The Illusion of IntelligenceA Book About Truth, Equality, Responsibility, and the Age of Artificial IntelligenceWe are told that a new intelligence has arrived.
This book is the culmination of a sustained intellectual engagement with the thought of Isaiah Berlin, developed over nearly a decade of research, writing, and critical reflection.
"e;A necessary book that addresses a moral and military question: What can a nation do to defend itself against terrorists who pay no mind to the laws of war?
Warum Demokratie Idioten belohnt ist ein scharfes, provokantes und philosophisch fundiertes Sachbuch uber die dunklen Mechanismen moderner Demokratien.
When social reformers blame the current ills of Western culture on the loss of community, they often evoke an ideal past in which societies were characterized by shared values, respect for tradition, commitment to the common good, and similar attributes.
Donald VanDeVeer probes the moral complexities of the question: under what conditions is it permissible to intervene invasively in the lives of competent persons--for example, by deception, force, or coercive threat--for their own good?
The interpreter of Marx's writings faces the task of reconciling, on the one hand, Marx's frequent explicit condemnations and criticisms of morality and, on the other, the obvious way in which his world-view reflects substantive moral judgments.
This is the second of the three volumes of A System of Pragmatic Idealism, a series that will synthesize the life's work of the philosopher Nicholas Rescher.
This book, which inaugurates the Princeton Monographs in Philosophy series, starts from Plato's analogy in the Republic between conflict in the soul and conflict in the city.
Abortion, euthanasia, capital punishment, war, genetic engineering and fetal experimentation, environmental and animal rights--these topics inspire some of today's most heated public controversies.
Wertheimer attempts to move beyond previous theories of coercion by conducting a fairly extensive survey of the way in which cases involving coercion have been treated by American courts.
This book completes a landmark six-volume translation of the major writings of Wilhelm Dilthey (1833-1911), a philosopher and historian of culture who continues to have a significant influence on philosophy, hermeneutics, and the theory of the human sciences.
'When silence or tricks of language contribute to maintaining an abuse that must be reformed or a suffering that can be relieved, then there is no other solution but to speak out'Written when execution by guillotine was still legal in France, Albert Camus' devastating attack on the 'obscene exhibition' of capital punishment remains one of the most powerful, persuasive arguments ever made against the death penalty.
Dick Clifton applies cowboy wisdom in attempting to help the reader understand the ethical code of the old school "e;redneck"e; in contrast to the "e;good ol' boy"e;, who often masquerades as a redneck.
Al estudiar los conflictos belicos que han tenido lugar a lo largo de la historia, resulta inevitable fijarse en el papel y la funcion que han desempenado los medios de comunicacion en estos contextos.
