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Raising Children in the Midst of Global Crisis: A Compassionate Guidebook for New Paradigm Parenting - Paperback

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by Jo Delamor (Author)Empower your kids (and yourself) to thrive in uncertain times Raising children in this time of social, economic and environmental collapse can be downright terrifying. If you're feeling anxious and overwhelmed by the responsibility of raising emotionally and physically healthy children in a chaotic world, you are not alone. Many parents today struggle with climate anxiety, eco-grief and concerns about economic and political stability. They worry about their children's fu...

Debunk: Arm Yourself With the Tenets of Critical Thinking - Hardcover

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by Sam McCollough (Author)DEBUNK is a reference for critical thinking, logical fallacies, and the scientific method. It explores critical thinking from several aspects and provides readers a toolkit for spotting misinformation, disinformation, fake news, and deep fakes. Tenets of critical thinking are noted in the text and then listed in a section at the end of the book. There is an appendix with a detailed list of logical fallacies, with examples. Number of Pages: 130 Dimensions: 0.38 x 8 x...

Post-Punk and Philosophy: Rip It Up and Think Again - Paperback

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by Joshua Heter (Editor), Richard Greene (Editor)Post-Punk andPhilosophyis a collection of twenty chapters by philosophers who are also post-punk fans, discussing many different aspects of the Post-Punk phenomenon. Whendoes simplicity become too simple? Was punk a white proletarian movement? Arethe best post-punk bands really pre-punk? Does technological innovationguarantee musical or artistic innovation? Does rock have a future? Post-Punkand Philosophyis a worthy follow-up to Punk Rock and P...

The Consolation of Philosophy - Paperback

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by Boethius (Author), P. G. Walsh (Author)Boethius composed De Consolation Philosophiae in the sixth century A.D. while awaiting death by torture, condemned on a charge of plotting against Gothic rule, which he protested as manifestly unjust. Though a Christian, Boethius details the true end of life as the soul's knowledge of God, and consoles himself with the tenets of Greek philosophy, not with Christian precepts. Written in a form called Meippean Satire that alternates between prose and ve...

Aristotle: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback

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by Jonathan Barnes (Author)The influence of Aristotle, the prince of philosophers, on the intellectual history of the West is second to none. In this book, Jonathan Barnes examines Aristotle's scientific researches, his discoveries in logic and his metaphysical theories, his work in psychology and in ethics and politics, and his ideas about art and poetry, placing his teachings in their historical context. About the Series: Combining authority with wit, accessibility, and style, Very Short I...

Ideology: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback

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by Michael Freeden (Author)Ideology is one of the most controversial terms in the political vocabulary, exciting both revulsion and inspiration. This book examines the reasons for those views, and explains why ideologies deserve respect as a major form of political thinking. It investigates the centrality of ideology both as a political phenomenon and as an organizing framework of political thought and action. It explores the changing understandings of ideology as a concept, and the arguments...

Hope's Edge: The Next Diet for a Small Planet - Paperback

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by Frances Moore Lappe (Author), Anna Lappe (Author)Journey to five continents and see the world of sustainability and conscious eating with new eyes--featuring 100 pages of plant-based recipes to better nurture ourselves and the planet Thirty years ago, Frances Moore Lapp started a revolution in the way Americans think about food and hunger. Now Frances and her daughter, Anna, pick up where Diet for a Small Planet left off. Together they set out on an around-the-world journey to explore th...

The Age of Culpability: Children and the Nature of Criminal Responsibility - Paperback

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by Gideon Yaffe (Author)Why be lenient towards children who commit crimes? Reflection on the grounds for such leniency is the entry point into the development, in this book, of a theory of the nature of criminal responsibility and desert of punishment for crime. Gideon Yaffe argues that child criminals are owed lesser punishments than adults thanks not to their psychological, behavioural, or neural immaturity but, instead, because they are denied the vote. This conclusion is reached through a...

The Emergent Multiverse: Quantum Theory According to the Everett Interpretation - Paperback

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by David Wallace (Author)The Emergent Multiverse presents a striking new account of the "many worlds" approach to quantum theory. The point of science, it is generally accepted, is to tell us how the world works and what it is like. But quantum theory seems to fail to do this: taken literally as a theory of the world, it seems to make crazy claims: particles are in two places at once; cats are alive and dead at the same time. So physicists and philosophers have often been led either to give u...

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by Katie Stockdale (Author)We have all been told, at one time or another, to "never give up hope." It's a common injunction to children, but as we grow older, sustaining hope becomes more challenging, particularly in a world we come to see as often frightening, dark, and unjust. But what is this thing "hope," and why is hope so valuable that we are so often urged to preserve and protect it? This book explores the nature and essential role of hope in human life under conditions of oppression. ...

Buddhism: Way of Life & Thought - Paperback

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by Nancy Wilson Ross (Author)"A clear, exhilarating exposition of the Buddhist way, well understood, well made, fun to read, and simple in the very best sense of the word--just as it should be!" --Peter Matthiessen, National Book Award Winner of In ParadiseA fascinating volume that explains the origins, development and basic principles of the religion followed by nearly one-quarter of the people on earth.Front JacketExplains the origins, development and basic principles of the religion follow...

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by Philip J. Ivanhoe (Editor), Philip J. Ivanhoe (Translator)This volume contains nine chapters of translation, by a range of leading scholars, focusing on core themes in the philosophy of Zhu Xi (1130-1200), one of the most influential Chinese thinkers of the later Confucian tradition. It includes an Introduction to Zhu's life and thought, a chronology of important events in his life, and a list of key terms of art. Zhu Xi's philosophy offers the most systematic and comprehensive expression ...

Dialogues and Natural History of Religion - Paperback

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by David Hume (Author), J. C. a. Gaskin (Editor)David Hume is one of the most provocative philosophers to have written in English. His Dialogues ask if a belief in God can be inferred from what is known of the universe, or whether such a belief is even consistent with such knowledge. The Natural History of Religion investigates the origins of belief, and follows its development from polytheism to dogmatic monotheism. Together, these works constitute the most formidable attack upon religious b...

Your Life Is Worth Living: 50 Lessons to Deepen Your Faith - Paperback

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by Fulton J. Sheen (Author), Robert Barron (Foreword by)Back in print with a new preface by Robert Barron, fifty inspiring lessons to deepen your faith from one of the leading religious figures of the twentieth century and author of the Catholic bestseller Life of Christ. For over four decades, Fulton Sheen was the face of Catholicism in America and literally received hundreds of thousands of letters from people around the world in search of truth, faith, salvation, and spiritual guidance. In...

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by Christopher Rowe (Author)Aristotle's Eudemian Ethics was until recently treated as a poor cousin of the better-known Nicomachean Ethics - poor enough even to have to borrow its three central books (IV-VI) from the latter. The work has now emerged from its relative obscurity; many scholars, indeed, now claim - on the basis of what appear to be sound statistical arguments - that it is the Nicomachean Ethics that has to borrow its Books V-VII from the Eudemian. This critical edition of Aristo...

The Aristotelian Tradition in Early Modern Protestantism: Sixteenth- And Seventeenth-Century Commentaries on the Ethics and the Politics - Hardcover

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by Manfred Svensson (Author)Aristotle's moral and political thought formed the backbone of education in practical philosophy for centuries during the classical and medieval periods. It has often been presumed, however, that with the advent of the Protestant Reformation, this tradition was broken. Originally a topic belonging to Roman Catholic polemics, this interpretation of Protestant relations with Aristotle gradually became a part of the Protestant self-understanding as well. Lack of engag...

Augustine: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback

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by Henry Chadwick (Author)Augustine was arguably the greatest early Christian philosopher. His teachings had a profound effect on Medieval scholarship, Renaissance humanism, and the religious controversies of both the Reformation and the Counter-Reformation. Here, Henry Chadwick places Augustine in his philosophical and religious context and traces the history of his influence on Western thought, both within and beyond the Christian tradition. A handy account to one of the greatest religious ...

Free Will: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback

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by Thomas Pink (Author)Every day we seem to make and act upon all kinds of choices: some trivial, others so consequential that they change the course of one's life, or even the course of history. But are these choices really free, or are we compelled to act the way we do by factors beyond our control? Is the feeling that we could have made different decisions just an illusion? And if our choices are not free, is it legitimate to hold people morally responsible for their actions?Thomas Pink lo...

Kierkegaard: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback

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by Patrick Gardiner (Author)Scholars have largely misunderstood Soren Kierkegaard, remembering him chiefly in connection with the development of existentialist philosophy in this century. In a short and unhappy life, he wrote many books and articles on literary, satirical, religious and psychological themes, but the diversity and idiosyncratic style of his writing have contributed to a misunderstanding of his ideas. In this book--the only introduction to the full range of Kierkegaard's though...

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by Patrick Lin (Editor), Keith Abney (Editor), Ryan Jenkins (Editor)The robot population is rising on Earth and other planets. (Mars is inhabited entirely by robots.) As robots slip into more domains of human life--from the operating room to the bedroom--they take on our morally important tasks and decisions, as well as create new risks from psychological to physical. This makes it all the more urgent to study their ethical, legal, and policy impacts. To help the robotics industry and broader...

Living with the Invisible Hand: Markets, Corporations, and Human Freedom - Hardcover

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by Waheed Hussain (Author), Arthur Ripstein (Editor), Nicholas Vrousalis (Editor)Author BiographyWaheed Hussain (1972-2021) was Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto and previously taught at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He earned a Doctorate from Harvard University and was a fellow at the Center for Human Values at Princeton. He wrote influential papers on consumer power, rivalry, and corporations. Arthur Ripstein is Professor of Law and Philo...

Schaum's Easy Outline of Logic - Paperback

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by John Nolt (Author), Dennis Rohatyn (Author), Achille Varzi (Author)If you are looking for a quick nuts-and-bolts overview, turn to Schaum's Easy Outlines Schaum's Easy Outline of Logic is a pared-down, simplified, and tightly focused review of the topic. With an emphasis on clarity and brevity, it features a streamlined and updated format and the absolute essence of the subject, presented in a concise and readily understandable form. Graphic elements such as sidebars, reader-alert icons, ...

Aesthetics Equals Politics: New Discourses across Art, Architecture, and Philosophy - Paperback

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by Mark Foster Gage (Editor)How aesthetics--understood as a more encompassing framework for human activity--might become the primary discourse for political and social engagement. These essays make the case for a reignited understanding of aesthetics--one that casts aesthetics not as illusory, subjective, or superficial, but as a more encompassing framework for human activity. Such an aesthetics, the contributors suggest, could become the primary discourse for political and social engagement....

Ethics in Clinical Practice: An Inter-Professional Approach - Paperback

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by Georgina Hawley (Author)An easy to understand text, which at the same time reflects contemporary health care practice, emphasising inter-professional care and cultural sensitivity to clients or patients. Discussing common ethical problems in all aspects of interdisciplinary clinical practice and presents both sides of any ethical issue.Case studies throughout make ethical issues applied and relevant to your clinical practice, so that you can understand how you can apply ethics in everyday ...

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by Deborah Boyle (Author)Scottish philosopher Lady Mary Shepherd (1777-1847) wrote two books that she conceived as one unified project: Essay Upon the Relation of Cause and Effect (1824) and Essays on the Perception of an External Universe (1827). While they were well received in her day, Shepherd's insightful philosophical writings have been neglected for some 150 years and are only now receiving the scholarly attention they deserve. Mary Shepherd: A Guide by Deborah Boyle, part of the Oxfor...

The Birth of Tragedy: Out of the Spirit of Music - Paperback

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by Friedrich Nietzsche (Author), Shaun Whiteside (Translator), Michael Tanner (Editor)The first book by the author of the classic philosophical text Beyond Good and Evil. The youthful faults of this work were exposed by the author himself in the brilliant Attempt at a Self-Criticism, which he added to the new edition of 1886. But the book, whatever its excesses, remains one of the most relevant statements on tragedy ever penned. It exploded the conception of Greek culture that was prevalent ...

Of the Social Contract and Other Political Writings - Paperback

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by Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Author), Quintin Hoare (Translator), Christopher Bertram (Introduction by)A lively new translation of Rousseau's best-known work, accompanied by additional political writings "Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains" are the famous opening words of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Social Contract, a work of political philosophy that has stirred vigorous debate ever since its publication in 1762. Rejecting the view that anyone has a natural right to sovereignty, Rouss...

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by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Author), Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Illustrator)Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's masterpiece, The Little Prince, translated into Latin in a sparkling, full-color edition. Beautifully packaged, this book makes the perfect gift for any student of Latin.This timeless classic has been embraced by critics and readers around the world for its purity and beauty of expression. Saint-Exupéry's beloved artwork was restored and remastered to present his work in its original and vib...

Strangers Drowning: Impossible Idealism, Drastic Choices, and the Urge to Help - Paperback

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by Larissa Macfarquhar (Author)What does it mean to devote yourself wholly to helping others? In Strangers Drowning, Larissa MacFarquhar seeks out people living lives of extreme ethical commitment and tells their deeply intimate stories; their stubborn integrity and their compromises; their bravery and their recklessness; their joys and defeats and wrenching dilemmas. A couple adopts two children in distress. But then they think: If they can change two lives, why not four? Or ten? They adopt...

Anscombe's Intention: A Guide - Paperback

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by John Schwenkler (Author)Written against the background of her controversial opposition to the University of Oxford's awarding of an honorary degree to Harry S. Truman, Elizabeth Anscombe's Intention laid the groundwork she thought necessary for a proper ethical evaluation of actions like the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The devoutly Catholic Anscombe thought that these actions made Truman a murderer, and thus unworthy of the university's honor-but that this verdict depended on an und...

Theorizing Race in the Americas: Douglass, Sarmiento, Du Bois, and Vasconcelos - Paperback

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by Juliet Hooker (Author)In 1845 two thinkers from the American hemisphere--the Argentinean statesman Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, and the fugitive ex-slave, abolitionist leader, and orator from the United States, Frederick Douglass--both published their first works. Each would become the most famous and enduring texts in what were both prolific careers, and they ensured Sarmiento and Douglass' position as leading figures in the canon of Latin American and U.S. African-American political thoug...

An Invitation to Feminist Ethics - Paperback

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by Hilde Lindemann (Author)Feminist ethics addresses how power, through gender, affects moral practice and theory. This enterprise is more important than ever before in an age of sharpened attention and concern for feminist issues and injustices. Yet the number of terms which have entered mainstream discussion can quickly overwhelm the novice: intersectionality, gender neutrality, androcentrism. An Invitation to Feminist Ethics offers an easy-to-understand, hospitable approach to the study of...