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The New Ethics: A Guided Tour of the Twenty-First Century Moral Landscape
by Anita L Allen  Publisher Comments In this in-depth, thoughtful look at the nation's moral health, prominent ethics professor Anita Allen offers a brilliant take on modern-day ethics in a world turned upside-down....
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Evolution and Ethics and Other Essays: Collected Essays Part Nine
by Thomas Henry Huxley Publisher Comments 1911. A volume of essays by Huxley, the celebrated 19th Century English biologist known as Darwin's Bulldog for his defense of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. Huxley's Collected Essays speak to the what, where, when and how of one of the nineteenth...
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Philosophers and Their Critics #8: Singer and His Critics
by Dale Jamieson Publisher Comments This is the first book devoted to the work of Peter Singer, one of the leaders of the practical ethics movement, and one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century....
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Women's Lives, Women's Legacies
by Rachael Freed Publisher Comments This book shows women how to create an enduring document that expresses who they are, what they value, and how they want to be remember....
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Duns Scotus on the Will and Morality: Selected and Translated with an Introduction by Allen B. Wolter, O.F.M.
by William A. Frank Publisher Comments The standard source on Scotus's moral philosophy....
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Augustine To Freud : What Theologians & Psychologists Tell Us About Human Nature (04 Edition)
by Kenneth Boa Publisher Comments Six theologians and eight psychologists from history square off, finding both differences and common ground in their thinking on the most basic human needs....
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In Defense of Animals : the Second Wave ((Rev)06 Edition)
by Peter Singer Publisher Comments Bringing together new essays by philosophers and activists, "In Defense of Animals: The Second Wave" highlights the new challenges facing the animal rights movement. Exciting new collection edited by controversial philosopher Peter Singer, who made...
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Gluttony (Seven Deadly Sins)
by Francine Prose Publisher Comments In America, notes acclaimed novelist Francine Prose, we are obsessed with food and diet. And what is this obsession with food except a struggle between sin and virtue, overeating and self-control--a struggle with the fierce temptations of gluttony. <...
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Nicomachean Ethics (98 Edition)
by Aristotle Publisher Comments Enduringly profound treatise, whose lasting effect on Western philosophy continues to resonate. Aristotle identifies the goal of life as happiness and discusses its attainment through the contemplation of philosophic truth....
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Life and Action: Elementary Structures of Practice and Practical Thought
by Michael Thompson Publisher Comments Any sound practical philosophy must be clear on practical conceptsandmdash;concepts, in particular, of life, action, and practice. This clarity is Michael Thompsonandrsquo;s aim in his ambitious work. In Thompsonandrsquo;s view, failure to comprehend the...
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The Benedict de Spinoza Reader
by Benedict De Spinoza Publisher Comments Benedict de Spinoza's writings laid the groundwork for the 18th century Enlightenment and for modern Biblical criticism. By virtue of his magnum opus, the Ethics, Spinoza is considered one of Western philosophy's definitive ethicists. Men would never be...
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Blackwell Readings in Philosophy #10: Virtue Ethics
by Stephen Darwall Publisher Comments Virtue Ethics collects, for the first time, the main classical sources and the central contemporary expressions of virtue ethics approach to normative ethical theory. Edited and introduced by Stephen Darwall, these readings are essential for anyone...
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Ethics: a Very Short Introduction (UK Edition)
by Simon Blackburn Synopsis This introduction to ethics tackles the major moral questions surrounding birth, death, happiness, desire and freedom, showing us how we should think about the meaning of life, and how we should mistrust the soundbite-sized absolutes that often dominate...
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Moral Dilemmas
by Christopher W. Gowans Publisher Comments The essays in this volume illuminate a central topic in ethical theory: moral dilemmas. Some contemporary philosophers dispute the traditional view that a true moral dilemma -- a situation in which a person has two irreconcilable moral duties -- cannot...
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Morality of Nationalism (97 Edition)
by Robert (ed.) Mckim Publisher Comments The resurgence of nationalist sentiment in many parts of the world today, together with the erosion of national barriers through the continuing rapid expansion of globalizing technologies and economic structures, has made questions about nationalism more...
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Ethical Issues in Modern Medicine : Contemporary Readings in Bioethics (7TH 08 Edition)
by Steinbock And London / Arras Publisher Comments This comprehensive anthology represents the key issues and problems in the field of biomedical ethics through the most up-to-date readings and case studies available. Each of the book's seven parts is prefaced with helpful introductions that raise...
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Ethics of Identity (04 Edition)
by Appiah Synopsis "Appiah has written a remarkably impressive book, one that makes a number of important advances on the existing literature and stands as an important contribution to political and moral philosophy and moral psychology. It will be very widely read...
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Case Studies in Biomedical Research Ethics (Basic Bioethics)
by Timothy F Murphy Publisher Comments This textbook for instruction in biomedical research ethics can also serve as a valuable reference for medical professionals and bioethicists. The 149 cases included in the book are grouped in nine chapters, each of which covers a key area of debate in...
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Man for Himself (47 Edition)
by Erich Fromm Publisher Comments In "Man for Himself," Erich Fromm examines the confusion of modern women and men who, because they lack faith in any principle by which life ought to be guided, become the helpless prey forces both within and without. From the broad, interdisciplinary...
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In Defense of Dolphins: The New Moral Frontier (Blackwell Public Philosophy)
by Thomas White Synopsis Have humans been sharing the planet with other intelligent life for millions of years without realizing it? This timely and important book considers the answers and implications, and encourages humans to reconsider our treatment of the species with which...
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