Ethics and moral philosophy

Following the extraordinary success of the New York Times bestseller Bonhoeffer, Eric Metaxas's latest book offers inspirational and intellectually rigorous thoughts on the big questions surrounding us all today.

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Why do we lie?

Ezekial Murphy, a West Indian immigrant, takes up a new job as an attendant at a large London lavatory.

A guide to the complex subject of ethics explained in clear and entertaining language.

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The man who listens to horses talks to people.

The ingredients, cooks, techniques and tools that have shaped our love of food.

Outlining the distinctive elements of Christian ethics, Moral Choices is the standard text for college ethics courses.

How do we come by our worldviews and philosophies?

Be Prepared to Think Theologically through Today's Most Pressing Ethical and Moral Issues In Theological Ethics theologian, pastor, and ethicist W.

Believing Philosophy introduces Christians to philosophy and the tools it provides believers, helping them understand, articulate, and defend their faith in an age of unbelief.

Friedrich Nietzsche's thoughts in 140 characters or less.

A study of the moral state of the nation - the acid test of this being how we treat the weakest among us.

New technologies and medicines make it increasingly possible to enhance human functioning in new ways: to become smarter, more emotionally attuned, and perhaps even morally better.

A fresh, new translation of Augustine's third work as a Christian convert The first four works written by St.

Perennial wisdom from one of history’s most important but lesser-known Stoic teachers  “He knew that all a philosopher could do was respond well—bravely, boldly, patiently—to what life threw at us.

A compact and accessible edition of Hume’s political and moral writings with essays by a distinguished set of contributors A key figure of the Scottish Enlightenment, David Hume was a major influence on thinkers ranging from Kant and Schopenhauer to Einstein and Popper, and his writings continue to be deeply relevant today.

A provocative examination of how unequal access to reproductive technology replays the sins of the eugenics movement Eugenics, the effort to improve the human species by inhibiting reproduction of “inferior” genetic strains, ultimately came to be regarded as the great shame of the Progressive movement.

One World Now seamlessly integrates major developments of the past decade into Peter Singer's classic text on the ethics of globalization, One World.

Why do policies and business practices that ignore the moral and generous side of human nature often fail?

A positive assessment of secularism and the possibilities it offers for a genuinely meaningful life without religion Although there is no shortage of recent books arguing against religion, few offer a positive alternative—how anyone might live a fulfilling life without the support of religious beliefs.

A leading public critic reminds us of the compelling reasons people throughout time have found to stay alive Worldwide, more people die by suicide than by murder, and many more are left behind to grieve.

We humans value a great variety of plant and animal species for their usefulness to us.

In the pages of this slim, powerful book Rob Riemen argues with passion that “nobility of spirit” is the quintessence of a civilized world.

The confusion of sin and evil, or religious and moral transgression, is the subject of Ronald Paulson’s latest book.

One of the world’s most influential philosophers here considers the ethical issues surrounding globalization.

Immanuel Kant’s Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals is one of the most important texts in the history of ethics.

Michael Walzer is one of the world’s most eminent philosophers on the subject of war and ethics.

When do governments merit our allegiance, and when should they be denied it?

Drone Theory is Gregoire Chamayou's poignant and sharply argued polemic against US drone warfare.

Ethics are more than a personal philosophy.

'So the only question is: do animals other than man suffer?

'Not to be born is undoubtedly the best plan of all.

'To create today means to create dangerously'This new collection contains some of Camus' most brilliant political writing as he reflects on moral responsibility and the role of the artist in the world.

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Selected as a Book of the Year in The Times Literary Supplement'This lucid and riveting new biography at once rescuses Kierkegaard from the scholars and shows why he is such an intriguing and useful figure' ObserverS ren Kierkegaard, one of the most passionate and challenging of modern philosophers, is now celebrated as the father of existentialism - yet his contemporaries described him as a philosopher of the heart.

'An ambitious and engrossing investigation of the moral legacies which stubbornly refuse to pass' Brendan Simms As the western world struggles with its legacies of racism and colonialism, what can we learn from the past in order to move forward?

One of the great polemics and the key founding anarchist text, Godwin's Enquiry is his major work of political philosophy.

Ausgehend von Nietzsches kritischer Auseinandersetzung mit Schopenhauers Willensmetaphysik und Mitleidsethik rekonstruiert die Arbeit Nietzsches Moralkritik als Wiederaufnahme der antiken Ethik des guten Lebens.

Imagine you are being offered a choice as to which kind of life you can live.

Dieses eBook: "Über den Umgang mit Menschen" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen.

'It is possible for man to snatch the world from the darkness of absurdity'How should we think and act in the world?

'Don't hope that events will turn out the way you want, welcome events in whichever way they happen'How can we cope when life's events seem beyond our control?

'We have left dry land and put out to sea!

'What Japan was she owed to the samurai.

CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NEW STATESMAN AND BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE'In this searing book, Priya Satia demonstrates, yet again, that she is one of our most brilliant and original historians' Sunil Amrith, author of Unruly WatersFor generations, the history of the British empire was written by its victors.

'A joy of a book - enriching, illuminating, eclectic and far from a conventional science read' Richard Webb, New Scientist Books of the Year'Carlo Rovelli's imaginative rigour, his lively humour and his beautiful writing are inspiring' Erica WagnerOne of the most inspiring thinkers of our age, the bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics transforms the way we think about the world with his reflections on science, history and humanityIn this collection of writings, the logbook of an intelligence always on the move, Carlo Rovelli follows his curiosity and invites us on a voyage through science, history, philosophy and politics.

'Witty and learned .