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Confronting Injustice
Moral History and Political Theory
AvDavid Lyons
E-bok
PDF, Engelska, 2013
1 006 kr
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The essays presented in this volume challenge both theorists and citizens to confront grave injustices committed in the United States. David Lyons encourages us to take a fresh look at the beginnings of America, including the colonists'' early adoption of race-based slavery even though it was unlawful and why those who rebelled against English oppression were responsible for greater injustices against their Native American neighbors. Confronting injustice requires usto consider how delegates to the 1787 constitutional convention readily embraced increased protections for chattel slavery, why the federal government later abandoned Reconstruction, and why the nation allowed former slave owners to establish a new system of racial oppression called Jim Crow. Itrequires us to ask why America''s official rejection of white supremacy is combined with an unwillingness to address continuing racial stratification. Confronting injustice calls upon political theorists to test their views in the crucible of social history. It challenges those who debate abstractly the idea of an obligation to obey the law to consider the implications of grievous injustices. It calls upon those who assume that their society is now ''reasonably just'' to ask when thattransformation occurred, despite the fact that children who are black or poor are denied equal opportunity.
Rights, Welfare, and Mill's Moral Theory
AvDavid Lyons
E-bok
PDF, Engelska, 1994
693 kr
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This volume collects David Lyons'' well-known essays on Mill''s moral theory and includes an introduction which relates the essays to prior and subsequent philosophical developments. Like the author''s Forms and Limits of Utilitarianism (Oxford, 1965), the essays apply analytical methods to issues in normative ethics. The first essay defends a refined version of the beneficiary theory of rights against H.L.A. Hart''s important criticisms. The central set of essays develops new interpretations of Mill''s moral theory with the aim of determining how far rights can be incorporated in a utilitarian framework. They Mill''s analysis of moral concepts promises to accommodate the argumentative force of rights, and also provide a significant new reading of Mill''s theory of liberty. The last essay argues that the promise of Mill''s theory of justice cannot be fulfilled. Utilitarianism is unable to account for crucial features of moral rights, or even for the moral force of legal rights whose existence might be justified on utilitarian grounds.
In the Interest of the Governed
A Study in Bentham's Philosophy of Utility and Law
AvDavid Lyons
Inbunden, Engelska, 1991
1 257 kr
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Although known as the founder of modern utilitarianism and the source of analytical jurisprudence, Bentham today is infrequently read but often caricatured. The present book, based on a study of Bentham's most important works, offers a reinterpretation of Bentham's main philosophical doctrines, his principle of utility and his analysis of law. The evidence indicates that Bentham was no `universalist' in morals, but embraced a dual standard - in politics the community's interest, in `private ethics' the agent's interest - which may in turn be based on the idea that government should serve the interests of those who are `governed'. The argument challenges many common assumptions about Bentham's view of human nature and of political institutions. A new reading is also given to his theory of law, which suggests Bentham's insight, originality, and continued interest for philosophers and legal theorists.In the Interest of the Governed was first published in 1973. This revised edition contains a new Preface, a revised Bibliography, and two new Indexes, one of Names and one of Subjects, which together replace the original index.
Forms and Limits of Utilitarianism
AvDavid Lyons
Inbunden, Engelska, 1965
2 589 kr
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Forms and Limits of Utilitarianism
Confronting Injustice
Moral History and Political Theory
AvDavid Lyons
Inbunden, Engelska, 2013
1 244 kr
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The essays presented in this volume challenge both theorists and citizens to confront grave injustices committed in the United States. David Lyons encourages us to take a fresh look at the beginnings of America, including the colonists' early adoption of race-based slavery even though it was unlawful and why those who rebelled against English oppression were responsible for greater injustices against their Native American neighbors. Confronting injustice requires us to consider how delegates to the 1787 constitutional convention readily embraced increased protections for chattel slavery, why the federal government later abandoned Reconstruction, and why the nation allowed former slave owners to establish a new system of racial oppression called Jim Crow. It requires us to ask why America's official rejection of white supremacy is combined with an unwillingness to address continuing racial stratification. Confronting injustice calls upon political theorists to test their views in the crucible of social history. It challenges those who debate abstractly the idea of an obligation to obey the law to consider the implications of grievous injustices. It calls upon those who assume that their society is now 'reasonably just' to ask when that transformation occurred, despite the fact that children who are black or poor are denied equal opportunity.
Color Line
A Short Introduction
AvDavid Lyons
Häftad, Engelska, 2019
576 kr
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The Color Line provides a concise history of the role of race and ethnicity in the US, from the early colonial period to the present, to reveal the public policies and private actions that have enabled racial subordination and the actors who have fought against it.Focusing on Native Americans, African Americans, Asian Americans, and Latino Americans, it explores how racial subordination developed in the region, how it has been resisted and opposed, and how it has been sustained through independence, the abolition of slavery, the civil rights movement, and subsequent reforms. The text also considers the position of European immigrants to the US, interrogates relevant moral issues, and identifies persistent problems of public policy, arguing that all four centuries of racial subordination are relevant to understanding contemporary America and some of its most urgent issues. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of American history, the history of race and ethnicity, and other related courses in the humanities and social sciences.
Color Line
A Short Introduction
AvDavid Lyons
Inbunden, Engelska, 2019
2 135 kr
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The Color Line provides a concise history of the role of race and ethnicity in the US, from the early colonial period to the present, to reveal the public policies and private actions that have enabled racial subordination and the actors who have fought against it.Focusing on Native Americans, African Americans, Asian Americans, and Latino Americans, it explores how racial subordination developed in the region, how it has been resisted and opposed, and how it has been sustained through independence, the abolition of slavery, the civil rights movement, and subsequent reforms. The text also considers the position of European immigrants to the US, interrogates relevant moral issues, and identifies persistent problems of public policy, arguing that all four centuries of racial subordination are relevant to understanding contemporary America and some of its most urgent issues. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of American history, the history of race and ethnicity, and other related courses in the humanities and social sciences.
Ethics and the Rule of Law
AvDavid Lyons
Häftad, Engelska, 1983
531 kr
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An introduction to the philosophy of law, which offers a modern and critical appraisal of all the main issues and problems. This has become a very active area in the last ten years, and one on which philosophers, legal practitioners and theorists and social scientists have tended to converge. The more abstract questions about the nature of law and its relationship to social norms and moral standards are now seen to be directly relevant to more practical and indeed pressing questions about the justification of punishment, civil disobedience, the enforcement of morality, and problems about justice, rights, welfare, and freedom. David Lyons is a shrewd, clear and systematic guide through this tangled area. The book presupposes no formal training in law or philosophy and is intended to serve as a textbook in a range of introductory courses.
Moral Aspects of Legal Theory
Essays on Law, Justice, and Political Responsibility
AvDavid Lyons
Inbunden, Engelska, 1993
1 484 kr
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David Lyons is one of the pre-eminent philosophers of law active in the United States. This volume comprises essays written over a period of twenty years in which Professor Lyons outlines his fundamental views about the nature of law and its relation to morality and justice. The underlying theme of the book is that a system of law has only a tenuous connection with morality and justice. Contrary to those legal theorists who maintain that no matter how bad the law of a community might be, strict conformity to existing law automatically dispenses 'formal' justice, Professor Lyons contends that the law must earn the respect that it demands. Moreover, we cannot, as some would suggest, interpret law in a value-neutral manner. Rather courts should interpret statutes, judicial precedents, and constitutional provisions in terms of values that would justify those laws. In this way officials can promote the justifiability of what they do to people in the name of law, and can help the law live up to its moral pretensions.
Moral Aspects of Legal Theory
Essays on Law, Justice, and Political Responsibility
AvDavid Lyons
Häftad, Engelska, 1993
551 kr
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David Lyons is one of the pre-eminent philosophers of law active in the United States. This volume comprises essays written over a period of twenty years in which Professor Lyons outlines his fundamental views about the nature of law and its relation to morality and justice. The underlying theme of the book is that a system of law has only a tenuous connection with morality and justice. Contrary to those legal theorists who maintain that no matter how bad the law of a community might be, strict conformity to existing law automatically dispenses 'formal' justice, Professor Lyons contends that the law must earn the respect that it demands. Moreover, we cannot, as some would suggest, interpret law in a value-neutral manner. Rather courts should interpret statutes, judicial precedents, and constitutional provisions in terms of values that would justify those laws. In this way officials can promote the justifiability of what they do to people in the name of law, and can help the law live up to its moral pretensions.
Mill's Utilitarianism
Critical Essays
AvDavid Lyons
Inbunden, Engelska, 1997
1 526 kr
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John Stuart Mill's Utilitarianism continues to serve as a rich source of moral and theoretical insight. This collection of articles by top scholars offers fresh interpretations of Mill's ideas about happiness, moral obligation, justice, and rights. Applying contemporary philosophical insights, they challenge the conventional readings of Mill, and, in the process, contribute to a deeper understanding of utilitarian theory as well as the complexity of moral life.
Mill's Utilitarianism
Critical Essays
AvDavid Lyons
Häftad, Engelska, 1997
703 kr
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John Stuart Mill's Utilitarianism continues to serve as a rich source of moral and theoretical insight. This collection of articles by top scholars offers fresh interpretations of Mill's ideas about happiness, moral obligation, justice, and rights. Applying contemporary philosophical insights, they challenge the conventional readings of Mill, and, in the process, contribute to a deeper understanding of utilitarian theory as well as the complexity of moral life.
Color Line
A Short Introduction
AvDavid Lyons
E-bok
PDF, Engelska, 2019
675 kr
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The Color Line provides a concise history of the role of race and ethnicity in the US, from the early colonial period to the present, to reveal the public policies and private actions that have enabled racial subordination and the actors who have fought against it.
Focusing on Native Americans, African Americans, Asian Americans, and Latino Americans, it explores how racial subordination developed in the region, how it has been resisted and opposed, and how it has been sustained through independence, the abolition of slavery, the civil rights movement, and subsequent reforms. The text also considers the position of European immigrants to the US, interrogates relevant moral issues, and identifies persistent problems of public policy, arguing that all four centuries of racial subordination are relevant to understanding contemporary America and some of its most urgent issues.
This book will be of interest to students and scholars of American history, the history of race and ethnicity, and other related courses in the humanities and social sciences.
Color Line
A Short Introduction
AvDavid Lyons
E-bok
Engelska, 2019
674 kr
Läs direkt efter köp
The Color Line provides a concise history of the role of race and ethnicity in the US, from the early colonial period to the present, to reveal the public policies and private actions that have enabled racial subordination and the actors who have fought against it.
Focusing on Native Americans, African Americans, Asian Americans, and Latino Americans, it explores how racial subordination developed in the region, how it has been resisted and opposed, and how it has been sustained through independence, the abolition of slavery, the civil rights movement, and subsequent reforms. The text also considers the position of European immigrants to the US, interrogates relevant moral issues, and identifies persistent problems of public policy, arguing that all four centuries of racial subordination are relevant to understanding contemporary America and some of its most urgent issues.
This book will be of interest to students and scholars of American history, the history of race and ethnicity, and other related courses in the humanities and social sciences.
In the Image of God
AvDavid Lyons
E-bok
Engelska, 2007
133 kr
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This is a book about people learning there are three sides to the truth; What you say; What they say; The facts of what happened.
Alan Da''vide is the hero. He is just a guy out to make his corner of the Universe a little better. He is helped by his best friend Mia, who happens to be an AI (Artificial Intelligence). They have shared many adventures in the past. This story is the most recent. In this adventure they discover Earth- full of Humans and Dolphins not at war with each other. How this is possible? Everybody knows Dolphins hate Humans! Alan and Mia also locate an ancient moon base, vacant of inhabitants. Here they meet an ancient AI who shares the history the race of Humans that originally built the moon base. They uncover the real history of the Universe, and discover how the Dolphins have twisted the truth, while trying to kill or enslave all the Humans in the Universe.
The book is woven together with New Age thinking good old common sense,-a road map on how to interact and respect people when living your life everyday. The story also show you a way to love yourself, and change the way you look at the bigger picture of life (In any century).
With the majestic Universe as our background for this adventure Alan and Mia spin you along with them as they travel through time and space-meeting new friends as they uncover the truth of the Universe and the untold truth of the beginnings of the Human civilization on Earth. It''s a fun story for all teens and adults. A small book with a big message.
Ice Fire
A Thriller
AvDavid Lyons
E-bok
Engelska, 2012
64 kr
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In this explosive debut thriller, a judge from the Louisiana bayou goes up against a company on the verge of causing an ecological disaster. Cajun-born Jock Boucher has overcome modest beginnings to assume the prestigious position of U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana. One of his first cases on the bench involves a scientist who has been hiding in mortal fear for more than twenty years. The fugitive claims that another judge accepted bribes and helped a relentless global energy company steal his intellectual property: a way to recover energy from below the subsea bed that could end America’s dependence on foreign oil. Boucher takes on the company and its powerful founder, risking not only his judicial career but his life. He follows a trail of cryptic clues to the bottom of the ocean, and soon finds himself the target of killers—and too far from the law to ever return. Packed with suspense, science, politics, and murder, this fast-paced, riveting thriller will have readers on the edge of their seats. Ice Fire is the first in a series offered by this authentic new talent.
Blood Game: A Jock Boucher Thriller
AvDavid Lyons
Häftad, Engelska, 2013
249 kr
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Blood Game
A Jock Boucher Thriller
AvDavid Lyons
E-bok
Engelska, 2013
65 kr
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Louisiana Federal District Judge Jock Boucher returns in the second installment of this intriguing new thriller series by David Lyons.LOUISIANA FEDERAL DISTRICT JUDGE JOCK BOUCHER RETURNS IN THE SECOND INSTA LLMENT OF THIS HIGH-OCTANE THRILLER SERIES BY DAVID LYONS. Having killed two men with his bare hands, federal judge Jock Boucher feels he’s unfit for his post on the bench. But when the president sends a fighter jet to whisk the renegade Cajun from a Mexican vacation to the White House to convince him otherwise, Boucher agrees to stay on. Trouble follows him, though, and on the night of his return to his home in the French Quarter, he is accosted by an armed street thug. Boucher defends himself. His attacker ends up dead. With the body count rising around him—despite all his best efforts—Boucher and his friend Detective Fitch of the New Orleans Police Department discover that the would-be bandit has put them on the trail of an illegal arms ring. Weapons are being trafficked to foreign criminal insurgents whose violent rampage across northern Mexico is blocking the development of one of the world’s largest energy fields, and powerful U.S. interests are determined to dislodge them by any means possible. Faced with the daunting possibility of hostilities with our neighbor to the south, Boucher must find a way to avert armed conflict on a scale he never imagined possible . . . while placing himself in mortal danger.
The Only Yacht Rock Book You Need, Vol. 1
AvSteve Huey,David Lyonsm. fl.
Häftad, Engelska, 2030
180 kr
Kommande
The Only Yacht Rock Book You Need, Vol. 1
AvSteve Huey,David Lyonsm. fl.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2030
235 kr
Kommande
Ice Fire
A Thriller
AvDavid Lyons
Häftad, Engelska, 2015
263 kr
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Flutile -- Fun Stuff for Children: Pieces for Children and Teens
AvChristina Lyons,David Lyons
Häftad, Engelska
253 kr
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Alex
AvDavid Lyons
Häftad, Engelska, 2021
242 kr
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Alex
The Man Behind The Legend
AvDavid Lyons
Häftad, Engelska, 2023
209 kr
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Alex
The Man Behind The Legend
AvDavid Lyons
Inbunden, Engelska, 2023
401 kr
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Unfit, Unhealthy & Unwell
The Truth, Facts, & Lies the Health, Fitness & Wellness Industry Sell You
AvNia Williams,Alyssa Spawm. fl.
E-bok
Engelska, 2021
194 kr
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Americans everywhere have a lot of pent up energy. Trying to do the right thing by dieting and exercising to be fit and healthy. In response to this huge demand, the health, wellness, and fitness industry has grown exponentially into an immense, multi-billion dollar industry. Online advertising, televised infomercials bombard us with machines to build better abs, flatter tummies-influencers and health gurus pop-up on our phones, offering fitness and diet solutions. The onslaught urges consumers to pull out their credit cards, then purchase gym subscriptions, dietary supplements, exercise bikes at three thousand dollars a pop, toning creams, diet cookbooks, workout programs, and holistic diet plans, and more claiming to give you the body of a Hollywood star or starlet. It seems there is nowhere to hide. You'd think Americans should be the fittest population on the planet for all the glitz, glam, and sweaty bodies losing weight pounds. But what is the truth?The facts could not be farther from all the hype. Obesity is an epidemic. Despite the industry's constant claims of helping people become fit, healthy, and well, American's health is deteriorating at an alarming rate. Misinformation is spread far and wide - giant corporations prop up their favorite fitness influencers and 'gurus' on their behalf to garner sales from the hordes of unsuspecting individuals-all in a vicious cycle of profits over people's health. Now, for the first time, a group of international, diverse, and dedicated industry veterans that include, best- selling authors, multi-award winning fitness health and wellness experts, an Olympic athlete, a renowned Medical Doctor, have teamed up with, Dr. Nia Williams an award winning consumer psychologist will debunk the lies, with unsparing frankness. The authors' will fearlessly expose their Health and Fitness Industry's worst aspects but also offer significant new thinking about how to restore trust and integrity, and present well-thought-out ideas to help fitness consumers make better choices. Unfit, Unhealthy, and Unwell offers candid opinions in easy- to -read essay format. Curated by Frankie D. Cruz along with a team of authors who are dedicated to combining their expertise to save their industry from itself, and help Americans from all walks of life become healthier, and genuinely fit for far less money.
Whatever Happened to Betsy Blake?Odges Figgis Date
AvDavid Lyons
Häftad, Engelska, 2019
239 kr
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Alex
AvDavid Lyons
Inbunden, Engelska, 2021
365 kr
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David Lyons – författare

Confronting Injustice

Rights, Welfare, and Mill's Moral Theory

In the Interest of the Governed

Forms and Limits of Utilitarianism

Confronting Injustice

Color Line

Color Line

Ethics and the Rule of Law

Moral Aspects of Legal Theory

Moral Aspects of Legal Theory

Mill's Utilitarianism

Mill's Utilitarianism

Color Line

Color Line

In the Image of God

Ice Fire

Blood Game: A Jock Boucher Thriller

Blood Game

The Only Yacht Rock Book You Need, Vol. 1

The Only Yacht Rock Book You Need, Vol. 1

Ice Fire

Flutile -- Fun Stuff for Children: Pieces for Children and Teens

Alex

Alex

Alex

Unfit, Unhealthy & Unwell

Whatever Happened to Betsy Blake?Odges Figgis Date

Alex

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