The World Tribunal on Iraq (WTI) was a collective effort involving hundreds of people from all over the world, most of them never having met in person. Inspired by the Bertrand Russell Tribunal of the Vietnam War era, WTI aimed to...
Ethics
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Author:Gürsoy Sökmen, Müge, Roy, Arundhati, Falk, RichardSummary: -
Author:De George, Richard T.Summary:Moral problems are unique to humans, and moral awareness is a fundamental aspect of the human experience. Yet questions continue about whether morals are innate or acquired, and whether moral laws are human or divine. Are some actions...
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Author:Smith, AdamSummary: -
Author:Powell, Mark, Conroy, PatSummary:"'You set yourself up as judge, jury, and executioner,' Pamela had said, but that was wrong: you set yourself up as angel, and await the word of God." Luther Redding lost his job and almost lost his wife, Pamela, and teenaged daughters...
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Author:Haidt, JonathanSummary:Why can't our political leaders work together as threats loom and problems mount? Why do people so readily assume the worst about the motives of their fellow citizens? In The Righteous Mind , social psychologist Jonathan Haidt...
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Joe Klein, best-selling author of Primary Colors and one of our most brilliant political analysts, now tackles the subject he knows best: Bill Clinton. Astute, even-handed, and keenly intelligent, The Natural is the only book to read if...
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Author:Peterson, DaleSummary:This book is an exploration of what morality means, and what animals can teach us about it. Wild elephants walking along a trail stop and spontaneously try to protect and assist a weak and dying fellow elephant. Laboratory rats, finding...
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Author:Aurelius, MarcusSummary:A new translation, the first in thirty-five years, of one of the most influential and admired books of the ages, the reflections of Marcus Aurelius, Stoic philosopher and emperor of Rome 161-180 A.D., few books have meant as much to as...
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Author:Taylor, CharlesSummary:In Malaise of Modernity, Charles Taylor focuses on the key modern concept of self-fulfillment, often attacked as the central support of what Christopher Lasch has called the culture of narcissism. To Taylor, self-fulfillment, although...
- Author:Clark, MartinSummary:
Mason Hunt returns to his small Virginia hometown as the county's commonwealth attorney. Mason's brother Gates, who's currently serving a 20-year prison term, thinks Mason should have enough pull to set him free. And when Mason refuses...
- Author:Mullen, ThomasSummary:
Nestled in the quiet woods of the Pacific Northwest, the town of Commonwealth is a haven for the loggers who live ther, until the flu starts striking down entire surrounding villages. When the residents of Commonwealth vote to...
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Author:Wiesel, ElieSummary:A plane headed from New York to Tel Aviv is forced to crash land at a small airport, and five survivors are given shelter in a nearby home. Once they are locked in, their enigmatic host tells them he is their judge, and they must reveal...
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Author:Grayling, A.C.Summary: -
Author:Somerville, MargaretSummary:Science and technology force us to ask some of the most challenging and unprecedented ethical questions in the world today. These issues encompass what it means to be human, how we relate to others and our world, and how we find meaning...
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Author:Nietzsche, Friedrich WilhelmSummary: -
Author:King, StephenSummary:A master storyteller at his best-the O. Henry Prize winner Stephen King delivers a generous collection of stories, several of them brand-new, featuring revelatory autobiographical comments on when, why, and how he came to write (or...
- Author:Esquith, RafeSummary:
Still teaching fifth graders in a small, leaky classroom in downtown Los Angeles, Esquith fosters a wholesome climate where character, humility, and diligence matter and support is unconditional. For his mostly poor and Hispanic...
- Author:Grimshaw, CharlotteSummary:
During the long summer holiday, the Lampton and Hallwright families gather in a large beach house belonging to Prime Minister David Hallwright and his wife Roza. The weather is perfect and outwardly all is well, but tension is brewing...
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Author:Rousseau, Jean-JacquesSummary:This Norton Critical Edition includes the three most important of Rousseau's political writings: Discourse on Inequality, Discourse on Political Economy, and On Social Contract.
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Author:Welch, H. GilbertSummary:Exposing the overdiagnosis of everything from high blood pressure to prostate and breast cancers, Dr. Welch traces the social, ethical, and economic ramifications of some of the worst excesses of American medical practice.
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