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The Soros Lectures
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George Soros |
In a series of lectures at the Central European University in Budapest in October of 2009, George Soros provided a broad overview of his thoughts on economics and politics. The lectures are the culmi… |
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Den Frieden verantworten. Politische Ethik bei Francisco Suárez (1548-1617)
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Markus Kremer |
Francisco Suárez (1548-1617) steht an der Schwelle zwischen mittelalterlicher Scholastik und moderner Rechtsphilosophie. Dies erlaubt es, in ihm einen Theologen zu sehen, der - Bewährtes bewahrend - … |
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Capabilities, power, and institutions
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Stephen L. Esquith |
"A collection of essays that extend, criticize, and reformulate the capability approach to human development, originally formulated by Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum, in order to better understand t… |
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Divorcing the dictator
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Frederick Kempe |
The story behind America's disastrous relationship with General Manuel Antonio Noriega. |
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Dilemmas of reconciliation
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Carol A. L. Prager |
"Dilemmas of Reconciliation is a pioneering effort that explores the extraordinary challenges that must be faced in the aftermath of genocide or barbarous civil wars. How these challenges of reconcil… |
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Public capitalism
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Christopher McMahon |
viii, 206 p. ; 23 cm |
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Ethics and integrity of governance
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Carole L. Jurkiewicz |
"This book provides critical, up-to-date reviews on the field of ethics and integrity of governance, along with fresh future perspectives. Focusing on Europe and the US, it addresses the key dimensio… |
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The order of public reason
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Gerald F. Gaus |
"In this innovative and important work, Gerald Gaus advances a revised, and more realistic, account of public reason liberalism, showing how, in the midst of fundamental disagreement about values and… |
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On Tyranny
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Timothy Snyder |
In previous books, Holocaust historian Timothy Snyder dissected the events and values that enabled the rise of Hitler and Stalin and the execution of their catastrophic policies. With Twenty Lessons,… |
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The prince and other writings
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Niccolò Machiavelli |
C.1 ST. AID. BARNES & NOBLE. 12-07-2010. $10.00. |
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Remoralizing Britain
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Scott, Peter,Elaine L. Graham,Christopher Richard Baker |
Drawing together for the first time theorists from a range of disciplines and commitments, this interdisciplinary collection offers a reckoning of this New Labour decade. |
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The soul of liberty
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Fred E. Foldvary |
This book derives the universal ethic as the expression of natural moral law, and applies it to government, economics, the environment, and other social issues. There is also a chapter on the history… |
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Sincerity in Politics and International Relations
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Sorin Baiasu |
This work examines concept of sincerity in politics and international relations in order to discuss what we should expect of politicians, within what parameters should they work, and how their decisi… |
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What Would Machiavelli Do? The Ends Justify the Meanness
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Stanley Bing |
What Would Machiavelli Do? and Throwing the Elephant. Fortune's Stanley Bing has written two very different but complementary survival guides for today's business world. Inspired by the Florentine ma… |
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Presidential saints and sinners
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Thomas Andrew Bailey |
A close look at the integrity of each of the first 38 United States presidents. |
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The enemy within
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Seumas Milne |
Margaret Thatcher branded the leaders of the 1984-85 miners strike "the enemy within." In this classic account, Seumas Milne reveals the astonishing lengths to which her government and its intelligen… |
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Spiritual politics
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Corinne McLaughlin |
Do you need a source of hope for the future? Do you wonder about the hidden, metaphysical causes of crises today? Is there a link between human thought, collective karma and world events such as na… |
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The Samaritan's Dilemma
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Deborah Stone |
"In this blend of political essay and reportage, political scientist Deborah Stone argues that democracy depends on altruism, not self-interest. The merchants of self-interest have divorced us from w… |
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Political Forgiveness
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P. E. Digeser |
"What does forgiveness mean when it appears in politics, and what is its relationship to other ideas in political philosophy? In Political Forgiveness, P. E. Digeser defends a conception of forgivene… |
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Ce grand cadavre à la renverse
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Bernard-Henri Lévy |
In this unprecedented critique, Bernard-Henri Levy, one of the world's leading intellectuals revisits his political roots, scrutinizes the totalitarianisms of the past as well as those on the horizon… |
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