Author: Quang Pham
Publisher: Presidio Press
ISBN: 0891418768
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
A memoir by a former Vietnamese refugee who became a U.S. Marine, Quang Pham’s A Sense of Duty is an affecting story of fate, hope, and the aftermath of the most divisive war the United States has ever fought. This heartfelt salute to the spirit of America is also the account of the author’s reunion with his long-absent father, Hoa Pham, himself a devoted officer who saw combat firsthand as a South Vietnamese fighter pilot. Hoa’s revelations about his wartime experience leave Quang even more conflicted about his service in the Marines in the first Gulf War, and after years of struggling to reconnect with each other and the homeland they left behind, the two set out on a final, profound quest—to make sense of the war in Vietnam. Tracing Quang Pham’s uniquely spirited yet agonizing journey from his experiences as an uprooted refugee to his becoming a combat aviator, A Sense of Duty reveals the turmoil of a family torn apart and reunited by the fortunes of war. It is an American journey like no other.
A Sense of Duty
Author: Quang Pham
Publisher: Presidio Press
ISBN: 0891418768
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
A memoir by a former Vietnamese refugee who became a U.S. Marine, Quang Pham’s A Sense of Duty is an affecting story of fate, hope, and the aftermath of the most divisive war the United States has ever fought. This heartfelt salute to the spirit of America is also the account of the author’s reunion with his long-absent father, Hoa Pham, himself a devoted officer who saw combat firsthand as a South Vietnamese fighter pilot. Hoa’s revelations about his wartime experience leave Quang even more conflicted about his service in the Marines in the first Gulf War, and after years of struggling to reconnect with each other and the homeland they left behind, the two set out on a final, profound quest—to make sense of the war in Vietnam. Tracing Quang Pham’s uniquely spirited yet agonizing journey from his experiences as an uprooted refugee to his becoming a combat aviator, A Sense of Duty reveals the turmoil of a family torn apart and reunited by the fortunes of war. It is an American journey like no other.
Publisher: Presidio Press
ISBN: 0891418768
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
A memoir by a former Vietnamese refugee who became a U.S. Marine, Quang Pham’s A Sense of Duty is an affecting story of fate, hope, and the aftermath of the most divisive war the United States has ever fought. This heartfelt salute to the spirit of America is also the account of the author’s reunion with his long-absent father, Hoa Pham, himself a devoted officer who saw combat firsthand as a South Vietnamese fighter pilot. Hoa’s revelations about his wartime experience leave Quang even more conflicted about his service in the Marines in the first Gulf War, and after years of struggling to reconnect with each other and the homeland they left behind, the two set out on a final, profound quest—to make sense of the war in Vietnam. Tracing Quang Pham’s uniquely spirited yet agonizing journey from his experiences as an uprooted refugee to his becoming a combat aviator, A Sense of Duty reveals the turmoil of a family torn apart and reunited by the fortunes of war. It is an American journey like no other.
The People's Duty
Author: Shmuel Nili
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108480926
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
Nili develops a novel conception of 'the people', both as an agent with its own moral integrity, and as an owner of public property. Exploring problems central to present-day politics, this non-technical book will appeal to political theorists, but also to readers in public policy, area studies, law, and across the social sciences.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108480926
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
Nili develops a novel conception of 'the people', both as an agent with its own moral integrity, and as an owner of public property. Exploring problems central to present-day politics, this non-technical book will appeal to political theorists, but also to readers in public policy, area studies, law, and across the social sciences.
The Right and the Good
Author: William David Ross
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199252640
Category : Ethical intuitionism
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
This is a classic of 20th century philosophy by the great scholar David Ross. The book is the pinnacle of ethical intuitionism.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199252640
Category : Ethical intuitionism
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
This is a classic of 20th century philosophy by the great scholar David Ross. The book is the pinnacle of ethical intuitionism.
Common Sense
Author: Thomas Paine
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
The Moral Sense
Author: James Q. Wilson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439105030
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
Are human beings naturally endowed with a conscience? Or is morality artificially acquired through social pressure and instruction? Most people assume that modern science proves the latter. Further, most of our current social policies are based upon this “scientific” view of the sources of morality. In this book, however, James Q. Wilson seeks to reconcile traditional ideas with a range of important empirical research into the sources of human behavior over the last fifty years. Marshalling evidence drawn from diverse scientific disciplines, including animal behavior, anthropology, evolutionary theory, biology, endocrinology, brain science, genetics, primatology, education and psychology, Wilson shows that the facts about the origin and development of moral reasoning are not at odds with traditional views predating Freud, Darwin and Marx. Our basic sense of right and wrong actually does have a biological and behavioral origin. This “moral sense” arises from the infant’s innate sociability, though it must also be nurtured by parental influence. Thus, this book revives ancient traditions of moral and ethical argument that go back to Aristotle, and reunifies the separate streams of philosophical and scientific knowledge that for so long were regarded as unbridgeable.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439105030
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
Are human beings naturally endowed with a conscience? Or is morality artificially acquired through social pressure and instruction? Most people assume that modern science proves the latter. Further, most of our current social policies are based upon this “scientific” view of the sources of morality. In this book, however, James Q. Wilson seeks to reconcile traditional ideas with a range of important empirical research into the sources of human behavior over the last fifty years. Marshalling evidence drawn from diverse scientific disciplines, including animal behavior, anthropology, evolutionary theory, biology, endocrinology, brain science, genetics, primatology, education and psychology, Wilson shows that the facts about the origin and development of moral reasoning are not at odds with traditional views predating Freud, Darwin and Marx. Our basic sense of right and wrong actually does have a biological and behavioral origin. This “moral sense” arises from the infant’s innate sociability, though it must also be nurtured by parental influence. Thus, this book revives ancient traditions of moral and ethical argument that go back to Aristotle, and reunifies the separate streams of philosophical and scientific knowledge that for so long were regarded as unbridgeable.
The Works of Jeremy Bentham, Now First Collected
Author: Jeremy Bentham
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
The Dangerous Duty of Delight
Author: John Piper
Publisher: Multnomah
ISBN: 1576738833
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 91
Book Description
Strengthen your relationship with God by enjoying Him and His creation! Discover just how to delight in the Lord in this compact version of Piper's classic Desiring God.
Publisher: Multnomah
ISBN: 1576738833
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 91
Book Description
Strengthen your relationship with God by enjoying Him and His creation! Discover just how to delight in the Lord in this compact version of Piper's classic Desiring God.
What is Value?
Author: Everett W. Hall
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317829611
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
First published in 2000. This is Volume IV of six in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Anglo-American Philosophy series and focuses on value with an essay in Philosophical Analysis.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317829611
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
First published in 2000. This is Volume IV of six in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Anglo-American Philosophy series and focuses on value with an essay in Philosophical Analysis.
Tort
Author: Steve Hedley
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 019958656X
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
The 'Core Text Series' provides students with books which cover the core of a particular subject without over-simplifying and in a way that is accessible. This particular volume in the series looks at the law of tort.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 019958656X
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
The 'Core Text Series' provides students with books which cover the core of a particular subject without over-simplifying and in a way that is accessible. This particular volume in the series looks at the law of tort.
Human Dignity
Author: Austin Sarat
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN: 1803823917
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 167
Book Description
This special issue investigates the meaning of justice and dignity and how they have changed over time. What do we mean by human dignity? How do we understand and interpret that meaning? How has it evolved?
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN: 1803823917
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 167
Book Description
This special issue investigates the meaning of justice and dignity and how they have changed over time. What do we mean by human dignity? How do we understand and interpret that meaning? How has it evolved?