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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Ethics in Design and Communication
Book SynopsisThis timely collection brings together critical, analytic, historical, and practical studies to address what ethics means in the practice of design.Designers face the same challenges as everyone else in the complex conditions of contemporary cultural lifechoices about consumption, waste, exploitation, ecological damage, and political problems built into the supply chains on which the global systems of inequity currently balance precariously. But designers face the additional dilemma that their paid work is often entangled with promoting the same systems such critical approaches seek to redress: how to reconcile this contradiction, among others, in seeking to chart an ethical course of action while still functioning effectively in the world.Ethics in Design and Communication acknowledges the complexity of this subject matter, while also demonstrating that in the ongoing struggle towards an equitable and sustainable world, the talents of design and critical thought are essential. Trade ReviewWe are no longer operating in a world where we simply encounter objects and artifacts designed to act upon us. We are increasingly working on platforms and living in environments that are themselves designed to influence our thinking and behaviors. This is a wide-ranging survey of the deeper implications of design choices in the twenty-first century, and an urgent call to bring ethics back into the process, before they are rendered out of reach. * Douglas Rushkoff, author of Team Human and Professor of Media Theory and Digital Economics at Queens College, City University of New York, USA *This is an authoritative and inflected call for design to find the will to engage with our contemporary anxieties, if not to propose solutions to them. The book is a useful contribution to an important topic, and it will readily find its readership. * Tom Fisher, Professor of Art and Design at Nottingham Trent University, UK *This is an important and vital contribution to design education and research. I commend the editors and authors on this achievement. * Laurene Vaughan, Professor of Design RMIT University, Australia *Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION Preface Acknowledgments Introduction to the Selection of Texts Foreword: Assumptions of Ethics and Agency in Design Johanna Drucker In Search of a Philosophy for Design Ethics Laura Scherling DESIGN IN SOCIETY Designing Ethics in Large Scale Sociotechnical Systems Jeffrey Chan All Models Are Wrong: Information Design in a Post-truth World Rachel Berger Swiping Left on Empathy: Gamification and Commodification of the (Inter)face Sarah Edmands Martin Dark User Experience: From Manipulation to Deception Marc Miquel-Ribé Designing Safe Spaces for Virtual Reality: Methods for Merging Body Sovereignty Theory into VR Design Practice Michelle Cortese, Andrea Zeller Who Owns the Smart City? Towards an Ethical Framework for Civic AI Michael A. Madaio, Sarah Edmands Martin Design Possibilities and Responsibilities in Framing Well-being Heekyoung Jung THEORY AND COMMUNICATION Design and Emergent Ethical Crises Peter Buwert Designing Ourselves to Death: The Politics of Progress Versus an Ethics of Survival in a Diminishing World David Stairs Freedom and Communication Design: An Ethical Approach Sara Velez Estêvão About an Ethics of Design Activism Maziar Rezai Ethics in Contemporary Civic Engagements: Towards an Ethics of a Minor Design Activism Tau Ulv Lenskjold, Sissel Olander Graphic Design and Activism: Reflecting on Interactions Andréa Poshar WORK AND PEDAGOGY WORK Designing Tools for Low-Income Community Organizing Luke Jordan Design and Sustainable Development: Beyond Aesthetic and Functional Qualities Iván Asin Designing Ethics Tools for Self-Reflection, Collaboration, and Facilitation Ciara Taylor, Samantha Dempsey Noto Project: Between Harmony and Homogeneity Suna Jeong The Role of Ethics Online and Among Social Media Designers Meredith James PEDAGOGY Caring for What We Leave Behind: Ethical Considerations in Social Innovation Pedagogy Mariana Amatullo Perpetuating Class Divide: The Reality of Graphic Design Internships Kathryn Weinstein Highlighting Race Issues Through Mentoring and Design Sabrina Hall, Anjali Menon The Design Process is a Research Process: Students and the Ethics of Inquiry David Gelb, Angela Norwood Home: The Ethics of Addressing In-Equal Design Peter Claver Fine Threading Ethics in a Design Curriculum Paul J. Nini Index Author Biographies
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Emotion Reason and Action in Kant
Book SynopsisThis book is open access and available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. It is funded by Knowledge Unlatched.Though Kant never used the word emotion' in his writings, it is of vital significance to understanding his philosophy. This book offers a captivating argument for reading Kant considering the importance of emotion, taking into account its many manifestations in his work including affect and passion. Emotion, Reason, and Action in Kant explores how, in Kant's world view, our actions are informed, contextualized and dependent on the tension between emotion and reason. On the one hand, there are positive moral emotions that can and should be cultivated. On the other hand, affects and passions are considered illnesses of the mind, in that they lead to the weakness of the will, in the case of affects, and evil, in the case of passions. Seeing the role of these emotions enriches our understanding of Kant's moral theory. Exploring the full range of negative and positTrade ReviewEnglish-language readers now have the opportunity to learn about Brazilian philosopher Maria Borges’s groundbreaking work on Kant and the emotions. In Emotion, Reason and Action in Kant – her first book in English – she expands and deepens her investigations into an underexplored side of Kant that is unfortunately still foreign territory for many of Kant’s friends as well as foes. * Robert B. Louden, Distinguished Professor and Professor of Philosophy, University of Southern Maine, USA *Among the recently increasing number of works on Kant on emotion, Borges's book is the most wide-ranging and insightful yet. Drawing on the full range of Kant's work in moral philosophy, anthropology, and aesthetics, she brings out the complexity of Kant's conception of what we now call the emotions and of the relation between his view of the emotions and his transcendental idealist theory of free will. A bonus is her demonstration that in spite of well-taken feminist critiques of Kant, he also allotted an indispensable role to women in the moral education of humankind at large. Borges convincingly argues that Kant made enduring contributions to our understanding of the nature and importance of human emotions. * Paul Guyer, Jonathan Nelson Professor of Humanities and Philosophy, Brown University, USA *Wide-ranging in topics and scholarship, Emotion, Reason and Action in Kant develops Maria Borges’s initially shocking claim that we can learn something about the emotions from Kant. Since, as she argues, any adequate account of Kant’s moral psychology must include his views about the roles of different emotions in moral life, Borges’s book will be valuable to many. * Patricia Kitcher, Roberta and William Campbell Professor of Humanities, Columbia University, USA *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Abbreviations Translations Introduction 1. Action, reason, and causes in Kant 2. Can we act without feelings? Respect, sympathy, and other forms of Love 3. A place for affects and passions in the Kantian system 4. What can Kant teach us about emotions? 5. Physiology and the Controlling of Affects in Kant’s Philosophy 6. Kantian Virtue as a Cure for Affects and Passions 7. The beautiful and the good: refinement as a propaedeutic to morality 8. Women and Emotion 9. Evil and Passions Conclusion: An emotional Kant? Notes References Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Vibrant Death
Book SynopsisVibrant Death links philosophy and poetry-based, corpo-affectively grounded knowledge seeking. It offers a radically new materialist theory of death, critically moving the philosophical argument beyond Christian and secular-mechanistic understandings. The book's ethico-political figuration of vibrant death is shaped through a pluriversal conversation between Deleuzean philosophy, neo-vitalist materialism and the spiritual materialism of decolonial, queerfeminist poet and scholar Gloria Anzaldua. The book's posthuman deexceptionalizing of human death unfurls together with a collection of poetry, and autobiographical stories. They are analysed through the lens of a posthuman, queerfeminist revision of the method of autophenomenography (phenomenological analysis of autobiographical material).Nina Lykke explores the speaking position of a mourning, queerfeminine I, who contemplates the relationship with her dead beloved lesbian life partner. She reflects on her enactment Trade ReviewLykke challenges the entrenched dualist, Christian, secular, and colonial understandings of death and mourning by allowing her excessive mourning to continue unbounded ... By opening the door to a new understanding of death and mourning, Lykke leaves the reader with a deep sense of love and connection to the world and has us join her in asking, “what if every critter’s death was vibrant?” * Journal of Lesbian Studies *Composed of ashes, pearls, diatoms, longing and audacious thought, this book takes the reader beyond the life/death threshold, to an encounter with the posthuman that is both spectral and inexorably material. Nina Lykke takes posthumanist scholarship to a new place. * Maggie MacLure, Professor Emerita, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK *Through an interweaving of dimensions such as photography, poetry, storytelling, opera, miraculous co-becomings and philosophical reflections, Vibrant Death invites us to a process of un-learning of death beyond the idea of static nothingness. This book is a radical, sensorial and transformative project * Katja Aglert, independent artist and Professor of Art, Linköping University, Sweden *Vibrant Death is simply stunning across all registers: affective, methodological, theoretical and poetic. As a magical “travelogue”, its range and depth of inquiry around the issues of death and mourning are fearless and startlingly innovative. Lykke gives us a relentlessly posthuman, queerfeminist text that beautifully exemplifies an erotics of connection. * Margrit Shildrick, Guest Professor of Gender and Knowledge Production, Stockholm University, Sweden *Table of ContentsOverture: Travelling to the World of the Dead – A Triptych Chapter 1: Queering Death and Posthumanizing Mourning - Introduction Interlude I: Lacrimoso e Lamentoso (Crying and Lamenting) Chapter 2: The Excessive Mourner Interlude II: Vibrato Bruscamente (Abruptly Vibrating) Chapter 3. The Vibrant Corpse Interlude III: Silenzio Appasionato (Passionate Silence) Chapter 4: Is the Wall of Silence Breachable? Interlude IV: Ardente e Ondeggiante (Burning and Undulating) Chapter 5: Miraculous Co-Becomings? Interlude V: Milagrosa (Miraculous) Chapter 6: Pluriversal Conversations on Immanent Miracles Interlude VI: Glissando (Gliding Between Pitches) Chapter 7: Doing Posthuman Autophenomenography, Poetics, and Divinatory Figuring Interlude VII: Con Abbandono e Devozione (With Self-Abandon and Devotion) Coda - Between Love-Death and a Posthuman Ethics of Vibrant Death
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Political Philosophy in a Pandemic
Book SynopsisGovernment lockdowns, school closures, mass unemployment, health and wealth inequality.Political Philosophy in a Pandemic asks us, where do we go from here? What are the ethics of our response to a radically changed, even more unequal society, and how do we seize the moment for enduring change?Addressing the moral and political implications of pandemic response from states and societies worldwide, the 20 essays collected here cover the most pressing debates relating to the biggest public health crisis in the last century. Discussing the pandemic in five key parts covering social welfare, economic justice, democratic relations, speech and misinformation, and the relationship between justice and crisis, this book reflects the fruitful combination of political theory and philosophy in laying the theoretical and practical foundations for justice in the long-term.Table of ContentsList of contributors Foreword by Onora O’Neill, Baroness O’Neill of Bengrave 1. Introduction, Aveek Battacharya (Social Market Foundation, UK), Fay Niker (University of Stirling, UK) Part I Social welfare and vulnerability 2. Risk, disadvantage and the COVID-19 crisis, Jonathan Wolff (University of Oxford, UK), Avner de-Shalit (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel) 3. How should we distribute scarce medical resources in a pandemic? Sara Van Goozen (University of York, UK) 4. Assessing the impact of school closures on children through a vulnerability lens, Nicolás Brando (Queen's University Belfast, UK), Katarina Pitasse Fragoso (São Paulo University, Brazil) 5. Adequate housing in a pandemic, David Jenkins (University of Otago, Canada), Katy Wells (University of Warwick, UK), Kimberley Brownlee (University of British Columbia, Canada) Part II Economic justice 6. Should the older generation pay more of the COVID-19 debt? David Yarrow (University of Edinburgh, UK) 7. Rebuilding social insurance to end economic precarity, Lisa Herzog (University of Groningen, Netherlands) 8. Pandemic solidarity and universal basic income, Diana Popescu (King's College London, UK) Part III Democratic relations 9. Legitimating pandemic-responsive policy: Whose voices count when? Rowan Cruft (University of Stirling, UK) 10. Living alone under lockdown, Felix Pinkert (University of Vienna, Austria) 11. Should we hold elections during a pandemic? Alexandru Volacu (University of Bucharest, Romania) 12. The pandemic and our democratic way of life, Marc Stears (University of Sydney, Australia) Part IV Speech and (mis)information 13.Coronavirus misinformation, social media, and freedom of speech, Jeffrey Howard (University College London, UK) 14. What is the democratic state’s obligation of transparency in times of crisis? Rebecca Lowe (King's College London, UK) 15. Deferring to expertise in public health emergencies, Viktor Ivankovic (Institute of Philosophy, Croatia), Lovro Savic (University of Oxford, UK) 16. Should we shame those who ignore social distancing guidelines? Paul Billingham (University of Oxford, UK), Tom Parr (University of Warwick, UK) Part V Crisis and justice 17. Harnessing the epistemic value of crises for just ends, Matthew Adams (Indiana University Bloomington, USA), Fay Niker (University of Stirling, UK) 18. Living through the pandemic: an experiment in egalitarian living for the middle classes? Anca Gheaus (Central European University, Austria) 19. Coronavirus and climate change: What can the former teach us about the latter? Julia Hermann (Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands), Katharina Bauer (Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands), Christian Baatz (University of Kiel, Germany) 20. Pandemic as political theory, Adam Swift (University College London, UK) Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Interfaces and Us
Book SynopsisZachary Kaiser is Associate Professor of Graphic Design and Experience Architecture at Michigan State University, USA. His research and creative practice examine the politics of technology and the role of design in shaping the parameters of individual, social, and political possibility. His work has been featured in national and international exhibitions, and his writing, on topics ranging from the future of the arts in higher education to dream-reading technologies, appears in both scholarly and popular publications.Trade ReviewZach Kaiser's Interfaces and Us dares to peel back the plastic film protecting interface design to reveal how it is both shapes and is shaped by everything from convenience and consumerism to market forces and economic inequality. While finally putting to rest the idea that design is inherently neutral, it's an indispensable guide to the politics of how we interface not just with the digital systems around us, but with late capitalism itself. -- Tim Maughan, author of Infinite Detail, CanadaInterfaces and Us blends theory, art, activism and pedagogy into a cogent story about the making of selves and societies. This incisive text will be an inflection point for design education. -- Jenny L. Davis, School of Sociology, The Australian National UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction 1. Historical and Conceptual Roots of the Computable Subjectivity Introduction: Disrupting the Insurance Industry—“Convenience” and “Freedom” Producing and Looping, or, Biopolitics and Biopower The Value of Convenience Freedom and Countercultural Technocracy The Selfish System: Cybernetics and Rational Choice Theory Markets as Information Processors: Cybernetics and Economics The Neoliberal Governmentality Conclusion: Foundations and Ramifications 2. Data=World Introduction: Can You “See” Your Dream Data? Data and World: An Origin Story Computational Instrumentation: Templates and Translations How Computational Instruments Disappear Conclusion: The Great Inversion, or, Operationalism’s Legacy 3. Prediction and the Stabilization of Identity Introduction: Whisper and the Scrambling of Algorithmic Anticipation The Digital Production of Fragmentation and Alienation Ontological Insecurity: One Consequence of Fragmentation and Alienation The Digital Mirror Self: Soothing Ontological Insecurity with Computation The Role of UX in Producing, then Soothing, Ontological Insecurity Consequences: Soft Biopower and the Proscription of Potential Conclusion: Becoming Cyborgs 4. The Moral Imperative of Normality through Computational Optimization Introduction: The Optimized Professor and the Pressures of Optimization Measurement, Normativity, and Morality: Two Origin Stories The Moral Imperative of Self-Optimizing Technologies: The Case of the Amazon Halo Consequences: Anxiety, Superfluity, and the Instrumentalization of Interpersonal Interaction Conclusion: Fighting for Servitude as if it Were Salvation 5. The Questions of Political Economy and the Role of Design Education Introduction Question 1: The Issue of Political Economy and Chile’s Socialist Cybernetics Question 2: The Role of Design Education in Resisting the “Reality” of the Computable Subjectivity and the Reformist Approach Conclusion: Returning to Political Economy and the Limits of the Reformist Approach to Design Education Conclusion: Towards a Luddite Design Education The Politics of UX and the Computable Subject as the Ideal Political Subject The Lingering Problem: The Computable Subjectivity and Political Economy The Revolutionary Approach: Luddite Design Education A Provisional Program of Luddite Design Education A Luddite Design Education, Now Bibliography Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Shaping a Modern Ethics
Book SynopsisIs there any such thing as a single ethical system to which all human beings could conceivably subscribe? The short answer is no; and most people, being tolerant, would probably agree with this answer. Yet most people, precisely in being tolerant, also subscribe to an idea of human rights which presupposes just such a universal ethics. This basic question of ethics is similarly treacherous when approached on a higher technical level. Specialists have long recognized that Kant's categorical imperative is neither theoretically nor practically tenable. But efforts to revive and repair the Kantian projectincluding especially the monumental work of Jürgen Habermashave all themselves been theoretically questionable, while developing a complexity that makes them impractical.Must we then simply do without ethics in the sense of a universal ethical method? By way of a close study of literary and philosophical texts, from Trade ReviewBenjamin Bennett’s Shaping A Modern Ethics offers a series of provocative case studies, focusing on Lessing and Freud, on Nietzsche and Rorty, on Habermas and Wittig. Bennett introduces us to Enlightenment thought and a post-Enlightenment relativism that also re-centers our attention towards Jewish philosophy and feminist thought. This is a very timely book that will be appreciated by students of philosophy and literature alike. -- Liliane Weissberg, Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor in the School of Arts & Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, USAOne of the foremost literary scholars of our times, Benjamin Bennett, with his signature flair and brilliance, argues in his newest book for the ethical significance of literature—precisely when it defies all ethical propositions. In the tradition of Leibniz, Lessing, Nietzsche, Kafka, Wittgenstein, and Bachmann, he resists the clamor for extrinsic guidelines and the authoritarian injunction to literal interpretation. Instead, Bennett celebrates the non-compliant, ironic, and experimental text. A refreshing voice! * Alice Kuzniar, Professor of German and English, University of Waterloo, Canada *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Abbreviations Preliminary Remarks: Wittgenstein and Strawson Chapter One: Introduction: Ethics, “Literature,” and Irony Chapter Two: Nietzsche and Rorty: The Ethics of Irony Chapter Three: Kant and Leibniz Chapter Four: Lessing: History, Irony, and Diaspora Chapter Five: Lessing and Freud: Theory, Wisdom, and the Scope of Ethics Chapter Six: Habermas, Rorty, and Machiavelli Chapter Seven: Woolf, Bachmann, Wittig: Toward a Feminist Ethics Conclusion, or Not
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC On Hellenism Judaism Individualism and Early
Book SynopsisThis first of a two-volume work provides a new understanding of Western subjectivity as theorized in the Augustinian Rule. A theopolitical synthesis of Antiquity, the Rule is a humble, yet extremely influential example of subjectivity production. In these volumes, Jodra argues that the Classical and Late-Ancient communitarian practices along the Mediterranean provide historical proof of a worldview in which the self and the other are not disjunctive components, but mutually inclusive forces. The Augustinian Rule is a culmination of this process and also the beginning of something new: the paradigm of the monastic self as protagonist of the new, medieval worldview.In this volume, Jodra takes one of the most influential and pervasive commons experimentsAugustine's Ruleand gives us its Mediterranean backstory, with an eye to solving at last the riddle of socialism. In volume two, he will present his solution in full, as a kind of Augustinian communitarianism foTrade ReviewAugustine’s radically subversive understanding of individuality and the experience of community is freshly significant in our times, as Pope Francis makes clear: “The human person grows more, matures more and is sanctified more to the extent that he or she enters into relationships, going out from themselves to live in communion with God, with others and with all creatures.” (LS 240). I am grateful for Guillermo M. Jodra’s insights as he brings to the forefront the Augustinian contribution that “self-realization can only take place as we walk together, with others, toward the Other”. -- Arthur Purcaro, Villanova University, USATable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Self & Commons Chapter 2: Body Politic Chapter 3: Soul Politic Chapter 4: Monasticism Chapter 5: Monastic Self Bibliography Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC On Regular Life Freedom Modernity and Augustinian
Book SynopsisThis second of a two-volume work provides a new understanding of Western subjectivity as theorized in the Augustinian Rule. A theopolitical synthesis of Antiquity, the Rule is a humble, yet extremely influential example of subjectivity production. In these volumes, Jodra argues that the Classical and Late-Ancient communitarian practices along the Mediterranean provide historical proof of a worldview in which the self and the other are not disjunctive components, but mutually inclusive forces. The Augustinian Rule is a culmination of this process and also the beginning of something new: the paradigm of the monastic self as protagonist of the new, medieval worldview.In the previous volume, Jodra gave us the Mediterranean backstory to Augustine's Rule. In this volume two, he develops his solution to socialism, through a kind of Augustinian communitarianism for today, in full.These volumes therefore restore the unity of the Hellenistic and Judaic world as found Trade ReviewAugustine’s radically subversive understanding of individuality and the experience of community is freshly significant in our times, as Pope Francis makes clear: “The human person grows more, matures more and is sanctified more to the extent that he or she enters into relationships, going out from themselves to live in communion with God, with others and with all creatures.” (LS 240). I am grateful for Guillermo M. Jodra’s insights as he brings to the forefront the Augustinian contribution that “self-realization can only take place as we walk together, with others, toward the Other”. -- Arthur Purcaro, Villanova University, USATable of ContentsChapter 1: Book of Life Chapter 2: Thy Name is Written Chapter 3: Kingdom of Love Chapter 4: The Skin of Heaven Chapter 5: Soteriology of Imitation Bibliography Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Welfare of Future Children
Book SynopsisRebecca Bennett is Professor of Bioethics in the Centre for Social Ethics and Policy, Department of Law, at the University of Manchester, UK.
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Crisis
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Edinburgh University Press David Hume and the Aberdeen Philosophers
Book SynopsisRediscovers David Hume's contemporary critics to systematically investigate the merits of Thomas Reid, George Campbell, Alexander Gerard and James Beattie.
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State University Press of New York (SUNY) Just War and Human Rights Fighting with Right Intention
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State University Press of New York (SUNY) Confucianism for the Contemporary World Global Order Political Plurality and Social Action SUNY series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture
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State University of New York Press Conflict in Aristotles Political Philosophy SUNY
Book SynopsisOffers a careful analysis of how Aristotle understands civil war, partisanship, distrust in government, disagreement, and competition, and explores ways in which these views are relevant to contemporary political theory.Do only modern thinkers like Machiavelli and Hobbes accept that conflict plays a significant role in the origin and maintenance of political community? In this book, Steven Skultety argues that Aristotle not only took conflict to be an inevitable aspect of political life, but further recognized ways in which conflict promotes the common good. While many scholars treat Aristotelian conflict as an absence of substantive communal ideals, Skultety argues that Aristotle articulated a view of politics that theorizes profoundly different kinds of conflict. Aristotle comprehended the subtle factors that can lead otherwise peaceful citizens to contemplate outright civil war, grasped the unique conditions that create hopelessly implacable partisans, and systematized tactics rulers could use to control regrettable, but still manageable, levels of civic distrust. Moreover, Aristotle conceived of debate, enduring disagreement, social rivalries, and competitions for leadership as an indispensable part of how human beings live well together in successful political life. By exploring the ways in which citizens can be at odds with one another, Conflict in Aristotle''s Political Philosophy presents a dimension of ancient Greek thought that is startlingly relevant to contemporary concerns about social divisions, constitutional crises, and the range of acceptable conflict in healthy democracies.
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State University of New York Press Critical Studies on Heidegger
Book SynopsisOriginal reading of Heidegger suggesting what his project could mean for building an ethical way of life now and in the future.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Vexed
Book SynopsisIn Vexed, James Mumford tackles the polarization of civil society across the democratic West, taking a fresh look at the existential questions and hot button issues that are an essential part of the politics of the Left and Right. In examining issues like the right-to-die movement and assisted suicide, family values and economic injustice, sexual liberation and consent, gun-control and abortion, the environment and technology, criminal justice and reform, Mumford questions the basic assumptions of our political groups. His challenge is simple: Why should believing strongly about one topic mean the automatic adoption of so many others?With this refreshing and eye-opening book, James Mumford, a public thinker and independent commentator, has written an essential and provocative account that will appeal to anyone of independent thought, and a welcome call for new reflection on the moral issues most relevant to our modern way of life.Trade ReviewMumford demonstrates an admirable ability to zero in on things too often missing from political conversations … A plea for nuance and ambivalence, in a world that often seems to be in danger of mislaying both. -- John Harris * Observer *James Mumford has written the most intriguing and original reflection on political tribalism that I have ever read ... Vexed is an intellectual page-turner. -- David Goodhart * author of The Road to Somewhere: The New Tribes Shaping British Politics *Mumford is a subtle, supple and frequently ingenious thinker. His style is abrasive enough to make readers sit up when needed, but never enough to make us feel as if we are being hectored or bullied … A memorable and illuminating assault on what happens when ideology shuts down thought. * Catholic Herald *A thought-provoking exploration of some of the most contentious problems of our time * Sunday Times *An important contribution to understanding the polarization of our global politics from one of the most exciting young ethicists working today -- James Davison Hunter, Labrosse-Levenson Professor, Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture, University of Virginia and author of Culture WarsLively, well argued ... help[s] us understand aspects of tribalism * Financial Times *Fascinating ... Supplies readers with ample food for thought and opportunities to reconsider and broaden their own perspective. * Vision *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Package-Deal Ethics 1 Inclusivity: Should Liberals Back Assisted Suicide? 2 Family Values: Why Social Conservatives Should Raise Wages 3 Sufficiency: Why the Left and Sexual Liberation Make Bad Bedfellows 4 The Sanctity of Life: What's Pro-Life about an AR-15? 5 Reverence for Nature: Why Greens Shouldn't Become Cyborgs 6 Personal Responsibility: Why the Right Should Release Ex-Offenders Conclusion: Moral Imagination Acknowledgements Notes Permissions Index
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Edinburgh University Press Affirmation and Resistance in Spinoza
Book SynopsisOffers a powerful and influential interpretation of Spinoza's conatus
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Edinburgh University Press Affirmation and Resistance in Spinoza
Book SynopsisOffers a powerful and influential interpretation of Spinoza's conatus
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Edinburgh University Press Deleuze Kierkegaard and the Ethics of Selfhood
Book SynopsisAndrew Jampol-Petzinger pursues Gilles Deleuze's significantly under-discussed interpretation of Soren Kierkegaard. He presents a view of ethics and selfhood that responds to theories of moral judgment and selfhood based on stable, substance-orientated forms of identity.
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Edinburgh University Press ShakespeareS Virtuous Theatre
Book SynopsisPresents Shakespeare's theatre as a powerful forum for shaping our capacity for virtue
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McFarland & Co Inc The Scope of Information Ethics
Book Synopsis The field of information ethics (IE)--a subdivision of ethics--was developed during the 1980s, originating and maturing in library science and slowly working its way into other disciplines and practical applications. Some years later, a secondary field emerged, emphasizing theoretical and philosophical concepts, with little focus on real-world applicability. The first of its kind, this comprehensive overview of IE evaluates the production, dissemination, storage, accessing and retrieval of information in an ethical context in areas including the humanities, sciences, medicine and business. A leading figure in the field, the author is concerned with misconduct (falsification, fabrication, plagiary), peer review, the law, privacy, imaging and robotics, among other matters.
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Baylor University Press Beyond the Self
Book SynopsisW. David Solomon sits at the very center of the revival of virtue ethics. Solomon's work extended what began with the publication of G. E. M. Anscombe's 'Modern Moral Philosophy' (1958) by solidifying virtue ethics as a viable approach within contemporary moral philosophy.Beyond the Self: Virtue Ethics and the Problem of Culture comprises twelve chapters: eleven that employ Solomon's work and legacy, followed by a twelfth concluding chapter by Solomon himself. Each chapter deepens and develops virtue ethics as a rich intellectual tradition rooted in Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas.Editor Raymond Hain divides the volume into three sections. The first addresses the historical contexts of happiness, justice, and mercy in the tradition of Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas. The second turns to recent themes in normative ethics, focusing on topics such as morality, virtue, and egoism. The third discusses broader ethical issues with significant cultural implicatiTable of ContentsIntroduction Part One : Historical Themes 1. Intrinsic Aptness and the Embodied Self: The Role of External Goods in Eudaimonia Christopher Toner 2. The Complexity of Justice: Thomas Aquinasâ Interpretation of the Fifth Book of Aristotleâs Nicomachean Ethics Kevin L. Flannery, S.J. 3. Fearless Mercy beyond Justice: Aquinas and Nussbaumâs Pity Tradition John OâCallaghan 4. The Problem of Justice: Anscombe, Solomon, and Radical Virtue Ethics Thomas Hibbs Part Two : Normative Ethics 5. Whither Moral Philosophy? John Haldane 6. Philippa Foot and Iris Murdoch on (Natural) Goodness Michael D. Beaty 7. David Solomon on Egoism and Virtue Irfan Khawaja 8. You Owe It to Yourself Candace Vogler Part Three : Ethics and Culture 9. Dignity and the Challenge of Agreement Bryan C. Pilkington 10. Against the "Autonomy" and "Best Interest" Defenses of Medically Assisted Death Raymond Hain 11. Some Thoughts on Secularization Alasdair MacIntyre 12. Elizabeth Anscombe and the Late Twentieth-Century Revival of Virtue Ethics W. David Solomon
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Lexington Books Professional Ethics
Book SynopsisIt is widely recognized that professionals such as doctors, nurses, engineers, and teachers have duties that go far beyond those of ordinary citizens, but there is much disagreement as to why they have such duties. In Professional Ethics: A Trust-Based Approach, Terrence Kelly argues that such duties come from the unique trust that professionals must invite, develop, and honor from those they serve. Without trust, professional practice would be significantly impoverishedboth ethically and instrumentally and the autonomy enjoyed by many professions would evaporate. Professionals therefore have good reasons to be effectively trustworthy that is, to develop the virtues necessary to be responsive to the vulnerability of those they serve; and effectively communicate that responsiveness to others. Being effectively trustworthy requires a commitment by professionals as individual practitioners and as members of ethical communities committed to building a culture of trust. Such communities canTrade ReviewTerry Kelly has written a book on professional ethics that will be of great value and interest to professionals in a variety of fields, as well as to academics and the general public. The book is clear, tightly argued, and very well informed. Kelly argues for a rich and pragmatic account of trust that focuses on the responsibilities both of individual practitioners and of the profession as a whole. He advocates for an account of trust that is both instrumental and dispositional, one that makes a strong case for the view that trustworthiness is linked to authenticity, the “I/Thou” relationship, and the development of an ethical community. Kelly’s book will make a significant contribution to the applied ethics literature, and it will be of considerable practical value to those interested in building and strengthening ethics in their profession. -- Tom Buller, Illinois State UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction Chapter One: A Puzzle About Professional Ethics Chapter Two: Vulnerability and Trust in the Professions Chapter Three: The Trustworthy Professional Chapter Four: The Profession as an Ethical Community Chapter Five: Effective Trustworthiness in the Professions Chapter Six: Conflicts of Interest Chapter Seven: The Limits to Professional Trustworthiness Conclusion Bibliography
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Lexington Books Gadflies in the Public Space
Book SynopsisThe concept of disobedient consciousness and the rebellious Socratic mind that grows out of this book is, above all, a product of Ramin Jahanbegloo's life meetings with the two apparently contradictory worlds of philosophy and politics. More precisely, it is the result of approaching the public realm in terms of a philosophical quest for truth and justice. This restless quest for truth and justice has a history that continues to bear upon us, however much we choose to ignore it. We can think about the current situation of philosophy by exploring that history. The image of Socrates represents a mid-point between politics and philosophy; the Socratic mind, exemplified by the presence of the public gadfly in history, finds itself at the beginning of a new struggle for truth. The journey to this struggle started with the trial of Socrates, followed by the experiences of Henry David Thoreau, Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., and Albert Camus. But the forging of the rebellious mind and the sustaining of the civic task of philosophy are goals which impose themselves to each of us whenever we are reminded by the urgency of critical thinking in our own dark times. The future of humankind necessarily requires convictions and commitments, but it also requires Socratic rebels, of the mind and of action, who have the courage to swim against the tide. Examining dissent in the history of philosophy, this book will appeal to scholars of political theory and political philosophy and to scholars and students of political and intellectual history.Table of ContentsForeword by Fred Dallmayr Introduction Chapter I: Gadfly on Trial: Socrates as Philosopher- Citizen Chapter II: Mahatma Gandhi: A Nonviolent Gadfly Chapter III: Henry David Thoreau: An American Gadfly Chapter IV: Martin Luther King Jr.: A Gadfly in Montgomery Chapter V: Albert Camus: A Gadfly in Purgatory Conclusion: Gadflies Against the Tide
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Manchester University Press Critical Theory and Social Pathology: The
Book SynopsisIn the neoliberal world of the twenty-first century, the progressive academy urgently needs a vehicle for normative social research. Critical theory once answered this call, but today its programme is in crisis. The ‘pathologies of recognition’ approach, popular among contemporary critical theorists, aids neoliberalism rather than challenging it, in part because it is unable to grasp the structural nature of power.To offer an alternative, this book returns to the work of Erich Fromm and Herbert Marcuse, using it as the basis for a revivified social theoretical foundation. As the first generation of critical theorists knew, thought itself can be reified, our imaginations debased, and our desires artificially induced. We need to think beyond recognition and embrace a more potent and aggressive form of social critique, true to the founding spirit of the Frankfurt School.Trade Review'Critical theory and social pathology provides a necessary recapturing of social pathology, unseating it from its position as a ‘second order’ phenomenon to the process of recognition. Harris recognises the important contribution of recent critiques of Critical Theory, but sets them aside, proposing a new way forward. Here, social pathology is regarded as an important platform for a renewed programme of social research. By engaging with this new synthesis of Fromm and Marcuse’s work, Harris allows critical theorists to, once again, step beyond recognition.'Owen Brown, Marx and Philosophy Review of Books‘Critical theory and social pathology makes a major contribution to the field. Harris shows how Erich Fromm’s work offers profound and timely insights into the nature of societal pathologies. As such, the book points beyond the recognition approach to social research and offers the foundations for a critical theory of society which reconnects with the founding aspirations of the Frankfurt School.’Gerard Delanty, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University Of Sussex‘This timely and lucid study makes an important contribution to the growing chorus of voices that claim that Frankfurt School Critical theory is in crisis. Its thinkers have abandoned their animating commitment to radical and uncompromising criticism of the pathologies of capitalism and adopted instead a defanged, reformist political stance. In his scholarly and engaging work, Neal Harris identifies the roots of this domestication in the work of Axel Honneth and other theorists of recognition who have substituted the deep critique of power with superficial epistemological concerns. Through a distinctive rereading of the work of Erich Fromm and Herbert Marcuse, Harris demonstrates how the radical thrust of Frankfurt School critique might yet be restored in a revivified diagnosis of the pathologies of neoliberal societies. Thought provoking and essential reading for anyone interested in the state of contemporary critical theory and possible pathways for the renewal of its original emancipatory aims.’Lois McNay, Professor of Political Theory, University of Oxford'Critical theory, once the purview of thinkers that were independent, iconoclastic and engaged, has sadly become academic and pedantic, flitting from one intellectual fad to the next. Neal Harris is a welcome exception to this trend. With original and committed intelligence, he reveals the pretensions of academic critical theory and exposes the pedantry that dominates the field. Above the deafening bleats of what now passes for critical theory, Harris's book renews the faith that critique can once again be fused with emancipatory political purpose and the best traditions of modern reason.'Michael J. Thompson, Professor of Political Theory, William Paterson University -- .Table of ContentsIntroduction: on the battle for critical theoryPart I: Social pathology and the crisis of critical theory1 Social pathology: the ‘explosive charge’ of critical theory2 Distorted by recognition3 Pathologies of recognitionPart II: Foundations of pathology diagnosing critique4 Rousseau and the foundations of pathology diagnosing social criticism5 Hegelian-Marxism: pathologies of reason, pathologies of productionPart III: A Fromm-Marcuse synthesis6 Erich Fromm and pathological normalcy7 The pathological normalcy of what? Towards a Fromm-Marcuse synthesisConclusion: the Frankfurt School beyond recognitionIndex
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Bristol University Press Care and the Pluriverse: Rethinking Global Ethics
Book SynopsisA perennial debate in the field of global ethics revolves around the possibility of a universalist ethics as well as arguments over the nature, and significance, of difference for moral deliberation. Decolonial literature, in particular, increasingly signifies a pluriverse – one with radical ontological and epistemological differences. This book examines the concept of the pluriverse alongside global ethics and the ethics of care in order to contemplate new ethical horizons for engaging across difference. Offering a challenge to the current state of the field, this book argues for a rethinking of global ethics as it has been conceived thus far.Table of Contents1. The Pluriversal Challenge to Global Ethics 2. The Problem of Modernity and the Decolonial Project 3. Mapping Global Ethics in the Pluriverse 4. A Critical, Political Ethics of Care 5. Partial Connections: The Pluriverse, Ethics, and Care 6. Vulnerable and Precarious Worlds: A Meta-Theoretical Orientation 7. The Political and the Pluriverse: A (Dis)Associative Theory of Care 8. Building the Pluriverse with Care 9. Rethinking Global Ethics with Care and the Pluriverse
£76.00
Bristol University Press Care and the Pluriverse: Rethinking Global Ethics
Book SynopsisA perennial debate in the field of global ethics revolves around the possibility of a universalist ethics as well as arguments over the nature, and significance, of difference for moral deliberation. Decolonial literature, in particular, increasingly signifies a pluriverse – one with radical ontological and epistemological differences. This book examines the concept of the pluriverse alongside global ethics and the ethics of care in order to contemplate new ethical horizons for engaging across difference. Offering a challenge to the current state of the field, this book argues for a rethinking of global ethics as it has been conceived thus far.Table of Contents1. The Pluriversal Challenge to Global Ethics 2. The Problem of Modernity and the Decolonial Project 3. Mapping Global Ethics in the Pluriverse 4. A Critical, Political Ethics of Care 5. Partial Connections: The Pluriverse, Ethics, and Care 6. Vulnerable and Precarious Worlds: A Meta-Theoretical Orientation 7. The Political and the Pluriverse: A (Dis)Associative Theory of Care 8. Building the Pluriverse with Care 9. Rethinking Global Ethics with Care and the Pluriverse
£23.74
Michigan State University Press Indigenizing Philosophy through the Land: A
Book SynopsisLand is key to the operations of coloniality, but the power of the land is also the key anticolonial force that grounds Indigenous liberation. This work is an attempt to articulate the nature of land as a material, conceptual, and ontological foundation for Indigenous ways of knowing, being, and valuing.As a foundation of valuing, land forms the framework for a conceptualization of Indigenous environmental ethics as an anticolonial force for sovereign Indigenous futures. This text is an important contribution in the efforts to Indigenize Western philosophy, particularly in the context of settler colonialism in the United States. It breaks significant ground in articulating Indigenous ways of knowing and valuing to Western philosophy - not as artifact that Western philosophy can incorporate into its canon, but rather as a force of anticolonial Indigenous liberation.Ultimately, Indigenizing Philosophy through the Land shines light on a possible road for epistemically, ontologically, and morally sovereign Indigenous futures.
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Angelico Press Personal Certainty
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Easton Studio Press Illuminating Philosophy: Stories Beyond
Book SynopsisIn these 25 true stories, a widely published philosopher recounts 60 years of interaction with people in all walks of life – some extremely famous, others complete strangers – from hospitals to restaurants, concert halls to airplanes, in private conversations and nationally broadcast interviews. Stories can be heartbreaking, distracting, funny, shocking, inspiring, revealing, and sometimes unforgettable – and all those attributes appear here. There’s no substitute for learning what it’s like to be someone else, to see the world as that other person does and reconsider our own views in light of that learning. These compelling and accessible stories motivate and enable us to do that, illuminating the unexpected relationships among all domains of human concern, the wellsprings of creativity, the elusive character of good judgment, and the pathways to social justice. They help us see more clearly what we care most about: deep features of human character and difficult choices, of social structures, of the power of imagination, of how to take account of the importance of what cannot be counted, and of bogus boundaries and assumptions that can repress clear thinking in any domain. These stories will make the reader more powerful in service of those values.Trade Review“These stories are great! And they teach you a lot in a wonderfully informative, reflective, and insightful way. Read them—you’ll love it.”—Margaret “Peggy” Battin, PhD, MFA, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Adjunct Professor of Internal Medicine, Program in Medical Ethics and Humanities, University of Utah
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Prometheus Books Religion, Power, and Illusion: A Genealogy of
Book SynopsisAccording to anthropologists, religion arose in the Neolithic period, a time that began 12 thousand years ago when people abandoned the hunter-gatherer lifestyle and started settling down in communities. By the time of the ancient Egyptians, religion had reached a significant level of development. The spirits of the seeds and the weather had evolved into gods. In the end, the gods numbered more than a thousand; every god required a temple, and every temple needed a priest, or several of them. For the Christian god to reach its final form took an additional three hundred years. It was accomplished through the work of dozens of bishops who wrestled with the problem of how a god consisting of three persons could really be one entity. Religion, Power & Illusion: A Genealogy of Religious Belief puts forth the idea that modern concepts of God are inextricably tied to the generations of mortal priests that shaped biblical and religious ideas. Religious orthodoxy as we know it today is the result of the countless solutions proposed by priests, not necessarily as the result of so-called primary texts or teachings, with various bishops condemning various proposals as heretical and blessing others as conventional. But how were orthodoxy and heresy distinguished? Any position that increased the power of the bishops was, by definition, orthodox, and any position that undermined it was heretical. Thus, the Christian god that we have today is a construct assembled over many years, and for two thousand years it has served to augment and solidify the power of the bishops who created it and who sustain it. Religion, Power & Illusion concludes that priestly power is so firmly rooted in the human condition that religion is not likely to disappear any time soon. It also explores the defective logic used by religious promoters, and what is necessary for experiences to be non-illusory.
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Georgetown University Press Human Dignity and Liberal Politics: Catholic
Book SynopsisA deeply considered examination of the “common good” reconciling Catholic Social Thought with secular politics and philosophy The Second Vatican Council invites dialogue about the common good as the set of economic, political, legal, and cultural conditions for human flourishing, whether as individuals or as communities. However, some contemporary Catholic authors jeopardize this dialogue by polarizing liberalism and the common good, interpreting the commitment to individual liberty as incompatible with commitment to the common good. Human Dignity and Liberal Politics clarifies the meaning of the common good through the three lenses of Aristotelian practical philosophy, twentieth-century Catholic Social Thought, and political liberalism. It makes the case that embracing the common good does not entail a rejection of liberalism, but that a commitment to liberal politics is compatible with faithful adherence to the Catholic tradition. The book argues that liberal political philosophy is not only compatible with Catholic Social Teaching but may also be the most appropriate framework for communicating the richness of the Church’s tradition today. Furthermore, accepting political liberalism can facilitate collaboration in political life between those who hold different worldviews and foster an enriched discussion of democracy, human rights, and religious liberty. Students and scholars of Christian ethics and political philosophy will benefit from this response to the challenges of dialogue about the “common good” in the context of the resurgence of this topic.Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsAbbreviations IntroductionChapter One: Three Lenses to View Common GoodsChapter Two: Aristotle ReconstructedChapter Three: Does Political Augustinianism Help?Chapter Four: Aquinas and Analogy: The Limits of Bounded RationalityChapter Five: Is Liberalism the Enemy? Chapter Six: The Role of Conflict in a Political Account of Common GoodsChapter Seven: Utopia and ApocalypseChapter Eight: Is Talk of the Common Good Inevitably Paternalistic?Chapter Nine: Fraught Common Goods: Integral Ecology, Humane EconomyChapter Ten: Culture as Common Good Epilogue BibliographyIndexAbout the Author
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Bucknell University Press,U.S. The Art of Time: Levinas, Ethics, and the
Book SynopsisEthics, or the systematized set of inquiries and responses to the question “what should I do?” has infused the history of human narrative for more than two centuries. One of the foremost theorists of ethics during the twentieth century, Emmanuel Levinas (1906-1995) radicalized the discipline of philosophy by arguing that “the ethical” is the foundational moment for human subjectivity, and that human subjectivity underlies all of Western philosophy. Levinas’s voice is crucial to the resurging global attention to ethics because he grapples with the quintessential problem of alterity or “otherness,” which he conceptualizes as the articulation of, and prior responsibility to, difference in relation to the competing movement toward sameness. Academicians and journalists in Spain and abroad have recently fastened on an emerging cluster of peninsular writers who, they argue, pertain to a discernible literary generation, provisionally referred to as Generación X. These writers are distinct from their predecessors; they and their literary texts are closely related to the specific socio-political and historical circumstances in Spain and their novels relate stories of more and less proximity, more and less responsibility, and more and less temporality. In short, they trace the temporal movement of alterity through narrative. Published by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.Trade Review"The Art of Time is anchored in thorough mastery of primary and secondary work in Levinas studies, and it displays capacious knowledge of 1990's Spanish literature and culture. This study goes beyond earlier work that brings Levinasian ethical philosophy to bear upon literary criticism...and will be an impetus and aspiration for future work by other scholars." -- Donald Wehrs * Auburn University *"Molinaro recuperates underappreciated works, by authors all too easily dismissed as immature or irrelevantly counter-cultural, that speak to us all. As such, this book will be of great interest to anyone interested in ethics in literature or contemporary Spanish literature and culture." * Bulletin of Spanish Studies *"The Art of Time is anchored in thorough mastery of primary and secondary work in Levinas studies, and it displays capacious knowledge of 1990's Spanish literature and culture. This study goes beyond earlier work that brings Levinasian ethical philosophy to bear upon literary criticism...and will be an impetus and aspiration for future work by other scholars." -- Donald Wehrs * Auburn University *"Molinaro recuperates underappreciated works, by authors all too easily dismissed as immature or irrelevantly counter-cultural, that speak to us all. As such, this book will be of great interest to anyone interested in ethics in literature or contemporary Spanish literature and culture." * Bulletin of Spanish Studies *Table of ContentsA Note on Translations ... iv One - Ethics, Alterity, and Levinas ... 1 Two - Spain’s Generación X ... 49 Three - Repeating the Same Violence or the Failure of Synchrony: Veo Veo, El frío, and Mensaka ... 99 Four - The Betrayal of Diachrony: El secreto de Sara, Anatol y dos más, and Tocarnos la cara ... 143 Five - Diachrony and Saying: Arde lo que será, Sentimental, and La fiebre amarilla ... 186 Afterword ... 220 Acknowledgments ... 225 Bibliography ... 227 Index ... 251 About the Author ... 252
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Biblioasis Question Authority
Book SynopsisPhilosopher Mark Kingwell thinks about thinking for yourself in an era of radical know-it-all-ism.“Question authority,” the popular 1960s slogan commanded. “Think for yourself.” But what started as a counter-cultural catchphrase, playful in logic but serious in intent, has become a practical paradox. Yesterday’s social critics are the tone-policing tyrants of today, and critical theory that once augured emancipation has hardened into ideological enforcement. The resulting crisis of authority, made worse by rival political factions and chaotic public discourse, has exposed cracks in every facet of shared social life. Politics, academia, journalism, medicine, religion, science—every kind of institutional claim is now routinely subject to objection, investigation, and outright disbelief. A recurring feature of this comprehensive distrust of authority is the firm, indeed unshakeable, belief in personal righteousness and superiority: what Mark Kingwell calls “addiction to conviction.”In this critical survey of the predicament of contemporary authority, Kingwell draws on philosophical argument, personal reflection, and details from the headlines in an attempt to reclaim the democratic spirit of questioning authority and thinking for oneself. Defending a program of compassionate skepticism, Kingwell illuminates the connection between humility about human limits, including the limits of certainty, and the infinite project of justice.
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Pelagic Publishing Treated Like Animals: Improving the Lives of the
Book SynopsisYou don’t have to be an animal rights activist to take an interest in how we treat other creatures. All of us, with few exceptions, use animals in some way: for food, research, recreation and companionship. In Britain we eat around a billion chickens every year, while 60% of all mammals on Earth, by biomass, are now livestock. In 2020, approximately 2.88 million scientific procedures involving living animals were carried out in Great Britain. Because all this happens in our name, as consumers and citizens we have a duty to understand, to care and to exert some influence over how animals are used. But because such use is ingrained in our daily lives and largely happens behind closed doors, we are barely aware of it. The animals deserve better. Understanding the inconsistencies in our attitudes, in the law and in what is deemed acceptable practice is an important first step. This timely and incisive book makes compelling reading for anyone who has an interest in animals, whether wild or domestic, free-living or captive, people intrigued about how their food is produced, and those keen to make informed and intelligent decisions.Trade ReviewThis is a brilliant book and I recommend that you buy it and read it. -- Mark Avery, author and environmental campaignerRefreshingly, [Simmons] is far from puritanical in matters concerning animals... His book is a welcome contribution to debates about the use and abuse of animals and will surely serve to prompt further discussion. -- Josh Loeb, The Veterinary RecordPerhaps in sixty years we’ll look back on Treated Like Animals as helping to initiate a new era of openness, transparency and citizen engagement in all forms of the exploitation of animals. -- Moira Harris, Animal WelfareA thought-provoking tome...This is a book that sets out to ask difficult questions. It does not always provide answers, but it reminds the reader, farmer, animal rights activist or conservationist that there are no easy answers. -- The Leveller[Simmons] encourages us to become better informed about the myriad ways societies and economies depend on animals—and to be more accountable for our choices... his overall message is universal. -- Animal Welfare Institute QuarterlyTable of ContentsPreface 1 The Exploitation of Animals 2 Why Aren’t All Animals Treated the Same Way? 3 The Welfare of Farmed Animals: an Overview 4 Grazing Animals: the Best, and Some of the Worst 5 Pigs, Poultry and the Rest 6 Snares, Guns and Poison: the ‘Management’ of Wildlife 7 Conservation: Exploitation with Clear Limits? 8 Recreation, Sport and a Little Food 9 Pets: Exploitation Begins at Home 10 Animals Used in Research 11 A Personal Ethical Framework 12 Making Sense of It All Notes Glossary and Abbreviations Further Reading Acknowledgements Index
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PushMe Press As Developments in Christian Thought
Book SynopsisAS Developments in Christian Thought Revision Guide for OCR: AS Religious Studies for OCRMatthew Livermore's AS Developments in Christian Thought Revision Guide is aimed at the brand new 2016 Religion & Ethics component 03 in the OCR syllabus.Essential reading for AS candidates keen to boost their grade, this concise and readable guide contains sections on St Augustine, Death and the Afterlife, Knowledge of God’s Existence, The Person of Jesus Christ, Christian Moral Principles & Morals, with key terms, quotes and analysis.Each chapter contains a special code you can scan with your smartphone to open up additional content, keywords and examples.
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Jessica Kingsley Publishers Can I Tell You About Compassion?: A Helpful
Book SynopsisMeet Sam. Like most kids his age, Sam loves sport. His class have arranged a special football match to raise money for a charity which helps children who are suffering. Sam finds out more about how the money is spent and asks his mum for this week's pocket money early, so he can donate to the charity. His mum says he does this because he's such a kind boy. But when he asks his teachers about it at school the next day, they say it's because he's compassionate.Sam now has lots of questions about what this means. What is compassion? How can we become more compassionate? And what effects - both good and bad - does being compassionate have? Join Sam as he learns answers to these, and many more, questions about this important part of character education.Table of Contents1. Introduction: character and values. 2. Introducing Sam. 3. Learning about what compassion means. 4. The difference between kindness and compassion. 5. Exploring values. 6. Which values link closely to compassion? 7. The difference between compassion and justice. 8. Self-compassion. 9. Noticing compassion in the world around us? 10. How can we become more compassionate to ourselves and to others. 11. When it's difficult to be compassionate. 12. Compassion is good for your mind and body. 13. The match! 14. What can you do? 15. Recommended reading, organisations and websites.
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Imprint Academic The Tango of Ethics: Intuition, Rationality and
Book SynopsisDespite existing for thousands of years, the field of ethics remains strongly influenced by several largely unquestioned assumptions and cognitive biases that can dramatically affect our priorities. The Tango of Ethics: Intuition, Rationality and the Prevention of Suffering proposes a deep, rigorous reassessment of how we think about ethics. Eschewing the traditional language of morality, it places a central emphasis on phenomenological experience and the unique urgency of suffering wherever it occurs, challenges our existence bias and examines the consequences of a metaphysically accurate understanding of personal identity.A key paradigm in The Tango of Ethics is the conflict and interplay between two fundamentally different ways of seeing and being in the world that of the intuitive human being who wants to lead a meaningful life and thrive, and that of the detached, rational agent who wants to prevent unbearable suffering from occurring. Leighton aims to reconcile these two stances or motivations within a more holistic framework he labels ''xNU+'' that places them at distinct ethical levels. This approach avoids some of the flaws of classical utilitarianism, including the notion that extreme suffering can be formally balanced out by enough bliss, while maintaining a focus on impact. He also identifies some of the limits of rationality and our dependence on intuitions to make ethical decisions.The book explores the implications of this way of thinking for real-world ethical dilemmas and how we might incorporate it into governance. With societal collapse, increasing totalitarianism and artificial general intelligence all very real threats in the coming years, Leighton argues that it is as important as ever to promote these ethics and their implementation while there is still an opportunity for some convergence around what matters.
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Austin Macauley Publishers Have Not Charity - Volume 1: Sins and Volume 2:
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Collective Ink Fucking Law: The search for her sexual ethics
Book SynopsisFucking Law is an urgent call for everyone, not just academics and researchers, to find inventive ways to question the ethics of sexuality. Since a sex life is full of so many diverse moments of joy and suffering, for each and everybody, the book attempts to bridge a gap between philosophical and non-philosophical questioning. Central to the book is the reality that everyone can challenge the ethics and laws of sexuality and ask questions, even where they seem frightening, or worse, even when we are told not to – by institutions and lovers alike. Non-philosophical and accessible, Fucking Law is risky, explicit and provocative as it bridges the gap between academic and every-day questioning of sexual encounters.
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Reaktion Books A Philosophy of Lying
Book SynopsisThis book is a comprehensive investigation of lying in everyday life. What exactly is a lie, and how does lying differ from related phenomena such as ‘bullshit’ or being truthful? Lars Svendsen also investigates the ethics of lying – why is lying almost always morally wrong, and why is lying to one’s friends especially bad? The book concludes by looking at lying in politics, from Plato’s theory of the ‘noble lie’ to Donald Trump. Svendsen’s conclusion is that, even though we all occasionally lie, we are for the most part trustworthy. Trusting others makes you vulnerable, and you will be duped from time to time, but that is – all things considered – preferable to living in a constant state of distrust.
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Intellect Morality by Design - Technology's Challenge to
Book SynopsisThe eleven short, linked essays in Morality by Design represent a culmination of two decades of research and writing on the topic of moral realism. Wade Rowland first introduces readers to the basic ideas of leading moral thinkers from Plato to Leibniz to Putnam, and then explores the subject through today''s political, economic and environmental conundrums.
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Ethics International Press Ltd Human Dignity: Adolf Hitler, Thomas Mann, and
Book SynopsisThis is an interdisciplinary study on the extreme vilification of human dignity by Nazism. It is focused on the two greatest protagonists of the sides that were confronted in those years of the most tragic uncertainty about the fate of the human species: Adolf Hitler, the genius of Nazi ideology, and Thomas Mann, his most prominent opponent in exile, spokesman for the values of Humanism and Civilisation that blew pulverised from the chimneys of concentration camps. How was Nazism possible? How can we prevent its avatars? This book presents that Nazism and the wickedness of its ghastly crimes against human dignity have anthropological roots, able to reproduce at any time and any place, and that the most powerful resource against its reproduction and for the flourishment of the human dignity is the human right to education.
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University of Wales Press Kant’s Critique of Practical Reason: A Philosophy
Book SynopsisPublished in English for the first time, Kant’s Critique of Practical Reason is a slightly abridged and updated edition of Professor Höffe’s groundbreaking work originally published in German. In the book, the author systematically introduces one of the most important areas of Kant's philosophy, and relates its basic ideas to the debates of today. The first part introduces the four driving forces that motivated Kant’s practical philosophy and which are still relevant today: Enlightenment, critique, morality and cosmopolitanism. The second part demonstrates the extent to which Kant revolutionised moral philosophy. In the third part, the author explains the provocations that lie at the heart of Kant’s practical philosophy. The remaining parts deal with political philosophy, the philosophy of history, and Kant’s thinking about religion and education.Table of ContentsPreface 1. Introduction: Four Motivating Forces 1.1 Enlightenment – 1.2 Critique in the Style of a Judicial Trial– 1.3 Morality – 1.4 Cosmopolitanism Part 1: Kant’s Revolution of Moral Philosophy 2. Ethics as Practical Philosophy 2.1 Primacy of the second Critique – 2.2 Moral Interest – 2.3 Pure Practical Reason – 2.4 A Proof in Seven Steps – 2.5 The Decisive Passage 3. Critique of the Principle of Happiness 3.1 Moralizing in an Ivory Tower? – 3.2 Mere Form – 3.3 Two Ethical Theories of Happiness: Aristotle and Utilitarianism 4. The New Formula: The Categorical Imperative 4.1 Three Tasks – 4.2 The Law of Nature as a Character of Law – 4.3 The Example of the Deposit – 4.4 An Ethics of Maxims 5. The Freedom of the Will and the Fact of Reason 5.1 Looking Back at the Third Antinomy – 5.2 Free Will – 5.3 The Moral Law Prior to Freedom – 5.4 The Fact of Reason – 5.5 Why be Moral: the Feeling of Respect – 5.6 What can Modern Moral Philosophy Learn from Kant? Part 2: Kant’s Provocations 6. Provocation 1: A Highest Good? 6.1 A Parallel to the First Critique? – 6.2 From Duty to Hope: the Highest Good – 6.3 Re-Theologizing and a Rest of Eudaimonism? – 6.4 General (Quasi-)Dialectic of Pure Reason – 6.5 The Postulates: God and Immortality 7. Provocation 2: Duty contra Desire? (Schiller) 7.1 Does Morality Require the Contrast with Desire? – 7.2 What is it That Finds Unity in the Beautiful Soul? – 7.3 Kant or Schiller? 8. Provocation 3: A ‘Metaphysics’ of Morals? 8.1 Kant as an Aristotelian – 8.2 Aristotle’s Ethics: Free of Metaphysics, yet Metaphysical – 8.3 Kant’s Ethics: Metaphysical, yet Free of Metaphysics Part 3: World Politics and World History 9. Kant’s Justice Theory of Peace 9.1 A Plethora of Innovations – 9.2 ‘Royal Peoples’ and a Royal Humanity – 9.3 A Realistic Vision 10. A Cosmopolitan Philosophy of History 10.1 The Framework of Discussion – 10.2 The Texts – 10.3 Against Cyclopic Learnedness – 10.4 The Engine: Antagonism – 10.5 Thinking of Progress: Modest-Immodest – 10.6 On the Epistemic Status 11. On the Guarantee of Perpetual Peace 11.1 A Quasi-Transcendental Deduction – 11.2 The Solution: „Nature the Great Artist’ – 11.3 Outer and Inner Nature – 11.4 Constitutional, International and Cosmopolitan Right – 11.5 Epistemic Status Part 4: Religion, Education und the Final End 12. The Rational Limits of Religion 12.1 No Fourth Critique – 12.2 The New Project – 12.3 ‘Bare’ Reason – 12.4 Thematic and Methodical Innovations – 12.5 The Main Topics – 12.6 A Wealth of Interpretations – 12.7 Interim Result 13. Philosophy of Education 13.1. Pedagogical Anthropology – 13.2 Four Goals of Education – 13.3. ‘The Child is supposed to ... Learn to Work’ – 13.4 Result 14. Human Beings as the Final End 14.1 The Provocative Claim – 14.2 Kant’s Argument – 14.3 On the Final End 15. A Look at the More Recent German Debate 15.1 The Textual Basis – 15.2. A Kant Lexicon – 15.3 Commentaries – 15.4 Monographs Afterword Abbreviations and Method of Citation Bibliography Index of Names Index of Subjects
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Verso Books Philosophy of Care
Book SynopsisOur current culture is dominated by the ideology of creativity. One is supposed to create the new and not to care about the things as they are. This ideology legitimises the domination of the "creative class" over the rest of the population that is predominantly occupied by forms of care - medical care, child care, agriculture, industrial maintenance and so on. We have a responsibility to care for our own bodies, but here again our culture tends to thematize the bodies of desire and to ignore the bodies of care - ill bodies in need of self-care and social care. But the discussion of care has a long philosophical tradition. The book retraces some episodes of this tradition - beginning with Plato and ending with Alexander Bogdanov through Hegel, Heidegger, Bataille and many others. The central question discussed is: who should be the subject of care? Should I care for myself or trust the others, the system, the institutions? Here, the concept of the self-care becomes a revolutionary principle that confronts the individual with the dominating mechanisms of control.Trade ReviewThe Covid pandemic and other ongoing crises made us all aware that the work of care in all its forms - healthcare, care for the old, care for the victims of natural and social catastrophes, up to self-care - is the type of work that defines our epoch. However, this notion is not exempt from ideological mystifications: from times immemorial, the rich and powerful justify their wealth and power by claiming they care for the needy. Groys analyzes the notion (and practice) of care in all its dimensions, from authentic solidarity to devious manipulations and New Age spiritualist self-care. Philosophy of Care is a book for everyone who wants to understand where we are today and why we are in such a mess. in short, it is a book for everyone. -- Slavoj ZizekBoris Groys has deepened the intellectual project of Art History in ways that will be felt for decades to come. With The Philosophy of Care, he expands and focuses the question of care to encompass the physical and the symbolic, the self and the other, value and life, recognition and recovery. The future is defined by the fragility of life --individual life, collective life and planetary life-- and the omnipresence of death. Groys offers us a new version of 'the common task' that binds us all. -- Benjamin Bratton
£9.49
Anthem Press Logos and Life: Essays on Mind, Action, Language
Book SynopsisThe essays in Logos and Life, mainly dating from 2014 and later, cover topics in philosophy of mind, philosophy of action, ethics and philosophy of language. There are numerous strands connecting these four areas, which Roger Teichmann highlights: in this sense the collection exhibits thematic unity as well as diversity. Several of the essays take as their starting points the ideas and philosophical methods of Wittgenstein and of Elizabeth Anscombe, and so will be of interest to anyone studying those philosophers. A newly written Introduction serves to indicate the main themes and arguments of the book, and provides an overall statement of Teichmann’s philosophy.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Part I: Mind Chapter One The Functionalist’s Inner State; Chapter Two ‘Not a Something’; Chapter Three Sincerity in Thought; Chapter Four Is Pleasure a Good?; Part II: Action Chapter Five The Voluntary and the Involuntary: Themes from Anscombe; Chapter Six Rational Choice Theory and Backward- Looking Motives; Chapter Seven Meaning, Understanding and Action; Chapter Eight Why ‘Why?’? Action, Reasons and Language; Part III Ethics Chapter Nine Ethics and Philosophy: Aristotle and Wittgenstein Compared; Chapter Ten ‘How Should One Live?’ Williams on Practical Deliberation and Reasons for Acting; Chapter Eleven ‘An Inculcated Caring’: Ryle on Moral Knowledge; Chapter Twelve Are There Any Intrinsically Unjust Acts?; Part IV Language Chapter Thirteen The Identity of a Word; Chapter Fourteen Ryle on Hypotheticals; Chapter Fifteen Metaphysics and Modals; Chapter Sixteen Conceptual Corruption; Sources; Index.
£76.00
Imprint Academic Moral Mind: A Study of What it is to be Human
Book SynopsisThe reality and validity of the moral sense which ordinary people take for granted took a battering in the last century. Materialist trends in philosophy, decline in religious faith, and a loosening of traditional moral constraints contributed to a shift in public attitudes, with many decent honest folk both aware of a questioning of moral claims and uneasy with a world that has no place for the moral dimension. Haslam shows how important the moral sense is to the human personality and exposes the weakness in much current thinking that suggests otherwise. His goal is to help the reader to a mature and confident understanding of the moral mind, which constitutes an essential part of what it is to be human.
£10.59
Imprint Academic Faith in a Hard Ground: Essays on Religion,
Book SynopsisElizabeth Anscombe''s forthright philosophy speaks directly to many religious and ethical issues of current concern.This collection of her essays forms a companion volume to the critically acclaimed Human Life, Action and Ethics published in 2005.
£38.00
