Ethics and moral philosophy

An innovative reassessment of philosopher P.

What would Caligula do?

Timeless advice on how to be a successful leader in any fieldThe ancient biographer and essayist Plutarch thought deeply about the leadership qualities of the eminent Greeks and Romans he profiled in his famous-and massive-Lives, including politicians and generals such as Pericles, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, and Mark Antony.

How our beliefs about the soul have developed through the ages, and why an understanding of it still matters todayThe concept of the soul has been a recurring area of exploration since ancient times.

A leading political theorist's groundbreaking defense of ideal conceptions of justice in political philosophyThroughout the history of political philosophy and politics, there has been continual debate about the roles of idealism versus realism.

A vivid and accessible new translation of Cicero's influential writings on the Stoic idea of the divineMost ancient Romans were deeply religious and their world was overflowing with gods-from Jupiter, Minerva, and Mars to countless local divinities, household gods, and ancestral spirits.

An authoritative edition of George Eliot's elegant translation of Spinoza's greatest philosophical workIn 1856, Marian Evans completed her translation of Benedict de Spinoza's Ethics while living in Berlin with the philosopher and critic George Henry Lewes.

The ethics of war explores the moral limits and possibilities of conflict.

A gripping account of the Russian visionaries who are pursuing human immortalityAs long as we have known death, we have dreamed of life without end.

Is mercy more important than justice?

The true meaning of humility persistently drives debate, largely because we cannot agree on the word's definition.

Working Ethics sets out an ethical foundation for professionals and for the professions in a modern, culturally complex society.

Developed through a series of encounters with a Bosnian Serb soldier, The ethics of researching war is a meditation on the possibilities and limitations of responding to the extreme violence of the Bosnian war.

The Bush Administration, sex and the moral agenda considers White House policy towards issues such as abortion, sex education, obscenity and same-sex marriage.

This book invites its readers to an exploration of some of the greatest theologians in Christian history through the lens of disability theology in order to understand how the Christian Church is intended to deal with the ever-evolving concept and reality that is the disabled human experience.

Recognition and Ethics in World Literature is a critical comparative study of contemporary world literature, focused on the importance of the ethical turn (or return) in literary theory.

To what extent can an animal constitute a 'juridical species'?

Written in a simple, accessible style, Commonsense Darwinism offers a clear, critical examination of the subject.

Tolerance - desired by many and often demanded: By UNESCO, by the Pope, by Angela Merkel and Barack Obama.

Revolutionary France of 1789 was the world's first post-Christian society.

The African-American community represents a paradox of sorts.

The Peaceable Kingdom Series is a multivolume series that seeks to challenge the pervasive violence assumed necessary in relation to humans, nonhumans, and the larger environment.

Armies know all about killing.

Could it be that we have lost touch with some basic human realities in our day of high-tech efficiency, frenetic competition, and ceaseless consumption?

Websites and apps are places where critical parts of our lives happen.

Contemporary philosopher William Desmond has many companions in thought, and one of the most important of these is Augustine.

This engaging book encourages us to tap into humanity’s highest ideals to solve environmental and social problems and become better people in the process.

The last few decades seem to have ushered in new levels of violence, challenging the notion that our globalized, interconnected world offers increased prospects for cooperation and peace.

This book briefly characterizes the many different ways Christianity is currently understood and practiced.

Anthropology lies at the heart of the human sciences, tackling questions having to do with the foundations, ethics, and deployment of the knowledge crucial to human lives.

An ethics of timing--each moment in time requires a responsible answer.

Rather than embracing the conflict around gay relationships as an opportunity for the church to talk honestly about human sexuality, Christians continue to hurt one another with the same tired arguments that divide us along predictable political battle lines.

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What is faith?

In the fall of 1964, Trappist monk Thomas Merton prepared to host an unprecedented gathering of peace activists.

In December 2012, the U.

Does social justice promote Christian unity?

The discussions about subject and validation in our late modernity tend to oscillate between the "e;weak"e; self of postmodernity ("e;empty"e; or "e;rhetorical"e;) and neo-Cartesian versions trying, as they do, to recover a discredited foundation.

This book of essays asks the enduring, age-old question, "e;If God is loving and good, why is there so much evil?

Process and Dipolar Reality takes up Whitehead's challenge to philosophy to regain its proper status, namely, an adventure in speculative thought elaborating a categoreal scheme aiming to be the coherent, conceptual framework within which every possible item of experience can be interpreted.

Prison ministry needs to be reevaluated.

"e;The totalitarian state clearly intends to eliminate all those forms of organic community that rival the absolute loyalty of the individual to the state.

Beth Williams is a substitute teacher assigned to Springfield High School.

A contribution to the end of the Church knowing itself as the body of Christ.

What does it mean to be a hero?

Despite the fact that 99 percent of us work for a living and although work shapes us to the core, class and labor are topics that are underrepresented in the work of scholars of religion, theology, and the Bible.

What does climate change have to do with religion and spirituality?

Faith and Oil tells the story of conservative Christianity's relationship with America's oil industry.

Gadamer's Path to Plato investigates the formative years of Hans-Georg Gadamer's Plato studies, while studying with Martin Heidegger at Marburg University.