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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 …
Faces of Environmental Racism
Confronting Issues of Global Justice
Häftad, 2001
614 kr
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Racial minorities in the United States are disproportionately exposed to toxic wastes and other environmental hazards, and cleanup efforts in their communities are slower and less thorough than efforts elsewhere. Internationally, wealthy countries of the North increasingly ship hazardous wastes to …
Just Ecological Integrity
The Ethics of Maintaining Planetary Life
Häftad, 2002
614 kr
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Just Ecological Integrity presents a collection of revised and expanded essays originating from the international conference "Connecting Environmental Ethics, Ecological Integrity, and Health in the New Millennium" held in San Jose, Costa Rica in June 2000. It is a cooperative venture of the Global …
American Heat
Ethical Problems with the United States' Response to Global Warming
Häftad, 2002
614 kr
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When the world began to wake up to the global environmental crisis in the 1970s, the United States was the undisputed world leader in environmental policy. Yet, on an unsettling number of international environmental issues—including global warming—the U.S. has not only forfeited its leadership role …
Linking Visions
Feminist Bioethics, Human Rights, and the Developing World
Häftad, 2004
713 kr
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A thought provoking examination of the interrelationship between and among feminist bioethics, human rights, and globaldevelopment, Linking Visions addresses global concerns about oppression in the context of health care, medical research, and population health. Reflecting the ever-expanding …
Moral Vision
How Everyday Life Shapes Ethical Thinking
Inbunden, 2005
1420 kr
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What is moral reasoning? Are we being reasonable when we make moral decisions if we cannot supply compelling arguments, criteria, necessary and sufficient conditions, decisive empirical evidence and the like? In Moral Vision, Duane L. Cady critiques the contemporary inclination to model reason …
Moral Vision
How Everyday Life Shapes Ethical Thinking
Häftad, 2005
374 kr
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What is moral reasoning? Are we being reasonable when we make moral decisions if we cannot supply compelling arguments, criteria, necessary and sufficient conditions, decisive empirical evidence and the like? In Moral Vision, Duane L. Cady critiques the contemporary inclination to model reason …
Ethics for Disaster
Av Naomi Zack
Inbunden, 2009
1278 kr
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Ethics for Disaster addresses the moral aspects of hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, plane crashes, Avian Flu pandemics, and other disasters. Naomi Zack explores how these catastrophes illuminate the existing inequalities in society. By employing the moral systems of utilitarianism, deontology, …
Ethics for Disaster
Av Naomi Zack
Häftad, 2010
558 kr
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Ethics for Disaster addresses the moral aspects of hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, plane crashes, Avian Flu pandemics, and other disasters. Naomi Zack explores how these catastrophes illuminate the existing inequalities in society. By employing the moral systems of utilitarianism, deontology, …
Ethics for Disaster
Av Naomi Zack
E-bok, 2009
593 kr
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Ethics for Disaster addresses the moral aspects of hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, plane crashes, Avian Flu pandemics, and other disasters. Naomi Zack explores how these catastrophes illuminate the existing inequalities in society. By employing the moral systems of utilitarianism, deontology, …
Can Ethics Provide Answers?
And Other Essays in Moral Philosophy
E-bok, 1996
655 kr
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Esteemed moral philosopher James Rachels here collects fifteen essays, some classic and others extensively revised, on the nature and limits of moral reasoning. Rachels argues that, rather than simply expressing societal conventions, moral philosophy can subvert received opinion and replace it with …
Collective Responsibility
Five Decades of Debate in Theoretical and Applied Ethics
E-bok, 1992
670 kr
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This anthology presents the best recent philosophical analyses of moral, political, and legal responsibility of groups and their members. Motivated by reflection on such events as the Holocaust, the exploding Ford Pintos, the My Lai massacre, and apartheid in South Africa, the essays consider two …
Collective Responsibility
Five Decades of Debate in Theoretical and Applied Ethics
Häftad, 1992
614 kr
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This anthology presents the best recent philosophical analyses of moral, political, and legal responsibility of groups and their members. Motivated by reflection on such events as the Holocaust, the exploding Ford Pintos, the My Lai massacre, and apartheid in South Africa, the essays consider two …
Patriotism, Morality, and Peace
Häftad, 1993
784 kr
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Is patriotism a worthy ideal, one that we ought to promote and support? Or is it a dangerous and destructive notion that leads to war and hostility? Patriotism, Morality, and Peace provides the first sustained philosophical treatment of these questions, distinguishes different forms of patriotism, …
Marx and Modern Political Theory
From Hobbes to Contemporary Feminism
Häftad, 1993
855 kr
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Philip J. Kain deftly demonstrates the historical antecedents to and continuing relevance of Karl Marx's thought. Kain reveals the unappreciated pluralism of Marx, how it has endured and how it will continue to adapt to the challenges of modern day thought such as feminist theory.
Environmental Proposal for Ethics
The Principle of Integrity
Av Laura Westra
Häftad, 1994
374 kr
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Westra asks the questions, 'What does 'integrity' mean?' and 'Is there a moral doctrine that would support both the ideal and the obligation that integrity engenders?' The answers to these questions lead to the formulation of a principle which proposes that all our moral doctrines should be …
Moral Rights and Political Freedom
Av Tara Smith
Häftad, 1995
600 kr
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Seeking a way out of today's bewildering rush of rights claims, Tara Smith's Moral Rights and Political Freedom offers a systematic account of the nature and foundations of rights. The book carefully elucidates what political freedom is and demonstrates why it should be protected by rights. Smith's …
Faces of Environmental Racism
Confronting Issues of Global Justice
Av Laura Westra, Peter S. Wenz
Inbunden, 1995
1985 kr
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Racial minorities in the United States are disproportionately exposed to toxic wastes and other environmental hazards, and cleanup efforts in their communities are slower and less thorough than efforts elsewhere. Internationally, wealthy countries of the North increasingly ship hazardous wastes to …
Punishment as Societal-Defense
Häftad, 1996
565 kr
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People punished by law are treated in ways that we consider immoral in other contexts. In Punishment as Societal-Defense, Phillip Montague develops a new theory of punishment that, instead of justifying it on the basis of deterrence or retribution, constructs it as analogous to individual …
For and Against the State
New Philosophical Readings
Av John T. Sanders, Jan Narveson
Häftad, 1996
784 kr
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Is government justified? This perennial question is central to political philosophy and has never been more alive than at the present time, in the midst of continuing political and social upheaval worldwide. This collection of new essays by thirteen philosophers addresses questions of political …
Citizenship in a Fragile World
Häftad, 1996
855 kr
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Traditional conceptions of citizenship have dealt almost exclusively with political life within one state. But the internationalization of so much economic, cultural, and political life today presents new opportunities and problems—including the potential to extinguish human life. Taking these new …
Nature as Subject
Human Obligation and Natural Community
Av Eric Katz
Häftad, 1996
713 kr
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Written by one of the instrumental figures in environmental ethics, Nature as Subject traces the development of an ethical policy that is centered not on human beings, but on itself. Katz applies this idea to contemporary environmental problems, introducing themes of justice, domination, …
Critical Moral Liberalism
Theory and Practice
Inbunden, 1996
1844 kr
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In this important book, Jeffrey Reiman responds to recent assaults on liberal theory by proposing a "critical moral liberalism." It is liberal in maintaining the emphasis of classical liberalism on individual freedom, moral in adhering to a distinctive vision of the good life rather than professing …
Can Ethics Provide Answers?
And Other Essays in Moral Philosophy
Inbunden, 1996
1844 kr
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Esteemed moral philosopher James Rachels here collects fifteen essays, some classic and others extensively revised, on the nature and limits of moral reasoning. Rachels argues that, rather than simply expressing societal conventions, moral philosophy can subvert received opinion and replace it with …
Can Ethics Provide Answers?
And Other Essays in Moral Philosophy
Häftad, 1996
600 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Esteemed moral philosopher James Rachels here collects fifteen essays, some classic and others extensively revised, on the nature and limits of moral reasoning. Rachels argues that, rather than simply expressing societal conventions, moral philosophy can subvert received opinion and replace it with …
Partisan or Neutral?
The Futility of Public Political Theory
Häftad, 1997
614 kr
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Partisan or Neutral? critically examines the Rawlsian ideal of a public, supposedly neutral, political theory meant to justify contemporary constitutional democracies. Placing this ideal-appealed to by neo-natural law theorists and advocates of "public theology" as well as by political …
Same Sex
Debating the Ethics, Science, and Culture of Homosexuality
Inbunden, 1997
357 kr
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Same Sex is the most comprehensive anthology on homosexuality available. It goes beyond other classroom readers to explore historical conceptions of homosexuality, homosexual identity, and a variety of public policy issues, ranging from gay marriage to outing to military service. It also examines …
Same Sex
Debating the Ethics, Science, and Culture of Homosexuality
Av John Corvino
Häftad, 1999
371 kr
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Same Sex is the most comprehensive anthology on homosexuality available. It goes beyond other classroom readers to explore historical conceptions of homosexuality, homosexual identity, and a variety of public policy issues, ranging from gay marriage to outing to military service. It also examines …
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 …
Approximate Justice
Studies in Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy
Av George Sher
Häftad, 1997
713 kr
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In this book, distinguished philosopher George Sher explores the normative moral and social problems that arise from living in a decidedly non-ideal world—a world that contains immorality, evil, and injustice, and in which resources (including knowledge) are often inadequate. Sher confronts …
