Author: Thomas Cathcart
Publisher: Workman Publishing
ISBN: 076117513X
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
Framing the discussion as a crime tried in the court of public opinion, presents a lighthearted examination of the trolley problem--one of the most famous thought experiments in modern philosophy.
The Trolley Problem, or Would You Throw the Fat Guy Off the Bridge?
Author: Thomas Cathcart
Publisher: Workman Publishing
ISBN: 076117513X
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
Framing the discussion as a crime tried in the court of public opinion, presents a lighthearted examination of the trolley problem--one of the most famous thought experiments in modern philosophy.
Publisher: Workman Publishing
ISBN: 076117513X
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
Framing the discussion as a crime tried in the court of public opinion, presents a lighthearted examination of the trolley problem--one of the most famous thought experiments in modern philosophy.
The Trolley to Yesterday
Author: John Bellairs
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1497625440
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
A “spooky[,] spine-tingling” time travel adventure that takes a boy and his eccentric professor friend to the mysterious Byzantine Empire (Publishers Weekly) . . . [Description] Johnny Dixon is worried about Professor Childermass. The professor has always been an odd duck, but lately his behavior has been positively bizarre. He’s been talking to himself and stalking down the street with his collar turned up and his hat over his eyes, and now he won’t return Johnny’s calls. Johnny’s afraid that the professor’s old age is starting to get to him, but he will soon find it’s something far more amazing—and far more dangerous. The professor has discovered a trolley that can carry them five hundred years back in time, to the last days of the Byzantine Empire. In the dark and winding streets of Constantinople, he and Johnny confront crusaders, mystics, and thieves as they attempt to save the ancient empire from destruction at the hands of the advancing Turkish armies. Created by the award-winning author of The House with a Clock in Its Walls, Johnny Dixon is one of the most charming young heroes in literature—a spunky, bespectacled young man whose curiosity often gets him into trouble—and his “wonderfully warming friendship with cantankerous old Professor Childermass makes them an endearing detective team” (The New York Times).
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1497625440
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
A “spooky[,] spine-tingling” time travel adventure that takes a boy and his eccentric professor friend to the mysterious Byzantine Empire (Publishers Weekly) . . . [Description] Johnny Dixon is worried about Professor Childermass. The professor has always been an odd duck, but lately his behavior has been positively bizarre. He’s been talking to himself and stalking down the street with his collar turned up and his hat over his eyes, and now he won’t return Johnny’s calls. Johnny’s afraid that the professor’s old age is starting to get to him, but he will soon find it’s something far more amazing—and far more dangerous. The professor has discovered a trolley that can carry them five hundred years back in time, to the last days of the Byzantine Empire. In the dark and winding streets of Constantinople, he and Johnny confront crusaders, mystics, and thieves as they attempt to save the ancient empire from destruction at the hands of the advancing Turkish armies. Created by the award-winning author of The House with a Clock in Its Walls, Johnny Dixon is one of the most charming young heroes in literature—a spunky, bespectacled young man whose curiosity often gets him into trouble—and his “wonderfully warming friendship with cantankerous old Professor Childermass makes them an endearing detective team” (The New York Times).
Supreme Court
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Languages : en
Pages : 1124
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Languages : en
Pages : 1124
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Riding the Yellow Trolley Car
Author: William Kennedy
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504042107
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 459
Book Description
The collected nonfiction of the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Ironweed: “A great pleasure to read no matter what the subject” (Library Journal). When William Kennedy arrives in Barcelona, his guidebook recommends taking the trolley around town—but the trolleys haven’t run in the city for years. He’s on his way to interview the novelist Gabriel García Márquez when, out of the corner of his eye, he sees something impossible: a yellow trolley running down the street. Márquez, however, is not surprised; like all great writers of both fiction and nonfiction, he knows that impossible things happen every day. A remarkable collection from one of America’s greatest authors, Riding the Yellow Trolley Car features work from all stages of Kennedy’s career. Through each piece runs the thread that ties together his greatest works: a love and deep understanding of his hometown, the city of Albany, New York, and the good and evil men who have made it what it is. Featuring interviews and essays on some of the most prominent authors of the twentieth century, from Saul Bellow and E. L. Doctorow to Norman Mailer and the legendary García Márquez—as well as insightful reflections on topics from baseball to the death of a prominent cat to Kennedy’s wife’s hiccups—Riding the Yellow Trolley Car is an essential book for all those who love to read, or live to write.
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504042107
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 459
Book Description
The collected nonfiction of the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Ironweed: “A great pleasure to read no matter what the subject” (Library Journal). When William Kennedy arrives in Barcelona, his guidebook recommends taking the trolley around town—but the trolleys haven’t run in the city for years. He’s on his way to interview the novelist Gabriel García Márquez when, out of the corner of his eye, he sees something impossible: a yellow trolley running down the street. Márquez, however, is not surprised; like all great writers of both fiction and nonfiction, he knows that impossible things happen every day. A remarkable collection from one of America’s greatest authors, Riding the Yellow Trolley Car features work from all stages of Kennedy’s career. Through each piece runs the thread that ties together his greatest works: a love and deep understanding of his hometown, the city of Albany, New York, and the good and evil men who have made it what it is. Featuring interviews and essays on some of the most prominent authors of the twentieth century, from Saul Bellow and E. L. Doctorow to Norman Mailer and the legendary García Márquez—as well as insightful reflections on topics from baseball to the death of a prominent cat to Kennedy’s wife’s hiccups—Riding the Yellow Trolley Car is an essential book for all those who love to read, or live to write.
New York Court of Appeals. Records and Briefs.
Author: New York (State). Court of Appeals.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1462
Book Description
Volume contains: (Bernardine v. City of N.Y.) (Bernardine v. City of N.Y.) (Bernardine v. City of N.Y.) (Bernardine v. City of N.Y.) (Belgray v. Belgray) (Belgray v. Belgray) (Belgray v. Belgray) (Berrigan v. Barocas) (Berrigan v. Barocas) (Berrigan v. Barocas) (Biers v. Biers Millinery Co., Inc.) (Biers v. Biers Millinery Co., Inc.) (Biers v. Biers Millinery Co., Inc.) (Bilsky v. Mutual Benefit Health & Accident Association) (Bilsky v. Mutual Benefit Health & Accident Association) (Bilsky v. Mutual Benefit Health & Accident Association) (Bisesto v. Vizzo) (Bisesto v. Vizzo) (Bisesto v. Vizzo) (Booth v. City of N.Y.) (Booth v. City of N.Y.) (Booth v. City of N.Y.) (Booth v. City of N.Y.) (Boyce v. 228th & Carpenter Ave. Holding Co., Inc.) (Boyce v. 228th & Carpenter Ave. Holding Co., Inc.) (Boyce v. 228th & Carpenter Ave. Holding Co., Inc.) (Brady v. 50 East 72nd Street Corp.) (Brady v. 50 East 72nd Street Corp.) (Brady v. 50 East 72nd Street Corp.) (Brady v. 50 East 72nd Street Corp.) (Brennan v. Third Ave. Transit Corp.) (Brennan v. Third Ave. Transit Corp.) (Brennan v. Third Ave. Transit Corp.)
Publisher:
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1462
Book Description
Volume contains: (Bernardine v. City of N.Y.) (Bernardine v. City of N.Y.) (Bernardine v. City of N.Y.) (Bernardine v. City of N.Y.) (Belgray v. Belgray) (Belgray v. Belgray) (Belgray v. Belgray) (Berrigan v. Barocas) (Berrigan v. Barocas) (Berrigan v. Barocas) (Biers v. Biers Millinery Co., Inc.) (Biers v. Biers Millinery Co., Inc.) (Biers v. Biers Millinery Co., Inc.) (Bilsky v. Mutual Benefit Health & Accident Association) (Bilsky v. Mutual Benefit Health & Accident Association) (Bilsky v. Mutual Benefit Health & Accident Association) (Bisesto v. Vizzo) (Bisesto v. Vizzo) (Bisesto v. Vizzo) (Booth v. City of N.Y.) (Booth v. City of N.Y.) (Booth v. City of N.Y.) (Booth v. City of N.Y.) (Boyce v. 228th & Carpenter Ave. Holding Co., Inc.) (Boyce v. 228th & Carpenter Ave. Holding Co., Inc.) (Boyce v. 228th & Carpenter Ave. Holding Co., Inc.) (Brady v. 50 East 72nd Street Corp.) (Brady v. 50 East 72nd Street Corp.) (Brady v. 50 East 72nd Street Corp.) (Brady v. 50 East 72nd Street Corp.) (Brennan v. Third Ave. Transit Corp.) (Brennan v. Third Ave. Transit Corp.) (Brennan v. Third Ave. Transit Corp.)
The Children's Friend
Author:
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Category : Mormon Church
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
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Category : Mormon Church
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Killing and Letting Die
Author: Bonnie Steinbock
Publisher: Fordham Univ Press
ISBN: 9780823215638
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 431
Book Description
This collection contains twenty-one thought-provoking essays on the controversies surrounding the moral and legal distinctions between euthanasia and 'letting die.' Since public awareness of this issue has increased this second edition includes nine entirely new essays which bring the treatment of the subject up-to-date. The urgency of this issue can be gauged in recent developments such as the legalization of physician-assisted suicide in the Netherlands, "how-to" manuals topping the bestseller charts in the United States, and the many headlines devoted to Dr. Jack Kevorkian, who has assisted dozens of patients to die. The essays address the range of questions involved in this issue pertaining especially to the fields of medical ethics, public policymaking, and social philosophy. The discussions consider the decisions facing medical and public policymakers, how those decisions will affect the elderly and terminally ill, and the medical and legal ramifications for patients ina permanently vegetative state, as well as issues of parent/infant rights. The book is divided into two sections. The first, "Euthanasia and the Termination of Life-Prolonging Treatment" includes an examination of the 1976 Karen Quinlan Supreme Court decision and selections from the 1990 Supreme Court decision in the case of Nancy Cruzan. Featured are articles by law professor George Fletcher and philosophers Michael Tooley, James Rachels, and Bonnie Steinbock, with new articles by Rachels,and Thomas Sullivan. The second section, "Philosophical Considerations," probes more deeply into the theoretical issues raised by the killing/letting die controversy, illustrating exceptionally well the dispute between two rival theories of ethics, consequentialism and deontology. It also includes a corpus of the standard thought on the debate by Jonathan Bennet, Daniel Dinello, Jeffrie Murphy, John Harris, Philipa Foot, Richard Trammell, and N. Ann Davis, and adds articles new to this edition by Bennett, Foot, Warren Quinn, Jeff McMahan, and Judith Lichtenberg.
Publisher: Fordham Univ Press
ISBN: 9780823215638
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 431
Book Description
This collection contains twenty-one thought-provoking essays on the controversies surrounding the moral and legal distinctions between euthanasia and 'letting die.' Since public awareness of this issue has increased this second edition includes nine entirely new essays which bring the treatment of the subject up-to-date. The urgency of this issue can be gauged in recent developments such as the legalization of physician-assisted suicide in the Netherlands, "how-to" manuals topping the bestseller charts in the United States, and the many headlines devoted to Dr. Jack Kevorkian, who has assisted dozens of patients to die. The essays address the range of questions involved in this issue pertaining especially to the fields of medical ethics, public policymaking, and social philosophy. The discussions consider the decisions facing medical and public policymakers, how those decisions will affect the elderly and terminally ill, and the medical and legal ramifications for patients ina permanently vegetative state, as well as issues of parent/infant rights. The book is divided into two sections. The first, "Euthanasia and the Termination of Life-Prolonging Treatment" includes an examination of the 1976 Karen Quinlan Supreme Court decision and selections from the 1990 Supreme Court decision in the case of Nancy Cruzan. Featured are articles by law professor George Fletcher and philosophers Michael Tooley, James Rachels, and Bonnie Steinbock, with new articles by Rachels,and Thomas Sullivan. The second section, "Philosophical Considerations," probes more deeply into the theoretical issues raised by the killing/letting die controversy, illustrating exceptionally well the dispute between two rival theories of ethics, consequentialism and deontology. It also includes a corpus of the standard thought on the debate by Jonathan Bennet, Daniel Dinello, Jeffrie Murphy, John Harris, Philipa Foot, Richard Trammell, and N. Ann Davis, and adds articles new to this edition by Bennett, Foot, Warren Quinn, Jeff McMahan, and Judith Lichtenberg.
New York Supreme Court
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1032
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1032
Book Description
The Chosen
Author: Chaim Potok
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 150114247X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
The story of two fathers and two sons and the pressures on all of them to pursue the religion they share in the way that is best suited to each. And as the boys grow into young men, they discover in the other a lost spiritual brother, and a link to an unexplored world that neither had ever considered before. In effect, they exchange places, and find the peace that neither will ever retreat from again.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 150114247X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
The story of two fathers and two sons and the pressures on all of them to pursue the religion they share in the way that is best suited to each. And as the boys grow into young men, they discover in the other a lost spiritual brother, and a link to an unexplored world that neither had ever considered before. In effect, they exchange places, and find the peace that neither will ever retreat from again.
Money, Trade and Economic Growth
Author: Harry Gordon Johnson
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description