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  • Social Justice

    The Moral Foundations of Public Health and Health Policy

    by Madison Powers, Ruth Faden ...
    Series series Issues in Biomedical Ethics
    In bioethics, discussions of justice have tended to focus on questions of fairness in access to health care: is there a right to medical treatment, and how should priorities be set when medical resources are scarce. But health care is only one of many factors that determine the extent to which people live healthy lives, and fairness is not the only consideration in determining whether a health ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • A Livable Planet

    Human Rights in the Global Economy

    by Madison Powers ...
    Humanity faces an ecological predicament, consisting of a cluster of concurrent, mutually reinforcing crises. They are causally intertwined and resistant to resolution in isolation. In addition to climate disruption, the cluster includes land-system change, loss of biodiversity and biosphere integrity, alteration of biogeochemical cycles, and decreased freshwater availability. Madison Powers ... Read more

    $21.89 USD

  • Social Justice

    The Moral Foundations of Public Health and Health Policy

    by Madison Powers, Ruth Faden ...
    Series series Issues in Biomedical Ethics
    In bioethics, discussions of justice have tended to focus on questions of fairness in access to health care: is there a right to medical treatment, and how should priorities be set when medical resources are scarce. But health care is only one of many factors that determine the extent to which people live healthy lives, and fairness is not the only consideration in determining whether a health ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • Structural Injustice

    Power, Advantage, and Human Rights

    by Madison Powers, Ruth Faden ...
    Madison Powers and Ruth Faden here develop an innovative theory of structural injustice that links human rights norms and fairness norms. Norms of both kinds are grounded in an account of well-being. Their well-being account provides the foundation for human rights, explains the depth of unfairness of systematic patterns of disadvantage, and locates the unfairness of power relations in forms of ... Read more

    $78.29 USD

  • Ethical Issues in Biotechnology

    by Nicholas Agar, Miguel Altieri, American Association for the Advancement of Science, F H. Bach et. al, eds., Coalition of Americans for Research Ethics, Carl Cohen, Ronnie Cummings, Joyce D'Silva, H T. Englehardt, Ron Epstein, J.R.S Fincham, Mira Fong, R G. Frey, Jean Halloran, Michael Hansen, Heta Hayry, Bette Hillman, A Holland, Leon Kass, D A. Kessler et. al, Andrew Linzey, Miriam McGillis, Martina McGloughlin, National Academy of Sciences, National Bioethics Advisory Commission, Organization for Economic Cooperation, Development, Julie Palmer, Steven Palumbi, Madison Powers, J R. Ravetz, Rosamond Rhodes, B E. Rollin, Peter M. Rosset, Paul Thompson, Harold Vanderpool, Allen Verhey, Robert Wachbroit, Leroy Walters ...
    Ethical Issues in Biotechnology is the first textbook of its kind, written collaboratively by a philosopher and a biologist to provide undergraduate students with a comprehensive, accessible introduction to the ethical and scientific fundamentals of biotechnology. Engaging the ethics and the science side by side, the text addresses pressing questions in agricultural, food, and animal biotechnology ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Law And Limit The Architecture of the Infinite by Kiet Anh Le

    How Existence Emerges from Law Beyond Time and Space

    by KIET LE ...
    Narrated by MADISON POWERS ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 51 min

    What if the universe didn't begin with a bang, but with a rule?In Law & Limit: The Architecture of the Infinite, independent theorist Kiet Anh Le redefines the origin of existence itself. Every event, every equation, presupposes structure — meaning that Law, not matter or time, is the true beginning of reality.Through a blend of logic, mathematics, and metaphysics, Le reveals a profound ... Read more

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    by Maureen Baker ...
    Designed specifically for sociology of the family courses, this text examines the choices and constraints placed on individuals, relationships, and marriages in light of both family circumstances and societal expectations. Using an interdisciplinary approach that draws on the latest research in sociology, psychology, anthropology, and social history, the author explores emerging patterns in family ... Read more

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  • Earth for All

    A Survival Guide for Humanity

    by Sandrine Dixson-Decleve, Owen Gaffney, Jayati Ghosh, Jorgen Randers, Johan Rockstrom, Per Espen Stoknes ...
    The economic operating system keeps crashing. It’s time to upgrade to a new one.Five decades ago, The Limits to Growth shocked the world by showing that population and industrial growth were pushing humanity towards a cliff. Today the world recognizes that we are now at the cliff edge: Earth has crossed multiple planetary boundaries while widespread inequality is causing deep instabilities in ... Read more

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  • At Risk

    Social Justice in Child Welfare and Other Human Services

    by Karen Swift, Marilyn Callahan ...
    In At Risk, Karen J. Swift and Marilyn Callahan examine risk and risk assessment in the context of professional practice in child protection, social work, and other human services. They argue that the tools, technologies, and practices used to measure risk to the individual have gone unquestioned and unstudied and that current methods of risk assessment may be distorting the principles of social ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • The Case for Degrowth

    by Giorgos Kallis, Susan Paulson, Giacomo D'Alisa, Federico Demaria ...
    The relentless pursuit of economic growth is the defining characteristic of contemporary societies. Yet it benefits few and demands monstrous social and ecological sacrifice. Is there a viable alternative? How can we halt the endless quest to grow global production and consumption and instead secure socio-ecological conditions that support lives worth living for all?In this compelling book, ... Read more

    $10.00 USD

  • Politics in Time

    History, Institutions, and Social Analysis

    by Paul Pierson ...
    This groundbreaking book represents the most systematic examination to date of the often-invoked but rarely examined declaration that "history matters." Most contemporary social scientists unconsciously take a "snapshot" view of the social world. Yet the meaning of social events or processes is frequently distorted when they are ripped from their temporal context. Paul Pierson argues that placing ... Read more

    $33.89 USD

  • True Wealth

    How and Why Millions of Americans Are Creating a Time-Rich, Ecologically Light, Small-Scale, High-Satisfaction Economy

    by Juliet B. Schor ...
    A groundbreaking statement about ecological decline, suggesting a radical change in how we think about consumer goods, value, and ways to live.In True Wealth , economist Juliet B. Schor rejects the sacrifice message, with the insight that social innovations and new technology can simultaneously enhance our lives and protect the planet. Schor shares examples of urban farmers, DIY renovators, and ... Read more

    $6.99 USD