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  • A New Stoicism

    Revised Edition

    by Lawrence C. Becker ...
    What would stoic ethics be like today if stoicism had survived as a systematic approach to ethical theory, if it had coped successfully with the challenges of modern philosophy and experimental science? A New Stoicism proposes an answer to that question, offered from within the stoic tradition but without the metaphysical and psychological assumptions that modern philosophy and science have ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Encyclopedia of Ethics

    Edited by Lawrence C. Becker, Charlotte B. Becker ...
    The editors, working with a team of 325 renowned authorities in the field of ethics, have revised, expanded and updated this classic encyclopedia. Along with the addition of 150 new entries, all of the original articles have been newly peer-reviewed and revised, bibliographies have been updated throughout, and the overall design of the work has been enhanced for easier access to cross-references ... Read more

    $1,050.99 USD

  • Property Rights (Routledge Revivals)

    Philosophic Foundations

    by Lawrence C. Becker ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    Property Rights: Philosophic Foundations, first published in 1977, comprehensively examines the general justifications for systems of private property rights, and discusses with great clarity the major arguments as to the rights and responsibilities of property ownership. In particular, the arguments that hold that there are natural rights derived from first occupancy, labour, utility, liberty and ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Reciprocity (Routledge Revivals)

    by Lawrence C. Becker ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    The tendency to reciprocate – to return good for good and evil for evil – is a potent force in human life, and the concept of reciprocity is closely connected to fundamental notions of ‘justice’, ‘obligation’ or ‘duty’, ‘gratitude’ and ‘equality’.In Reciprocity, first published in 1986, Lawrence Becker presents a sustained argument about reciprocity, beginning with the strategy for developing a ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • On Justifying Moral Judgements (Routledge Revivals)

    by Lawrence C. Becker ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    Much discussion of morality presupposes that moral judgments are always, at bottom, arbitrary. Moral scepticism, or at least moral relativism, has become common currency among the liberally educated. This remains the case even while political crises become intractable, and it is increasingly apparent that the scope of public policy formulated with no reference to moral justification is extremely ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Gewirth

    Critical Essays on Action, Rationality, and Community

    by Anita Allen, Lawrence C. Becker, Deryck Beyleveld, David Cummiskey, David DeGrazia, David M. Gallagher, Alan Gewirth, Virginia Held, Barbara Koziak, Donald Regan, Jeffrey Reiman, Henry Richardson, Beth J. Singer, Michael Slote, Edward Spence, James P. Sterba ...
    Series series Studies in Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy
    As one of the most important ethicists to emerge since the Second World War, Alan Gewirth continues to influence philosophical debates concerning morality. This book provides a picture of Gewirth's theory and its applications, including such new perspectives as feminism, the Stoics, and Sartre. ... Read more

    $129.99 USD

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    Testing Epictetus's Doctrines in a Laboratory of Human Behavior

    by James B. Stockdale ...
    When physical disability from combat wounds brought about Jim Stockdale's early retirement from military life, he had the distinction of being the only three-star officer in the history of the navy to wear both aviator wings and the Congressional Medal of Honor. His writings have been many and varied, but all converge on the central theme of how man can rise with dignity to prevail in the face of ... Read more

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  • Epictetus

    A Stoic and Socratic Guide to Life

    by A. A. Long ...
    The philosophy of Epictetus, a freed slave in the Roman Empire, has been profoundly influential on Western thought: it offers not only stimulating ideas but practical guidance in living one's life. A. A. Long, a leading scholar of later ancient philosophy, gives the definitive presentation of the thought of Epictetus for a broad readership. Long's fresh and vivid translations of a selection of the ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

  • The Cambridge Companion to the Stoics

    Edited by Brad Inwood ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
    This unique volume offers an odyssey through the ideas of the Stoics in three particular ways: first, through the historical trajectory of the school itself and its influence; second, through the recovery of the history of Stoic thought; third, through the ongoing confrontation with Stoicism, showing how it refines philosophical traditions, challenges the imagination, and ultimately defines the ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • Wisdom Takes Work

    Learn. Apply. Repeat.

    by Ryan Holiday ...
    Series series The Stoic Virtues Series
    In this much-anticipated final installment in the Stoic Virtues series, Ryan Holiday makes the case for the virtue on which all other virtues depend.Of all the stoic virtues - courage, discipline, justice, and wisdom - wisdom is the most elusive. This is especially apparent in an age where reaction and idle chatter are rewarded, and restraint and thoughtfulness are unfashionable. The great ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

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  • The Complete Works

    Handbook, Discourses, & Fragments

    by Epictetus ...
    "This is now the best English translation of Epictetus available . . . a reliable and up-to-date guide to the most influential Stoic in today's world." —Brad Inwood, author of Stoicism: A Very Short Introduction"Some things are up to us and some are not."Epictetus was born into slavery around the year 50 CE, and, upon being granted his freedom, he set himself up as a philosophy teacher. After ... Read more

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  • Stoicism

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Brad Inwood ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Stoicism is two things: a long past philosophical school of ancient Greece and Rome, and an enduring philosophical movement that still inspires people in the twenty-first century to re-think and re-organize their lives in order to achieve personal satisfaction. What is the connection between them? This Very Short Introduction provides an introductory account of Stoic philosophy, and tells the ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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