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Philosophical Investigations from The Sanctity of the Press

Author : Henry Dribble
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595336124
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book Philosophical Investigations from The Sanctity of the Press written by Henry Dribble and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2004-11 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In some cultures this would be the front cover, you have to travel their roads on the left which they call the right. Use breeds context which of course is the source of all meaning. We all take context for granted, don't we? Do you know where your context is right now? You know how we can listen to certain music, and participate for a while? We don't have to hum, we just feel part of it, well we do become part of it, as the riff goes roundabout. Now, if you read Henry's book slowly, open yourself, like the book will be open to you, then you will become part of this book's thoughts. It's the same. Yes, there are stories and we all get lost in stories, but there are also streets of thought, new and changing perspectives. You will make new associations, seeing old ones for the first time for what they really are, just one of many possibilities. And then, you will realize that philosophy and music can be one and the future, if we just make it so. This book will appeal to those who like jam or jazz music. Ever drive down Sunset and see the hawkers with maps to the rich and famous in the hills? The maps help tourist drive by the gates and supposedly learn who lies beyond and within. Well, the attached has a map of sorts, dedicated and inspired by Ludwig Wittgenstein. It shows how to take roads to see what lurks beyond the gates of ourselves and how we think. Some think it a bit more worthwhile. Has the Age of the Philosopher Warrior begun? --Harry P. Holmes, author of The Greatest Golf Book Ever Written

The Good Place and Philosophy

Author : Kimberly S. Engels
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119633281
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (196 download)

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Download or read book The Good Place and Philosophy written by Kimberly S. Engels and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-09-23 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dive into the moral philosophy at the heart of all four seasons of NBC’s The Good Place, guided by academic experts including the show’s philosophical consultants Pamela Hieronymi and Todd May, and featuring a foreword from creator and showrunner Michael Schur Explicitly dedicated to the philosophical concepts, questions, and fundamental ethical dilemmas at the heart of the thoughtful and ambitious NBC sitcom The Good Place Navigates the murky waters of moral philosophy in more conceptual depth to call into question what Chidi’s ethics lessons—and the show—get right about learning to be a good person Features contributions from The Good Place’s philosophical consultants, Pamela Hieronymi and Todd May, and introduced by the show’s creator and showrunner Michael Schur (Parks and Recreation, The Office) Engages classic philosophical questions, including the clash between utilitarianism and deontological ethics in the “Trolley Problem,” Kant’s categorical imperative, Sartre’s nihilism, and T.M Scanlon's contractualism Explores themes such as death, love, moral heroism, free will, responsibility, artificial intelligence, fatalism, skepticism, virtue ethics, perception, and the nature of autonomy in the surreal heaven-like afterlife of the Good Place Led by Kimberly S. Engels, co-editor of Westworld and Philosophy

Teaching Critical Psychology

Author : Craig Newnes
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351806270
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (518 download)

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Download or read book Teaching Critical Psychology written by Craig Newnes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-11-10 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume may be the 'definitive text' on methods and content in teaching psychology from an international and critical perspective. Chapters from internationally renowned contributors working clinically, educationally and in the community with a range of client groups, outline critical teaching by and for professionals and service recipients. This timely book offers a unique, research-based and philosophically coherent approach to teaching psychology including teaching methods, the lecture content of radical approaches to modern psychology and debates as to whether the aim of teaching is to liberate or control. Themes include the nature of pedagogy, the importance of teaching and learning style, the relevance of context and content and the ways in which traditional teaching forms a part of the disciplinary rather than critical project. Teaching Critical Psychology offers guidance in teaching pupils, students, peers and those on academic programmes at under-graduate and post-graduate level.

Understanding the Political Spirit

Author : Catherine H. Zuckert
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780300038996
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (389 download)

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Download or read book Understanding the Political Spirit written by Catherine H. Zuckert and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Life Worth Living in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy

Author : David Machek
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009257870
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book The Life Worth Living in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy written by David Machek and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-04-30 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a fresh narrative of ancient ethics that does justice to neglected perspectives on the value of human life.

Nationalism and the Israeli State

Author : Don Handelman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000189368
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Nationalism and the Israeli State written by Don Handelman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-06-11 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: National festivals. Military parades. Patriotic memorials. Such public events and tributes naturally bring to mind the idea of nationalism. But what is the cultural logic behind them? How does a country such as Israel facilitate state-related public events as enactments of nationalism? To answer these questions, renowned anthropologist Don Handelman unpacks the meaning of national ritual and symbol in Israel today. He argues that public events mirror social order, a mirror that reflects to its participants and audiences the message that the designers of such events wish to communicate. Handelman considers the meaning of Holocaust and military memorialism, and he investigates the role of holiday celebrations, especially how they affect young children first learning about their country. Analyzing state ceremonies such as Holocaust Remembrance Day for the war dead, and Independence Day, he notes the absence of minorities and examines their significance in the promotion of a national identity. He also looks at how Israel exports powerful symbols of statehood. Throughout, Handelman develops his theory of bureaucratic logic as the driving force behind expressions of nationalism in the modern state. He argues that bureaucratic logic has a much wider cachet than simply functioning as a way of thinking only about bureaucratic institutions. The logic is crucial to how these institutions function, but more so, it is a dominant force in forming modern state social order. Bureaucratic logic is used incessantly to invent and to modify all kinds of systems of classification that often have profound consequences for individuals and for groups, and that are ritualized powerfully through a host of state-related public events.

Arendt and Adorno

Author : Lars Rensmann
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0804782571
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Arendt and Adorno written by Lars Rensmann and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2012-07-04 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hannah Arendt and Theodor W. Adorno, two of the most influential political philosophers and theorists of the twentieth century, were contemporaries with similar interests, backgrounds, and a shared experience of exile. Yet until now, no book has brought them together. In this first comparative study of their work, leading scholars discuss divergences, disclose surprising affinities, and find common ground between the two thinkers. This pioneering work recovers the relevance of Arendt and Adorno for contemporary political theory and philosophy and lays the foundation for a critical understanding of political modernity: from universalistic claims for political freedom to the abyss of genocidal politics.

Handbook of Data Analysis

Author : Melissa A Hardy
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1446203441
Total Pages : 728 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (462 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Data Analysis written by Melissa A Hardy and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2009-06-17 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Electronic Inspection Copy available for instructors here 'This book provides an excellent reference guide to basic theoretical arguments, practical quantitative techniques and the methodologies that the majority of social science researchers are likely to require for postgraduate study and beyond' - Environment and Planning 'The book provides researchers with guidance in, and examples of, both quantitative and qualitative modes of analysis, written by leading practitioners in the field. The editors give a persuasive account of the commonalities of purpose that exist across both modes, as well as demonstrating a keen awareness of the different things that each offers the practising researcher' - Clive Seale, Brunel University 'With the appearance of this handbook, data analysts no longer have to consult dozens of disparate publications to carry out their work. The essential tools for an intelligent telling of the data story are offered here, in thirty chapters written by recognized experts. ' - Michael Lewis-Beck, F Wendell Miller Distinguished Professor of Political Science, University of Iowa 'This is an excellent guide to current issues in the analysis of social science data. I recommend it to anyone who is looking for authoritative introductions to the state of the art. Each chapter offers a comprehensive review and an extensive bibliography and will be invaluable to researchers wanting to update themselves about modern developments' - Professor Nigel Gilbert, Pro Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Sociology, University of Surrey This is a book that will rapidly be recognized as the bible for social researchers. It provides a first-class, reliable guide to the basic issues in data analysis, such as the construction of variables, the characterization of distributions and the notions of inference. Scholars and students can turn to it for teaching and applied needs with confidence. The book also seeks to enhance debate in the field by tackling more advanced topics such as models of change, causality, panel models and network analysis. Specialists will find much food for thought in these chapters. A distinctive feature of the book is the breadth of coverage. No other book provides a better one-stop survey of the field of data analysis. In 30 specially commissioned chapters the editors aim to encourage readers to develop an appreciation of the range of analytic options available, so they can choose a research problem and then develop a suitable approach to data analysis.

Born Free and Equal?

Author : Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199796114
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (997 download)

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Download or read book Born Free and Equal? written by Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text addresses these three issues: What is discrimination? What makes it wrong?; What should be done about wrongful discrimination? It argues that there are different concepts of discrimination; that discrimination is not always morally wrong and that when it is, it is so primarily because of its harmful effects.

The Value and Meaning of Life

Author : Christopher Belshaw
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000199932
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The Value and Meaning of Life written by Christopher Belshaw and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-10-28 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book Christopher Belshaw draws on earlier work concerning death, identity, animals, immortality, and extinction, and builds a large-scale argument dealing with questions of both value and meaning. Rejecting suggestions that life is sacred or intrinsically valuable, he argues instead that its value varies, and varies considerably, both within and between different kinds of things. So in some cases we might have reason to improve or save a life, while in others that reason will be lacking. What about starting lives? The book’s central section takes this as its focus, and asks whether we ever have reason to start lives, just for the sake of the one whose life it is. Not only is it denied that there is any such reason, but some sympathy is afforded to the anti-natalist contention that there is always reason against. The final chapters deal with meaning. There is support here for the sober and familiar view that meaning derives from an enthusiasm for, and some success with, the pursuit of worthwhile projects. Now suppose we are immortal. Or suppose, in contrast, that we face imminent extinction. Would either of these threaten meaning? The claim is made that the force of such threats is often exaggerated. The Value and Meaning of Life is essential reading for students and researchers in philosophy, ethics, and religion, and will be of interest to all those concerned with how to live, and how to think about the lives of others.

Environmental Philosophy

Author : Christopher Belshaw
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317490045
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book Environmental Philosophy written by Christopher Belshaw and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-12-18 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This introduction to the philosophy of the environment examines current debates on how we should think about the natural world and our place within it. The subject is examined from a determinedly analytic philosophical perspective, focusing on questions of value, but taking in attendant issues in epistemology and metaphysics as well. The book begins by considering the nature, extent and origin of the environmental problems with which we need to be concerned. Chapters go on to consider familiar strategies for dealing with environmental problems, and then consider what sort of things are of direct moral concern, examining in turn at animals, non-sentient life-forms, natural but non-living things and deep ecology. The final part of the book investigates notions of value, natural beauty and the place of human beings in the scheme of things.

Understanding Virtue Ethics

Author : Stan van Hooft
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317494024
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book Understanding Virtue Ethics written by Stan van Hooft and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-12-18 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More and more philosophers have advocated varieties of virtue-based ethics that challenge moral theory traditionally founded on moral obligation and the delineation of what is right or wrong in given situations. Virtue ethics, which focuses upon the character of moral agents more than on the moral status of their actions or the consequences of those actions, has become one of the most important and stimulating areas of contemporary ethical theory. "Understanding Virtue Ethics" is an accessible and lively introduction to the subject. It provides a broad overview of the history of virtue ethics from Aristotle to Nietzsche as well as examining the ideas of such contemporary writers as Ricoeur and Levinas. Major themes dealt with by moral theory are examined and how a virtue ethics approach to them differs from those of other traditions is explored. Practical problems of moral complexity such as abortion, euthanasia, and integrity in politics, and how they might be approached from a virtue perspective are considered. The charges of relativism and egoism that are often mounted against virtue ethics are rebutted and virtues that are especially relevant to contemporary life, namely, courage, taking responsibility, and reverence are examined in depth. Finally, the author argues that virtue ethics is highly relevant to our understanding of the moral dimensions of professional roles.

Engaging Bioethics

Author : Gary Seay
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135041091
Total Pages : 579 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Engaging Bioethics written by Gary Seay and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-02-03 with total page 579 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Engaging Bioethics: An Introduction with Case Studies draws students into this rapidly changing field, helping them to actively untangle the many issues at the intersection of medicine and moral concern. Presuming readers start with no background in philosophy, it offers balanced, philosophically based, and rigorous inquiry for undergraduates throughout the humanities and social sciences as well as for health care professionals-in-training, including students in medical school, pre-medicine, nursing, public health, and those studying to assist physicians in various capacities. Written by an author team with more than three decades of combined experience teaching bioethics, this book offers Flexibility to the instructor, with chapters that can be read independently and in an order that fits the course structure Up-to-date coverage of current controversies on topics such as vaccination, access to health care, new reproductive technologies, genetics, biomedical research on human and animal subjects, medically assisted death, abortion, medical confidentiality, and disclosure Attention to issues of gender, race, cultural diversity, and justice in health care Integration with case studies and primary sources Pedagogical features to help instructors and students, including Chapter learning objectives Text boxes and figures to explain important terms, concepts, and cases End-of-chapter summaries, key words, and annotated further readings Discussion cases and questions Appendices on moral reasoning and the history of ethical issues at the end and beginning of life An index of cases discussed in the book and extensive glossary/index A companion website (http://www.routledgetextbooks.com/textbooks/9780415837958/) with a virtual anthology linking to key primary sources, a test bank, topics for papers, and PowerPoints for lectures and class discussion

Defining Personhood

Author : Sarah Bishop Merrill
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004494006
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Defining Personhood written by Sarah Bishop Merrill and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-11-15 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many debates in biomedical ethics today involve inconsistencies in defining the key term, person. Both sides of the abortion debate, for instance, beg the question about what constitutes personhood. This book explores the arguments concerning definitions of personhood in the history of modern philosophy, and then constructs a superior model, defined in terms of distinctive features (a theoretical concept borrowed from linguistics). This model is shown to have distinct advantages over the necessary and sufficient condition models of personhood launched by essentialists. Philosophers historically have been correct about what some of the pivotal distinctive features of personhood are, e.q., rationality, communications and self-consciousness, but they have been wrong about the methods of recognizing and asserting personhood, and about the relative importance of feelings. In clinical care, complaints often surface that care is not personal. This book aims to improve care through providing a method of attending to patients as people. Charts in the Appendices show that where physicians attended to personal features important to their patients, sometimes the patients rated the care even higher than the physician did. The book will be useful to health-care providers whose goals include improving quality of care, listening to patients, and preventing malpractice.

Molinism

Author : Ken Perszyk
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191618470
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)

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Download or read book Molinism written by Ken Perszyk and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2011-11-24 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Molinism, named after the sixteenth-century Spanish Jesuit Luis de Molina, re-emerged in the 1970s after it was unwittingly assumed in versions of Alvin Plantinga's Free Will Defence against the Logical Argument from Evil. The Molinist notion of middle knowledge—and especially its main objects, so-called counterfactuals of (creaturely) freedom—have been the subject of vigorous debate in analytical philosophy of religion ever since. Is middle knowledge logically coherent? Is it a benefit or a liability overall for a satisfying account of divine providence? The essays in this collection examine the status, defensibility, and application of Molinism. Friends and foes of Molinism are well represented, and there are some lively exchanges between them. The collection provides a snap-shot of the current state of the Molinism Wars, along with some discussion of where we've been and where we might go in the future. More battles surely lie ahead; the essays and ideas in this collection are likely to have a major impact on future directions. The essays are specially written by a line-up of established and respected philosophers of religion, metaphysicians, and logicians. There is a substantive Introduction and an extensive Bibliography to assist both students and professionals.

Dementia

Author : Julian C. Hughes
Publisher : International Perspectives in
ISBN 13 : 019856614X
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (985 download)

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Download or read book Dementia written by Julian C. Hughes and published by International Perspectives in. This book was released on 2006 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study juxtaposes philosophical analysis and clinical experience to present an overview of the issues surrounding dementia. It conveys a strong ethical message, arguing in favour of treating people with dementia with all the dignity they deserve as human beings.

Biomedical Ethics and the Law

Author : James M. Humber
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461565618
Total Pages : 645 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (615 download)

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Download or read book Biomedical Ethics and the Law written by James M. Humber and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 645 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the past few years, an increasing number of colleges and universities have added courses in biomedical ethics to their curricula. To some extent, these additions serve to satisfy student demands for "relevance. " But it is also true that such changes reflect a deepening desire on the part of the academic community to deal effectively with a host of problems which must be solved if we are to have a health-care delivery system which is efficient, humane, and just. To a large degree, these problems are the unique result of both rapidly changing moral values and dramatic advances in biomedical technology. The past decade has witnessed sudden and conspicuous controversy over the morality and legality of new practices relating to abortion, therapy for the mentally ill, experimentation using human subjects, forms of genetic interven tion, and euthanasia. Malpractice suits abound, and astronomical fees for malpractice insurance threaten the very possibility of medical and health-care practice. Without the backing of a clear moral consensus, the law is frequently forced into resolving these conflicts only to see the moral issues involved still hotly debated and the validity of the existing law further questioned. Take abortion, for example. Rather than settling the legal issue, the Supreme Court's original abortion decision in Roe v. Wade (1973), seems only to have spurred further legal debate. And of course, whether or not abortion is a mo rally ac ceptable procedure is still the subject of heated dispute.