Philosophy in Action – serie
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The Best Things in Life
A Guide to What Really Matters
Av Thomas Hurka
Häftad, 2015
227 kr
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For centuries, philosophers, theologians, moralists, and ordinary people have asked: How should we live? What makes for a good life? In The Best Things in Life, distinguished philosopher Thomas Hurka takes a fresh look at these perennial questions as they arise for us now in the 21st century. …
The Character Gap
How Good Are We?
Inbunden, 2018
340 kr
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We like to think of ourselves, our friends, and our families as pretty decent people. We may not be saints, but we are basically good, fairly honest, relatively kind, and mostly trustworthy. One of the central themes of The Character Gap is that we are badly mistaken in thinking this way. In recent …
When Doing the Right Thing Is Impossible
Av Lisa Tessman
Inbunden, 2017
389 kr
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Suppose that in an emergency evacuation of a hospital after a flood, not all of the patients can make it out alive. You are the doctor faced with the choice between abandoning these patients to die alone and in pain, or injecting them with a lethal dose of drugs, without consent, so that they die …
Better than Human
The Promise and Perils of Biomedical Enhancement
Häftad, 2017
422 kr
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In Better than Human?, noted bioethicist Allen Buchanan grapples with the ethical dilemmas of the medical revolution now upon us. Biomedical enhancements, he writes, can make us smarter, have better memories, be stronger, quicker, have more stamina, live much longer, be more resistant to disease …
On Romantic Love
Simple Truths about a Complex Emotion
Häftad, 2018
370 kr
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Romantic love presents some of life's most challenging questions. Can we choose who to love? Is romantic love rational? Can we love more than one person at a time? And can we make ourselves fall out of love? In On Romantic Love, Berit Brogaard attempts to get to the bottom of love's many …
A Meaning to Life
Av Michael Ruse
Inbunden, 2019
397 kr
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Does human life have any meaning? Does the question even make sense today? For centuries, the question of the meaning or purpose of human life was assumed by scholars and theologians to have a religious answer: life has meaning because humans were made in the image of a good god. In the 19th …
The Best Things in Life
A Guide to What Really Matters
Av Thomas Hurka
Inbunden, 2011
285 kr
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For centuries, philosophers, theologians, moralists, and ordinary people have asked: How should we live? What makes for a good life? In The Best Things in Life, distinguished philosopher Thomas Hurka takes a fresh look at these perennial questions as they arise for us now in the 21st century. …
Morality Without God?
Inbunden, 2009
649 kr
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Some argue that atheism must be false, since without God, no values are possible, and thus "everything is permitted." Walter Sinnott-Armstrong argues that God is not only not essential to morality, but that our moral behavior should be utterly independent of religion. He attacks several core ideas: …
Living with Darwin
Evolution, Design, and the Future of Faith
Häftad, 2009
231 kr
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Charles Darwin has been at the center of white-hot public debate for more than a century. In Living With Darwin, Philip Kitcher stokes the flames swirling around Darwin's theory, sifting through the scientific evidence for evolution, Creation Science, and Intelligent Design, and revealing why …
The Character Gap
How Good are We?
Häftad, 2020
415 kr
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We like to think of ourselves, our friends, and our families as decent people. We may not be saints, but we are still honest, relatively kind, and mostly trustworthy. Miller argues here that we are badly mistaken in thinking this. Hundreds of recent studies in psychology tell a different story: …
The Other Side
A Moderate's Manifesto on How to Disagree
Av John Corvino
Inbunden, 2027
359 kr
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John Corvino's The Other Side explains how, when, and why to engage with those you disagree with. An active participant in the debates over same-sex marriage for three decades, philosopher John Corvino built strong relationships, and even friendships, with many on the other side. In this urgent and …
On Romantic Love
Simple Truths about a Complex Emotion
Inbunden, 2015
378 kr
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Romantic love presents some of life's most challenging questions. Can we choose who to love? Is romantic love rational? Can we love more than one person at a time? And can we make ourselves fall out of love? In On Romantic Love, Berit Brogaard attempts to get to the bottom of love's many …
Morality Without God?
Häftad, 2011
406 kr
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Some argue that atheism must be false, since without God, no values are possible, and thus "everything is permitted." Walter Sinnott-Armstrong argues that God is not only not essential to morality, but that our moral behaviour should be utterly independent of religion. He attacks several core …
What's Wrong with Homosexuality?
Av John Corvino
Inbunden, 2013
530 kr
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For the last twenty years, John Corvino has traversed the US responding to moral and religious arguments against same-sex relationships. In this timely book, he shares that experience - addressing the standard objections to homosexuality and offering insight into the culture wars more generally. Is …
