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  • The Philosophy of Envy

    by Sara Protasi ...
    Envy is almost universally condemned and feared. But is its bad reputation always warranted? In this book, Sara Protasi argues that envy is more multifaceted than it seems, and that some varieties of it can be productive and even virtuous. Protasi brings together empirical evidence and philosophical research to generate a novel view according to which there are four kinds of envy: emulative, inert ... Read more

    $30.39 USD

  • The Moral Psychology of Envy

    by Miriam Bankovsky, Vanessa Carbonell, Christina Chuang, Jan Crusius, Bart Engelen, Alison Duncan Kerr, Jens Lange, Ariele Niccoli, Patricia M. Rodriguez Mosquera, Felipe Romero, Alan Thomas0, Neal A. Tognazzini1, Maria Silvia Vaccarezza2, Niels van de Ven3, Íngrid Vendrell Ferran4, Sara Protasi6, Alfred Archer7 ...
    Series series Moral Psychology of the Emotions
    Envy is a vicious and shameful response to the good fortune of others, one that ruins friendships and plagues societies—or so the common thinking goes, shaped by millennia of religious and cultural condemnation. Envy’s bad reputation is not completely unwarranted; envy can indeed motivate malicious and counterproductive behavior and may strain or even tear apart relations between people. However, ... Read more

    $33.19 USD

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  • What Philosophy Can Do

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    "A brilliant demonstration of what philosophy can do and how it is essential to human integrity and identity." —Simon Critchley, coeditor of The Stone ReaderIn What Philosophy Can Do, Gary Gutting takes a philosopher’s scalpel to modern life’s biggest questions and the most powerful forces in our society—politics, science, religion, education, and capitalism. Along the way, he introduces readers ... Read more

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  • Joining the Resistance

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    Since the publication of her landmark book In a Different Voice, Carol Gilligan has transformed the way we think about women and men and the relations between them. It was ‘the little book that started a revolution’, and with more than 800,000 copies in print it has become one of the most widely read and influential books ever written on gender and human development.In her new book Joining the ... Read more

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  • The Cambridge Companion to Virtue Ethics

    Edited by Daniel C. Russell ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
    Virtue ethics has emerged from a rich history, in which both Aristotle and Aquinas have played an important role, to become one of the fastest-growing fields in contemporary ethics. In this volume of newly commissioned essays, leading moral philosophers offer a comprehensive overview of virtue ethics. They examine the theoretical structure of virtue ethics and its place in contemporary moral ... Read more

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  • Sour Grapes

    Studies in the Subversion of Rationality

    by Jon Elster ...
    Series series Cambridge Philosophy Classics
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  • The Human Condition

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    The books in this bite-sized new series contain no complicated techniques or tricky materials, making them ideal for the busy, the time-pressured or the merely curious. Ethics Made Easy is a short, simple and to-the-point guide. In just 96 pages, the reader will discover all the key ideas, from altruism to utilitarianism. Ideal for the busy, the time-pressured or the merely curious, Ethics Made ... Read more

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