In a style emulating that of the Platonic dialogue, the author approaches serious moral questions in a conversational manner that will appeal to both the general and the specialized reader. The first dialogue, Controvert, or On the Lie...
Philosophy
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Author:Pappas, Nicholas J.Summary: - Author:Cottone, R. Rocco, Tarvydas, Vilia M.Summary:
This book guides helping professionals, using the theme of decision-making as an anchor for the discussion of ethics in professional practice. Providing a thorough presentation of ethical principles and standards, the authors...
- Author:Robichaud, ValoisSummary:
« Pour l’auteur, le bonheur n’est jamais immédiatement donné, mais doit toujours être conquis : « il faut vouloir être heureux, et y mettre du sien ». Mais cela ne signifie pas se lancer dans une recherche spécifique et éperdue du...
- Author:Quinnett, PaulSummary:
In this follow-up to his widely acclaimed Pavlov's Trout, internationally recognized psychologist and 50-year fisherman Paul Quinnett, Ph.D., explores the evolutionary foundations of fishing and why so many people have such a strong...
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Among the topics explored in David Bowie and Philosophy are the nature of Bowie as an institution; Bowie's work in many platforms, including movies and TV; Bowie's spanning of low and high art, and his relation to Warhol; the...
- Author:Ruest, Mlanie, Drolet, Marie-JoséeSummary:
L'ergothérapeute se sent souvent démuni devant les situations éthiques plus ou moins complexes rencontrées en pratique. En offrant un vocabulaire éthique et une méthode d'approche des enjeux éthiques de la pratique ergothérapique, ce...
- Author:Strathern, PaulSummary:
Ren ̌Descartes spent most of his childhood in solitude, a situation that also came to characterize his adult life. Fortunately, these countless lonely hours helped Descartes produce the declaration that changed all philosophy: "I...
- Author:Phipps, GregorySummary:
This interdisciplinary book develops a dialectical narrative about the beginning of the universe by combining Hegel's philosophy with texts about the Big Bang theory. Scientific accounts of the Big Bang indicate that the first second of...
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Edited by two theologians with pastoral experience, this volume invites engagement with these issues and more by drawing on real-life experiences, and offering a range of responses to some of the most challenging moral questions...
- Author:Descartes, RenéSummary:
Descartes's A Discourse on the Method of Correctly Conducting One's Reason and Seeking Truth in the Sciences marks a watershed in European thought. In it, the author provides an informal intellectual autobiography in the vernacular for...
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In Discworld, unlike our own frustrating Roundworld, everything makes sense. The world is held up by elephants standing on the back of a swimming turtle who knows where he's going, the sun goes round the world every day, so it...
- Author:Pinker, Steven, Ridley, Matt, de Botton, Alain, Gladwell, MalcolmSummary:
Progress. It is one of the animating concepts of the modern era. From the Enlightenment onwards, the West has had an enduring belief that through the evolution of institutions, innovations, and ideas, the human condition is improving....
- Author:Guinness, OsSummary:
Ever since the first coin was minted in the seventh century B.C., money has been central to human society as one of the elemental forces driving the affairs of individuals and nations. But for all the preoccupation with the making of...
- Author:Hecht, Jennifer MichaelSummary:
Hecht claims doubt and questioning are one of the great and noble, if unheralded, intellectual traditions. From Confucius to Stephen Hawking, this is a history of humanity's greatest doubters who drove history forward.
- Author:Levy, NaomiSummary:
This program is read by the author. A bestselling author and rabbi's profoundly affecting exploration of the meaning and purpose of the soul, inspired by the famous correspondence between Albert Einstein and a grieving rabbi....
- Author:Dyens, OllivierSummary:
Nous ne sommes pas humains, nous ne sommes pas autonomes, nous n’avons aucune volonté propre. Nous émergeons, vivons, perdurons grâce à des collectivités de bactéries, d’insectes, de machines. Tels des insectes sociaux, nous créons des...
- Author:Grant, George, Lathangue, RobinSummary:
George Grant's magnificent four-part meditation sums up much that is central to his own thought, including a critique of modern liberalism, an analysis of John Rawls's Theory of Justice, and insights into the larger Western...
- Author:Smith, Alan ForrestSummary:
Escape from Zoomanity is about one man’s awakening to the reality of the repeatist conditioning that takes place to all human beings. This transformed humanity into the state known as Zoomanity. Escape from Zoomanity is about a moment...
- Author:Williams, BernardSummary:
Bernard Williams was one of the most important philosophers of the past fifty years, but he was also a distinguished critic and essayist with an elegant style and a rare ability to communicate complex ideas to a wide public. This is the...
- Author:Elliott, DeniSummary:
"Elliott and Spence have produced a tight, teachable, and timely primer on media ethics for users and creators of information in the digital age. Pitched at just the right depth of detail to provide a big picture contextualization...
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