Good & Evil

In this startling study of human emotion, Dacher Keltner investigates an unanswered question of human evolution: If humans are hardwired to lead lives that are "nasty, brutish, and short," why have we evolved with positive emotions like gratitude,...

God Owes Us Nothing reflects on the centuries-long debate in Christianity: how do we reconcile the existence of evil in the world with the goodness of an omnipotent God, and how does God's omnipotence relate to people's responsibility for their own...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781774414897Author Friedrich NietzscheFormat HardbackPage Count 98Imprint Binker NorthPublisher Binker NorthWeight(grams) 304gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

From the trauma of September 11th, through the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, to the aftermath of the Arab Spring and the environmental warning signs of climate change, this book reflects on the crises and terrifying events of the early 21st century...

Few philosophers are as widely read or as widely misunderstood as Friedrich Nietzsche. When Danto's classic study was first published in 1965, many regarded Nietzsche as a brilliant but somewhat erratic thinker. Danto, however, presented a radically...

Why does a loving God allow humans to suffer so much? This is one of the most difficult problems of religious belief. Richard Swinburne gives a careful, clear examination of this problem, and offers an answer: it is because God wants more for us than...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645405276Author Micah T DankFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint Speaking VolumesPublisher Speaking VolumesWeight(grams) 286gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

The doctrine of providence, which states that God guides his creation, has been widely conceived in action terms in recent theological scholarship. A telling example is the so-called divine action debate, which is largely based on two principles: (i)...

An intellectual history of the philosophers who grappled with the problem of evil, and the case for why pessimism still holds moral value for us todayIn the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, philosophers engaged in heated debates on the question of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781959555292Author Kirk GalbraithFormat PaperbackPage Count 134Imprint Platypus PublishingPublisher Platypus PublishingWeight(grams) 163gDimensions(mm)...

It is generally supposed that the fact that the world contains a vast amount of suffering, much of it truly horrible suffering, confronts those who believe in an all-powerful and benevolent Creator with a serious problem: to explain why such a Creator...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647997014Author Friedrich NietzscheFormat HardbackPage Count 306Imprint Bibliotech PressPublisher Bibliotech PressWeight(grams) 540gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999513910Author Barak LurieFormat PaperbackPage Count 382Imprint Ct3media, Inc.Publisher Ct3media, Inc.Weight(grams) 676gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 152mm *...

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John Rawls never published anything about his own religious beliefs, but after his death two texts were discovered which shed extraordinary light on the subject. A Brief Inquiry into the Meaning of Sin and Faith is Rawls's undergraduate senior thesis,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780825447570Author Adam JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Kregel Publications,U.S.Publisher Kregel Publications,U.S.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781642280265Author Robert S HartmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 142Imprint Izzard InkPublisher Izzard InkWeight(grams) 159gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 8mm

This student-friendly book provides an accessible overview of the primary debates about the effects of video games. It expands on the original The Video Game Debate to address the new technologies that have emerged within the field of game studies over...

This 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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993110399Author Paul GeorgiouFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Panarc International LtdPublisher Panarc International Ltd

First published in 1974. As logician, economist, political theorist, practical politician and active champion of social freedom, John Stuart Mill is a figure of continuing importance. In this book the author does full justice to the range of Mill's...

"Evil is the most serious of our moral problems. All over the world cruelty, greed, prejudice, and fanaticism ruin the lives of countless victims. Outrage provokes outrage. Millions nurture seething hatred of real or imagined enemies, revealing savage...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782491251611Author Friedrich Wilhelm NietzscheFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint Les Prairies NumeriquesPublisher Les Prairies NumeriquesWeight(grams)...

In his many best-selling books, Yi-Fu Tuan seizes big, metaphysical issues and considers them in uniquely accessible ways. ""Human Goodness"" is evidence of this talent and is both as simple, and as epic, as it sounds.Genuinely good people and their...

At the center of In Dark Again in Wonder are readings of Rene Char (1907-88) and George Oppen (1908-84). Both of these poets achieved recognition at a young age, Char among the French surrealists in the 1930s, Oppen among the American objectivists in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780452287440Author Julian BagginiFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint PlumePublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 266gDimensions(mm) 202mm * 133mm * 18mm

Batman or Superman? Which of these heroic figures is morally superior? Which is more dramatically effective? Which is more democratic? Which shows us the better way to fight crime? In Batman, Superman, and Philosophy, 26 philosophers evaluate Superman vs...

That bad things happen to good people was as true in early China as it is today. Franklin Perkins uses this observation as the thread by which to trace the effort by Chinese thinkers of the Warring States Period (c.475-221 BCE), a time of great conflict...

The shower scene in Psycho; Cary Grant running for his life through a cornfield; "innocent" birds lined up on a fence waiting, watching these seminal cinematic moments are as real to moviegoers as their own lives. But what makes them so? What deeper...

In Avengers Infinity Saga and Philosophy, philosophers explore the momentous issues and the fascinating puzzles raised by Marvel's compelling series of movies: Is the Thanos snap truly an answer to overpopulation and famine, or is it simply indefensible...

As long as we care about suffering in the world, says political philosopher Simona Forti, we are compelled to inquire into the question of evil. But is the concept of evil still useful in a postmodern landscape where absolute values have been leveled and...

In this book, John Kekes discusses the hard questions we all must face in the course of our lives. Is there an absolute value that overrides all other considerations? Must we conform to prevailing conventions? Do we owe what our country asks of us? Must...

Author Ilham Dilman explains why a "thoughtful psychology," encompassing the varied modes of being experienced by humans, is the best tool for investigating the nature of good and evil. To illustrate, he employs Raskolnikov, Dostoyevsky's axe-murdering...

"Every culture needs to appropriate the universal truth of human suffering," says Fernando Escalante, ". . . to give its own meaning to this suffering, so that human existence is bearable." Originally published in Spanish as La mirada de Dios: Estudios...

This book aims to clarify the debate between moral relativists and moral absolutists by showing what is right and what is wrong about each of these positions, by revealing how the phenomenon of moral diversity is connected with moral relativism, and by...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914602702Format HardbackImprint Chiltern PublishingPublisher Chiltern Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780982342152Author Ae ReiffFormat PaperbackPage Count 186Imprint Newfoundland BooksPublisher Newfoundland BooksWeight(grams) 240gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781644684146Author Philemon O IbikunleFormat HardbackPage Count 250Imprint Covenant BooksPublisher Covenant BooksWeight(grams) 152g

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780228831310Author Andrew James McQuinnFormat HardbackPage Count 214Imprint Tellwell TalentPublisher Tellwell TalentWeight(grams) 152g