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Could There Have Been Nothing?
by Geraldine Coggins  Publisher Comments Could there have been nothing? is the first book-length study of metaphysical nihilism – the claim that there could have been no concrete objects. It critically analyses the debate around nihilism and related questions about the metaphysics of...
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Intricate Ethics: Rights, Responsibilities, and Permissable Harm
by F. M. Kamm Publisher Comments Reading F.M. Kamm's latest book is like watching a brilliant astronomer map an uncharted galaxy--the meticulousness and the display of mental stamina must inspire awe. There is a kind of beauty in the performance alone. Intricate Ethics is a major event...
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Thinking Critically About Ethical Issues
by Vincent Ry Ruggiero Publisher Comments This concise accessible text emphasizes doing ethical analysis, rather than focusing on ethical theory or the history of ethics. Ruggiero's readers are invited to apply ethical principles to issues that exemplify the kinds of moral challenges encountered...
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Reasons and the Good
by Roger Crisp Publisher Comments In Reasons and the Good Roger Crisp answers some of the oldest questions in moral philosophy. Fundamental to ethics, he claims, is the idea of ultimate reasons for action; and he argues controversially that these reasons don't depend on moral concepts...
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Self-identity and Human Happiness.
by Michael Dahlem Publisher Comments Human happiness has been a perennial concern of philosophy. The ancients believed that happiness represents the proper final end for mankind. Classical utilitarians held that it constitutes the only thing good in itself. Even the moral philosophy of the...
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Sovereignty of Good
by Iris Murdoch Publisher Comments Iris Murdoch once observed: 'philosophy is often a matter of finding occasions on which to say the obvious'. What was obvious to Murdoch, and to all those who read her work, is that Good transcends everything - even God. Throughout her distinguished and...
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Ethics (REV)-Vol. 1
by John K. Roth Publisher Comments This set addresses the many ethics issues that have come to prominence over the past decade. These include such religious topics as church-state separation, faith healers, Islamic ethics, the jihad concept, religion and violence, the Roman Catholic...
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Ethics Selections From Classical & 8TH Edition
by Oliver A Johnson Publisher Comments Western tradition, from Plato to John Rawls and other contemporary writers. Chronologically oriented, the book's unbiased and comprehensive coverage fosters a firm grasp of many seminal ideas and thinkers in the history of Western ethics. This latest...
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Rethinking Feminist Ethics: Care, Trust and Empathy
by Daryl Koehn Publisher Comments "Rethinking Feminist Ethics" bridges the gap between women theorists disenchanted with aspects of traditional theories that insist upon the need for some ethical principles. The book raises the question of whether the female conception of ethics...
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The Other Within: Ethics, Politics, and the Body in Simone de Beauvoir (Feminist Constructions)
by Fredrika Scarth Publisher Comments In The Other Within, Fredrika Scarth builds upon the recent studies that have surfaced as part of the Simone de Beauvoir renaissance to offer a reading of The Second Sex as an ethical text. Scarth provides us with a unique and enlightening study of...
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Moral Literacy
by Barbara Herman Publisher Comments A distinguished moral philosopher and a leading interpreter of Kant's ethics, Barbara Herman draws on Kant to address timeless issues in ethical theory as well as ones arising from current moral problems, such as obligations to distant need, the history...
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Rationality, Rules, and Ideals: Critical Essays on Bernard Gert's Moral Theory
by Sinnott-armstrong Walter Publisher Comments A collection of essays by prestigious authors discussing the work of Bernard Gert, Stone Professor of Intellectual and Moral Philosophy at Dartmouth College....
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Virtuous People, Vicious Deeds: an Introduction To Ethics
by Alexander E Hooke Publisher Comments This anthology helps students view virtue ethics as a significant and philosophically interesting approach to ?the good life.? With the inclusion of historical and contemporary readings, Virtuous People, Vicious Deeds captures the complex nature of a...
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Nuclear Deterrence, Morality and Realism
by John Finnis Publisher Comments A rigorous and objective ethical analysis of nuclear deterrence, this book provides a wide-ranging discussion of such important peace issues as possible holocaust, the Soviet menace, and strategic imperatives. The authors also unmask types of deterrence...
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In Pursuit of Happiness #16: In Pursuit of Happiness
by Leroy S. Rouner Publisher Comments Happiness is a paradoxical thing. In our heart of hearts we all want to be happy, but we do not talk much about it, lest we seem sentimental or too optimistic. But what would happiness be like if we could find it? The second section deals with happiness...
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Imagination/Ethical Id: Prospects for a Unified Philosophical and Psychological Understanding (Suny Series, Ethical Theory)
by Nathan L. Tierney Publisher Comments Imagination and Ethical Ideals is an interdisciplinary work that investigates some of the links between moral philosophy and moral psychology, with implications for both personal ethics and social philosophy....
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Happiness Is Overrated
by Raymond Angelo Belliotti Publisher Comments Happiness Is Overrated highlights the greatest thinking on the concept of happiness from classical philosophers such as Plato, to contemporary sociologists and psychologists. It includes practical advice on how to attain happiness, but argues that...
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Beyond Morality (Ethics & Action)
by Richard Garner Publisher Comments "Morality and religion have failed because they are based on duplicity and fantasy. We need something new..." With this startling statement, Richard Garner begins to define a system of behavior that will nurture our capabilities for love and language...
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Should Abortion Rights Be Restricted? (At Issue)
by Auriana Ojeda Publisher Comments In this anthology, authors debate whether abortion rights should be upheld. Issues discussed include the Supreme Court decision < I>Roe v. Wade< /I>, late-term abortion procedures, and parental-involvement laws for minors, among many...
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Introduccion a la Etica / Introduction to Ethics
by Bernard Arthur Owen Williams Publisher Comments A partir de la figura del hombre amoral, de algunas consideraciones sobre la bondad y sobre lo que supone la existencia de Dios para el correcto comportamiento moral, este libro plantea la moralidad, en ultima instancia, como la sustancia o el nucleo del...
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