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  • Seeking the Truth of Things

    by Al Gini ...
    Far too many people think philosophy is an intellectual exercise that is beyond them, over their heads, or an intellectual waste of time. In Seeking the Truth of Things, Gini attempts to reestablish philosophy at the center and not the periphery of the public square by relating bits of wisdom that are both manageable yet imaginative and flavorful enough to entice and satisfy readers without ever ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Ethics of Business

    A Concise Introduction

    by Al Gini, Alexei Marcoux ...
    Series series Elements of Philosophy
    In a field dominated by books that focus exclusively on the perspective of business in large corporations or that assume that business has a moral deficiency in need of reform, Al Gini and Alexei Marcoux offers students and business people alike a concise guide to what everyone ought to do when doing business. Where other books are organized topically, Gini and Marcoux look at the moral features ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • The Sanity of Satire

    Surviving Politics One Joke at a Time

    by Al Gini, Abraham Singer ...
    Political humor and satire are, perhaps, as old as comedy itself, and they are crucial to our society and our collective sense of self. Satire is confrontational. It’s about pushback, dissent, discord, disappointment, and demonstrating the absurdity of the status quo. This book is an attempt to explore how these aspects of satire help secure our sanity.Aristotle famously said that humans are ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

  • The Importance of Being Funny

    Why We Need More Jokes in Our Lives

    by Al Gini ...
    When E. B. White said “analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog; few people are interested and the frog dies,” he hadn’t seen Al Gini’s hilarious, incisive, and informative take on jokes, joke-telling, and the jokers who tell jokes. For Gini, humor is more than just foolish fun: it serves as a safety valve for dealing with reality that gives us the courage to endure that which we cannot ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • My Job, My Self

    Work and the Creation of the Modern Individual

    by Al Gini ...
    In My Job My Self, Gini plumbs a wide range of statistics, interviews with workers, surveys from employers and employees, and his own experiences and memories, to explore why we work, how our work affects us, and what we will become as a nation of workers. My Job, My Self speaks to every employed person who has yet to understand the costs and challenges of a lifetime of labor. ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Why It's Hard To Be Good

    by Al Gini ...
    In a series of brief chapters, Al Gini lays out ideas for 'stepping out of the shadow of the self' - an argument for stopping thinking of yourself as the centre of the universe. It's hard to be good, he explains, until we realize that being good only has meaning in relation to other people. Ideas of justice, fairness, and ethical behavior are just that - abstract ideas - until they are put into ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • 10 Virtues of Outstanding Leaders

    Leadership and Character

    by Al Gini, Ronald M. Green ...
    Series Book 5 - Foundations of Business Ethics
    What makes a good leader? Ten leaders, ten key virtuesThis readable distillation of the core common features of successful leaders shows how an individual's character, and especially their virtue, is the defining factor. Without these ten vital virtues, leadership becomes "misleadership." The authors, both renowned business ethicists, combine theory with fascinating biographical detail on ... Read more

    $23.00 USD

  • The Importance of Being Lazy

    In Praise of Play, Leisure, and Vacation

    by Al Gini ...
    Drawing upon in-depth case studies of vacation habits and the observations of philosophers, writers, and sociologists such as Aristotle, Mark Twain and Thorstein Veblen, Al Gini argues why vacations are so venerated and why 'doing nothing' is a fundamental human necessity.From shopping sprees and extreme sports to the ultimate vacation - retirement - The Importance of Being lazy demonstrates that ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • The Value of Time and Leisure in a World of Work

    by Al Gini, Charles Guignon, Annette Holba, Marcia Homiak, Mike W. Martin, Valerie Tiberius, Kevin Aho, Robert Audi, Peter A. French ...
    It is a platitude that most people, as they say, 'work to live' rather than 'live to work.' And in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, work weeks have expanded and the divide between work time and personal time has significantly blurred due to innovations in such things as electronic communications. Concerns over the value of work in our lives, as well as with the balance or use ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

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    Why We Follow Destructive Bosses and Corrupt Politicians--and How We Can Survive Them

    by Jean Lipman-Blumen ...
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  • A Better Way to Think About Business

    How Personal Integrity Leads to Corporate Success

    by Robert C. Solomon ...
    Is business ethics a contradiction in terms? Absolutely not, says Robert Solomon. In fact, he maintains that sound ethics is a necessary precondition of any long-term business enterprise, and that excellence in business must exist on the foundation of values that most of us hold dear. Drawing on twenty years of experience consulting with major corporations on ethics, Solomon clarifies the ... Read more

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  • The Fourth Turning

    What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America's Next Rendezvous with Destiny

    by William Strauss, Neil Howe ...
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