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  • Wrestling - Styles And Systems

    by Walter Armstrong ...
    Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Moral AI

    And How We Get There

    by Jana Schaich Borg, Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, Vincent Conitzer ...
    Series series Pelican Books
    A balanced and thought-provoking guide to all the big questions about AI and ethicsCan computers understand morality? Can they respect privacy? And what can we do to make AI safe and fair?The artificial intelligence revolution has begun. Today, there are self-driving cars on our streets, autonomous weapons in our armies, robot surgeons in our hospitals – and AI's presence in our lives will only ... Read more

    $12.79 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Clean Hands

    Philosophical Lessons from Scrupulosity

    by Jesse S. Summers, Walter Sinnott-Armstrong ...
    People with scrupulosity have rigorous, obsessive moral beliefs that lead them to perform extreme, compulsive moral acts. A waitress with this condition checks and rechecks levels of cleaners and solvents to avoid any risk of poisoning her customers. Another individual asks repeatedly whether he fasted correctly, despite swallowing his own saliva. Those with scrupulosity stretch out their prayers ... Read more

    $79.19 USD

  • Morality Without God?

    by Walter Sinnott-Armstrong ...
    Series series Philosophy in Action
    Some argue that atheism must be false, since without God, no values are possible, and thus "everything is permitted." Walter Sinnott-Armstrong argues that God is not only not essential to morality, but that our moral behavior should be utterly independent of religion. He attacks several core ideas: that atheists are inherently immoral people; that any society will sink into chaos if it is becomes ... Read more

    $22.79 USD

  • Think Again

    How to Reason and Argue

    by Walter Sinnott-Armstrong ...
    Our personal and political worlds are rife with arguments and disagreements, some of them petty and vitriolic. The inability to compromise and understand the opposition is epidemic today, from countries refusing to negotiate, to politicians pandering to their base. Social media has produced a virulent world where extreme positions dominate. There is much demonization of the other side, very little ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Think Again

    How to Reason and Argue

    by Walter Sinnott-Armstrong ...
    Our personal and political worlds are rife with arguments and disagreements, some of them petty and vitriolic. The inability to compromise and understand the opposition is epidemic today, from countries refusing to negotiate, to politicians pandering to their base. Social media has produced a virulent world where extreme positions dominate. There is much demonization of the other side, very little ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Morality Without God?

    by Walter Sinnott-Armstrong ...
    Series series Philosophy in Action
    Some argue that atheism must be false, since without God, no values are possible, and thus "everything is permitted." Walter Sinnott-Armstrong argues that God is not only not essential to morality, but that our moral behavior should be utterly independent of religion. He attacks several core ideas: that atheists are inherently immoral people; that any society will sink into chaos if it is becomes ... Read more

    $22.79 USD

  • Finding Consciousness

    The Neuroscience, Ethics, and Law of Severe Brain Damage

    by Walter Sinnott-Armstrong ...
    Series series Oxford Series in Neuroscience, Law, and Philosophy
    Modern medicine enables us to keep many people alive after they have suffered severe brain damage and show no reliable outward signs of consciousness. Many such patients are misdiagnosed as being in a permanent vegetative state when they are actually in a minimally conscious state. This mistake has far-reaching implications for treatment and prognosis. To alleviate this problem, neuroscientists ... Read more

    $72.89 USD

  • Audiobook

    Moral AI

    And How We Get There

    by Jana Schaich Borg, Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, Vincent Conitzer ...
    Narrated by Rory Alexander ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 42 min

    **Brought to you by Penguin.A reassuring and thought-provoking guide to all the big questions about AI and ethics**Should robots ever be considered free? Will computers transcend human intelligence? And what can we do to make sure AI is safe?The artificial intelligence revolution has begun. Today, there are self-driving cars on our streets, autonomous weapons in our armies, robot surgeons in our ... Read more

    $19.11 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Is Goodness without God Good Enough?

    A Debate on Faith, Secularism, and Ethics

    by Louise Antony, William Lane Craig, John Hare, Donald C. Hubin, Paul Kurtz, C Stephen Layman, Mark C. Murphy, Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, Richard Swinburne ...
    Morality and religion: intimately wed, violently opposed, or something else? Discussion of this issue appears in pop culture, the academy, and the media-often generating radically opposed views. At one end of the spectrum are those who think that unless God exists, ethics is unfounded and the moral life is unmotivated. At the other end are those who think that religious belief is unnecessary for ... Read more

    $34.79 USD

  • Aftershock

    by Katherine Armstrong Walters ...
    After a catastrophic earthquake destroyed Southern California, Jaycen was forced to leave the girl he loves to rescue his mom from the destruction. Hunted by both the government and gangs for his link with the Arydians, Jaycen must find her before they catch him to steal the secret hidden in his blood. Miles away, Marin and the remnants of the Arydians regroup to fight the criminal organization ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Free Will

    Philosophers and Neuroscientists in Conversation

    Edited by Uri Maoz, Walter Sinnott-Armstrong ...
    What is free will? Can it exist in a determined universe? How can we determine who, if anyone, possesses it? Philosophers have debated the extent of human free will for millennia. In recent decades neuroscientists have joined the fray with questions of their own. Which neural mechanisms could enable conscious control of action? What are intentional actions? Do contemporary developments in ... Read more

    $19.99 USD