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Ethics and animals
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Lori Gruen |
"In this fresh and comprehensive introduction to animal ethics, Lori Gruen weaves together poignant and provocative case studies with discussions of ethical theory, urging readers to engage criticall… |
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Who lives, who dies, who decides?
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Sheldon Ekland-Olson |
"Issues of life and death such as abortion, assisted suicide, capital punishment, and others are among the most contentious in many societies. Whose rights are protected? How do these rights and prot… |
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Viral hate
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Abraham H. Foxman |
Revealing how the anonymous nature of the Internet is enabling the unchecked spread of bigotry, bullying, and other hate-based vitriol, explores the working examples of social media companies while o… |
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Living the secular life
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Phil Zuckerman |
Over the last twenty-five years, "no religion" has become the fastest-growing religion in the United States. Around the world, hundreds of millions of people have turned away from the traditional fai… |
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Entangled empathy
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Lori Gruen |
"In Entangled Empathy, scholar and activist Lori Gruen argues that rather than focusing on animal 'rights,' we ought to work to make our relationships with animals right by empathetically responding … |
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Exploring values through literature, multimedia, and literacy events
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Ann Watts Pailliotet,Patricia Ruggiano Schmidt |
"The exploration of values, contend editors Patricia Ruggiano Schmidt and Ann Watts Pailliotet, is a process that should not be left to chance. The contributors to this book - literacy teachers, teac… |
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Suicide
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Michael Cholbi |
This work is a comprehensive investigation of the main philosophical issues surrounding suicide. It contains seminal arguments concerning the nature of suicide and its moral permissibility, the duty … |
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Just war
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Anthony F. Lang,Cian O'Driscoll,Williams, John |
"The just war tradition is central to the practice of international relations, in questions of war, peace, and the conduct of war in the contemporary world, but surprisingly few scholars have questio… |
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Environmental ethics
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Marion Hourdequin |
"Environmental Ethics offers an up-to-date and balanced overview of environmental ethics, focusing on theory and practice. Written in clear and engaging prose, the book provides an historical perspec… |
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Globalization
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Harris, Nathaniel |
Looks at the historical background to globalization and its implications in the world today. |
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