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Corporations and the Common Good
Av Robert B. Dickie, Leroy S. Rouner
Inbunden, 1986
1537 kr
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Multinational corporations are highly regarded by some as the crowning achievement of American enterprise. For a significant and increasingly vocal group of Americans, however, the large corporation inspires suspicion if not outright hostility.While some share these suspicions, the contributors to …
Corporations and the Common Good
Av Robert B. Dickie, Leroy S. Rouner
Häftad, 1987
553 kr
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Multinational corporations are highly regarded by some as the crowning achievement of American enterprise. For a significant and increasingly vocal group of Americans, however, the large corporation inspires suspicion if not outright hostility.While some share these suspicions, the contributors to …
Celebrating Peace
Inbunden, 2022
2265 kr
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The contributors reflect on the concept of peace from a variety of viewpoints. This volume intends not only to celebrate peace but to contribute to an understanding of it through philosophical, theological and literary explorations.
In Pursuit of Happiness
Inbunden, 1995
1537 kr
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In the first section of this volume, the essayists begin by discussing happiness as a form of tranquility, desire, and blessedness. The second section deals with happiness in three major religious traditions: Jewish, Buddhist, and Confucian. The final section of In Pursuit of Happiness not only …
Is There a Human Nature?
Inbunden, 1997
1537 kr
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We humans are deeply convinced that there is something distinct about us as a species, but we have never been able to agree on what it is. In the West, the religion of Israel argued that the will is the fundamental vehicle of our relation to God and therefore the determining characteristic of our …
Knowing Religiously
Häftad, 1985
576 kr
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Focusing on the contemporary experience of cultural and religious pluralism, the authors in this volume work toward a reconception of the basic concepts in philosophy of religion - the idea of God and the religious ways of knowing that idea - as historically dynamic.
Longing for Home
Inbunden, 1997
1767 kr
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The authors of The Longing for Home explore the notion that home is both a place and a condition of the spirit. While a person may have a place that is home, he or she may also be nostalgic for an inner spiritual home which beckons even as it lies beyond the human grasp. Essays by Elie Wiesel, …
Longing for Home
Häftad, 1997
682 kr
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This work explores the notion that home is both a place and a condition of the spirit. While a person may have a place that is home, he or she may also be nostalgic for an inner spiritual home which beckons even as it lies beyond the human grasp.
Meaning, Truth, and God
Inbunden, 1994
1537 kr
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The distinction between meaning and truth has become a critical issue for contemporary philosophy of religion. These essays by eminent scholars express a concern not only with the logic of religious belief and the effect of social context on religious meaning, but with the truth-claim concerning …
Meaning, Truth, and God
Häftad, 1994
556 kr
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This text explores questions of the relation of meaning and truth in the philosophy of religion. Topics discussed include: the logic of theological enquiry; the challenges to the veracity of religious discourse; social processes and religious beliefs; and the question of the reality of God.
On Freedom
Inbunden, 1989
1537 kr
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In this tenth volume of the highly respected Boston University Studies in Philosophy and Religion series, contributors explore new approaches to the role of freedom in the contemporary world. It is clear that the idea of freedom has progressed with autonomous selfhood. But it is not yet evident how …
Selves, People, and Persons
What Does It Mean to Be a Self?
Inbunden, 1992
1537 kr
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This volume of the Boston University Studies in Philosophy and Religion addresses the meaning of selfhood. The eleven contributors explore this urgent question by reshaping fundamental ideas of the self in such varied fields as theology, biology, psychoanalysis, and political philosophy.The meaning …
Selves, People, and Persons
What Does It Mean to Be a Self?
Häftad, 1992
576 kr
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This work addresses the meaning of selfhood. It explores this question by reshaping fundamental ideas of the self in such varied fields as theology, biology, psychoanalysis, and political philosophy.
Civility
Inbunden, 2000
1537 kr
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The philosopher Peter Bertocci once argued that promptness is a fundamental form of social justice. In this lively conversation on an increasingly significant theme, major philosophers and religious scholars argue the issue on three levels.
Civility
Häftad, 2000
615 kr
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A conversation between major philosophers and religious scholars on the increasingly significant theme of civility. There seems to be a consensus that the lack of civility is a problem; that it is more than a class issue of manners; and that its loss is troubling for contemporary society.
Celebrating Peace
Häftad, 1990
576 kr
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Coming in the wake of momentous changes in Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union, Germany and the movement for democracy in China, Celebrating Peace presents original essays by thinkers and writers to provide reflections on peace that go beyond current events and point towards extending and building …
Foundations of Ethics
Häftad, 1983
615 kr
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Just when we need them the most, our ethical resources seem least clear and reliable. Hence our search for foundations of ethics. The intent of this volume has not been to solve any specific moral problem, but to explore basic issues.
In Pursuit of Happiness
Häftad, 1995
615 kr
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This work discusses happiness as a form of tranquility, desire, and blessedness. It then deals with happiness in three major religious traditions - Jewish, Buddhist, and Confucian. It also includes a philosophical essay that focuses on the long-ago baseball rivalry between the Cubs and the Red Sox.
Is There a Human Nature?
Häftad, 1997
537 kr
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This work aims to defines the question ""Is there a human nature""? It argues that we know our nature only when it is recognized by our culture and that the liberal democratic idea of the state both celebrates and threatens the notion of fundamental human equality.
If I Should Die
Inbunden, 2001
1537 kr
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What does death really mean? Is there life after death? This conversation covers various views on these matters, from John Lach's insistence that the notion of immortality is philosophically unintelligible, to Jurgen Moltmann's study of various arguments for what happens to us when we die.
If I Should Die
Häftad, 2001
576 kr
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The contrtibutors to this collection offer personal, philosophical and historical views on questions about death. Contributors include: John Lachs, Jurgen Moltmann, David Roochnik, Aaron Garrett, David Schmidtz, David Eckel, Brian Jorgensen, Rita Rouner, Peter Gomes and Wendy Doniger.
On Freedom
Häftad, 1989
615 kr
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In this tenth volume of the highly respected Boston University Studies in Philosophy and Religion series, contributors explore new approaches to the role of freedom in the contemporary world. It is clear that the idea of freedom has progressed with autonomous selfhood. But it is not yet evident how …
