Der Aufsatz "Die Industriegesellschaft und ihre Zukunft" von Theodore Kaczynski einem amerikanischen Terroristen, auch besser bekannt als der UNABOMBER, hat einst in der Öffentlichkeit große Aufmerksamkeit erregt.
Este libro nace del interés de las instituciones académicas latinoamericanas y europeas agrupadas en el Colectivo Iberoamericano de Bioética y Cine (CIBC) en contribuir a la búsqueda de sentido en medio del absurdo que representa la perseverancia de la vida durante la pandemia de COVID-19.
Die Superreichen stehen unter heftigem Beschuss: Sie plündern die Welt und mästen sich an fremder Arbeit, verspielen unsere Zukunft und zerstören den gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt.
Die Superreichen stehen unter heftigem Beschuss: Sie plündern die Welt und mästen sich an fremder Arbeit, verspielen unsere Zukunft und zerstören den gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt.
How ancient Stoicism can help teach us to treat othersand ourselvesmore fairly and mercifully There are times when we've all felt that we haven't been treated as we deservethat we've been misjudged, shortchanged, or given a raw deal.
Dans la preface de "Le Gai Savoir" Nietzsche contextualise son projet: de ses provenances toutes de soupçons et de souffrances morales, faisant explicitement référence à une certaine appréhension de la psychologie en tant que libératrice des affres de la maladie, à l'antiquité grecque qu'il affectionne particulièrement pour ce que les Grecs anciens auraient été, de son avis philologique, " superficiels.
En Por mano propia, Diana Cohen Agrest analiza el lugar que las prácticas suicidas han adquirido en el imaginario social y se pregunta acerca del sentido de la vida humana y sobre el derecho para autodeterminar el fin de la propia existencia.
Aristotle's essential guide to human flourishing-the Nicomachean Ethics-in a lively new abridged translationAristotle's Nicomachean Ethics is one of the greatest guides to human flourishing ever written, but its length and style have left many readers languishing.
A provocative look at the central role of slavery in Augustine's religious, ethical, and political thoughtAugustine believed that slavery is permissible, but to understand why, we must situate him in his late antique Roman intellectual context.
Las mujeres siempre hemos sido molestas para las sociedades tradicionales, en la vida pública, en la cultura, incluso en la familia, una misoginia ancestral nos acompaña, de forma más sibilina en la actualidad por nuestra actitud persistente de seguir reclamando nuestros derechos, de hacernos visibles.
La pandemia provocada por el Covid-19 nos ha enfrentado con la realidad del sufrimiento y de la muerte de un modo incluso dramático, exigiendo en muchos casos las fuerzas de los profesionales de la salud hasta el extremo.
This seminal text in the history of moral philosophy elaborates the basic themes of Kant's moral theory, gives the most complete statement of his highly original theory of freedom of the will, and develops his practical metaphysics.
A compelling exploration of how our pursuit of happiness makes us unhappyWe live in an age of unprecedented prosperity, yet everywhere we see signs that our pursuit of happiness has proven fruitless.
From Pulitzer Prize-finalist Steven Nadler, an engaging guide to what Spinoza can teach us about life's big questionsIn 1656, after being excommunicated from Amsterdam's Portuguese-Jewish community for "e;abominable heresies"e; and "e;monstrous deeds,"e; the young Baruch Spinoza abandoned his family's import business to dedicate his life to philosophy.
Dealing with a diverse set of problems in practical and theoretical ethics, these fourteen essays, three of them previously unpublished, reconfirm Joel Feinberg's leading position in the field of legal philosophy.
A new edition of the highly acclaimed book Multiculturalism and "e;The Politics of Recognition,"e; this paperback brings together an even wider range of leading philosophers and social scientists to probe the political controversy surrounding multiculturalism.
A bold reevaluation of Spinoza that reveals his powerful, inclusive vision of religion for the modern ageSpinoza is widely regarded as either a God-forsaking atheist or a God-intoxicated pantheist, but Clare Carlisle says that he was neither.
The acknowledged masterpiece of Unamuno expresses the anguish of modern man as he is caught up in the struggle between the dictates of reason and the demands of his own heart.
An intellectual history of the philosophers who grappled with the problem of evil, and the case for why pessimism still holds moral value for us todayIn the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, philosophers engaged in heated debates on the question of how God could have allowed evil and suffering in a creation that is supposedly good.
A provocative and timely case for how the science of genetics can help create a more just and equal societyIn recent years, scientists like Kathryn Paige Harden have shown that DNA makes us different, in our personalities and in our health-and in ways that matter for educational and economic success in our current society.
This book is comprised of essays previously published in Philosophy & Public Affairs and also an extended excerpt from Michael Walzer's Just and Unjust Wars.
Nineteenth-century European thought, especially in Germany, was increasingly dominated by a new historicist impulse to situate every event, person, or text in its particular context.
This is the first major work in English to explore at length the meaning, context, aims, and vital importance of Thomas Hobbes's concepts of the law of nature and the right of nature.
Machiavelli's Ethics challenges the most entrenched understandings of Machiavelli, arguing that he was a moral and political philosopher who consistently favored the rule of law over that of men, that he had a coherent theory of justice, and that he did not defend the "e;Machiavellian"e; maxim that the ends justify the means.
After deciding to terminate his authorship with the pseudonymous Concluding Unscientific Postscript, Kierkegaard composed reviews as a means of writing without being an author.
The Epicureans, Skeptics, and Stoics practiced philosophy not as a detached intellectual discipline but as a worldly art of grappling with issues of daily and urgent human significance.
New perspectives on the role of collective responsibility in modern politicsStates are commonly blamed for wars, called on to apologize, held liable for debts and reparations, bound by treaties, and punished with sanctions.
Arguing that the prevalence of evil presents a fundamental problem for our secular sensibility, John Kekes develops a conception of character-morality as a response.
This is the first comprehensive interpretation of John Locke's solution to one of philosophy's most enduring problems: free will and the nature of human agency.
Adam Seligman, one of our most important social thinkers, continues the incisive critique of modernity he began in his previously acclaimed The Idea of Civil Society and The Problem of Trust.
Philosophical wisdom and practical advice for overcoming the problems of middle ageHow can you reconcile yourself with the lives you will never lead, with possibilities foreclosed, and with nostalgia for lost youth?
