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Could low-level exposure to polluting chemicals be analogous to exercise -- a beneficial source of stress that strengthens the body? Some scientists studying the phenomenon of hormesis (beneficial or stimulatory effects caused by low-dose exposure to toxic substances)...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2011-01-07
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Is it ever OK to be dishonest?Is it wrong to enjoy violent video games, or to cheat on one's tax returns? Should we be vegetarians? When is war justified? Are there any moral facts, or is morality relative?
Life throws ethical questions at us every day. Some are...
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OUP Oxford
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2011-01-06
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Is it ever OK to be dishonest?Is it wrong to enjoy violent video games, or to cheat on one's tax returns? Should we be vegetarians? When is war justified? Are there any moral facts, or is morality relative?
Life throws ethical questions at us every day. Some are...
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OUP Oxford
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2011-01-06
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Many books on human rights either concentrate on human rights as fundamental moral rights with little attention to international human rights, or discount moral human rights and focus on international human rights. The Moral Dimensions of Human Rights takes a broad...
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Oxford University Press
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2010-12-31
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Duty or Pleasure? This was the legendary choice which faced Hercules and which pre-eminent philosopher A.C. Grayling uses as the starting point of this masterful book.He shows us how much more people can understand about themselves and their world by reflecting on...
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution :
2010-12-09
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For centuries, philosophers, theologians, moralists, and ordinary people have asked: How should we live? What makes for a good life?
In The Best Things in Life, distinguished philosopher Thomas Hurka takes a fresh look at these perennial questions as they arise for us...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2010-12-03
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Offering the first general introductory text to this subject, the timely Introduction to Evolutionary Ethics reflects the most up-to-date research and current issues being debated in both psychology and philosophy. The book presents students to the areas of cognitive...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2010-11-23
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Anyone who has seen a film and then followed up with a cup of coffee or glass of wine as they discuss it with friends knows that films can inspire thoughtful conversation and further reflection--sometimes long after their initial screening. Thoughtful Cinema explores...
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Oxford University Press
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2010-09-21
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Ethics: The Fundamentals explores core ideas and arguments in moral theory by introducing students to different philosophical approaches to ethics, including virtue ethics, Kantian ethics, divine command theory, and feminist ethics. The first volume in the new...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2010-09-02
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Fundamentals of Philosophy
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Take 25 of the liveliest philosophers of our time. Talk to each about one of the most intriguing topics you can think of—from ethics to aesthetics to metaphysics. The result is a Philosophy Bite—a lively, informal conversation that brings the subject into focus.
First...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2010-08-12
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The Human Condition is a response to the growing disenchantment in the Western world with contemporary life. John Kekes provides rationally justified answers to questions about the meaning of life, the basis of morality, the contingencies of human lives, the prevalence...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2010-08-05
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The Human Condition is a response to the growing disenchantment in the Western world with contemporary life. John Kekes provides rationally justified answers to questions about the meaning of life, the basis of morality, the contingencies of human lives, the prevalence...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2010-08-05
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In The Ethics of Parenthood Norvin Richards explores the moral relationship between parents and children from slightly before the cradle to slightly before the grave. Richards maintains that biological parents do ordinarily have a right to raise their children, not as a...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2010-07-06
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Is justice an ideal, forever beyond our grasp, or something that may actually guide our practical decisions and enhance our lives? In this wide-ranging book, Amartya Sen presents an alternative approach to mainstream theories of justice which, despite their many...
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Penguin
Parution :
2010-07-01
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The Moral Psychology Handbook offers a survey of contemporary moral psychology, integrating evidence and argument from philosophy and the human sciences.The chapters cover major issues in moral psychology, including moral reasoning, character, moral emotion, positive...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2010-06-10
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Is the point of belief and assertion invariably to think or say something true?Is the truth of a belief or assertion absolute, or is it only relative to human interests? Most philosophers think it incoherent to profess to believe something but not think it true, or to...
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OUP Oxford
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2010-05-20
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'my philosophy is like Thebes with a hundred gates: one can enter from all sides and through each gate arrive at the direct path to the centre'
Schopenhauer's two essays On the Freedom of the Will and On the Basis of Morals form his complete system of ethics. Their...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2010-05-13
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'my philosophy is like Thebes with a hundred gates: one can enter from all sides and through each gate arrive at the direct path to the centre'
Schopenhauer's two essays On the Freedom of the Will and On the Basis of Morals form his complete system of ethics. Their...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2010-05-13
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The Beloved Self is about the holy grail of moral philosophy, an argument against egoism that proves that we all have reasons to be moral. Part One introduces three different versions of egoism. Part Two looks at attempts to prove that egoism is false, and shows that...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2010-04-29
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Thomas Carson offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date investigation of moral and conceptual questions about lying and deception. Part I addresses conceptual questions and offers definitions of lying, deception, and related concepts such as withholding information,...
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OUP Oxford
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2010-04-29
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