Ethics and moral philosophy Books
The University of Chicago Press The Foundations of Natural Morality
Book SynopsisDoes the concept of natural rights have the natural law as its foundation or are the two ideas, as Leo Strauss argued, profoundly incompatible? The author addresses this controversy, offering an entirely new account of natural morality that compellingly unites the concepts of natural law and natural rights.Trade Review"The Foundations of Natural Morality represents an ambitious and original effort to reformulate the contemporary debate about natural law and natural rights. Seagrave employs historical and textual analysis, as well as sophisticated theoretical reconstruction, to demonstrate the ultimate compatibility of the classical natural law and the early modern natural rights traditions generally seen as constituting distinct-even mutually hostile-approaches to questions of morality and justice. In doing so, he makes a valuable contribution to political theory." (Lee Ward, University of Regina)"
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The University of Chicago Press Why Niebuhr Now
Book SynopsisFor a theologian who died in 1971, Reinhold Niebuhr maintains a remarkably high profile in the twenty-first century. This title begins by working through Niebuhr's theology, which focuses less on God's presence than his absence - and the ways that absence abets the all-too-human sin of pride.Trade Review"John Patrick Diggins was the most philosophical-minded of the American historians. He was always trying to get at the big questions, about heroism, virtue, and the conflict between utopian aspirations and the disappointments of life. His work was a kind of ongoing meditation." (Paul Berman, New York Times)"
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The University of Chicago Press In Search of Goodness
Book SynopsisFeatures the eight essays which challenge the dichotomies that usually govern how goodness has been discussed in the past: altruism versus egoism; reason versus emotion; or moral choice versus moral character, and emphasize the lived realities and particulars of moral phenomena, taking up examples and illustrations from life, literature, and film.
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The University of Chicago Press Freedom Regained
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The University of Chicago Press Technology the Good Life
Book SynopsisThis work uses a collective analysis of Albert Borgmann's controversial ideas as a jumping-off point from which to address questions about the role and significance of technology in our lives. Contributors apply Borgmann's theories to areas such as film, design and ecological restoration.
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The University of Chicago Press Code of Peace Ethics and Security in the World of
Book SynopsisIs it possible, in our world of differing beliefs and diverse cultures, to find an ethical framework that can guide actual international relations? In Code of Peace, Dorothy V. Jones sets forth her surprising answer to this perplexing question: Not only is a consensus on ethical principles possible, but it has already been achieved. Jones focuses on the progressive development of international law to disclose an underlying code of ethics that enjoys broad support in the world community. Unlike studies that concentrate on what others think that states ought to do, Code of Peace analyzes what states themselves consider proper behavior. Using history as both narrative and argument, Jones shows how the existing ethical code has evolved cumulatively since World War I from a complex interplay between theory and practice. More than an abstract treatise or a merely technical analysis, Jones's study is grounded in the circumstances of war and peace in this century. Treaties and agreements, she
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University of Chicago Press The Varnished Truth Truth Telling and Deceiving
Book SynopsisEveryone says that lying is wrong. But when we say that lying is bad and hurtful and that we would never intentionally tell a lie, are we really deceiving anyone? In this wise and insightful book, David Nyberg exposes the tacit truth underneath our collective pretense and reveals that an occasional lie can be helpful, healthy, creative, and, in some situations, even downright moral. The Varnished Truth takes us beyond philosophical speculation and clinical analysis to give us a sense of what it really means to tell the truth. As Nyberg lays out the complexities involved in leading a morally decent life, he compels us to see the spectrum of alternatives to telling the truth and telling a clear-cut lie.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1: Truth Telling Is Morally Overrated Pt. 1: What It Means to "Tell the Truth" 2: Varieties of Truth 3: The Reverse of Truth Has a Hundred Thousand Shapes 4: Showing and Hiding: The Logic of Deception 5: Self-Deception: Weakness or Wisdom? Pt. 2: What Deception Is For 6: Civility: Revealing and Concealing Our Thoughts 7: Friendship and Altruism: Be Untruthful to Others As You Would Have Others Be Untruthful to You 8: Raising Children: The Right Truth at the Right Time 9: Truth, Verdicts, and Justice Pt. 3: Deception and Moral Decency 10: Inventing Right and Wrong Conclusion Selected Bibliography Index
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The University of Chicago Press Gewirths Ethical Rationalism Critical Essays with
Book SynopsisAlan Gewirth's Reason and Morality directed philosophical attention to the possibility of presenting a rational and rigorous demonstration of fundamental moral principles. Now, these previously unpublished essays from some of the most distinguished philosophers of our generation subject Gewirth's program to thorough evaluation and assessment. In a tour de force of philosophical analysis, Professor Gewirth provides detailed replies to all of his criticsa major, genuinely clarifying essay of intrinsic philosophical interest.
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The University of Chicago Press Confronting Vulnerability The Body and the
Book SynopsisWhile imparting their ethical lessons, rabbinic texts often employ vivid images of death, aging, hunger, defecation, persecution, and drought. This book examines these texts to find out why their creators thought that human vulnerability was such a crucial tool for instructing students in the development of exemplary behavior.Trade Review"Engaging, clear, and fun to read, Confronting Vulnerability is an exciting book that goes well beyond its specialist contribution. Because it engages with issues of fundamental human importance - how we confront our bodily nature, its weaknesses and its aging - it has something to offer to anyone who is interested in those questions. Furthermore, Schofer is an articulate and careful scholar with interesting observations about how to do comparative ethics." - Martha C. Nussbaum"
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The University of Chicago Press How to Think Like a Philosopher
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University of Chicago Press Maimonides Ethics The Encounter of Philosophic
Book SynopsisIn this book Raymond L. Weiss examines how a seminal Jewish thinker negotiates the philosophical conflict between Athens and Jerusalem in the crucial area of ethics. Maimonides, a master of both the classical and the biblical-rabbinic traditions, reconciled their differing views of morality primarily in the context of Jewish jurisprudence. Taking into consideration the entire corpus of Maimonides' writings, Weiss focuses on the ethical sections of the Commentary on the Mishnah and the Mishneh Torah, but also discusses the Guide of the Perplexed, the letters of Maimonides, and his medical works. The gulf between classical philosophy and the Torah made the task of Maimonides extraordinarily difficult. Weiss shows that Maimonides subtly preserves the tension between those traditions while producing a practical accommodation between them. To explain how Maimonides was able to accomplish this twofold goal, Weiss takes seriously the multilevel character of Maimonides' works. Weiss interprets Maimonides as a heterodox thinker who, with utter integrity, faces the Law's encounter with philosophy and gives both the Torah and philosophy their due.
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The University of Chicago Press Reasons of Conscience
Book SynopsisHow could the Holocaust have happened? And how can Germans make sure that it will never happen again? This title considers bioethical debates surrounding embryonic stem cell research in Germany at the turn of twenty-first century, highlighting how the country's ongoing struggle to come to terms with its past informs the decisions it makes today.Trade Review"Without a doubt, this is the finest ethnography of German political life and the inner workings of the German state that I have read - it is brilliantly attentive both to the cultural and historical legacies that shape German politics as well as to the realpolitik and complex alliances of its parliamentary statecraft." (Dominic Boyer, Rice University)"
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James Clarke & Co. Ltd Marxism and Morality A Critical Examination of
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MIT Press Ltd An Instinct for Truth Curiosity and the Moral
Book SynopsisAn exploration of the scientific mindset—such character virtues as curiosity, veracity, attentiveness, and humility to evidence—and its importance for science, democracy, and human flourishing.Exemplary scientists have a characteristic way of viewing the world and their work: their mindset and methods all aim at discovering truths about nature. In An Instinct for Truth, Robert Pennock explores this scientific mindset and argues that what Charles Darwin called “an instinct for truth, knowledge, and discovery” has a tacit moral structure—that it is important not only for scientific excellence and integrity but also for democracy and human flourishing. In an era of “post-truth,” the scientific drive to discover empirical truths has a special value.Taking a virtue-theoretic perspective, Pennock explores curiosity, veracity, skepticism, humility to evidence, and other scientific virtues and vices. He explains that curiosity i
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MIT Press Ltd May We Make the World
Book SynopsisAn in-depth look at genetic alteration in the natural world and the oppositions to it, seen through the case study of a gene drive for malaria.May We Make the World? is an engaging reflection on the history, nature, goal, and meaning of using a new technological idea—CRISPR-based genetic engineering—to alter the genome of the mosquito that carries malaria. This technology, called a “gene drive,” can alter the sex ratio in Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes, the key vector for the deadliest form of malaria, falciparum. Falciparum kills 400,000 people a year, and among those, largely the poorest children in the world. In her sobering examination of the issue, Laurie Zoloth considers the leading ethical arguments for and against gene drives, explores the regulatory efforts that have emerged long in advance of the science, and considers the philosophical questions raised by the struggle to eliminate malaria.The development of a gene dr
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Random House USA Inc The Righteous Mind
Book SynopsisThe author of The Happiness Hypothesis presents a groundbreaking investigation into the origins of morality at the core of religion and politics, offering scholarly insight into the motivations behind cultural clashes that are polarizing America. 50,000 first printing.
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Little Brown and Company Very Good Lives
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Back Bay Books If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Core Questions in Philosophy
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
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Random House USA Inc A Short Guide to a Happy Life
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Random House USA Inc Social and Political Philosophy
Book SynopsisAn anthology of basic statements by the most influential social and political philosophers of Western civilization. Includes Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Jefferson, Thoreau, Mill, Marx and Engels, Lenin, Mussolini, Hitler, Dewey, and Gandhi.
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WW Norton & Co Cosmopolitanism
Book Synopsis“A brilliant and humane philosophy for our confused age.”—Samantha Power, author of A Problem from HellTrade Review"A welcome attempt to resurrect an older tradition of moral and political reflection and to show its relevance to our current condition." -- John Gray - The Nation"Cosmopolitanism is... of wide interest—invitingly written and enlivened by personal history.... Appiah is wonderfully perceptive and levelheaded about this tangle of issues." -- Thomas Nagel - The New Republic"Elegantly provocative." -- Edward Rothstein - New York Times"[Appiah's] belief in having conversations across boundaries, and in recognizing our obligations to other human beings, offers a welcome prescription for a world still plagued by fanaticism and intolerance." -- Kofi A. Annan, former United Nations secretary-general"[Appiah's] exhilarating exposition of his philosophy knocks one right off complacent balance.... All is conveyed with flashes of iconoclastic humor." -- Nadine Gordimer, winner of the 1991 Nobel Prize in Literature"An attempt to redefine our moral obligations to others based on a very humane and realistic outlook and love of art.... I felt like a better person after I read it, and I recommend the same experience to others." -- Orham Pamuk, winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature
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W. W. Norton & Company Would You Eat Your Cat
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WW Norton & Co Readings in Moral Philosophy
Book SynopsisDiverse and inclusive, with plenty of student support.
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Penguin Putnam Inc The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Dantes Deadly Sins
Book SynopsisDante's Deadly Sins is a unique study of the moral philosophy behind Dante's master work that considers the Commedia as he intended, namely, as a practical guide to moral betterment. Focusing on Inferno and Purgatorio, Belliotti examines the puzzles and paradoxes of Dante's moral assumptions, his treatment of the 7 deadly sins, and how 10 of his most powerful moral lessons anticipate modern existentialism. Analyzes the moral philosophy underpinning one of the greatest works of world culture Summarizes the Inferno and Purgatorio, while underscoring their moral implications Explains and evaluates Dante's understanding of the Seven Deadly Sins' and the ultimate role they play as the basis of human transgression. Provides a detailed discussion of the philosophical concepts of moral desert and the law of contrapasso, using character case studies within Dante's work Connects the poem's moTrade Review“In this thought-provoking book Belliotti draws Dante’s Commedia into conversation with existentialist philosophy. . . Despite these questions, Belliotti’s book is essential reading for anyone interested in Dante. In it the reader will find a refreshingly different take on the moral vision underscored by Dante’s Commedia.” (The Heythrop Journal, 24 July 2015) Table of ContentsAbout the Author x Preface xii The Rationale xii The Origin xiii Acknowledgments xvii Introduction 1 The Historical Context 1 The Life of Dante 3 Later Writings 8 The Commedia 12 Dante's Death 14 Aims of this Book 15 Dante as Moral Philosopher 17 1 Inferno 19 Dante's Mission 19 The Journey Begins 20 Vestibule (Ante-Hell): The Indecisive Neutrals 21 Upper Hell: Sins of Unrestrained Desire (the Wolf) 23 River Styx, Walls of the City of Dis 28 Lower Hell: Sins of Malice Leading to Violence (the Lion) 30 Lower Hell: Sins of Malice Leading to Fraud (the Leopard) 34 Dante's Existential Lessons in Hell 46 2 Purgatorio 48 Purgatory in a Nutshell 48 The Journey Continues 50 Ante-Purgatory: Late Repentants 50 Gate of Purgatory 56 The First Three Terraces: Misdirected Love 57 The Fourth Terrace: Deficient Love of the Good 62 The Final Three Terraces: Excessive Love of Secondary Goods 64 Dante's Existential Lessons in Purgatory 71 3 The Notion of Desert and the Law of Contrapasso 73 The Notion of Desert 73 The Contrapasso 81 The Problem of Proportionality 87 First Case Study: Francesca 90 Second Case Study: Brutus and Cassius 92 Third Case Study: Epicurus 99 Dante's Moral Conception 102 4 Paradoxes and Puzzles: Virgil and Cato 104 The Paradox of Virgil 105 Summary of the Paradox of Virgil 111 The Strange Case of Cato 116 "The Perfect Stoic" 117 Dante's Decision 120 Dante and Conflict 123 5 The Seven Deadly Sins 124 Historical Background 124 Superbia (Pride) 127 Invidia (Envy) 129 Ira (Wrath) 133 Acedia (Sloth) 137 Avaritia (Avarice) 138 Gula (Gluttony) 139 Luxuria (Lust) 140 The Antidote: Righteous Love 142 The Bridge to Salvation 148 6 Dante's Existential Moral Lessons 149 Dante and Existentialism 149 Jean-Paul Sartre and Hell 150 Dante's Ten Existential Lessons 157 Individualism and Community 176 Personal Strategies 179 Bibliography 185 Index 193
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The University of Michigan Press Ethical Programs
Book SynopsisLiving in a networked world means never really getting to decide in any thoroughgoing way who or what enters your “space” (your laptop, your iPhone, your thermostat... your home). With this as a basic frame-of-reference, James J. Brown’s Ethical Programs examines and explores the rhetorical potential and problems of a hospitality ethos suited to a new era of hosts and guests.
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The University of Michigan Press The Consciousness of the Litigator
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The University of Michigan Press Integrity and Agreement
Book SynopsisExplores the implications of integrity for contracts between buyers and sellers and understandings between employers and employees. This book reintroduces morality as a factor for economists, sociologists, psychologists, and political scientists to consider in their efforts to comprehend human behavior.Trade ReviewTwo impressive features of this book are its clarity of purpose and the breadth of disciplinary resources to which it appeals. - Geoffrey Brennan, Australian National University
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Penguin Putnam Inc Almost Everything Notes on Hope
Book SynopsisFrom Anne Lamott, the New York Times-bestselling author of Dusk, Night, Dawn and Help, Thanks, Wow, comes the book we need from her now: How to bring hope back into our livesI am stockpiling antibiotics for the Apocalypse, even as I await the blossoming of paperwhites on the windowsill in the kitchen, Anne Lamott admits at the beginning of Almost Everything. Despair and uncertainty surround us: in the news, in our families, and in ourselves. But even when life is at its bleakest--when we are, as she puts it, doomed, stunned, exhausted, and over-caffeinated--the seeds of rejuvenation are at hand. All truth is paradox, Lamott writes, and this turns out to be a reason for hope. If you arrive at a place in life that is miserable, it will change. That is the time when we must pledge not to give up but to do what Wendell Berry wrote: 'Be joyful, though you have considered all the facts.' In this profound and funny book, Lamott ca
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Alfred A. Knopf Assume the Worst The Graduation Speech Youll
Book SynopsisThis is Oh, the Places You'll Never Go--the ultimate hilarious, cynical, but absolutely realistic view of a college graduate's future. And what he or she can or can't do about it.This commencement address will never be given, because graduation speakers are supposed to offer encouragement and inspiration. That's not what you need. You need a warning. So begins Carl Hiaasen's attempt to prepare young men and women for their future. And who better to warn them about their precarious paths forward than Carl Hiaasen? The answer, after reading Assume the Worst, is: Nobody. And who better to illustrate--and with those illustrations, expand upon and cement Hiaasen's cynical point of view--than Roz Chast, best-selling author/illustrator and National Book Award winner? The answer again is easy: Nobody. Following the format of Anna Quindlen's commencement address (Bei
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Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc Lila An Enquiry Into Morals
Book SynopsisThe author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance examines life's essential issues as he recounts the journey down the Hudson River in a sailboat of his philosopher-narrator Phaedrus.
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Random House USA Inc The Unbroken Thread
Book SynopsisWe’ve pursued and achieved the modern dream of defining ourselves—but at what cost? An influential columnist and editor makes a compelling case for seeking the inherited traditions and ideals that give our lives meaning.“Ahmari’s tour de force makes tradition astonishingly vivid and relevant for the here and now.”—Rod Dreher, bestselling author of Live Not by Lies and The Benedict OptionAs a young father and a self-proclaimed “radically assimilated immigrant,” opinion editor Sohrab Ahmari realized that when it comes to shaping his young son’s moral fiber, today’s America is woefully lacking. For millennia, the world’s great ethical and religious traditions have taught that true happiness lies in pursuing virtue and accepting limits. But now, unbound from these stubborn traditions, we are free to choose whichever way of life we think is most optimal—or, more often than not, merely the easiest. All that remains are the fickle desires that a wealthy, technologically advanced society is equipped to fulfill.The result is a society riven by deep conflict and individual lives that, for all their apparent freedom, are marked by alienation and stark unhappiness.In response to this crisis, Ahmari offers twelve questions for us to grapple with—twelve timeless, fundamental queries that challenge our modern certainties. Among them: Is God reasonable? What is freedom for? What do we owe our parents, our bodies, one another? Exploring each question through the lives and ideas of great thinkers, from Saint Augustine to Howard Thurman and from Abraham Joshua Heschel to Andrea Dworkin, Ahmari invites us to examine the hidden assumptions that drive our behavior and, in doing so, to live more humanely in a world that has lost its way.
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Diversified Publishing Beyond Order 12 More Rules for Life Random House
Book SynopsisThe companion volume to 12 Rules for Life offers further guidance on the perilous path of modern life. In 12 Rules for Life, clinical psychologist and celebrated professor at Harvard and the University of Toronto Dr. Jordan B. Peterson helped millions of readers impose order on the chaos of their lives. Now, in this bold sequel, Peterson delivers twelve more lifesaving principles for resisting the exhausting toll that our desire to order the world inevitably takes. In a time when the human will increasingly imposes itself over every sphere of life—from our social structures to our emotional states—Peterson warns that too much security is dangerous. What’s more, he offers strategies for overcoming the cultural, scientific, and psychological forces causing us to tend toward tyranny, and teaches us how to rely instead on our insti
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Random House Publishing Group The Mother Code
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Diversified Publishing How to Know a Person
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Utilitarianism and on Liberty
Book SynopsisIncluding three of his most famous and important essays, Utilitarianism, On Liberty, and Essay on Bentham, along with formative selections from Jeremy Bentham and John Austin, this volume provides a uniquely perspicuous view of Mill''s ethical and political thought. Contains Mill''s most famous and influential works, Utilitarianism and On Liberty as well as his important Essay on Bentham. Uses the 1871 edition of Utilitarianism, the last to be published in Mill''s lifetime. Includes selections from Bentham and John Austin, the two thinkers who most influenced Mill. Introduction written by Mary Warnock, a highly respected figure in 20th-century ethics in her own right. Provides an extensive, up-to-date bibliography with the best scholarship on Mill, Bentham and Utilitarianism. Trade Review"Anyone interested in the utilitarianism of Bentham and Mill will be pleased to have the essential readings in one volume and grateful to Mary Warnock for her informative and insightful introduction." William H. Shaw, San Jose State University "The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals Utility, or the Greatest Happiness Principle, holds that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness." John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism "The sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively, in interfering with the liberty of action of any of their number, is self-protection." John Stuart Mill, On LibertyTable of ContentsIntroduction by Mary Warnock 1 BENTHAMAn Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation (chapters I–V) 17 MILL Bentham (from Dissertations and Discussions, volume I) 52 On Liberty 88 Utilitarianism 181 Appendix AUSTIN The Province of Jurisprudence Determined. Lecture II 236 Bibliography 252 Chronological table 255 Index 257
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Harvard University Press A Natural History of Human Morality
Book SynopsisMichael Tomasello offers the most detailed account to date of the evolution of human moral psychology. Based on experimental data comparing great apes and human children, he reconstructs two key evolutionary steps whereby early humans gradually became an ultra-cooperative and, eventually, a moral species capable of acting as a plural agent “we”.Trade ReviewTomasello is convincing, above all, because he has run many of the relevant studies (on chimps, bonobos and children) himself. He concludes by emphasizing the powerful influence of broad cultural groups on modern humans…Tomasello also makes an endearing guide, appearing happily amazed that morality exists at all. -- Michael Bond * New Scientist *If you’re after a definitive guide to explain how humans became an ultra-cooperative and, eventually, moral species, this must be it. Evolutionary anthropologist Michael Tomasello has followed his last book, A Natural History of Human Thinking, with another hard hitter. * New Scientist *This is an extremely worthwhile addition to the literature on the evolution of morality. It is well written and strikes an excellent balance between easy accessibility and nuanced and novel ideas. This book will appeal to students and researchers from a range of disciplines. -- Richard Joyce, author of The Evolution of MoralityThis is an important synthesis of the ideas Tomasello has been developing over a number of years, extended with an offer of a philosophically relevant genealogy of morality. Readers will learn much from this informed review of the extensive literature on the evolution of morality—a substantial part of which consists of the major contributions Tomasello and his colleagues have made. -- Philip Kitcher, author of The Ethical Project
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Random House USA Inc On the Genealogy of Morals and Ecce Homo
Book SynopsisMasterful translations of the great philosopher’s major work on ethics, along with his own remarkable review of his life and works. On the Genealogy of Morals (1887) shows him using philsophy, psychology, and classical philology in an effort to give new direction to an ancient discipline.The work consists of three essays. The first contrasts master morality and slave morality and indicates how the term good has widely different meanings in each. The second inquiry deals with guilt and the bad conscience; the third with ascetic ideals—not only in religion but also in the academy. Ecce Homo, written in 1898 and first published posthumously in 1908, is Nietzsche''s review of his life and works. It contains chapters on all the books he himself published. His interpretations are as fascinating as they are invaluable. Nothing Nietzsche wrote is more stunning stylistically or as a human document
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Princeton University Press On Human Nature
Book SynopsisTrade Review"[F]inely written, compactly argued."--James Ryerson, New York Times Book Review "Roger Scruton's On Human Nature ... gives a brief, poetic account of a way of thinking about ourselves that many of us, especially with a background in the humanities, will find congenial."--Adam Zeman, Standpoint "On Human Nature is a tour de force of a rare kind. In clear, elegant prose it makes large claims in metaphysics, morals and, by implication, politics."--The EconomistTable of ContentsPreface vii 1 Human Kind 1 2 Human Relations 50 3 The Moral Life 79 4 Sacred Obligations 113 Index of Names 145 Index of Subjects 149
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Penguin Putnam Inc Be Good to Eddie Lee
Book SynopsisChristy's mother always tells her to be good to Eddie Lee, a neighborhood child with Down's Syndrome. But Christy wants to run and play -- and not worry about Eddie Lee tagging along. One hot summer day, though, Eddie Lee takes Christy to a secret place in the woods and teaches her that beautiful things can be found in unexpected places.What makes Fleming's first book so effective are the carefully selected details and authentic portrayal of the children's attitudes -- as well as Cooper's luminous art, summoning up all the enchantment of a lovely summer day and presenting Eddie Lee as believably endearing. -- Kirkus Reviews, pointer review (A book) that can lead children away from harmful stereotypes and labels. -- Book Links
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Lutterworth Press A Century of Moral Philosophy
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Rowman & Littlefield Ethical Life The Past and Present of Ethical
Book SynopsisEthical Life sets out to act as a guide for those of us who want to better understand ethics. It offers answers to the two simplest and yet most difficult questions facing individuals who have fallen into the perplexities of contemporary life: Why be ethical, and how?Trade Review"Redner writes in a very clear, direct, forceful style that is very appropriate for reaching an intended textbook audience. The narrative of the book collapses both spatial and temporal boundaries to arrive at the common elements that link East and West, the past and the present. His arguments are well-constructed and well-placed—appropriately crafted to carry the novice as well as the experienced and scholarly reader along in their momentum." -- Aryeh Botwinick, Temple UniversityTable of ContentsChapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Introduction: Process and Paradoxes of Ethics Part 3 PART I: The Past Chapter 4 Preamble Part 5 Chapter 1: The Four Pure Types Chapter 6 Ethos and Ethics Chapter 7 Moralities Chapter 8 The Civil Ethics Chapter 9 Ethics of Duty Chapter 10 Ethics of Honor Chapter 11 Comparative Studies Part 12 Chapter 2: Processes of Transformation and Development Chapter 13 Adaptation, Conservation, and Syncretism Chapter 14 Puritanism, Rationalization, Secularization Chapter 15 Demoralization Part 16 PART II: The Present Chapter 17 Preamble Part 18 Chapter 3: Ethics and Society Chapter 19 Ethics and the State Chapter 20 Ethics and Civil Society Part 21 Chapter 4: Ethics and Culture Chapter 22 Ethics and Aesthetics Chapter 23 The Disposition of Roles Part 24 Chapter 5: Ethics and the Individual Chapter 25 Why Be Ethical Chapter 26 How to Be Ethical? Part 27 Notes Part 28 Index
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Baker Publishing Group Permission to Be Imperfect
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Baker Publishing Group Relativism
Book SynopsisAn extremely well-researched, intellectual approach to the problem of relativism and its effect on education, public policy, and our everyday lives. --YouthworkerTable of ContentsIntroduction: Who Are You to Judge?Part 1: Understanding Relativism1 The Death of Truth2 What Is Moral Relativism?3 Three Kinds of RelativismPart 2: Critiquing Relativism4 Culture as Morality5 Culture Defining Morality6 Moral Common Sense7 Relativism's Seven Fatal FlawsPart 3: Relativism and Education8 Values Clarification9 Relativism's Offspring--Political Correctness and Multiculturalism10 On the Road to BarbarismPart 4: Relativism and Public Policy11 Relativism and the Law12 Relativism and the Meaning of Marriage13 Relativism and the Meaning of LifePart 5: Responding to Relativism14 Tactics to Refute Relativism15 Monkey Morality16 Why Morality?ConclusionNotes Index
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Johns Hopkins University Press The Ethics of Mourning
Book SynopsisHe argues for the particular capacity of literature to undertake an imaginative risk on behalf of another that seems the very ground of ethics itself.Trade ReviewSpargo challenges traditional ideas about mourning. Choice 2005 Engaging and wide-ranging study. -- Patricia Phillippy Shakespeare Yearbook 2007Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroductionEthics Versus MoralityFrom Literature to Ethics, and Back AgainChapter 1. Toward and Ethics of MourningChapter 2. Mourning and Substitution in HamletChapter 3. Lyrical Economy and the Question of AlterityChapter 4. The Ethical Rhetoric of Anti-ElegyChapter 5. Wishful Reciprocity in Thomas Hardy's Poems of 1912–13Chapter 6. The Bad Conscience of American Holocaust Elegy: The Example of Randall JarrellChapter 7. The Holocaust She Walks In: Sylvia Plath and the Demise of Lyrical Selfhood NotesIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press The Ethics of Bioethics Mapping the Moral
Book SynopsisThrough twenty-five lively essays examining the field's history and trends, shortcomings and strengths, and the political and policy interplay within the bioethical realm, this comprehensive book begins a much-needed critical and constructive discussion of the moral landscape of bioethics.Trade ReviewWithout question, The Ethics of Bioethics is a must-read for all persons involved with bioethics. This well-written, well-organized paperback seeks to analyze the many facets of ethics in the field of bioethics. JAMA 2008 The editors have compiled a cogent collection that signifies an important contribution to bioethics that is reflective of the complexity and importance of the field. -- Mark Dietrich Tschaepe Metapsychology 2008 Anyone who takes bioethics seriously will find much to applaud. -- William E. Stempsey Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics 2008 The strength of the volume is not that it answers questions of the ethics of bioethics, but rather that it offers an accurate portrait of the diverse views of the field. -- Lisa Rasmussen American Journal of Bioethics 2008 The Ethics of Bioethics is a sterling contribution to the ongoing debate in bioethics regarding who we are, what we do, and what we are becoming. I would strongly encourage its use for educators in bioethics who want their students to engage in these ongoing dialogues. -- Kayhan Parsi Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 2009 Eckenwiler and Cohn have done the evolving field of bioethics a great service by assembling 25 thoughtful and erudite essays into this excellent book... It is provocative and stimulating and may help change your views about what is most important for medicine in the 21st century. -- Barry Morenz, MD Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 2010Table of ContentsList of ContributorsForeword, by Jonathan D. MorenoAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: Situating Bioethics: Where Have We Benn? Where Should We Be Going?1. Analyzing Pandora's Box: The History of Bioethics2. A History of Codes of Ethics for BioethicistsPart II: Bioethics and the Problems of Expertise3. The Tyranny of Expertise4. Trusting BioethicistsPart III: Contributions and Conflicts: Policy and Politics5. Intellectual Capital and Voting Booth Bioethics: A Contemporary Historical Critique6. Bioethics and Society: From the Ivory Tower to the State House7. Democratic Ideals and Bioethics Commissions: The Problem of Expertise in a Egalitarian Society8. The Endarkenment9. Left Bias in Academic Bioethics: Three Dogmas10. Bioethics as Politics: A Critical Reassessment11. ASBH and Moral Tolerance12. Bioethics as ActivismPart IV: Contributions and Conflicts: Consultation in the Clinic and the Corporate World13. Ethics on the Inside?14. Strategic Disclosure Requirements and the Ethics of Bioethics15. Ties without Tethers: Bioethics Corporate Relations in the AbioCor Artificial Heart TrialPart V: Defining Values and Obligations16. Of Courage, Honor, and Integrity17. I Want You: Notes toward a Theory of Hospitality18. Learning to Listen: Second-Order Moral Perception and the Work of Bioethics19. Global Health Inequalities and Bioethics20. White Normativity in U.S. Bioethics: A Call and Method for More Pluralist and Democratic Standards and Policies21. Mentoring in Bioethics: Possibilities and Problems22. Obligations to Fellow and Future Bioethicists: PublicationPart VI: Assessing Bioethics and Bioethicists23. The Virtue of Attacking the Bioethicist24. Social Moral Epistemology and the Role of Bioethicists25. The Glass House: Assessing BioethicsIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Lessons amid the Rubble
Book SynopsisSophisticated and engagingly written, this volume combines history, engineering, ethics, and philosophy to provoke a deep discussion about the symbolic meaning of buildings and other structures and the nature of engineering.Trade ReviewThe aim is to blend history, engineering, ethics, and philosophy into the design process with implications for the future curricula of engineering design courses. Choice 2011Table of ContentsIntroduction: Why?1. "A Very Imperfect Process": Engineering Problem-Solving2. "Finding Hope in the Ruins": A Short History of Engineering Disasters3. "A New Era": The Limits of Engineering Expertise in a Post-9 /11 World4. "Safe from Every Possible Event": How to Strive for the Impossible5. "Architectural Terrorism": Why Moderation Matters6. "These Material Things": Passion and Power in EngineeringConclusion: "More Time for the Dreaming": Engineering Curricula for the Twenty-First CenturyAcknowledgmentsNotesRecommended ReadingIndex
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