizations 150 The Look The other-as-object The Look The Meta-narrativity of the Look A Critique and Extension of the NMN-structure The Form of Form Chapter 6: The Sartre-Derrida Homology 180 The Inside of the Outside, the Supplement A Note on "Infrastructure" Separation in Immediacy, the Hymen The Role of Narrative The Social Text of the Glyph Dissemination Reading the Imagination as Reading Conclusion Chapter 7: Circularities and Foundations 238 Bringing the Incommensurable into Dialogue The Reader The Circle Derrida's Deconstruction of the Subject Sartre's Deconstruction of the Subject Chapter 8: A Theory of Dialogue 270 An Elementary Particle of the Social Being for Others as a Micro-socius The Boundary between Subjectivities The Ontological Structure of Dialogue The Semiotic Structure of Dialogue The Derridean Moment of the Social Listening and (Re)Construction Conclusions Chapter 9: A theory of language 314 Shifts in Social Semiosis The Circle and the Social The Colonial Principle Chauvinism and the Sundering of the Circle. On Metaphysics A Third Domain? The Circle as Analysand Endnotes 357Bibliography 427

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Book SynopsisThese are volatile times. Fear, suspicion, and cynicism are chronic. A mere tweet inflames the passions of millions while click-bait “hot takes” stoke the amygdalas of everyone with an Internet connection. We treat those not in our tribe as a threat and deem anyone with a different opinion as evil. Mistaking myopia for measure, we lack all sense of proportion in our judgments. We are shortsighted, mired in the present, ignorant of history, and blind to the future. We thought that technology would save us by connecting us to each other and the world’s information. Instead, it enticed our vices, encouraged our biases, and eroded the one virtue we need now more than ever: wisdom.A Time for Wisdom is for readers who feel beleaguered by the incivility of the modern world, dispirited by its coarse rhetoric and toxic partisanship. It is an invitation to escape the shallow cacophony and restore peace and perspective to our daily lives. Written by two psychologists, the book takes the best scientific research on wisdom and integrates it with timeless concepts that have, for ages, guided troubled souls through life’s hardships. From this foundation, the authors present four steps we can follow to practice wisdom in the 21st Century: Receiving knowledge. Practicing detachment. Experiencing tranquility. Cultivating transcendence. These are profound and spiritual principles that can bring us immense satisfaction when we aspire to live by them. In A Time for Wisdom, the authors show us how. They commend a course of action towards the Good, the True, and the Beautiful, towards calm and clear moral reasoning. They lead us out of the circus of contemporary life and show us a path beyond our petty self-centeredness. By journeying along that path, we can, like the great sages and scientists before us, rise above the immediacy of the moment and partake of the numinous and the infinite.Trade Review “McLaughlin and McMinn provide a sound review of what wisdom is and the context in which wisdom is understood. We live in an age of data and information, but little is written on the value of wisdom. For decades I have heard supervisors say that you manage people with data. There is some truth to that, but you make decisions about people with wisdom. We need more wisdom in our culture today. If you work with people (manager, teacher, supervisor, coach, pastor, etc.), you could benefit from this book. It will help you understand the importance of wisdom, what it is, and how to apply it in various ways.” —Clark D. Campbell, PhD, senior associate provost and professor of psychology, Biola University “When night falls, it is certain that I will be a day older. Does it follow that I will be one increment wiser? The likelihood of this desirable outcome increases when the virtue enhancing strategies collected in A Time for Wisdom are absorbed and applied. There are pathways to train our inner selves—embodied souls—to humbly embrace timeless principles of wisdom. McLaughlin McMinn supply an accessible primer on the psychological structures and processes to grow wiser no matter what the day brings. Why be satisfied with merely growing older? The time before us is to deepen our wisdom layers.” —Rev. Stephen P. Greggo, PsyD, author of Assessment for Counseling in Christian Perspective (IVP) “Integrating modern research with insights from the world’s religious and philosophical traditions, A Time for Wisdom shows us how to live ethically satisfying lives in a world that can at times cater to our worst instincts. The principles that McLaughlin and McMinn present are ageless and universal, making their book a resource you can turn to whenever you need a restorative perspective on the ups and downs of life.” —Lisa Miller, PhD, professor of psychology at Columbia University, director of the Spirituality Mind Body Institute, and author of The Awakened Brain “McLaughlin and McMinn weave together the best ideas from religion, psychology, and philosophy to engage the reader in wisdom. They do it with the lessons of wise mentors, sage spiritual leaders, gems of famous quotes, cutting-edge research, and current events that alone make the book worth reading. But then there are practical ideas for developing wisdom, broken down in simple ways for anyone to follow. From the scenarios the authors describe, I gained insights for applying concepts of wisdom to my life and relationships, and I learned how wisdom fits with other character traits like humility, joy, and peace. This book is not limited to the ivory tower; it is fully embodied in the real world. This is a wise book on wisdom.” —Jennifer Ripley, PhD, professor of psychology Hughes Chair of Christian Integration, Regent University “In A Time for Wisdom, McLaughlin and McMinn bring a sober, careful, and hospitable study of wisdom that gathers folk intuition, philosophical reflection, and spiritual tradition and holds them up to the findings of psychological science. The result is a field guide for readers who seek wisdom. There are no false promises, no stepwise programs, and no simplistic answers. Instead, the authors suggest a definition of wisdom that takes long-standing religious traditions seriously, offering evidence-based interventions for guiding true philosophers—lovers of wisdom—along their journey.” —Evan Rosa, assistant director for public engagement, Yale Center for Faith Culture “I applaud McLaughlin and McMinn for their outstanding and aptly titled book, A Time for Wisdom. They make a lively and compelling case for cultivating the virtue of wisdom during these highly anxious and polarizing times. Drawing on an amazing array of disciplines and literary voices—both ancient and contemporary—this highly textured book makes the development of wisdom an inspiring and practical goal. As a psychologist, I have read many books on this general topic, but A Time for Wisdom makes a wonderfully unique contribution that weaves together some of the best science, philosophy, and spirituality. The authors invite us to become grounded, quiet our egos, gain perspective and accurate understanding, and grow in compassion, humility, and other strengths of human wholeness. The insights and practices they offer will foster healthier individuals and communities.” —Steven J. Sandage, PhD, Albert and Jessie Danielsen Professor of Psychology of Religion and Theology, Boston University “In a historical period of deep political and religious polarization, what is desperately needed is wisdom. That is exactly what McLaughlin and McMinn give us in their new book. They bring together the best of scientific research alongside ancient sources to both define wisdom and to model how to become wise. Their wisdom model (Knowledge, Detachment, Tranquility, and Transcendence) is neither simple nor easy, but it is immediately practical and implementable. This book is like a training manual on becoming wise, and it should be read in academic, religious, and political settings. Engaging with the model presented in A Time for Wisdom might make us not only a wiser culture, but a kinder, humbler, and more hospitable one as well.” —Brad D. Strawn, PhD, Evelyn and Frank Freed Chief of Spiritual Formation Integration, Fuller Theological Seminary “In our time of divisiveness and polarization, this book is a clarion call for wisdom. Wisdom is perspective—the ability to identify what matters most—and I believe this volume provides a way for its readers to do just that. It encourages an attitude of tranquil listening, even to those voices that make us feel uncomfortable. As the authors point out, ‘Wisdom sees common ground for a common good,’ and I believe this book can help readers identify what matters most in their lives and in the lives of others. In ‘such a time as this,’ we ought to listen to the lessons A Time for Wisdom offers us with a quiet and receptive heart.” —Philip Watkins, PhD, professor of psychology, Eastern Washington University “A Time for Wisdom, by Paul McLaughlin and Mark McMinn is simply a great book. Excellent treatment of research. Practical suggestions. New insights. Fresh metaphors. Fantastic writing. Buy and read this book. It is a wise choice.” —Everett L. Worthington, Jr., PhD, Commonwealth Professor Emeritus, Virginia Commonwealth UniversityTable of ContentsIntroductionKNOWLEDGEChapter 1. Knowledge and Wisdom Chapter 2. Data Driven Chapter 3. Holding the End in MindDETACHMENTChapter 4. Detachment and Wisdom Chapter 5. Pain, Suffering, and Detachment Chapter 6. Detachment StrategiesTRANQUILITYChapter 7. Tranquility and Wisdom Chapter 8. Here Be Dragons Chapter 9. Three TreasuresTRANSCENDENCEChapter 10. Transcendence and Wisdom Chapter 11. Metric World Chapter 12. The Fourth DimensionAcknowledgments Appendix

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Book SynopsisEmotions are two-sided. They contain deep truths about what it means to be human, but they also deceive, mislead, and manipulate. They are celebrated for the insights they provide, but they also are denied, repressed, and dismissed. Though many institutions recognize and study the power of emotion, its potential has yet to be fully realized.Barbara J. McClure seeks to rectify this. In Emotions: Problems and Promise for Human Flourishing, she examines how emotions can be properly engaged for health and healing both individually and corporately. Starting with the current understandings of emotion, she notes the limitations of current thought. She then draws on significant emotions theories from ancient philosophy, Christian theology, natural sciences, psychology, social theory, and contemporary neuroscience to create a more well-rounded understanding of emotions and their place in Western society. Ultimately, McClure argues that emotions, if understood and engaged correctly, can be a source of guidance for flourishing and a resource for nurturing the common good.With this wide-ranging multidisciplinary approach, McClure proposes an understanding of emotions that allows for a new model of human flourishing: one that does not dismiss emotions but utilizes them properly to engage life's challenges. Emotions should not be censored, silenced, or sidelined - they are important tools for discerning and cultivating what is Good and resisting what is not.Table of Contents Introduction: Confusion and Ambivalence about Emotions 1. Emotions as Dangerous, Disruptive, and Symptoms of Dis-ease: Socrates/Plato and Early Greek Perspectives 2. Emotions as Sinful, Signs of the Fall, and Impediments to Salvation: Philo and Early Christian Theologians' Perspectives 3. Emotions as Functional for Physiological Survival: Darwin and Evolutionary Science 4. Emotions as Pathological, Signs of Dysfunction, and Indicators of Need: Sigmund Freud and Depth Psychology 5. Emotions as Relational and Sociocultural Artifacts: Challenges to Natural Scientific Understandings

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Book SynopsisLeading Girardian theologian Scott Cowdell seeks to resolve a long-standing challenge to mimetic theory: that it entails a fundamental brutishness—an ontological violence. Girard’s account of scapegoating violence, seen as providing the initial stability for our species to emerge and consolidate, hardly seems compatible with Christian belief in God’s good creation, with violence only appearing after a subsequent Fall. The brilliant but controversial theologian John Milbank has long raised this concern about Girard, grounded in a remarkably sophisticated (though seldom fathomed) philosophical theology. Unpacking Milbank’s program, along with Girard’s recasting of Continental philosophy in light of mimetic theory, Cowdell finds a way between two apparently irreconcilable positions. With irenic spirit but analytic tenacity, he probes for ways through Milbank’s arguments while pressing on growth points in Girard’s. Cowdell’s proposals involve reframing divine creation in light of salvation history, reimagining divine participation by thinking Christ and evolution together, and developing a semiotic approach to mimetic theory that delivers ontological peace hermeneutically. Cowdell shows how Girard’s vision of human transformation through faith in Christ reveals a different world beyond ontological violence while preserving the divine participation that Milbank champions.

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Book SynopsisSince 2010, The Stone—the immensely popular, award-winning philosophy column in The New York Times—has revived and re-interpreted age-old inquiries to speak to our contemporary condition. Now, doing for modern ethics what The Stone Reader (ISBN 978 1 63149 071 2) did for modern philosophy, this portable new volume features 77 essays from an online series that has enthralled millions with its lively, accessible examinations of perennial philosophical topics such as consciousness, religious belief and morality. The result is a thought-provoking collection, showcasing a fascinating debate that otherwise might have gone unnoticed. This insightful compendium promises to enliven the world of ethical thought and action in both the classroom and everyday life.

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Book SynopsisFirst published in 1843 under the pseudonym “Johannes de silentio” (John of Silence), Soren Kierkegaard’s richly resonant Fear and Trembling has for generations stood as a pivotal text in the history of moral philosophy, inspiring such artistic and philosophical luminaries as Edvard Munch, W.H. Auden, Walter Benjamin and existentialist Jean-Paul Sartre. Retelling the biblical story of the binding of Isaac, Kierkegaard expounds on the ordeal of Abraham, who was commanded to sacrifice his son in an exceptional test of faith. Disgusted at the self-certainty of his own age, Kierkegaard investigates the paradox underlying Abraham’s decision to allow his duty to God to take precedence over his duties to his family. Now, in a new era of immense uncertainty and dislocation, renowned Kierkegaard scholar Bruce H. Kirmmse, in his accessible translation and engaging introduction, eloquently brings this classic work to a new generation of readers, demonstrating Kierkegaard’s enduring power to illuminate the terrible wonder of faith.

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Book SynopsisRemember the pots hammered by spoons from high Manhattan windows, and parades of cars and pick-up trucks holding dear the medical professionals responding to covid-19. This book is part of that chorus, that march, to express appreciation for the giving of care. And beyond doctors and nurses, bless their hearts, to mothers caring for their babies, for captains for their teams, for the soon-to-be widowers for their wives and teachers for their students, but also for the ranchers for their cattle and the contemplative world for our environment. This is a book to think more closely of the support for care, individual as it so often will be, to be woven more closely together in a paradigm of care. Care is always prominent. Care for others, of the family, care for those of the tribe, care for animals and homes and gardens and properties, self-care. And the purse. Even without teaching, compensation, or legislation, care survives, but even with these helpings, it falls short of the need. We live in a crisis of care. Thinking explicitly and beyond health care. There is no mechanism of state and conscience that delivers care to all the venues of need, and seldom in the amounts needed. The reservoirs of care are far from empty, but at a mark that needs topping up. There is need for care advocacy, a care ethic, a paradigm. This book is about that paradigm. A care paradigm may bring comfort and recovery more fully to the people and organic creations of the world. The paradigm hears the moan of indifference. It draws upon the eyes of the heart. The paradigm is about how we see the need for care. The care paradigm, the grand beholding, is manifest in how we provide for others, how we nurture them, give succor, how we are disposed, and are not, to sacrifice to relieve their hurt. It is not only caring for those visibly needing care, unable to care for themselves, but caring for all. It is having a disposition that the hurts, large and small, that all of us carry, arouse concern and appreciation from and for each individual, the community and the world.

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