An easy-to-grasp guide to addressing the principles of ethics and applying them to daily life How do you define "good" versus "evil?" Do you know the difference between moral "truth" and moral relativity? Whether or not you know...
Philosophy
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Author:Panza, Christopher, Potthast, AdamSummary: - Author:McCartney, SteveSummary:
In this book, you will examine the moral and ethical issues that exist within law enforcement. This book will also familiarize you with the basic history, principles, and theories of ethics. These concepts will then be applied to the...
- Author:Chesterton, G. K.Summary:
This prophetic volume counters the intellectual nihilism of Nietzsche, while simultaneously rebuking Western notions of progress, biological or otherwise. Chesterton expands his criticism of eugenics into what he calls "a more...
- Author:Klein, DanielSummary:
As a young college student studying philosophy, Klein filled a notebook with short quotes from the world's greatest thinkers, hoping to find some guidance on how to live the best life he could. Now, from the vantage point of his eighth...
- Author:Panza, Christopher, Gale, GregorySummary:
Have you ever wondered what the phrase “God is dead” means? You’ll find out in Existentialism For Dummies, a handy guide to Nietzsche, Sartre and Kierkegaard’s favorite philosophy. See how existentialist ideas have influenced everything...
- Author:Kingwell, MarkSummary:
Taking seriously the idea that baseball is a study in failure - a very successful batter manages a base hit in just three of every ten attempts. Mark Kingwell argues that there is no better tutor of human failure's enduring significance...
- Author:Kreeft, PeterSummary:
Boston College professor Peter Kreeft's lectures examine the eternal question of faith and present the most compelling arguments for and against God's existence, the seeming conflicts between religion and science, and the different...
- Author:Neff, KristinSummary:
Drawing on a wealth of research, her personal life story and empirically supported practices, Neff demonstrates how women can use fierce and tender self-compassion to succeed in the workplace, engage in caregiving without burning out,...
- Author:Carse, James P.Summary:
Finite games are the familiar contests of everyday life; they are played in order to be won, which is when they end. But infinite games are more mysterious. Their object is not winning, but ensuring the continuation of play. The rules...
- Author:Quinnett, Paul, McManus, Patrick E.Summary:
Despite its title, Fishing Lessons will not show readers how to fish. In fact, you don't even have to like to fish to enjoy and appreciate the latest book from respected psychologist, fisherman and essayist Paul Quinnett. Fishing...
- Author:Magnus, P. D.Summary:
forall x is an open access introductory textbook in formal logic. It covers translation, proofs, and formal semantics for sentential and predicate logic.
- Author:Magnus, P.D.Summary:
forall x is an open access introductory textbook in formal logic. It covers translation, proofs, and formal semantics for sentential and predicate logic.
- Author:Button, Tim, Magnus, P. D.Summary:
forall x: Calgary is a full-featured textbook on formal logic. It covers key notions of logic such as consequence and validity of arguments, the syntax of truth-functional propositional logic TFL and truth-table semantics, the syntax of...
- Author:Button, Tim, Magnus, P. D.Summary:
This is a textbook on formal logic. The book is divided into eight parts. Part I introduces the topic and notions of logic in an informal way, without introducing a formal language yet. Parts II-IV concern truth-functional languages. In...
- Author:Fillion, RéalSummary:
This work underscores the need to examine history philosophically, not only to better appreciate how it unfolds and relates to our own unfolding lives, but to better appreciate our free engagement in this changing world. Linking a...
- Author:Burkeman, OliverSummary:
A lively philosophical guide to time and time management, setting aside superficial efficiency solutions in favor of reckoning with and finding joy in the finitude of human life.
- Author:Loptson, PeterSummary:
Freedom, Nature, and World is a collection of essays by Peter Loptson which examine issues posed by a broadly naturalistic view of the world, which Loptson defends while also exploring some of the challenges it confronts. Papers on...
- Author:Groarke, LeoSummary:
Good Reasoning Matters! is a practical guide to recognizing, evaluating, and constructing arguments. Combining straightforward instruction with abundant exercises and examples, this innovative introduction to argument schemes and...
- Author:Hunter BrownSummary:
Philosophy has traditionally engaged the problem of why there is something rather than nothing as a normal causal question. Such an approach, Hunter Brown proposes in Grace and Philosophy, does not do justice to the deep wonder and...
- Grounding for the metaphysics of morals on a supposed right to lie because of philanthropic concernsAuthor:Kant, ImmanuelSummary:
Kant's essay Of a Supposed Right to Lie Because of Philanthropic Concerns in which Kant replies to one of the standard objections to his moral theory as presented in the main text: that it requires us to tell the truth even in the face...
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