Author: Hans Jonas
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780982706794
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 384
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A pivotal volume in the collected works of Hans Jonas (1903-1993), one of most important German-American philosophers of the last half of the 20th century, this edition is the only one to include contributions from his three primary areas of achievement: philosophical reflection on gnosticism, on biology, and on technology.
Author: Richard Dean
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192558366
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 325
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Respect plays a prominent role in contemporary moral philosophy, as well as our every-day moral thought. Ordinary discussion about morality is often framed in terms of demands for respect or complaints about being disrespected, yet basic questions about the concept and role of respect are frequently overlooked. Here, leading philosophers present their latest ideas and fresh perspectives to point research on the topic in new directions. Following an introduction to the historical rise of respect as a central concept in moral discourse, Part I addresses the fundamental questions of what respect is; its nature and basis. Part II then examines questions in moral theory, for example what exactly ought to be respected, what role respect plays in morality, and which different types of respect are appropriate and morally significant. Part III concludes with the practical application of requirements of respect, with implications for significant moral issues of our time including environmental ethics, social justice, disability, bioethics, and more.
Author: Jean Paul Sartre
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Author: Harry G. Frankfurt
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521336116
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 204
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A collection of thirteen seminal essays on ethics, free will, and the philosophy of mind, first published in 1988.
Author: Adam Smith
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 468
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Author: Bertrand Russell
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317835700
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 160
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First published in 1966. This collection of essays dates from the first decade of this century and marks an important perio in the evolution of Bertrand Russell's thought. Russell intended the collection 'to appeal to those who take an interest in philosophical questions without having had a professional training in philosophy'- those people will find these writings just as illuminating today.
Author: Noël Carroll
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521786560
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 468
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Claims authorial intention, art history, and morality play a role in our encounter with art works.
Author: Paul Kurtz
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780879755928
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 292
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Kurtz (philosophy, SUNY at Buffalo; editor, Free inquiry; and president, Prometheus Books) collects his essays, articles, and contributions to books written over the past thirty-five years. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author: Colin McGinn
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262340100
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 327
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Pithy, direct, and bold: essays that propose new ways to think about old problems, spanning a range of philosophical topics. In Philosophical Provocations, Colin McGinn offers a series of short, sharp essays that take on philosophical problems ranging from the concept of mind to paradox, altruism, and the relation between God and the Devil. Avoiding the usual scholarly apparatus and embracing a blunt pithiness, McGinn aims to achieve as much as possible in as short a space as possible while covering as many topics as possible. Much academic philosophical writing today is long, leaden, citation heavy, dense with qualifications, and painful to read. The essays in Philosophical Provocations are short, direct, and engaging, often challenging philosophical orthodoxy as they consider issues in mind, language, knowledge, metaphysics, biology, ethics, and religion. McGinn is looking for new ways to think about old problems. Thus he writes, about consciousness, “I think we have been all wrong,” and goes on to suggest that both consciousness and the unconscious are mysteries. Summing up his proposal on altruism, he remarks, “My suggestion can now be stated, somewhat brutally, as follows: human altruism is the result of parasitic manipulation.” He takes a moment to reflect: “I really don't know why it is good to be alive, though I am convinced that the standard suggestions don't work.” McGinn gets straight to the point and states his position with maximum clarity. These essays offer provocative invitations to think again.
Author: Max Scheler
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
ISBN: 0810106191
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 403
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Included are essays in epistemology, metaphysics, and philosophical psychology by one of the most important twentieth-century continental philosophers.
