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Forging people
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Jorge J. E.. Gracia |
"Forging People explores the way in which Hispanic American thinkers in Latin America and Latino/a philosophers in the United States have posed and thought about questions of race, ethnicity, and nat… |
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Ethical naturalism
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Susana Nuccetelli,Gary Seay |
"Ethical naturalism is narrowly construed as the doctrine that there are moral properties and facts, at least some of which are natural properties and facts. Perhaps owing to its having faced, early … |
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Literature, ethics, and aesthetics
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Sabrina Achilles |
"This book is a conceptualization of the literary aesthetic in relation to ethics, in particular, an ethics for a concern for the Self. Bringing Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari's constructivist thi… |
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Cultural fault lines in healthcare
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Michael C. Brannigan |
"An invaluable work especially for professionals and students in health care, bioethics, humanities, cultural studies, and for the educated lay reader, this volume offers a critical reflection on cul… |
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Animals, equality and democracy
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Siobhan O'Sullivan |
"Animals, Equality and Democracy examines the structure of animal protection legislation and finds that it is deeply inequitable, with a tendency to favor those animals the community is most likely t… |
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The good, the true, and the beautiful
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Jean-Pierre Changeux |
"In this fascinating and bold discussion, a renowned neurobiologist serves as guide to the most complex physical object in the living world: the human brain. Taking into account the newest brain rese… |
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Ethical theory
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Russ Shafer-Landau |
"The second edition of Ethical Theory: An Anthology features a comprehensive collection of more than 80 essays from classic and contemporary philosophers that address questions at the heart of moral … |
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Terrorism, a philosophical inquiry
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Anne Schwenkenbecher |
"This book engages with the most urgent philosophical questions pertaining to the problem of terrorism. What is terrorism? Could it ever be justified? Assuming that terrorism is just one of many kind… |
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Growing moral relations
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Mark Coeckelbergh |
"New scientific and technological developments challenge us to reconsider the moral status of entities such as chimpanzees or artificially intelligent robots: what place should we give them in our mo… |
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Practical ethics
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Peter Singer |
For thirty years, Peter Singer's Practical Ethics has been the classic introduction to applied ethics. For this third edition, the author has revised and updated all the chapters and added a new chap… |
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Just babies
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Paul Bloom |
"From Sigmund Freud to Jean Piaget, psychologists have long believed that we begin life as amoral animals. After all, isn't it the role of society--and especially parents--to transform babies from li… |
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Mainstreaming torture
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Rebecca Gordon |
"The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 reopened what many people in this country had long assumed was a settled ethical question: Is torture ever morally permissible? Within days, some people i… |
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Buddhist economics
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Clair Brown |
"Traditional economics measures the ways in which we spend our income, but doesn't attribute worth to the crucial human interactions that give our lives meaning. Clair Brown, an economics professor a… |
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Cognitive Enhancement
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Robert H. Blank |
"Rapid advances in cognitive neuroscience and converging technologies have led to a vigorous debate over cognitive enhancement. This book outlines the ethical and social issues, but goes on to focus … |
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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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