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Doing Good Better: How Effective Altruism Can Help You Help Others, Do Work That Matters, and Make Smarter Choices about Giving Back by William Macaskill 9781592409662
RRP: $37.80$23.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781592409662Author William MacaskillFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Avery Publishing GroupPublisher Avery Publishing GroupWeight(grams) 249g -
Life and Meaning: A Philosophical Reader by Oswald Hanfling 9780631157847
RRP: $77.60$68.27Life and Meaning surveys a variety of Philosophical answers to the question, 'What makes life worth living?' By collecting readings from a wide range of philosophical history it gives the various perspectives on the value and meaning of life. Aspects of... -
Objective Communication: Writing, Speaking and Arguing by Leonard Peikoff 9780451418159
RRP: $39.59$30.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451418159Author Leonard PeikoffFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint New American LibraryPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 414gDimensions(mm)... -
Ethical Issues in Psychology by Philip Banyard 9780415429887
RRP: $58.78$50.99How do we know right from wrong, good from bad, help from hindrance, and how can we judge the behaviour of others?Ethics are the rules and guidelines that we use to make such judgements. Often there are no clear answers, which make this subject both... -
Desire, Practical Reason, and the Good: Classical and Contemporary Perspectives by Sergio Tenenbaum 9780195382440
RRP: $193.20$153.89Most philosophers working in moral psychology and practical reason think that either the notion of "good" or the notion of "desire" have central roles to play in our understanding of intentional explanations and practical reasoning... -
War: An Enquiry by A. C. Grayling
RRP: $23.08$19.68A renowned philosopher challenges long-held views on just wars, ethical conduct during war, why wars occur, how they alter people and societies, and more For residents of the twenty-first century, a vision of a future without warfare is almost... -
Soul Murder Revisited: Thoughts about Therapy, Hate, Love, and Memory by Leonard Shengold 9780300086997
$55.27Since the publication of Dr. Leonard Shengold's highly acclaimed book Soul Murder in 1989, issues of child abuse have become the subject of much public debate. Now Dr. Shengold offers his latest reflections on the circumstances in which the willful abuse... -
Morality for Humans: Ethical Understanding from the Perspective of Cognitive Science by Mark Johnson 9780226324944
RRP: $42.00$40.74What is the difference between right and wrong? This is no easy question to answer, yet we constantly try to make it so, frequently appealing to some hidden cache of cut-and-dried absolutes, whether drawn from God, universal reason, or societal authority... -
Autonomy and Trust in Bioethics by Onora O'Neill
RRP: $71.38$59.60Why has autonomy been a leading idea in philosophical writing on bioethics, and why has trust been marginal? In this important book, Onora O'Neill suggests that the conceptions of individual autonomy so widely relied on in bioethics are philosophically... -
Field Philosophy and Other Experiments by Brett Buchanan 9780367655723
RRP: $83.98$73.63This agenda-setting collection argues for the importance of fieldwork for philosophy and provides reflections on methods for such 'field philosophy' from the interdisciplinary vantage point of the environmental humanities. Field philosophy has emerged... -
Women and Liberty, 1600-1800: Philosophical Essays by Jacqueline Broad 9780198810261
RRP: $182.70$177.98There have been many different historical-intellectual accounts of the shaping and development of concepts of liberty in pre-Enlightenment Europe. This volume is unique for addressing the subject of liberty principally as it is discussed in the writings... -
Kant, Race, and Racism: Views from Somewhere by Huaping Lu-Adler 9780197685211
RRP: $149.10$135.74Kant scholars have paid relatively little attention to his raciology. They assume that his racism, as personal prejudice, can be disentangled from his core philosophy. They also assume that racism contradicts his moral theory. In this book, philosopher... -
The War for Children's Minds by Stephen Law
RRP: $46.18$40.61Behind headlines on the conflict in Iraq and global terrorism, a much deeper battle is raging over children and the values they should adopt. Political and religious leaders including Blair and Bush have been joined by the popular press in... -
On Signs, Christ, Truth and the Interpretation of Scripture by Dr. Susannah Ticciati
RRP: $54.58$47.48Susannah Ticciati draws on Augustine to address the question of truth in the public sphere. In the face of the degeneration of public normative discourse, the book finds in Augustine the resources for the repair of a series of (post)modern oppositions,... -
The Possibility of Altruism by Thomas Nagel
RRP: $67.20$52.00Just as there are rational requirements on thought, there are rational requirements on action. This book defends a conception of ethics, and a related conception of human nature, according to which altruism is included among the basic rational... -
Virtue Ethics by Roger Crisp
$89.63The aim of this series is to bring together important recent writings in major areas of philosophical inquiry, selected from a variety of sources, mostly periodicals, which may not be conveniently available to the university student or the general reader... -
Essays and Reviews: 1959-2002 by Bernard Williams 9780691168609
RRP: $46.20$37.30Bernard Williams was one of the most important philosophers of the past fifty years, but he was also a distinguished critic and essayist with an elegant style and a rare ability to communicate complex ideas to a wide public. This is the first collection... -
Tao Te Ching Illustrated: The Way to Goodness and Power by Lao Tzu
RRP: $62.98$41.83No understanding of Chinese civilization is possible without a grasp of Taoism, the philosophy that has shaped not just Chinese spirituality but also art, science and politics. And it was in the Tao Te Ching, written around 300BC, that the fundamental... -
The Limits of Moral Obligation: Moral Demandingness and Ought Implies Can by Marcel van Ackeren
RRP: $92.38$80.72This volume responds to the growing interest in finding explanations for why moral claims may lose their validity based on what they ask of their addressees. Two main ideas relate to that question: the moral demandingness objection and the principle... -
Music and the Ineffable by Vladimir Jankelevitch 9780691090474
RRP: $105.00$82.15Vladimir Jankelevitch left behind a remarkable ?uvre steeped as much in philosophy as in music. His writings on moral quandaries reflect a lifelong devotion to music and performance, and, as a counterpoint, he wrote on music aesthetics and on modernist... -
Conscience: The Origins of Moral Intuition by Patricia S. Churchland
RRP: $46.18$38.96Patricia Churchland, the distinguished founder of neurophilosophy, reaches beyond the familiar argument of nature versus nurture to bring together insights from philosophy and revolutionary research in neuroscience. Scientific research may not be able to... -
The Imperative of Responsibility: In Search of an Ethic for the Technological Age by Hans Jonas 9780226405971
RRP: $63.00$61.43Hans Jonas here rethinks the foundations of ethics in light of the awesome transformations wrought by modern technology: the threat of nuclear war, ecological ravage, genetic engineering, and the like. Though informed by a deep reverence for human life,... -
Reading Bernard Williams by Daniel Callcut
RRP: $77.68$68.31When Bernard Williams died in 2003, the Times newspaper hailed him 'as the greatest moral philosopher of his generation'. This outstanding collection of specially commissioned new essays on Williams's work is essential reading for anyone interested in... -
The Two Greatest Ideas: How Our Grasp of the Universe and Our Minds Changed Everything by Linda Zagzebski
RRP: $73.50$58.25Two simple yet tremendously powerful ideas that shaped virtually every aspect of civilizationThis book is a breathtaking examination of the two greatest ideas in human history. The first is the idea that the human mind can grasp the universe. The second... -
Philosopher of the Heart: The Restless Life of Soren Kierkegaard by Clare Carlisle 9781250798428
RRP: $42.00$27.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250798428Author Clare CarlisleFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Picador USAPublisher Picador USAWeight(grams) 431gDimensions(mm) 221mm * 142mm * 28mm -
Animals: A History by Peter Adamson 9780199375974
RRP: $80.83$60.63Philosophical controversy over non-human animals extends further back than many realize - before Utilitarianism and Darwinism to the very genesis of philosophy. This volume examines the richness and complexity of that long history. Twelve essays trace... -
Entangled Empathy: An Alternative Ethic for Our Relationships with Animals by Lori Gruen 9781590564875
RRP: $39.88$23.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590564875Author Lori GruenFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Lantern Books,USPublisher Lantern Books,USWeight(grams) 0g -
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos by Jordan B Peterson
RRP: $62.90$37.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345816023Author Jordan B. PetersonFormat HardbackPage Count 448Imprint Random House CanadaPublisher Random House CanadaWeight(grams) 646gDimensions(mm)... -
Aging Thoughtfully: Conversations about Retirement, Romance, Wrinkles, and Regret by Martha C. Nussbaum
RRP: $49.33$34.88We all age differently, but we can learn from shared experiences and insights. The conversations, or paired essays, in Aging Thoughtfully combine a philosopher's approach with a lawyer-economist's. Here are ideas about when to retire, how to... -
A Significant Life: Human Meaning in a Silent Universe by Todd May
RRP: $33.60$29.06What makes for a good life, or a beautiful one, or, perhaps most important, a meaningful one? Throughout history most of us have looked to our faith, our relationships, or our deeds for the answer. But in A Significant Life, philosopher Todd May offers... -
On Truth by Harry G Frankfurt
RRP: $37.80$21.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307264220Author Harry FrankfurtFormat HardbackPage Count 112Imprint Alfred A. KnopfPublisher Alfred A. KnopfWeight(grams) 130gDimensions(mm) 161mm *... -
When the State Meets the Street: Public Service and Moral Agency by Bernardo Zacka
RRP: $71.30$58.40When the State Meets the Street probes the complex moral lives of street-level bureaucrats: the frontline social and welfare workers, police officers, and educators who represent government's human face to ordinary citizens. Too often dismissed as... -
Contemporary Virtue Ethics by Nancy E. Snow
RRP: $35.70$30.91This Element provides an overview of the central components of recent work in virtue ethics. The first section explores central themes in neo-Aristotelian virtue ethics, while the second turns the discussion to major alternative theoretical perspectives... -
The Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Phenomenology by Dan Zahavi
$73.50The Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Phenomenology presents twenty-eight essays by some of the leading figures in the field, and gives an authoritative overview of the type of work and range of topics found and discussed in contemporary phenomenology. The... -
How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps by Ben Shapiro 9780063001886
RRP: $27.28$17.81A growing number of Americans want to tear down what it's taken us 250 years to build-and they'll start by canceling our shared history, ideals, and culture. Traditional areas of civic agreement are vanishing. We can't agree on what makes America... -
To Will & To Do by Jacques Ellul 9781532676147
RRP: $56.70$42.90Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781532676147Author Jacques EllulFormat PaperbackPage Count 262Imprint Wipf & Stock PublishersPublisher Wipf & Stock PublishersWeight(grams)... -
Chorology: On Beginning in Plato's Timaeus by John Sallis 9780253046666
RRP: $35.68$29.90This excellent work... deserves the serious consideration of all who are interested in contemporary philosophy as well as those who concern themselves with ancient philosophy, especially Plato." -Review of MetaphysicsIn Chorology, John Sallis takes up... -
Natural Moralities: A Defense of Pluralistic Relativism by David B. Wong 9780195383294
RRP: $76.63$49.98In this book, David B. Wong defends an ambitious and important new version of moral relativism. He does not espouse the type of relativism that says anything goes, but he does start with a relativist stance against alternative theories such that there... -
Way Too Cool: Selling Out Race and Ethics by Shannon Winnubst
RRP: $52.50$41.14Life, liberty, and the pursuit of cool have informed the American ethos since at least the 1970s. Whether we strive for it in politics or fashion, cool is big business for those who can sell it across a range of markets and media. Yet the concept wasn't... -
To Shape a New World: Essays on the Political Philosophy of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Tommie Shelby
RRP: $71.30$58.40Martin Luther King, Jr., may be America's most revered political figure, commemorated in statues, celebrations, and street names around the world. On the fiftieth anniversary of King's assassination, the man and his activism are as close to public...