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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “michael hauskeller”
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  • Meaning in Life

    A Subjectivist Account

    by Michael Hauskeller ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This book develops and defends a subjectivist account of meaning in life, which holds that the only place that meaning can ever be found is in the way we experience the living of our lives.Many philosophers consider that a life can only be meaningful if it meets certain objective standards. For a life to be meaningful, they insist, it needs to make a difference and contribute something important, ... Read more

    $116.09 USD

  • Dialogues on the Meaning of Life

    by Michael Hauskeller ...
    Series series Philosophical Dialogues on Contemporary Problems
    What does it mean to live a meaningful life? Can life be meaningful at all, and if it can, what exactly makes it so? This new volume in the Philosophical Dialogues on Contemporary Issues series addresses these questions through fictional dialogues that relate the theoretical problems that philosophers tend to focus on to the lives of ordinary people, the concerns they have, and the problems they ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Biotechnology and the Integrity of Life

    Taking Public Fears Seriously

    by Michael Hauskeller ...
    There are things that can be done and are done to life on earth (whether it be human, animal or plant life) which, even if they do not involve or produce any suffering, are still considered morally wrong by a large proportion of the public. Such things include changing the nature of living beings by means of genetic engineering in order to enhance their health, or, more likely with animals and ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Jonathan Swift and Philosophy

    by Janelle Pötzsch, Michael Hauskeller, Chris A. Kramer, Will Desmond, Steve van Hagen, William Goodwin, Kurt Edward Milberger, Dutton B. Kearney, Nicolas Michaud, Jesús Valera-Zapata0, Pritika Nehra1, John Price2, Greg Littmann3 ...
    Jonathan Swift and Philosophy is the first book to analyse and interpret Swift’s writing from a philosophical angle. By placing key texts of Swift in their philosophical and cultural contexts and providing background to their history of ideas, it demonstrates how well informed Swift’s criticism of the politics, philosophy, and science of his age actually was. Moreover, it also sets straight ... Read more

    $105.29 USD

  • Better Humans?

    Understanding the Enhancement Project

    by Michael Hauskeller ...
    Developments in medical science have afforded us the opportunity to improve and enhance the human species in ways unthinkable to previous generations. Whether it's making changes to mitochondrial DNA in a human egg, being prescribed Prozac, or having a facelift, our desire to live longer, feel better and look good has presented philosophers, medical practitioners and policy-makers with ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • The Meaning of Life and Death

    Ten Classic Thinkers on the Ultimate Question

    by Michael Hauskeller ...
    What is the point of living? If we are all going to die anyway, if nothing will remain of whatever we achieve in this life, why should we bother trying to achieve anything in the first place? Can we be mortal and still live a meaningful life? Questions such as these have been asked for a long time, but nobody has found a conclusive answer yet. The connection between death and meaning, however, has ... Read more

    $29.19 USD

  • Mythologies of Transhumanism

    by Michael Hauskeller ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This book examines the dependence of transhumanist arguments on the credibility of the narratives of meaning in which they are embedded. By taking the key ideas from transhumanist philosophy – the desirability of human self-design and immortality, the elimination of all suffering and the expansion of human autonomy – Michael Hauskeller explores these narratives and the understanding of human ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • The Palgrave Handbook of Posthumanism in Film and Television

    Edited by Michael Hauskeller, Curtis D. Carbonell, Thomas D. Philbeck ...
    What does popular culture's relationship with cyborgs, robots, vampires and zombies tell us about being human? Insightful scholarly perspectives shine a light on how film and television evince and portray the philosophical roots, the social ramifications and the future visions of a posthumanist world. ... Read more

    $170.09 USD

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  • Beginning theory

    An introduction to literary and cultural theory: Fourth edition

    by Peter Barry, John McLeod ...
    Series series Beginnings
    Beginning theory has been helping students navigate through the thickets of literary and cultural theory for over two decades. This new and expanded fourth edition continues to offer readers the best single-volume introduction to the field. The bewildering variety of approaches, theorists and technical language is lucidly and expertly unravelled. Unlike many books which assume certain positions ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • Dr. Seuss and Philosophy

    Oh, the Thinks You Can Think!

    by Jacob M. Held, Benjamin Rider, Matthew F. Pierlott, Ron Novy, Tanya Jeffcoat, Eric N. Wilson, Dean A. Knowalski, Thomas M. Alexander, Anthony Cunningham, Henry Cribbs0, Johann A. Klaassen1, Mari-Gretta G. Klaassen2, Randall Auxier3, Dwayne Tunstall4, Aeon J. Skoble5 ...
    Series series Great Authors and Philosophy
    Since Theodor Geisel published his first children's book in 1937 under the pseudonym Dr. Seuss, children and adults alike have been captivated by the charming and laconic tales of whimsical characters and imaginative worlds. But Dr. Seuss' stories are more than just catchy poems; they often wrestle with serious philosophical and moral dilemmas, whether it is Horton discovering the very essence of ... Read more

    $18.79 USD

  • The Blank Slate

    The Modern Denial of Human Nature

    by Steven Pinker ...
    **A brilliant inquiry into the origins of human nature from the author of Rationality, The Better Angels of Our Nature, and Enlightenment Now."Sweeping, erudite, sharply argued, and fun to read..also highly persuasive." --TimeFinalist for the Pulitzer Prize**Updated with a new afterwordOne of the world's leading experts on language and the mind explores the idea of human nature and its moral, ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Science Fiction

    A Very Short Introduction

    by David Seed ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Science Fiction has proved notoriously difficult to define. It has been explained as a combination of romance, science and prophecy; as a genre based on an imagined alternative to the reader's environment; and as a form of fantastic fiction and historical literature. It has also been argued that science fiction narratives are the most engaged, socially relevant, and responsive to the modern ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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