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War and Moral Dissonance
Häftad, 2010
477 kr
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This collection of essays, inspired by the author's experience teaching ethics to Marine and Navy chaplains during the Iraq War, examines the moral and psychological dilemmas posed by war. The first section deals directly with Dr Peter A. French's teaching experience and the specific challenges …
Cowboy Metaphysics
Ethics and Death in Westerns
E-bok, 2000
779 kr
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For many of us, the image of the cowboy hero facing off against the villain dominates our memories of the movies. Peter French examines the world of the western, one in which death is annihilation, the culmination of life, and there is nothing else. In that world he finds alternatives to …
New Directions in Philosophy, Volume XXIII
Av French, Hk Wettstein Hk m. fl.
Inbunden, 2000
808 kr
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In this annual volume key thinkers explore evolving trends that philosophy as a discipline is facing.
Life and Death
Metaphysics and Ethics, Volume XXIV
Av Howard Wettstein, French m. fl.
Häftad, 1999
650 kr
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Midwest Studies in Philosophy, Volume XXIV, Life and Death: Metaphysics and Ethics is an important contribution to the literature on the intersection of issues of metaphysics and issues of ethics. In the Midwest Studies tradition, twenty of the more important philosophers writing in this area have …
Figurative Language, Volume XXV
Av French, Hk Wettstein Hk m. fl.
Häftad, 2001
552 kr
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Analytic philosophy was born from philosophic reflection on logic and mathematics. It has been at its strongest in these and related domains of reflection, domains that are friendly to definition and analytic clarity. From time to time, analytic philosophers, some very distinguished, have produced …
Renaissance and Early Modern Philosophy, Volume XXVI
Häftad, 2002
486 kr
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In this volume leading contemporary philosophical historians of the Renaissance and Early Modern periods examine the works of important figures of the fifteenth through the eighteenth century. While Midwest Studies in Philosophy has produced other volumes devoted to historical periods in …
Responsibility Matters
Häftad, 1992
332 kr
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Using examples from literature, film and current events as well as traditional philosophical literature, this text raises questions about responsibility in political, environmental, legal, medical, corporate and military justice matters.
Virtues of Vengeance
Inbunden, 2001
629 kr
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Although most moral philosophers reject vengeance as a barbaric sentiment, Peter French argues that it has fallen into disrepute without being seriously examined with respect to its real moral value. In beginning his philosophical examination of the virtues of vengeance, he investigates the use of …
Responsibility Matters
E-bok, 1992
295 kr
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Most of us spend a fair amount of time trying to avoid responsibility. Thats not too astounding. What is surprising, says Peter French, is that we tend to dodge the good variety as well as the bad.The problem for most of us, excepting moral masochists, is that responsibility does get doled, he …
Responsibility Matters
E-bok, 1992
295 kr
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Most of us spend a fair amount of time trying to avoid responsibility. Thats not too astounding. What is surprising, says Peter French, is that we tend to dodge the good variety as well as the bad.The problem for most of us, excepting moral masochists, is that responsibility does get doled, he …
Ethics and College Sports
Ethics, Sports, and the University
Inbunden, 2004
1844 kr
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Ethics and College Sports is a careful analysis of the root problems in intercollegiate athletics in American universities. It examines the prevalent myths that are regularly used to justify the inclusion of intercollegiate athletics, and all of the abuses and scandals it has brought to university …
Ethics and College Sports
Ethics, Sports, and the University
Häftad, 2004
558 kr
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Ethics and College Sports is a careful analysis of the root problems in intercollegiate athletics in American universities. It examines the prevalent myths that are regularly used to justify the inclusion of intercollegiate athletics, and all of the abuses and scandals it has brought to university …
War and Border Crossings
Ethics When Cultures Clash
Av Peter A. French, Jason A. Short
Inbunden, 2005
1844 kr
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War and Border Crossings brings together renowned scholars to address some of the most pressing problems in public policy, international affairs, and the intercultural issues of our day. Contributors from widely varying disciplines discuss cross-cultural ethical issues and international topics …
War and Border Crossings
Ethics When Cultures Clash
Av Peter A. French, Jason A. Short
Häftad, 2005
600 kr
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War and Border Crossings brings together renowned scholars to address some of the most pressing problems in public policy, international affairs, and the intercultural issues of our day. Contributors from widely varying disciplines discuss cross-cultural ethical issues and international topics …
Cowboy Metaphysics
Ethics and Death in Westerns
Häftad, 1997
713 kr
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For many of us, the image of the cowboy hero facing off against the villain dominates our memories of the movies. Peter French examines the world of the western, one in which death is annihilation, the culmination of life, and there is nothing else. In that world he finds alternatives to …
War and Moral Dissonance
Inbunden, 2010
911 kr
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This collection of essays, inspired by the author's experience teaching ethics to Marine and Navy chaplains during the Iraq War, examines the moral and psychological dilemmas posed by war. The first section deals directly with Dr Peter A. French's teaching experience and the specific challenges …
Early Modern Philosophy Reconsidered, Volume XXXV
Av Peter A. French, Howard K. Wettstein
Häftad, 2012
577 kr
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Early Modern Philosophy Reconsidered: Essays in Honor of Paul Hoffman is an international collection of essays from both well-established and younger scholars. In keeping with the example of Hoffman’s own work, the essays are written in the spirit of promoting serious philosophical engagement with …
Concept of Evil, Volume XXXVI
Av Peter A. French, Howard K. Wettstein
Häftad, 2012
552 kr
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The Concept of Evil is dedicated to the analysis of the concept of evil. The term "evil" is used widely in ordinary language and yet philosophers have disagreed on what, if anything, distinguishes an evil act from a wrong act or an evil person from a bad one. Is "evil" a distinct and important …
New Atheism and Its Critics, Volume XXXVII
Av Peter A. French, Howard K. Wettstein
Häftad, 2013
534 kr
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This volume of the classic series is devoted to the claims, arguments, and perspectives of the New Atheists. The volume collects original work on these topics of leading thinkers in the philosophy of religion, epistemology, and metaphysics, and philosophy of science. These studies are punctuated by …
Forward-Looking Collective Responsibility, Volume XXXVIII
Av Peter A. French, Howard K. Wettstein
Häftad, 2014
491 kr
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• Explores various aspects of the concept of forward-looking collective responsibility and its application• Presents fifteen articles written by leading philosophers from around the world• Extends the philosophical discussion of collective responsibility and collective morality towards future …
Ethics and Global Climate Change
Av Peter A. French, Howard K. Wettstein
Häftad, 2016
468 kr
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The planet is undergoing a global change in climate that has begun to negatively affect populations and is predicted to accelerate in the coming decades. The human beings now on Earth are the first to exist when the climatic dynamics of the planet are scientifically understood. That understanding …
Phenomenology of Affective Life, Volume XLI
Av Peter A. French, Howard K. Wettstein
Häftad, 2017
534 kr
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This volume brings together new analytic and continental philosophic work on the nature of affectivity. Areas represented include philosophy of mind, epistemology, and philosophy of language. But such traditional designations fail to do justice to the new ground broken here. Topics include the …
Moral Responsibility and the Financial Crisis
Av Peter A. French, Howard K. Wettstein
Häftad, 2018
510 kr
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A look at an economic disaster from a philosophical perspectiveA decade after the financial crisis, this publication considered the event from the standpoint of philosophy. Moral Responsibility and the Financial Crisis is a Midwest Studies in Philosophy volume that applies analytic philosophy to …
Philosophy of Dance
Av Peter A. French, Howard K. Wettstein
Häftad, 2020
510 kr
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This volume brings together new work in the philosophy of dance for a general philosophical audience. Scholars working across the fields of philosophy, dance studies, and related areas explore the nature of dance as a practice and an artform. This collection of essays covers topics such as the …
Meaning In The Arts, Volume XXVII
Häftad, 2003
488 kr
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This Volume illuminates the notion of meaning in the arts-in literature, painting, music, and dance. Specific topics include theory in the arts; interpretations of meaning; objectivity in meaning; and the consumer as a participant in art. Brings together articles from prominent philosophers and …
American Philosophers, Volume XXVIII
Häftad, 2004
486 kr
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The American Philosophers contains papers by current leading philosophers and political theorists that explore the work of the major American philosophers from the colonial period to the present, from Jonathan Edwards to David Kaplan. Contains a philosophically and historically broad exploration of …
Free Will and Moral Responsibility, Volume XXIX
Häftad, 2005
488 kr
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The essays in this volume explore various issues pertaining to human agency, such as the relationship between free will and causal determinism, and the nature and conditions of moral responsibility. Builds on and extends some of the very best recent work in the field.Features lively and vigorous …
Shared Intentions and Collective Responsibility, Volume XXX
Av Peter A. French, Howard K. Wettstein
Häftad, 2007
694 kr
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This volume of Midwest Studies focuses on the currently hot topic in ethics and action theory of shared intentions and relates it to issues in collective responsibility. Each of the essays in the volume is by an internationally known scholar who has published seminal pieces on various aspects of …
Philosophy and the Empirical, Volume XXXI
Av Peter A. French, Howard K. Wettstein
Häftad, 2007
676 kr
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This collection of essays focuses on a current issue of central important in contemporary philosophy, the relationship between philosophy and empirical studies. Explores in detail a range of examples which demonstrate how the older paradigm – philosophy as conceptual analysis – is giving way to a …
Truth and its Deformities, Volume XXXII
Av Peter A. French, Howard K. Wettstein
Häftad, 2008
676 kr
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Truth and Its Deformities is the 32nd volume in the Midwest Studies in Philosophy series. It contains major new contributions on a range of topics related to the general theme of the volume by some of the most important philosophers writing on truth in recent years.
