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Primates and Philosophers : How Morality Evolved (06 Edition)
by Dewaal  Publisher Comments In this provocative book, primatologist Frans de Waal argues that modern-day evolutionary biology takes far too dim a view of the natural world, emphasizing our "selfish" genes....
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The Evolution of Morality (Life and Mind: Philosophical Issues in Biology and Psychology)
by Richard Joyce Publisher Comments Moral thinking pervades our practical lives, but where did this way of thinking come from, and what purpose does it serve? Is it to be explained by environmental pressures on our ancestors a million years ago, or is it a cultural invention of more recent...
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Practical Ethics 2ND Edition
by Peter Singer Publisher Comments The book's primary readership remains teachers and students of ethics whether in philosophy or some other branch of the humanities or social sciences. However, such is the clarity of the book's style and structure that it should interest any thinking...
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Critical Thinking a Students Introduction 3RD Edition
by Gregory Bassham Publisher Comments This clear, learner-friendly text helps today's students bridge the gap between everyday culture and critical thinking. The text covers all the basics of critical thinking, beginning where students are, not where we think they should be. Its...
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Tyranny of the Normal
by Leslie Fiedler Publisher Comments Bound Together By the common thread of bioethics, these essays encompass such issues as abortion, the removal of life support, the role that doctors play in our society, and how we confront old age and Eros. Controversial, at times infuriating, Fiedler's...
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Theory of Moral Sentiments (76 Edition)
by Adam Smith Publisher Comments The Theory of Moral Sentiments, Smith's first and in his own mind most important work, outlines his view of proper conduct and the institutions and sentiments that make men virtuous. Here he develops his doctrine of the impartial spectator, whose...
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Nobility of Spirit: A Forgotten Ideal
by Rob Riemen Publisher Comments In the pages of this slim, powerful book Rob Riemen argues with passion that “nobility of spirit” is the quintessence of a civilized world. It is, as Thomas Mann believed, the sole corrective for human history. Without nobility of spirit...
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Cities of Words: Pedagogical Letters on a Register of the Moral Life
by Stanley Cavell Publisher Comments Since Socrates and his circle first tried to frame the Just City in words, discussion of a perfect communal life--a life of justice, reflection, and mutual respect--has had to come to terms with the distance between that idea and reality. Measuring this...
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Simple Path
by Mother Teresa Publisher Comments Mother Teresa shares the thoughts and experiences that have led her to do her extraordinary charitable work among the "poorest of the poor" in Calcutta. It gives voice to the remarkable spirit who has dedicated her life to the most destitute among us....
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Bullshit and Philosophy (Popular Culture and Philosophy)
by Gary L. (edt) Hardcastle Publisher Comments Popular interest in bullshit -- and its near relative, truthiness -- is at an all-time high, but the subject has a rich philosophical history, with Hobbes, Locke, Hume, and Kant all weighing in on the matter. Here, contemporary philosophers reflect on...
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The Secular Conscience: Why Belief Belongs in Public Life
by Austin Dacey Synopsis This work is needed at a time when both the religious right and the religious left claim that there can be no public or private morality without religion. With wit and a philosopher's insight, Dacey explains exactly why secular morality . . . is sorely...
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Popular Culture and Philosophy #12: Star Wars and Philosophy
by Kevin S. (edt) Decker Publisher Comments This collection of essays tackle philosophical questions from these blockbuster films, pondering such issues as whether Anakin as predestined to fall to the Dark Side, if the Jedi are truly role models of moral virtue, and the meaning of being mindful of...
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What Is Honor?: A Question of Moral Imperatives
by Alexander Welsh Publisher Comments What is honor? Has its meaning changed since ancient times? Is it an outmoded notion? Does it still have the power to direct our behavior? In this provocative book Alexander Welsh considers the history and meaning of honor and dismisses the idea that we...
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Unto This Last and Other Writings (Penguin Classics)
by John Ruskin Publisher Comments The most influential art theorist and critic of his age, an outstanding man of letters, a sensitive painter and draughtsman, Ruskin's social criticism shocked and angered the establishment and many of his admirers....
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Pride (Seven Deadly Sins)
by Michael Eric Dyson Publisher Comments Oxford and the New York Public Library bring together seven prominent writers and thinkers to pen book-length meditations that illuminate both sin and sinner. Of the Seven Deadly Sins, pride is the only one with a virtuous side. When taken too far, as...
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After Virtue : Study in Moral Theory (3RD 07 Edition)
by Alasdair Macintyre Book News Annotation MacIntyre (philosophy, U. of Notre Dame) has reconsidered and extended his ideas since the 1981 and 1984 editions, but retains his central thesis that it is only possible to understand the dominant moral culture of advanced modernity adequately from a...
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The Ethics of What We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter
by Peter Singer Publisher Comments Peter Singer, the groundbreaking ethicist whom The New Yorker calls the most influential philosopher alive teams up again with Jim Mason, his coauthor on the acclaimed Animal Factories, to set their critical sights on the food we buy and eat: where it...
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Ethics of Spinoza
by Baruch Spinoza Publisher Comments The philosopher discusses how to reach the greatest human good in the face of the conflicting demands of fame, greed, and sexual passion. More relevant today than ever....
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Vice and Virtue in Everyday Life (7TH 07 Edition)
by Christina Hoff Sommers Publisher Comments VICE AND VIRTUE IN EVERYDAY LIFE has been a bestseller in college ethics for more than two decades because it is well-liked by both instructors and students. Instructors appreciate it for its philosophical breadth and seriousness. Students welcome the...
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Moral Minds: The Nature of Right and Wrong (P.S.)
by Marc Hauser Publisher Comments In his groundbreaking book, Marc Hauser puts forth a revolutionary new theory: that humans have evolved a universal moral instinct, unconsciously propelling us to deliver judgments of right and wrong independent of gender, education, and religion...
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