Murdering Animals confronts the speciesism underlying the disparate social censures of homicide and "e;theriocide"e; (the killing of animals by humans), and as such, is a plea to take animal rights seriously.
This book explores the British animal defense movement's mobilization of the cultural and intellectual traditions of its time- from Christianity and literature, to natural history, evolutionism and political radicalism- in its struggle for the cause of animals in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Esta es una obra que invita a reflexionar, desde una perspectiva ética, sobre algunos de los asuntos más relevantes en las sociedades contemporáneas, como el pluralismo, la crisis ecológica y el desarrollo humano, proponiendo una ética aplicada como herramienta para comprender y abordar estos desafíos, y orientar la toma de decisiones a nivel individual y colectivo.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau's 'The Social Contract' is a groundbreaking political treatise that explores the concept of the general will and the relationship between individuals and the state.
The idea that there is a distinctively practical use of reason, and correspondingly a distinctively practical form of knowledge, unites many otherwise diverse voices in the history of practical philosophy: from Aristotle to Kant, from Rousseau to Marx, from Hegel to G.
This scholarly work discusses the historical, contemporary, and prospective dimensions of environmental activism and its intersection with global media.
Justice Antonin Scalia (1936-2016) was the single most important figure in the emergence of the "e;new originalist"e; interpretation of the US Constitution, which sought to anchor the court's interpretation of the Constitution to the ordinary meaning of the words at the time of drafting.
This book argues for reform of the convention that, when politicians decide on a course of action, the general in supreme command obeys without question.
"Vivimos en una civilización que nos exige saber leer y escribir, lo cual está muy bien, porque siempre se necesitará leer y escribir, pero estas dos actividades hay que saberlas ejercer también en otros planos.
Nicht erst im Zuge der CoVid19-Pandemie und ihrer Auswirkungen auf die Lebens- und Arbeitswirklichkeit vieler Menschen wird in der Öffentlichkeit die Idee eines bedingungslosen Grundeinkommens diskutiert.
An engaging new translation of a timeless masterpiece about coping with the death of a loved oneIn 45 BCE, the Roman statesman Cicero fell to pieces when his beloved daughter, Tullia, died from complications of childbirth.
In seinem Werk 'Laelius de amicitia' widmet sich der renommierte römische Autor Marcus Tullius Cicero dem Thema Freundschaft und beleuchtet die Bedeutung, die sie in unserem Leben hat.
Friedrich Nietzsche's 'Beyond Good and Evil' is a groundbreaking philosophical work that delves into the concepts of morality, power, and societal norms.
How, Barbara Newman asks, did the myth of the separable heart take such a firm hold in the Middle Ages, from lovers exchanging hearts with one another to mystics exchanging hearts with Jesus?
This book provides an in-depth study on the theory of fundamental rights and the legal challenges posed by new technologies, with a particular focus on neurotechnologies and neurorights.
This book provides an in-depth study on the theory of fundamental rights and the legal challenges posed by new technologies, with a particular focus on neurotechnologies and neurorights.
For millennia, Africans have lived on the African continent, in close contact with the diversities of nature: floral, faunal and human; and in so doing they have developed cultures, values, attitudes and perspectives to the problems, ethical and otherwise, that have arisen from the existential pressures of their situation.
Con este libro, Nicolas Bourriaud busca contribuir al surgimiento de una estetica inclusiva que requiera un aprendizaje de la mirada finalmente descentrada, en el seno de un universo plurivalente, donde se incluya a los no humanos.
Inédito durante casi treinta y cinco años, Las confesiones de la carne es el último y esperadísimo volumen de la Historia de la sexualidad, y también el que articula el entero proyecto foucaultiano.
Alongside China's vast material development, there came a change of its mental habits, largely affected by the technological revolution in the means of mass communication.
This book is a collection of selected papers that were presented at the First International Conference of the Asia-Pacific Society for Agricultural and Food Ethics (APSAFE 2013), which was held at Chulalongkorn University from November 28 - 30, 2013.
The book brings together diverse views from around the world and provides a comprehensive overview of the subject, beginning with different definitions of academic integrity through how to create the ethical academy.
Knowing Life examines the limits of dominant knowledge forms that contribute to current practices negatively affecting more-than-human beings, while also exploring alternative approaches to knowing that are capable of reducing harm and maximizing planetary thriving.
This book makes a substantial and timely contribution to discussions on energy security in Oman, providing a systematic analysis of energy security in Oman from 1920 to 2020.
This book explores the challenges to news professionalism and media autonomy stemming from the state, market pressure, the digitalization of communication, and a polarized civil society in Hong Kong.
