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  • What Is the Point of Moral Philosophy?

    Edited by Roger Crisp, Ingmar Persson, Julian Savulescu ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory
    Over the last half-century, moral philosophy has taken an applied turn, covering practical issues in areas such as medicine, business, the environment, and many others. But it has largely failed to examine itself. In this volume, a range of distinguished contemporary ethicists, representing many different positions, examine what might be the point, if any, of moral philosophy.Given the deep and ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Morality from Compassion

    by Ingmar Persson ...
    According to Arthur Schopenhauer, compassion is the basis of morality. He sees concern for justice as a negative form of compassion, directed at not harming anyone, as opposed to the more far-reaching, positive form of benefiting. He thinks a higher degree of compassion involves realizing that the spatio-temporal separation of individuals is illusory and that in reality they are all identical. ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Reasons in Action

    A Reductionist Account of Intentional Action

    by Ingmar Persson ...
    Ingmar Persson offers an original view of the processes of human action: deliberating on the basis of reasons for and against actions, making a decision about what to do, and from there implementing the decision in action in a way that makes the action intentional. Persson's analysis is mainly developed to suit physical actions, though how it needs to be modified to cover mental acts is also ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • The Blackwell Guide to Ethical Theory

    Edited by Hugh LaFollette, Ingmar Persson ...
    Series series Blackwell Philosophy Guides
    Building on the strengths of the highly successful first edition, the extensively updated Blackwell Guide to Ethical Theory presents a complete state-of-the-art survey, written by an international team of leading moral philosophers.A new edition of this successful and highly regarded Guide, now reorganized and updated with the addition of significant new materialIncludes 21 essays written by an ... Read more

    $39.00 USD

  • Inclusive Ethics

    Extending Beneficence and Egalitarian Justice

    by Ingmar Persson ...
    Inclusive Ethics begins from two ideas which are part of our everyday morality, namely that we have a moral reason to benefit or do good to other beings, and that justice requires these benefits to be distributed equally. A morality comprising these two general principles will be exceedingly hard to apply as these principles will have to be balanced against each in an intuitive fashion, but also ... Read more

    $65.69 USD

  • Metal Ions and Complexes in Solution

    Edited by Toshio Yamaguchi, Ingmar Persson ...
    Series Book 2 - Coordination Chemistry Fundamentals Series
    Based on a translated Japanese title published in 2012, this book provides fundamental aspects of experimental and computational methods, the properties and structure of solvents, ion solvation and equilibria and reactions of metal complexes in solution. It includes state-of-the-art details on metal complexes in newly developing sustainable liquids and applications in real life.Appealing to ... Read more

    $85.49 USD

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  • Ethics

    The Fundamentals

    by Julia Driver ...
    Series series Fundamentals of Philosophy
    Ethics: The Fundamentals explores core ideas and arguments in moral theory by introducing students to different philosophical approaches to ethics, including virtue ethics, Kantian ethics, divine command theory, and feminist ethics.The first volume in the new Fundamentals of Philosophy series.Presents lively, real-world examples and thoughtful discussion of key moral philosophers and their ideas ... Read more

    $30.00 USD

  • Ethics DeMYSTiFieD

    Hard Stuff Made Easy

    by Micah Newman ...
    Series series Demystified
    This step-by-step approach to untangling the complexities of ethics from the bestselling … Demystified brand is a trusted companion to a college (346,000 students annually) course or as a self-teaching guide for readers studying on their own.About the BookThis easy-to-use guide from the popular Demystified series makes learning about ethics simple by walking readers step-by-step through the ... Read more

    $15.59 USD

  • Why Things Matter to People

    Social Science, Values and Ethical Life

    by Andrew Sayer ...
    Andrew Sayer undertakes a fundamental critique of social science's difficulties in acknowledging that people's relation to the world is one of concern. As sentient beings, capable of flourishing and suffering, and particularly vulnerable to how others treat us, our view of the world is substantially evaluative. Yet modernist ways of thinking encourage the common but extraordinary belief that ... Read more

    $28.69 USD

  • Philosophy of Education

    by Nel Noddings ...
    The first edition of Nel Noddings' Philosophy of Education was acclaimed as the 'best overview in the field' by the journal Teaching Philosophy and predicted to 'become the standard textbook in philosophy of education' by Educational Theory. This classic text, originally designed to give the education student a comprehensive look at philosophical thought in relation to teaching, learning, research ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • A Mind Of One's Own

    Feminist Essays On Reason And Objectivity

    by Louise Antony, Charlotte Witt ...
    With philosophy so steeped in patriarchal tradition how is it possible for feminists to work within it? In this volume, 13 feminist theorists discuss whether traditional ideals of objectivity and rationality should be given a place within the committed feminist view of philosophy and the world. ... Read more

    $84.99 USD

  • The Politics of Survival

    Peirce, Affectivity, and Social Criticism

    by Lara Trout ...
    Series series American Philosophy
    How can sincere, well-meaning people unintentionally perpetuate discrimination based on race, sex, sexuality, or other socio-political factors? To address this question, Lara Trout engages a neglected dimension of Charles S. Peirce's philosophy - human embodiment - in order to highlight the compatibility between Peirce's ideas and contemporary work in social criticism. This compatibility, which ... Read more

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