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Next Factory Ottensen Parallelwelten: We are now in a different world
Book SynopsisThe joint forces of digital and analogue allow for a myriad of different worlds for us to live in. In German they are called Parallelwelten (= parallel worlds). This book investigates these parallel worlds from different angles: technological, corporate, scientific, cultural, economic and political.
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Next Factory Ottensen The Great Redesign: Frameworks for the Future
Book SynopsisWe live in a world that's constantly redesigned. Today's redesign is tomorrow's vintage look. But times of crisis rapidly change the picture. Suddenly, the whole world is in dire need of a proper redesign. From capitalism to communication, from work to supply chains, from cities to office space - it's hard to find an area of our lives that's not due for an overhaul. This is a challenge, but also a huge opportunity: to design a better world.
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Next Factory Ottensen Parallelwelten: We are now in a different world
Book SynopsisThe joint forces of digital and analogue allow for a myriad of different worlds for us to live in. In German they are called Parallelwelten (= parallel worlds). This book investigates these parallel worlds from different angles: technological, corporate, scientific, cultural, economic and political.
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Deep & Deep Publications Marcus Tullius Cicero: Great Western Political
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Deep & Deep Publications Immanual Kant: Great Western Political Thinker
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Aakar Books The Moral Foundations of Politics
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Diamond Books Confucius' Social Wisdom
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Handshake Untitled Folder
Book SynopsisUntitled Folder explores the relationship between the technological device and the human being. The project analyzes the roles of power incomputer-person dynamics to reflect on how these affect the body and thought. Using archival images, the work deconstructs the personalcomputer and observes how the object shapes whoever uses it.
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Copenhagen Business School Press New Protreptic: The Concept & the Art
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Museum Tusculanum Press The Right to Dissent: The Critical Principle in
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Museum Tusculanum Press Kierkegaard and Political Theory: Religion,
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Academic Studies Press Fathers and Sons
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UnionDocs Forms of Errantry
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Penguin Putnam Inc The 48 Laws of Power
Book SynopsisAmoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this multi-million-copy New York Times bestseller is the definitive manual for anyone interested in gaining, observing, or defending against ultimate control – from the author of The Laws of Human Nature. This is the only authorized paperback edition in the US. In the book that People magazine proclaimed “beguiling” and “fascinating,” Robert Greene and Joost Elffers have distilled three thousand years of the history of power into 48 essential laws by drawing from the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun Tzu, and Carl Von Clausewitz and also from the lives of figures ranging from Henry Kissinger to P.T. Barnum. Some laws teach the need for prudence (“Law 1: Never Outshine the Master”), others teach the value of confidence (“Law 28: Enter Action with Boldness”), and many recommend absolute self-preservation (“Law 15: Crush Your Enemy Totally”). Every law, though, has one thing in common: an interest in total domination. In a bold and arresting two-color package, The 48 Laws of Power is ideal whether your aim is conquest, self-defense, or simply to understand the rules of the game.
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Penguin Putnam Inc Between Past and Future
Book SynopsisFrom the author of Eichmann in Jerusalem and The Origins of Totalitarianism, ?a book to think with through the political impasses and cultural confusions of our day? (Harper?s Magazine) Hannah Arendt?s insightful observations of the modern world, based on a profound knowledge of the past, constitute an impassioned contribution to political philosophy. In Between Past and Future Arendt describes the perplexing crises modern society faces as a result of the loss of meaning of the traditional key words of politics: justice, reason, responsibility, virtue, and glory. Through a series of eight exercises, she shows how we can redistill the vital essence of these concepts and use them to regain a frame of reference for the future. To participate in these exercises is to associate, in action, with one of the most original and fruitful minds of the twentieth century.
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Oxford University Press Theories of the Flesh Latinx and Latin American Feminisms Transformation and Resistance Studies in Feminist Philosophy
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Oxford University Press The Prophet of Cuernavaca
Book SynopsisCatholic priest and radical social critic Ivan Illich is best known for books like Deschooling Society and Medical Nemesis that skewered the dominant institutions of the West in the 1970s. Although commissioned in 1961 by American bishops to run a missionary training center in Cuernavaca, Mexico, Illich emerged as one of the major critics of the missionary movement. As he became a more controversial figure, his center evolved into CIDOC (Centro Intercultural de Documentación), an informal university that attracted a diverse group of intellectuals and seekers from around the world. They came to Illich''s center to learn Spanish, to attend seminars, and to sit at the feet of Illich, whose relentless criticism of the Catholic Church and modern Western culture resonated with the revolutionary spirit of the times. His 1967 article, The Seamy Side of Charity, a harsh attack on the American missionary effort in Latin America, and other criticisms of the Church led to a trial at the Vatican inTrade ReviewHartch captures Illich's rare intellect and passion- as well as his Catholic faith- without succumbing to the ideological commentary that mars so many analyses of one of Western culture's most incisive social critics. I strongly recommend this book to young readers who seek an introduction to Illich, as well as to those like me who thought they already knew him. * Timothy Matovina, author of Latino Catholicism: Transformation in America's Largest Church *Illich was an enigmatic Catholic figure, a polymath who saw himself as a prophet of revolution. He viewed missionaries as tools of cultural occupation, saw schooling as detrimental to real education, and the medical system as harmful to health. Along the way he denounced the Church hierarchy as a betrayal of Christ, was suitably tried for heresy only to turn the tables on his inquisitors. Yet he left a large footprint that Hartch has traced with diligence and care. * Lamin Sanneh, author of Disciples of All Nations: Pillars of World Christianity *Todd Hartch, a prolific analyst of religious cultures and institutions of Latin America, provides a thoroughly original and engrossing interpretation of the life of Ivan Illich, one of the region's most provocative social thinkers of the second half of the twentieth century. By focusing on Illich's priestly calling, which endured long after he abandoned his public ministry, and by decoding the often-camouflaged theological underpinnings of Illich's thought and action, Hartch provides an illuminating portrait of one of the last century's most influential, yet misunderstood, critics of western modernity and the Catholic Church. * Gilbert M. Joseph, Farnam Professor of History and International Studies, Yale University *Well researched and accessibly written, this is an important study of a major late-20th-century social critic. * D. Jacobsen, CHOICE *Table of ContentsAbbreviations ; Acknowledgments ; Introduction ; 1. Wrong Man for the Job ; 2. The Center for Intercultural Formation ; 3. Battle for Influence ; 4. Liberating Mission ; 5. Crisis ; 6. Decline of the Missionary Initiative ; 7. CIDOC ; 8. Breaking the Spell ; 9. Grammar of Silence ; Conclusion ; Bibliography
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Oxford University Press After Marriage
Book SynopsisThis collection of essays by liberal and feminist philosophers addresses the question of whether marriage reform ought to stop with same-sex marriage. Some philosophers have recently argued that marriage is illiberal and should be abolished or radically reformed to include groups and non-romantic friendships. In response, Simon May argues that marriage law can be justified without an illiberal appeal to an ideal relationship type, and Ralph Wedgwood argues that the liberal values which justify same-sex marriage do not justify further extension. Other authors argue for new legal forms for intimate relationships. Marriage abolitionist Clare Chambers argues that piecemeal directives rather than relationship contracts should replace marriage, and Samantha Brennan and Bill Cameron argue for separating marriage and parenting, with parenting rather than marriage becoming, legally and socially, the foundation of the family. Elizabeth Brake argues for a non-hierarchical friendship model for marriage. Peter de Marneffe argues that polygamy should be decriminalized, but that the liberal state need not recognize it, while Laurie Shrage argues that polygamy could be legally structured to protect privacy and equality. Dan Nolan argues for temporary marriage as a legal option, while Anca Gheaus argues that marital commitments are problematic instruments for securing the good of romantic and sexual love. Taken together, these essays challenge contemporary understandings of marriage and the state''s role in it.Trade Review... every single essay raises crucial questions about marriage. For this reason alone, and, of course, for others, the book is a welcome and valuable addition to the writings on marriage. * Raja Halwani, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Online *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements ; Contributors ; Introduction ; Elizabeth Brake ; Chapter 1: Liberal Neutrality and Civil Marriage ; Simon C?bulea May ; Chapter 2: Is Civil Marriage Illiberal? ; Ralph Wedgwood ; Chapter 3: The Limitations of Contract: Regulating Personal Relationships in a Marriage-Free State ; Clare Chambers ; Chapter 4: Is Marriage Bad for Children? Rethinking the Connection between Having Children, Romantic Love, and Marriage ; Samantha Brennan and Bill Cameron ; Chapter 5: Equality and Non-Hierarchy in Marriage: What Do Feminists Really Want? ; Elizabeth Brake ; Chapter 6: Liberty and Polygamy ; Peter de Marneffe ; Chapter 7: Polygamy, Privacy, and Equality ; Laurie Shrage ; Chapter 8: Temporary Marriage ; Daniel Nolan ; Chapter 9: The (Dis)value of Commitment to One's Spouse ; Anca Gheaus ; Bibliography ; Index
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Oxford University Press The Geometry of Desert
Book SynopsisPeople differ in terms of how morally deserving they are. And it is a good thing if people get what they deserve. Accordingly, it is important to work out an adequate theory of moral desert. But while certain aspects of such a theory have been frequently discussed in the philosophical literature, many others have been surprisingly neglected. For example, if it is indeed true that it is morally good for people to get what they deserve, does it always do the same amount of good when someone gets what they deserve? Or does it matter how deserving the person is? If we cannot give someone exactly what they deserve, is it better to give too much-or better to give too little? Does being twice as virtuous make you twice as deserving? And how are we to take into account the thought that what you deserve depends in part on how others are doing? The Geometry of Desert explores a number of these less familiar questions, using graphs to illustrate the various possible answers. The result is a more Trade ReviewThe Geometry of Desert is essential reading for those who value moral desert, but it also has a great deal to offer those who do not. * Thomas Hurka, Mind *At over six hundred pages it is monumental in both size and achievement Kagan's survey of the possible answers to this question is a tour de force Kagan's book is so rich that I have only begun to scratch the surface. * Brad Skow, Ethics *The Geometry of Desert is a model of analytic rigor, clarity, and thoroughness. An enormous amount of thought, care, and effort went into writing this book, which explores the possibilities for the design and use of graphs in numerous settings and with considerable originality and inventiveness. * Saul Smilansky, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *Every few years a book appears that every philosopher, at least every philosopher in a particular field, must read. This volume by Kagan is such a book. It will be the subject of many graduate seminars and dissertations in the coming years.... Essential. * H. Oberdiek, CHOICE *Kagan's variations on [the theme of desert] are magnificent. Never has the range of possibilities available to friends of desert been outlined so systematically, carefully and profoundly. ... Kagan's remarkable book charts almost completely unfamiliar territory One of Kagan's brilliant innovations - one that strikingly illuminates the range of issues Kagan is concerned with * is the representation of desert on graphs The Geometry of Desert is a fascinating, illuminating, creative and highly original piece of philosophy. Kagan has taken the idea of desert in directions few could have imagined."Victor Tadros, Criminal Law and Philosophy *The Geometry of Desert is a fascinating, illuminating, creative and highly original piece of philosophy. Kagan has taken the idea of desert in directions few could have imagined. * Victor Tadros, Criminal Law and Philosophy *Table of ContentsPreface ; Acknowledgments ; A Note to the Reader ; 1. MORAL DESERT ; 1.1 A Familiar Thought ; 1.2 Some Familiar Questions ; 1.3 Skepticism ; 1.4 Intrinsic Value ; 1.5 Unfamiliar Questions ; PART I: NONCOMPARATIVE DESERT ; 2. FAULT FORFEITS FIRST ; 2.1 The Basic View ; 2.2 Pluralism ; 2.3 Extending the Account ; 2.4 Discount Rates and Multipliers ; 3. DESERT GRAPHS ; 3.1 Graphs ; 3.2 Varying Slopes ; 3.3 Rotation ; 3.4 Peaks ; 3.5 Multiple Peaks ; 3.6 Comparing Sides ; 3.7 Bell Motion ; 3.8 The Sym Mountain ; 3.9 Shift ; 4. SKYLINES ; 4.1 The Occupation of the X Axis ; 4.2 Constant Skylines ; 4.3 The V Shaped Skyline ; 4.4 Varieties of Desert ; 4.5 Taking Stock ; PART II: COMPLICATIONS AND ALTERNATIVES ; 5. OTHER SHAPES ; 5.1 Plateaus ; 5.2 Retributivism and Plateaus ; 5.3 Simple Straight Lines ; 5.4 Bent Lines ; 5.5 Curved Desert ; 5.6 Detailing Curved Desert ; 5.7 Curved Plateaus ; 6. PLACING PEAKS ; 6.1 The Mapping Function ; 6.2 Curved Mapping Functions ; 6.3 Revisiting the Sym Mountain ; 6.4 Revisiting the V Shaped Skyline ; 6.5 Further Constraints on the Skyline ; 6.6 The Logical Limits of Bell Motion ; 6.7 Disaggregation ; PART III: COMPARATIVE DESERT ; 7. THE RATIO VIEW ; 7.1 The Idea of Comparative Desert ; 7.2 Problems for the Ratio View ; 7.3 Optimism ; 7.4 The Impossibility Defense ; 7.5 Absolute Zero ; 8. SIMILAR OFFENSE ; 8.1 The Y Gap View ; 8.2 Reconsidering the Cases ; 8.3 More on the Y Gap Constraint ; 8.4 Percentages ; 8.5 A Fourth View ; 9. GRAPHING COMPARATIVE DESERT ; 9.1 Relative Advantage ; 9.2 Two Problems ; 9.3 Graphing the X Gap View ; 9.4 Motion Along the Y Axis ; 9.5 Graphing the Y Gap View ; 10. VARIATION ; 10.1 Comparative Bell Motion ; 10.2 Comparative Skylines ; 10.3 Moral Significance Again ; 10.4 Two More Possibilities ; 10.5 One Size Fits All ; 10.6 Sliding Up ; 11. GROUPS ; 11.1 Two Approaches ; 11.2 Size ; 11.3 Another Look ; 11.4 Adjusting the Graphs ; 11.5 Variable Steepness Reconsidered ; PART IV: DESERT ; 12. DESERT TAKEN AS A WHOLE ; 12.1 Partial Values ; 12.2 Open Questions ; 12.3 Rough Comparability ; 12.4 Another Series ; 12.5 Other Values ; 13. RESERVATIONS ; 13.1 Deontology ; 13.2 Methodology ; 13.3 Ideology ; Endnotes ; References ; Index
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Oxford University Press Means Ends and Persons
Book SynopsisNo one wants to be treated merely as a means-used, in a sense. But just what is this repugnant treatment? Audi''s point of departure is Kant''s famous principle that we must treat persons as ends in themselves and never merely as means. Treatment of these kinds is conduct, a complex three-dimensional notion whose central elements are action, its motivation, and the manner of its performance. He shows how the notions of treating persons as ends and, by contrast, merely as means, can be anchored outside Kant and clarified in ways that enhance their usefulness both in ethical theory and in practical ethics, where they have much intuitive force. Audi constructs an account of treatment of persons-of what it is, how it differs from mere interpersonal action, and what ethical standards govern it. In accounting for such treatment, the book develops a wider conception of ethics than is commonly implicit in utilitarian, deontological, or virtue theories. These results contribute to ethical theorTrade ReviewThere are many things to appreciate about this book. The chapters are rich with detailed examples which provide a valuable resource for teaching and for further study. Also, Audi has again demonstrated his mastery of the difficult feat of writing a serious philosophical text that has significant depth, while at the same time giving us a text that is jargon-free enough to be of use to the non-specialist. Furthermore, despite the theoretical focus of the book, practical concerns are never far from view. In fact, the final chapter focuses on the extent to which we have control over our treatment of one another and ends with a discussion that reveals his deep concern for acting morally toward one another. It's a lovely way to end a book about what it means to treat people as ends in themselves. * Sharon Mason, Metapsychology Online Reviews *Audi pursues his discussion of the Formula of Humanity with unstinting care and philosophical ingenuity. Through well-chosen examples and patient exposition he develops a moral psychology that throws light on what it takes to live up to the principle ... the effort to expound the Formula of Humanity in a way that exemplifies its relevance to the greater world of ethical theory is a success. * Kenneth Walden, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Online *Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments ; Introduction ; Part One ; The Ethics of Protecting Persons ; Chapter 1 ; The Instrumental Treatment of Persons ; Means and Ends ; Instrumental Versus End-Regarding Treatment ; Treating Solely as a Means versus Merely as a Means ; Chapter 2 ; Instrumental Treatment as Human Conduct ; The Motivation and Controllability of Merely Instrumental Conduct ; Constraints, Moral Character, and Self-Control ; Motivation, Constraints, and the Appraisal of Character ; Chapter 3 ; Action, Treatment and Conduct ; Action, Endeavor, and Consequence ; Two Levels of Behavioral Description ; Conduct as a Morally Important Category ; Manners of Action Versus Actions as Defined by Manner ; Chapter 4 ; The Wrong-Making Character of Merely Instrumental Treatment ; Thick and Thin Moral Questions ; Substantive and Contrastive Views of Merely Instrumental Treatment ; Persons as Ends Versus Good Ends for Persons ; Internal and External Goods for Persons ; Part Two ; The Ethics of Respecting Persons ; Chapter 5 ; Treating Others as Ends in Themselves ; Caring about the Good of Others ; Two Kinds of Normativity ; Descriptive Grounds of End-regarding Treatment ; Chapter 6 ; End-Regarding Treatment and Respect for Persons ; Good Deeds, Good Reasons, and Good Conduct ; End-Regarding Treatment, Intention, and Interpersonal Behavior ; The Particularity of Persons and the Interchangeability of Means ; Chapter 7 ; Autonomy and the Moral Significance of Our Self-Conceptions ; Psychological Dispositions and the Basis of Consent ; Respect for Persons, Point of View, and Informed Rational Desire ; End-Regarding Treatment and Respecting Moral Rights ; Conduct Toward Persons versus Behavior Affecting Them ; Chapter 8 ; Conduct, Intention, and Will ; Motivational Self-Control and the Scope of Intentions ; The Manner of Interpersonal Conduct ; Moral Requirements and the Content of Intention ; Conduct Requirements and the Love Commandments ; Conclusion ; Index
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Oxford University Press Joint Commitment
Book SynopsisThis new essay collection by distinguished philosopher Margaret Gilbert provides a richly textured argument for the importance of joint commitment in our personal and public lives. Topics covered by these diverse essays range from marital love to patriotism, from promissory obligation to the unity of the European Union.Trade ReviewAs Gilbert sees it, joint commitments are centrally constitutive of collective actions and attitudes, the practice of promising, conventions, political obligations and so on as per the above set of chapter headings. As the sub-title suggests, joint commitment is evidently by her lights the most fundamental social concept. As is fitting, she applies it in a wide variety of contexts, and the result is a wide-ranging and lively set of essays. Importantly, she applies her theoretical notion to questions in political philosophy and thereby connects abstract theory to real world concerns, something most theorists in this sub-field have not yet done. While many of the essays are well-known to those working in the field, it is useful to have them collected in one place, not the least because it facilitates development of an overview of her oeuvre. * Seumas Miller, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *a valuable resource to scholars in a variety of disciplines, as well as ordinary people, who have an interest in the everyday phenomena that Gilbert discusses with much insight and illumination...an enjoyable read and can be recommended to a broad-ranging audience. * Matti Heinonen, Journal of Social Ontology *Table of ContentsCONTENTS ; PREFACE ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; SOURCES ; INTRODUCTION ; PART I SHARED AGENCY ; Ch. 1 Acting Together ; Ch. 2 Considerations on Joint Commitment ; Ch. 3 Who's to Blame? ; Ch. 4 Rationality in Collective Action ; Ch. 5 Two Approaches to Shared Intention ; PART II COLLECTIVE ATTITUDES ; Ch. 6 Belief and Acceptance as Features of Groups ; Ch. 7 Collective Epistemology ; Ch. 8 Shared Values, Social Unity, and Liberty ; Ch. 9 Social Convention Revisited ; Ch. 10 Collective Guilt Feelings ; PART III MUTUAL RECOGNITION, PROMISES, AND LOVE ; Ch. 11 "Fusion": a contractual model ; Ch. 12 The problem of promisees' rights ; Ch. 13 Three dogmas about promising ; Ch. 14 Mutual Recognition ; PART IV POLITICAL LIFE ; Ch. 15 A Real Unity of Them All ; Ch. 16 Pro Patria: an Essay on Patriotism ; Ch. 17 De-moralizing Political Obligation ; Ch. 18 Commands and Their Practical Import ; BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AUTHOR'S WORKS ; INDEX
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Oxford University Press Does Torture Work
Book SynopsisIs interrogational torture effective? What do we mean by "effective"? How brutal can torture get and be considered justifiable? In this book, John Schiemann adopts game theory in an attempt to answer these questions, walking the reader through the logic of interrogational torture - and finding that it is far more brutal than proponents believe.Trade ReviewDoes Torture Work? is a thought-provoking work that generates novel insights and avenues on a controversial topic. It should be required reading for anyone interested in the forces at play in the continuing, and in many ways growing, debate over torture. * Perspectives on Politics *Table of ContentsPreface ; 1 Interrogating Torture ; 2 Dangerous Torment ; 3 Benchmarking Interrogational Torture ; 4 A Quixotic Model of Interrogational Torture ; 5 A Realistic Model of Interrogational Torture ; 6 A Brutal Logic ; 7 A Matter of Calculation ; 8 Surprise Torture ; 9 Ambiguous Information and False Confirmation ; 10 Valuable Information, Selective Torture ; 11 Torturing Innocents, Resisting Torture ; 12 Torture's Garden ; Postscript ; Appendices ; A The RIT Model ; B Comparative Statics Analysis ; C Observations and Propositions ; Notes ; References
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OUP USA Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Death
Book SynopsisDeath has long been a pre-occupation of philosophers, and this is especially so today. The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Death collects 21 newly commissioned essays that cover current philosophical thinking of death-related topics across the entire range of the discipline. These include metaphysical topics--such as the nature of death, the possibility of an afterlife, the nature of persons, and how our thinking about time affects what we think about death--as well as axiological topics, such as whether death is bad for its victim, what makes it bad to die, what attitude it is fitting to take towards death, the possibility of posthumous harm, and the desirability of immortality. The contributors also explore the views of ancient philosophers such as Aristotle, Plato and Epicurus on topics related to the philosophy of death, and questions in normative ethics, such as what makes killing wrong when it is wrong, and whether it is wrong to kill fetuses, non-human animals, combatants in waTrade ReviewThis handbook offers a diverse survey of contemporary work with some discussion of its historical touchstones (particularly the thought of Epicurus and Lucretius). Topics range from ordinary-language analysis of the concept of death, and the associated problems personal identity and temporal persistence, to value-oriented examination of whether death is bad or evil, the possibility and value of immortality, and what constitutes the wrongness of killing. Contributors make frequent and helpful use of thought experiments and references to popular culture to ensure that difficult concepts and arguments are clear. The argumentation will be accessible for those possessing basic familiarity with analytic methodology. * D.A. Forbes, CHOICE *As a collection on cutting-edge work in metaphysics of death and, to a lesser extent, related ethical issues, this is a solid collection that both engages recent debates and furnishes multiple possible directions that these debates may take. * James Bodington, Metapsychology Online Reviews16/03/16 *Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Philosophy of Death ; Ben Bradley, Fred Feldman, Jens Johansson ; 1. When Do Things Die? ; Cody Gilmore ; 2. Death and the Disintegration of Personality ; Fred Feldman ; 3. The Person and the Corpse ; Eric Olson ; 4. Personal Identity and the Survival of Death ; Dean Zimmerman ; 5. The Evil of Death: What Can Metaphysics Contribute? ; Theodore Sider ; 6. Death and Eternal Recurrence ; Lars Bergstrom ; 7. Death in Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle ; Gareth B. Matthews ; 8. When Death Is There, We Are Not: Epicurus on Pleasure and Death ; Phillip Mitsis ; 9. The Badness of Death and the Goodness of Life ; John Broome ; 10. The Symmetry Problem ; Roy Sorensen ; 11. The Timing Problem ; Jens Johansson ; 12. Death, Value, and Desire ; Christopher Belshaw ; 13.Death and Rational Emotion ; Kai Draper ; 14. Retroactive Harms and Wrongs ; Steven Luper ; 15. Immortality ; John Martin Fischer ; 16. The Makropulos Case Revisited: Reflections on Immortality and Agency ; Connie Rosati ; 17. The Wrongness of Killing and the Badness of Death ; Matthew Hanser ; 18. Abortion and Death ; Don Marquis ; 19. The Morality of Killing in War ; Frances Kamm ; 20. The Significance of Death for Animals ; Alastair Norcross ; 21. Capital Punishment ; Torbjorn Tannsjo ; Index
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Oxford University Press Systematicity
Book SynopsisIn Systematicity, Paul Hoyningen-Huene answers the question What is science? by proposing that scientific knowledge is primarily distinguished from other forms of knowledge, especially everyday knowledge, by being more systematic. Science is here understood in the broadest possible sense, encompassing not only the natural sciences but also mathematics, the social sciences, and the humanities. The author develops his thesis in nine dimensions in which it is claimed that science is more systematic than other forms of knowledge: regarding descriptions, explanations, predictions, the defense of knowledge claims, critical discourse, epistemic connectedness, an ideal of completeness, knowledge generation, and the representation of knowledge. He compares his view with positions on the question held by philosophers from Aristotle to Nicholas Rescher. The book concludes with an exploration of some consequences of Hoyningen-Huene''s view concerning the genesis and dynamics of science, the relationship of science and common sense, normative implications of the thesis, and the demarcation criterion between science and pseudo-science.Trade ReviewSystematicity constitutes a welcome contribution to the general philosophy of science. The research agenda for general philosophy of science has been shifting over the last three decades as many philosophers of science have focused on issues in the philosophy of the special sciences, philosophy of physics, philosophy of biology, and the like. In Systematicity, Hoyningen-Huene shows that there is still important and interesting work to be done in general philosophy of science. One leaves the book with a deeper appreciation for the nature of science, as the subtitle suggests, and why science rightly holds the important place it does in contemporary Western cultures. The book has the marks of being written by a mature scholar, erudite, wide ranging, and carefully argued. * K. Brad Wray, Metascience *Hoyningen-Huene presents a thought-provoking image of science that is very useful for the debate on the nature of science within science education. * Esther M. van Dijk, Science & Education *provides a fresh perspective on science ... Recommended. * V.V. Raman, CHOICE *This is a well-organized, well-written, and compellingly argued text on a topic of considerable importance. * Travis Dumsday, Review of Metaphysics *This book is a pleasure to read. It is well written, delicately crafted, scrupulously sign-posted, and very carefully and closely argued including of course the appropriate hedging at crucial points. Its perspective on the histories of both Science and philosophy is expansive, and its author strikes an impeccably impartial tone on disputes that are purely intramural in characteror irrelevant to the subject at hand. * Mariam Thalos, Mind *Table of ContentsPreface ; 1 Introduction ; 1.1 Historical Remarks ; 1.2 The Question "What Is Science?" in Focus ; 2 The Main Thesis ; 2.1 Science and Systematicity ; A) A Little History ; B) Preliminary Remarks ; 2.2 The Concept of Systematicity ; 2.3 The Structure of the Argument ; 3 The Systematicity of Science Unfolded ; 3.1 Descriptions ; A) Some Preliminaries ; B) Axiomatization ; C) Classification, Taxonomy, and Nomenclature ; D) Periodization ; E) Quantification ; F) Empirical Generalizations ; G) Historical Descriptions ; 3.2 Explanations ; A) Some Preliminaries ; B) Explanations Using Empirical Generalizations ; C) Explanations Using Theories ; D) Explanations of Human Actions ; E) Reductive Explanations ; F) Historical Explanations ; G) Explanation and Understanding in the Humanities in General ; H) Explanations in the Study of Literature ; 3.3 Predictions ; A) Some Preliminaries ; B) Predictions Based on Empirical Regularities of the Data in Question ; C) Predictions Based on Correlations with Other Data Sets ; D) Predictions Based on (Fundamental) Theories or Laws ; E) Predictions Based on Models ; F) Predictions Based on Delphi Methods ; 3.4 The Defense of Knowledge Claims ; A) Some Preliminaries ; B) Non-Evidential Considerations ; C) Empirical Generalizations, Models, and Theories ; D) Causal Influence ; E) The Verum Factum Principle ; F) The Role of Mathematics in the Sciences ; G) Historical Sciences ; 3.5 Critical Discourse ; A) Some Preliminaries ; B) Norms and Institutions ; C) Practices in Science Fostering Critical Discourse ; 3.6. Epistemic Connectedness ; A) Preliminaries: The Problem ; B) Failing Answers ; C) The Concept of Epistemic Connectedness ; D) Revisiting the Examples ; 3.7 The Ideal of Completeness ; A) Some Preliminaries ; B) Examples ; 3.8 The Generation of New Knowledge ; A) Some Preliminaries ; B) Data Collection ; C) The Exploitation of Knowledge from Other Domains ; D) The Generation of New Knowledge as an Autocatalytic Process ; 3.9 The Representation of Knowledge ; A) Some Preliminaries ; B) Examples ; 4 Comparison with Other Positions ; 4.1 Aristotle ; A) The Position ; B) Comparison with Systematicity Theory ; 4.2 Rene Descartes ; A) The Position ; B) Comparison with Systematicity Theory ; 4.3 Immanuel Kant ; A) The Position ; B) Comparison with Systematicity Theory ; 4.4 Logical Empiricism ; A) The Position ; B) Comparison with Systematicity Theory ; 4.5 Karl R. Popper ; A) The Position ; B) Comparison with Systematicity Theory ; 4.6 Thomas S. Kuhn ; A) The Position ; B) Comparison with Systematicity Theory ; 4.7 Paul K. Feyerabend ; A) The Position ; B) Comparison with Systematicity Theory ; 4.8 Nicholas Rescher ; A) The Position ; B) Comparison with Systematicity Theory ; 5 Consequences for Scientific Knowledge ; 5.1 The Genesis and Dynamics of Science ; A) Conceptual Clarifications ; B) The Genesis of a Science ; C) The Dynamics of Science ; 5.2 Science and Common Sense ; A) The Preservation of Common Sense ; B) The Deviations from Common Sense ; C) Additional Remarks ; 5.3 Normative Consequences ; 5.4 Demarcation from Pseudo-Science ; A) A Little History ; B) Systematicity Theory's Demarcation Criterion ; 6 Conclusion ; Notes ; Literature ; Literature
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Oxford University Press Norms in the Wild
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Oxford University Press Inc Republic of Equals
Book SynopsisThe first book length study of property-owning democracy, Republic of Equals argues that a society in which capital is universally accessible to all citizens is uniquely placed to meet the demands of justice. Arguing from a basis in liberal-republican principles, this expanded conception of the economic structure of society contextualizes the market to make its transactions fair. The author shows that a property-owning democracy structures economic incentives such that the domination of one agent by another in the market is structurally impossible. The result is a renovated form of capitalism in which the free market is no longer a threat to social democratic values, but is potentially convergent with them. It is argued that a property-owning democracy has advantages that give it priority over rival forms of social organization such as welfare state capitalism and market socialist institutions. The book also addresses the currently high levels of inequality in the societies of the deveTrade ReviewThomas's vision of an egalitarian property-owning democracy is powerful and compelling...Thomas arguably provides the best hope that liberal democratic states have for ensuring greater justice and also repairing what has broken in our current democratic theory and practice. * Political Theory *
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OUP USA The Oxford Handbook of Carl Schmitt
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Oxford University Press John Rawls
Book SynopsisJohn Rawls was one of the most important political philosophers of our time, and promises to be an enduring figure over the coming decades. His Theory of Justice (1971) has had a profound impact across philosophy, politics, law, and economics. Nonetheless Rawlsian theory is not easy to understand, particularly for beginners, and his writing can be dense and forbidding. Thomas Pogge''s short introduction (originally published in German) gives a thorough and concise presentation of the main outlines of Rawls''s theory, introduces biographical information when necessary, and draws links between the Rawlsian enterprise and other important positions in moral and political philosophy.Trade Review"There is a big need for a brief but well-informed study of Rawls for students and other beginners, complete with a bit of biographical information. Pogge's book is ideal. It is popular without being inaccurate. Pogge is as knowledgeable about Rawls's work as anyone could be, and he is a clear writer and a rigorous thinker."--Thomas Nagel, New York University"The book is indeed a pleasure to read; serious, clear, substantial, and sensible: it is for me the exemplar of what a book in philosophy ought to be today."--Rudiger Bittner, University of Bielefeld (on the German edition)Table of ContentsPreface 1: Biography 1.1: Family and Schooling 1.2: College and War 1.3: Academic Career 1.4: The Turbulent Decade 1962-1971 1.5: After A Theory of Justice 1.6: The Meaning of Rawls's Project 2: The Focus on the Basic Structure 2.1: The Origin of the Theory 2.2: The Complexity of Modern Sciences 2.3: The Idea of an Overlapping Consensus 2.4: The Scope of the Theory 3: A Top-Tier Criterion of Justice 3.1: Purely Recipient-Oriented Criteria of Justice 3.2: The Anonymity Condition 3.3: Fundamental Interests versus Happiness 4: The Basic Idea: Justice as Fairness 4.1: The Original Position 4.2: Maximin versus Average 4.3: Primary Goods 4.4: The Lexical Priority of the Basic Liberties 5: The First Principle of Justice 5.1: The Structure of a Basic Right 5.2: Formulating the Required Scheme of Basic Rights and Liberties 5.3: The Fair Value of the Basic Political Liberties 5.4: Permissible Reductions of Basic Liberties 5.5: Impermissible Reductions of Basic Liberties 6: The Second Principle of Justice 6.1: The Difference Principle in First Approximation 6.2: The Difference Principle in Detail 6.3: Advocating the Difference Principle in the Original Position 6.4: The Opportunity Principle 6.5: Advocating the Opportunity Principle in the Original Position 6.6: A Property-Owning Democracy 7: A Rawlsian Society 7.1: A Well-Ordered Society 7.2: A Political Conception of Justice 7.3: Political versus Comprehensive Liberalisms 7.4: An Egalitarian Liberal Conception of Justice 7.5: A Society Well-Ordered by Rawls's Conception 7.6: A More Realistic Vision 8: On Justification 8.1: Reflective Equilibrium 8.2: Fundamental Ideas 8.3: Truth and Reasonableness 9: The Reception of Justice as Fairness 9.1: Rawls and Libertarianism 9.2: Rawls and Communitarianism 9.3: Rawls and Kant Conclusion Appendix Index
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Oxford University Press, USA Cognition and Commitment in Humes Philosophy
Book SynopsisIt is widely believed that Hume often wrote carelessly and contradicted himself, and that no unified, sound philosophy emerges from his writings. Don Garrett demonstrates that such criticisms of Hume are without basis. Offering fresh and trenchant solutions to longstanding problems in Hume studies, Garrett''s penetrating analysis also makes clear the continuing relevance of Hume''s philosophy.Trade ReviewA significant contribution to Hume studies. * Jonathan Bennett, Syracuse University *I know of no other writer on Hume who has been this assiduous in finding interpretive difficulties in the text and then taking them head on....Beautifully written. * Robert J. Fogelin, Dartmouth College *Garrett's Cognition and Commitment is a first-rate interpretive study, one that unties a great many interpretive knots. * Ethics *Garrett seeks mainly to show that Hume's position is internally consistent and to build a portrait of Hume as essentially a cognitive psychologist. * The Review of Metaphysics *
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Oxford University Press Analyzing Oppression
Book SynopsisAnalyzing Oppression presents a new, integrated theory of social oppression, which tackles the fundamental question that no theory of oppression has satisfactorily answered: if there is no natural hierarchy among humans, why are some cases of oppression so persistent? Cudd argues that the explanation lies in the coercive co-opting of the oppressed to join in their own oppression. This answer sets the stage for analysis throughout the book, as it explores the questions of how and why the oppressed join in their oppression. Cudd argues that oppression is an institutionally structured harm perpetrated on social groups by other groups using direct and indirect material, economic, and psychological force. Among the most important and insidious of the indirect forces is an economic force that operates through oppressed persons'' own rational choices. This force constitutes the central feature of analysis, and the book argues that this force is especially insidious because it conceals the facTrade ReviewThis excellent book presents a clear, coherent, and eminently defensible reformative account of the notion of oppression. * Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgements: Part I: A Framework for Analysis 1. Oppression: The Fundamental Injustice of Social Institutions: 2. Social Groups and Institutional Constraints: 3. Psychological Mechanisms of Oppression: Part II: Forces of Oppression 4. Violence as a Force of Oppression: 5. Economic Forces of Oppression: 6. Psychological Harms of Oppression: Part III: We Shall Overcome 7. Resistance and Responsibility: 8. Fashioning Freedom: Appendix, Notes, References, Index:
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Oxford University Press SelfTransformations
Book SynopsisHeyes'' monograph in feminist philosophy is on the connection between the idea of normalization--which per Foucault is a mode or force of control that homogenizes a population--and the gendered body. Drawing on Foucault and Wittgenstein, she argues that the predominant picture of the self--a picture that presupposes an inner core of the self that is expressed, accurately or not, by the outer body--obscures the connection between contemporary discourses and practices of self-transformation and the forces of normalization. In other words, pictures of the self can hold us captive when they are being read from the outer self--the body--rather than the inner self, and we can express our inner self by working on our outer body to conform. Articulating this idea with a mix of the theoretical and the practical, she looks at case studies involving transgender people, weight-loss dieting, and cosmetic surgery. Her concluding chapters look at the difficult issue of how to distinguish non-normalizTrade ReviewCressida Heyes has produced a book that should be of great value to Foucault specialists as well as to feminist readers not well acquainted with Foucault. It is accessible and brief enough for undergraduate students, but original and compelling enough to hold the interest and perhaps spark the imaginations of professional philosophers and social theorists. This book deserves a place in every library. * Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *Table of ContentsCONCLUSION: LIFE STYLE? ; NOTES ; BIBLIOGRAPHY ; INDEX
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Oxford University Press Moral Understandings A Feminist Study in Ethics Studies in Feminist Philosophy
Book SynopsisThis is a revised edition of Walker''s well-known book in feminist ethics first published in 1997. Walker''s book proposes a view of morality and an approach to ethical theory which uses the critical insights of feminism and race theory to rethink the epistemological and moral position of the ethical theorist, and how moral theory is inescapably shaped by culture and history. The main gist of her book is that morality is embodied in practices of responsibility that express our identities, values, and connections to others in socially patterned ways. Thus ethical theory needs to be empirically informed and politically critical to avoid reiterating forms of socially entrenched bias. Responsible ethical theory should reveal and question the moral significance of social differences. The book engages with, and challenges, the work of contemporary analytic philosophers in ethics. This is a revised edition of Walker''s well-known book in feminist ethics first published in 1997. Walker''s book proposes a view of morality and an approach to ethical theory which uses the critical insights of feminism and race theory to rethink the epistemological and moral position of the ethical theorist, and how moral theory is inescapably shaped by culture and history. The main gist of her book is that morality is embodied in practices of responsibility that express our identities, values, and connections to others in socially patterned ways. Thus ethical theory needs to be empirically informed and politically critical to avoid reiterating forms of socially entrenched bias. Responsible ethical theory should reveal and question the moral significance of social differences. The book engages with, and challenges, the work of contemporary analytic philosophers in ethics.Table of ContentsPREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION ; PREFACE THE FIRST EDITION ; PART ONE. THE MIS-EN-SCENE: MORAL PHILOSOPHY NOW ; 1. The Subject of Moral Philosophy, with Postscript, 2007 ; 2. Where Do Moral Theories Come From? Henry Sidgwick and Twentieth Century Ethics ; PART TWO. CLEARER VIEWS: AN EXPRESSIVE-COLLABORATIVE MODEL ; 3. Authority and Transparency; The Examples of Feminist Skepticism ; 4. Charting Responsibilities: From Established Coordinates to Terra Incognita ; PART THREE. SELF- (AND OTHER) PORTRAITS: WHO ARE WE, AND HOW DO WE KNOW? ; 5. Picking Up Pieces: Lives, Stories and Integrity ; 6. Career Selves: Plans, Projects, and Plots in "Whole Life ethics" ; 7. Made A Slave, Born a Woman: Knowing Others' Places ; 8. Unnecessary Identities: Representational Practices and Moral Recognition ; PART FOUR: TESTING SIGHT LINES ; 9. The Politics of Transparency and the Moral Work of Truth ; 10. Peripheral Visions, Critical Practice ; EPILOGUE: SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT MORAL UNDERSTANDINGS ; NOTES ; BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Oxford University Press Social Epistemology Essential Readings
Book SynopsisWhat if anything justifies us in believing the testimony of others? How should we react to disagreement between ourselves and our peers, and to disagreement among the experts when we ourselves are novices? Can beliefs be held by groups of people in addition to the people composing those groups? And if so, how should groups go about forming their beliefs? How should we design social systems, such as legal juries and scientific research-sharing schemes, to promote knowledge among the people who engage in them? When different groups of people judge different beliefs to be justified, how can we tell which groups are correct? These questions are at the heart of the vital discipline of social epistemology. The classic articles in this volume address these questions in ways that are both cutting-edge and easy to understand. This volume will be of great interest to scholars and students in epistemology.Trade ReviewThis is a collection of essays that offers comprehensive and detailed information on the basic problems and the concepts of social epistemology. A source of valuable knowledge and will not disappoint those who will study it carefully. * Metapsychology *Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION; BY DENNIS WHITCOMB; I. CONCEPTIONS OF SOCIAL EPISTEMOLOGY; II. TRUST IN TESTIMONY AND EXPERTS; III. REASONABLE PEER DISAGREEMENT; IV. JUDGMENT AGGREGATION; V. SYSTEMS DESIGN
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Oxford University Press, USA Individuality and Mass Democracy Mill Emerson and the Burdens of Citizenship
Trade ReviewThis is a very well-written, well-argued, and thoroughly researched volume...Highly recommended. * CHOICE *Table of ContentsPART 1: DEMOCRATIC INDIVIDUALITY ; 1. Responsible Citizenship ; 2. Docility and Democracy ; 3. The Ideal of Individuality ; PART II: EMERSON ; 4. The Docile Individual ; 5. Emersonian Transitions ; 6. Withdrawal from Complicity ; PART III: MILL ; 7. Conformity and Subjection ; 8. The Active Mind ; 9. Individuality and Civic Virtue ; PART IV: CONCLUSION ; 10. The Burdens of Citizenship ; KEY TO REFERENCES ; BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Oxford University Press Youve Changed Sex Reassignment and Personal Identity Studies in Feminist Philosophy
Book SynopsisIs sex identity a feature of one''s mind or body, and is it a relational or intrinsic property? Who is in the best position to know a person''s sex, do we each have a true sex, and is a person''s sex an alterable characteristic? When a person''s sex assignment changes, has the old self disappeared and a new one emerged; or, has only the public presentation of one''s self changed? You''ve Changed examines the philosophical questions raised by the phenomenon of sex reassignment, and brings together the essays of scholars known for their work in gender, sexuality, queer, and disability studies, feminist epistemology and science studies, and philosophical accounts of personal identity. An interdisciplinary contribution to the emerging field of transgender studies, it will be of interest to students and scholars in a number of disciplines.Trade ReviewYou've Changed' is a thoughtful and engaging collection of eleven philosophical essays on sex reassignment, from a range of scholars with varying points of view.... The writing is interesting and lively, and there is a well-organized and insightful introduction by the editor, Laurie Shrage. Naturally, this book will be of interest to those working in gender and sexuality studies, queer studies, feminist philosophy, and science studies. But it should also be of interest to those interested in the epistemological, metaphysical, and moral aspects of personal identity. The theorizing here offers a set of reflections on identity from a new and important perspective, and several authors argue that ethics, politics and values are essential to understanding identity. This claim is worth considering from a broader perspective than just sex and gender. * Patricia Marino, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *The breadth of scope of the volume on 'trans' identities is awe-inspiring. Christine Overall's essay, like all essays in the volume, is praiseworthy for its sophisticated and serious effort. Gayle Salamon's essay, 'The Sexual Schema: Transportation and Transgender in Phenomenology of Perception,' is particularly brilliant for its appraisal of Merleau-Ponty's text and how it manages to illustrate how Merleau Ponty's work in general - once shunned for being too 'airy-fairy,' poetical, or qualitative - proves quite useful to discussions of trans identities. * The Feminist Review *You've Changed' is a brilliant collection of essays on the transgender and intersex experience... This illuminating book clearly has much to offer anyone studying queer or gender studies. However, it should not be overlooked by others, as this collection also presents some provocative food-for-thought to those with interests in race, body image, intimate relationships - even the meaning of 'identity' itself. * Contemporary Sociology *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; 1. Christine Overall: "Sex/Gender Transitions and Life-Changing Aspirations" ; 2. Georgia Warnke: "Transsexuality, and Contextual Identities" ; 3. Jacob Hale: "Tracing a Ghostly Memory in My Throat: Reflections on Ftm Feminist Voice and Agency" (previously published in Men Doing Feminism, Tom Digby, ed., Routledge 1998) ; 4. Naomi Zack: "Transsexuality and Daseia Y. Cavers-Huff" ; 5. Gayle Salamon: "The Sexual Schema: Transposition and Transgenderism in Phenomenology of Perception" ; 6. Talia Mae Bettcher: "Trans Identities and First Person Authority" ; 7. Kim Q. Hall: "Queer Breasted Experience" ; 8. Cressida Heyes: "Changing Race, Changing Sex: The Ethics Self-Transformation" (previously published in Journal of Social Philosophy, 37:2 (Summer 2006)) ; 9. Diana Tietjens Meyers: "Artifice and Authenticity: Gender Technology and Agency in Two Jenny Saville Portraits" ; 10. Laurie Shrage: "Sex and Miscibility" ; 11. Graham Mayeda: "Who Do You Think You Are? When Should the Law Let You Be Who You Want to Be?" ; Index
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Oxford University Press Oxford Group and the Emergence of Animal Rights An Intellectual History
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Oxford University Press Morality Competition and the Firm
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Oxford University Press The Virtues of Vulnerability
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Oxford University Press Liberalism and Distributive Justice
Book SynopsisSamuel Freeman is a leading political philosopher and one of the foremost authorities on the works of John Rawls. Liberalism and Distributive Justice offers a series of Freeman''s essays in contemporary political philosophy on three different forms of liberalism--classical liberalism, libertarianism, and the high liberal tradition--and their relation to capitalism, the welfare state, and economic justice.Trade ReviewThis is an excellent book that advances our understanding of the liberal project in general and the Rawlsian liberal project in particular. It will be of great benefit to anyone interested in liberalism, justice, and the political philosophy of John Rawls. * Collis Tahzib, The University of Southern California, Ethics *[These] essays are of admirable clarity, arguing for their positions in meticulous detail. For those interested in a comprehensive overview of Freeman's understanding of Rawlsian justice, the collection is likely to be an extremely valuable resource, not least for teaching. * Lisa Herzog, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *The papers in Liberalism and Distributive Justice usually begin from an interpretative question about Rawls; but that is rarely where they end up. The core of the book takes forward the Rawlsian project by seriously engaging with its aim: the development of a realistically utopian private property system that is not capitalist...Given the extent of the secondary literature on Rawls the comparative neglect of this topic has been surprising. * Alan Thomas, Philosophy and Public Issues *Sam Freeman makes a novel argument for property-owning democracy over welfare-state capitalism...which is a proposed friendly amendment to Rawls's conception of fair equality of opportunity * William Edmundson, Philosophy and Public Issues *Samuel Freeman's Liberalism and Distributive Justice addresses and corrects a number of confusions that have characterized accounts of Rawlsian justice and provides the foundations for a clear understanding of the logic underlying justice as fairness. * Alexander Kaufman, Philosophy and Public Issues *Table of ContentsAbbreviations Introduction Part I: Liberalism, Libertarianism, and Economic Justice 1. Capitalism in the Classical and High Liberal Traditions 2. Illiberal Libertarians: Why Libertarianism is not a Liberal View Part II: Distributive Justice and the Difference Principle 3. Rawls on Distributive Justice and the Difference Principle 4. Property-Owning Democracy and the Difference Principle 5. Private Law and Rawls's Principles of Justice Part III: Liberal Institutions and Distributive Justice 6. The Social and Institutional Bases of Distributive Justice 7. The Basic Structure of Society as The Primary Subject of Justice 8. Ideal Theory and the Justice of Institutions 9. Constructivism, Facts, and Moral Justification References Index
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Oxford University Press Explaining Cancer
Book SynopsisIn Explaining Cancer, Anya Plutynski addresses a variety of philosophical questions that arise in the context of cancer science and medicine. She begins with the following concerns: How do scientists classify cancer? Do these classifications reflect nature''s joints? How do cancer scientists identify and classify early stage cancers? What does it mean to say that cancer is a genetic disease? What role do genes play in mechanisms for cancer? What are the most important environmental causes of cancer, and how do epidemiologists investigate these causes? How exactly has our evolutionary history made us vulnerable to cancer? Explaining Cancer uses these questions as an entrée into a family of philosophical debates. It uses case studies of scientific practice to reframe philosophical debates about natural classification in science and medicine, the problem of drawing the line between disease and health, mechanistic reasoning in science, pragmatics and evidence, the roles of models and modeling in science, and the nature of scientific explanation.Trade ReviewA superb contribution to the burgeoning literature in philosophy of medicine. * Daniel Hausman, author of Valuing Health: Well-Being, Freedom, and Suffering *Cancer biology is a fascinatingly complex field, and Plutynski communicates this complexity well, illustrating in detail many themes of contemporary philosophy of biology….Overall, I found this a fascinating and helpful book, richly detailed and accessible. * Miriam Solomon, author of Making Medical Knowledge *Sets the stage for future discussions of the distinctive philosophical implications of cancer research. * Sara Green, editor of Philosophy of Systems Biology: Perspectives from Scientists and Philosophers *a fascinating story of cancer research ... Anya Plutynski shows how looking at cancer from the philosophical angle can help shape our perception of what cancer is and how cancer biology and epidemiology work ... think the vast majority of readers will find the narrative gripping and will enjoy reading it. Indeed, if philosophy of medicine is a branch of philosophy, the philosophy of oncology is now a new twig that I will enjoy watching grow. * Olaf Dammann, Metascience *...for those who care about philosophy of science, the book illustrates how cancer can be a rich case study. In addition, the systematic investigation of traditional philosophical debates applied to cancer that Plutynski pursues in this book makes it a great resource for teaching. For those who care about cancer, the book illustrates the need to develop more 'bottom up' philosophical approaches. * Lucie Laplane, History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences *Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: Cancer: Natural, Social and Medical Kind Chapter 2: From Disease to Risk Chapter 3: Causation, Causal Selection and Causal Parity Chapter 4: Evidence and Environmental Epidemiology: A Pragmatic Approach Chapter 5: Explaining Cancer from an Evolutionary Perspective Chapter 6: Explanation Conclusion Bibliography Index
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