Author: Marius Deshumbert
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780332173306
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Excerpt from An Ethical System Based on the Laws of Nature When the young generation, whose mind, no less than its body, is in our care, comes knocking at the door and anxiously or mockingly asks us for the sure foundations and sanctions Of right and wrong, seeing that not even the professional teachers Of theological morality now believe the things they say, we must be ready with an appeal to the Supreme Court Of Nature, and with proofs that the laws of right and wrong are the very laws Of life and death. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
An Ethical System Based on the Laws of Nature (Classic Reprint)
Author: Marius Deshumbert
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780332173306
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Excerpt from An Ethical System Based on the Laws of Nature When the young generation, whose mind, no less than its body, is in our care, comes knocking at the door and anxiously or mockingly asks us for the sure foundations and sanctions Of right and wrong, seeing that not even the professional teachers Of theological morality now believe the things they say, we must be ready with an appeal to the Supreme Court Of Nature, and with proofs that the laws of right and wrong are the very laws Of life and death. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780332173306
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Excerpt from An Ethical System Based on the Laws of Nature When the young generation, whose mind, no less than its body, is in our care, comes knocking at the door and anxiously or mockingly asks us for the sure foundations and sanctions Of right and wrong, seeing that not even the professional teachers Of theological morality now believe the things they say, we must be ready with an appeal to the Supreme Court Of Nature, and with proofs that the laws of right and wrong are the very laws Of life and death. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
An Ethical System Based on the Laws of Nature
Author: Marius Deshumbert
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781330591741
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
Excerpt from An Ethical System Based on the Laws of Nature The author of this patient, sincere, and searching work has done me the honour to ask for a preface from my pen. The task of writing it comes when I am almost over weighted with other work on behalf of the physical and moral protection of the men who are now giving their all in order that the principles of doing justice and loving mercy shall prevail and rule the coming world. Therefore I am more than ever inadequate for the present theme, and I apologise accordingly to M. Deshumbert and the reader. It needs no special study nor discernment, however, to see that this book is a real contribution to the didactic literature, as yet so scanty and inchoate, of the Religion of Life. The days when evolution - an idea as old as the Buddha and Heracleitus - was thought to be new, and therefore fit for fashionable argument, are long past. The twentieth century is making history so rapidly that we are in danger of forgetting the colossal record of the nineteenth in destroying lies and establishing truth. But the line of Spencer and Darwin is not extinct. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781330591741
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
Excerpt from An Ethical System Based on the Laws of Nature The author of this patient, sincere, and searching work has done me the honour to ask for a preface from my pen. The task of writing it comes when I am almost over weighted with other work on behalf of the physical and moral protection of the men who are now giving their all in order that the principles of doing justice and loving mercy shall prevail and rule the coming world. Therefore I am more than ever inadequate for the present theme, and I apologise accordingly to M. Deshumbert and the reader. It needs no special study nor discernment, however, to see that this book is a real contribution to the didactic literature, as yet so scanty and inchoate, of the Religion of Life. The days when evolution - an idea as old as the Buddha and Heracleitus - was thought to be new, and therefore fit for fashionable argument, are long past. The twentieth century is making history so rapidly that we are in danger of forgetting the colossal record of the nineteenth in destroying lies and establishing truth. But the line of Spencer and Darwin is not extinct. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Ecology of Law
Author: Fritjof Capra
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
ISBN: 1626562083
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
Winner, IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award in Politics/Current Events: A systems theorist and a legal scholar present a new paradigm for protecting our planet. This is the first book to trace the fascinating parallel history of law and science from antiquity to modern times, showing how the two disciplines have always influenced each other—until recently. In the past few decades, science has shifted from seeing the natural world as a kind of cosmic machine best understood by analyzing each cog and sprocket to a systems perspective that views the world as a vast network of fluid communities and studies their dynamic interactions. The concept of ecology exemplifies this approach. But law is stuck in the old mechanistic paradigm: The world is simply a collection of discrete parts, and ownership of these parts is an individual right, protected by the state. Fritjof Capra, physicist, systems theorist, and bestselling author of The Tao of Physics, and distinguished legal scholar Ugo Mattei show that this obsolete worldview has led to overconsumption, pollution, and a general disregard on the part of the powerful for the common good. Capra and Mattei outline the basic concepts and structures of a legal order consistent with the ecological principles that sustain life on Earth that better addresses many of the economic and social crises we face today. This is a visionary reconceptualization of the very foundations of the Western legal system, a kind of Copernican revolution in the law, with profound implications for the future of our planet. “Thoughtful . . . The authors propose a philosophy and jurisprudence that is deeply radical—upending centuries of Western tradition and culture—but possibly crucial to solving looming environmental problems.” —Publishers Weekly
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
ISBN: 1626562083
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
Winner, IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award in Politics/Current Events: A systems theorist and a legal scholar present a new paradigm for protecting our planet. This is the first book to trace the fascinating parallel history of law and science from antiquity to modern times, showing how the two disciplines have always influenced each other—until recently. In the past few decades, science has shifted from seeing the natural world as a kind of cosmic machine best understood by analyzing each cog and sprocket to a systems perspective that views the world as a vast network of fluid communities and studies their dynamic interactions. The concept of ecology exemplifies this approach. But law is stuck in the old mechanistic paradigm: The world is simply a collection of discrete parts, and ownership of these parts is an individual right, protected by the state. Fritjof Capra, physicist, systems theorist, and bestselling author of The Tao of Physics, and distinguished legal scholar Ugo Mattei show that this obsolete worldview has led to overconsumption, pollution, and a general disregard on the part of the powerful for the common good. Capra and Mattei outline the basic concepts and structures of a legal order consistent with the ecological principles that sustain life on Earth that better addresses many of the economic and social crises we face today. This is a visionary reconceptualization of the very foundations of the Western legal system, a kind of Copernican revolution in the law, with profound implications for the future of our planet. “Thoughtful . . . The authors propose a philosophy and jurisprudence that is deeply radical—upending centuries of Western tradition and culture—but possibly crucial to solving looming environmental problems.” —Publishers Weekly
Hobbes and the Law of Nature
Author: Perez Zagorin
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691139806
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
Zagorin clears up numerous misconceptions about Hobbes and his relation to earlier natural law thinkers, in particular Hugo Grotius, and he reasserts the often overlooked role of the Hobbesian law of nature as a moral standard from which even sovereign power is not immune. Because Hobbes is commonly thought to be primarily a theorist of sovereignty, political absolutism, and unitary state power, the significance of his moral philosophy is often underestimated and widely assumed to depend entirely on individual self-interest. Zagorin reveals Hobbes's originality as a moral philosopher and his importance as a thinker who subverted and transformed the idea of natural law."--Pub. desc.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691139806
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
Zagorin clears up numerous misconceptions about Hobbes and his relation to earlier natural law thinkers, in particular Hugo Grotius, and he reasserts the often overlooked role of the Hobbesian law of nature as a moral standard from which even sovereign power is not immune. Because Hobbes is commonly thought to be primarily a theorist of sovereignty, political absolutism, and unitary state power, the significance of his moral philosophy is often underestimated and widely assumed to depend entirely on individual self-interest. Zagorin reveals Hobbes's originality as a moral philosopher and his importance as a thinker who subverted and transformed the idea of natural law."--Pub. desc.
Shakespeare's Humanism
Author: Robin Headlam Wells
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139447475
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Renaissance humanists believed that if you want to build a just society you must begin with the facts of human nature. This book argues that the idea of a universal human nature was as important to Shakespeare as it was to every other Renaissance writer. In doing so it questions the central principle of post-modern Shakespeare criticism. Postmodernists insist that the notion of defining a human essence was alien to Shakespeare and his contemporaries; as radical anti-essentialists, the Elizabethans were, in effect, postmodernists before their time. In challenging this claim Shakespeare's Humanism shows that for Shakespeare, as for every other humanist writer in this period, the key to all wise action was 'the knowledge of our selves and our human condition'.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139447475
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Renaissance humanists believed that if you want to build a just society you must begin with the facts of human nature. This book argues that the idea of a universal human nature was as important to Shakespeare as it was to every other Renaissance writer. In doing so it questions the central principle of post-modern Shakespeare criticism. Postmodernists insist that the notion of defining a human essence was alien to Shakespeare and his contemporaries; as radical anti-essentialists, the Elizabethans were, in effect, postmodernists before their time. In challenging this claim Shakespeare's Humanism shows that for Shakespeare, as for every other humanist writer in this period, the key to all wise action was 'the knowledge of our selves and our human condition'.
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 3310
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Publisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 3310
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Philosophy for Christian Dummies
Author: Eugene N. Smith Ph. D.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595389473
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
This book provides a short summation of Western Philosophy for the busy minister or Bible student needing a quick answer to philosophical challenges.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595389473
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
This book provides a short summation of Western Philosophy for the busy minister or Bible student needing a quick answer to philosophical challenges.
Ethics and Technology
Author: Herman T. Tavani
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119239753
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 405
Book Description
Ethics and Technology, 5th Edition, by Herman Tavani introduces students to issues and controversies that comprise the relatively new field of cyberethics. This text examines a wide range of cyberethics issues--from specific issues of moral responsibility that directly affect computer and information technology (IT) professionals to broader social and ethical concerns that affect each of us in our day-to-day lives. The 5th edition shows how modern day controversies created by emerging technologies can be analyzed from the perspective of standard ethical concepts and theories.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119239753
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 405
Book Description
Ethics and Technology, 5th Edition, by Herman Tavani introduces students to issues and controversies that comprise the relatively new field of cyberethics. This text examines a wide range of cyberethics issues--from specific issues of moral responsibility that directly affect computer and information technology (IT) professionals to broader social and ethical concerns that affect each of us in our day-to-day lives. The 5th edition shows how modern day controversies created by emerging technologies can be analyzed from the perspective of standard ethical concepts and theories.
The Cambridge Companion to Natural Law Ethics
Author: Tom Angier
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108422632
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
How do ethical norms relate to human nature? This comprehensive and interdisciplinary volume surveys the latest thinking on natural law.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108422632
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
How do ethical norms relate to human nature? This comprehensive and interdisciplinary volume surveys the latest thinking on natural law.
Author:
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0759120498
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 667
Book Description
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0759120498
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 667
Book Description