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Economics and Ethics - An Introduction to Theory, Institutions, and Policy (Hardcover): Douglas Vickers Economics and Ethics - An Introduction to Theory, Institutions, and Policy (Hardcover)
Douglas Vickers
R2,212 Discovery Miles 22 120 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Noted economist Douglas Vickers reexamines the relationship between economics and moral philosophy. That relationship, once very strong, is again the subject of increasing attention and discussion both within and beyond the academy. Vickers reestablishes the substantial bridges between ethical philosophy and economics. He addresses three main issues: first, the historical means by which economics has consciously surrendered its original association with ethical categories and criteria; second, the need to articulate the appropriate thoughtforms and vocabulary of ethical theory; and third, the illustration of areas in economics where ethical awareness is desirable and should be allowed to exert influence. This work is a major analysis which will be of considerable interest to economists, the business community, government regulators, and all concerned with economic decisionmaking in modern society.

Big Panda and Tiny Dragon (Hardcover): James Norbury Big Panda and Tiny Dragon (Hardcover)
James Norbury
R555 R500 Discovery Miles 5 000 Save R55 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
What's the Good of Humanity? (Hardcover): Victor Lee Austin, Joel C Daniels What's the Good of Humanity? (Hardcover)
Victor Lee Austin, Joel C Daniels
R809 R704 Discovery Miles 7 040 Save R105 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Wittgenstein and Meaning in Life - In Search of the Human Voice (Hardcover): R. Hosseini Wittgenstein and Meaning in Life - In Search of the Human Voice (Hardcover)
R. Hosseini
R1,503 Discovery Miles 15 030 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

What could Wittgenstein's work contribute to the rapidly growing literature on life's meaning? This book not only examines Wittgenstein's scattered remarks about value and 'sense of life' but also argues that his philosophy and 'way of seeing' has far reaching implications for the ways theorists approach an ancient question: 'How shall one live?'.

Morality - A Natural History (Hardcover): Roger V Moseley Morality - A Natural History (Hardcover)
Roger V Moseley
R1,044 R905 Discovery Miles 9 050 Save R139 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Human Right to Democracy - A Critical Evaluation (Hardcover): Anita Horn The Human Right to Democracy - A Critical Evaluation (Hardcover)
Anita Horn
R2,713 Discovery Miles 27 130 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Human Right to Democracy is the first major study to offer a comprehensive and up-to-date account of the debate. It reconstructs the relevant positions in that debate, identifies the key points of disagreement, and proposes an understanding of the human right to democracy that might form the basis of a wide consensus. The book rejects the idea of a comprehensive right to democratic institutions, and instead argues for a minimal "human right to democracy" which is best understood as an individual's right to voice. The human right to voice is a right, enjoyed by any individual independently of his or her place of residence or nationality, to be heard and supported in cases of severe injustice that is tolerated or condoned by the political community or polity of which the individual is a member. By bringing together human rights discourse and democratic theory, as well as taking into account practical politics, this study broadens the scope of the debatefrom a sometimes overly-narrow focus. The book is of interest not only to political philosophers, but also to international lawyers, diplomats, representatives of civil society, human rights activists, and specialists in development economics.

The Unknowable - An Ontological Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion (Hardcover): S.L. Frank The Unknowable - An Ontological Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion (Hardcover)
S.L. Frank; Translated by Boris Jakim; Preface by Boris Jakim
R913 Discovery Miles 9 130 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Feminist Analyses of Applied Ethics (Hardcover): Jane Duran Feminist Analyses of Applied Ethics (Hardcover)
Jane Duran
R3,208 Discovery Miles 32 080 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book forwards a line of argument that indicates how feminist analyses can ameliorate the standard consequential (and occasionally deontological) lines in applied ethics. Drawing on core concepts in feminist philosophy, Feminist Analyses of Applied Ethics investigates five major issues: immigration, environmental preservation, intervention in medical areas, the peace movement, and matters of citizenship. Although most of these areas have received extensive analysis, there is no one work that covers all five areas from a feminist point of view. This book aims to remedy that defect. The work draws on key thinkers in feminist ethics, such as Card and Gilligan, and also ventures to other areas of feminist philosophy.

Ethics for Public Managers (Hardcover): Harold F. Gortner Ethics for Public Managers (Hardcover)
Harold F. Gortner
R2,767 Discovery Miles 27 670 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Interest in ethics within the field of public administration has grown steadily since the late 1970s. Harold Gortner focuses on public administration ethics theory and how it applies to the lives of managers operating in the middle ranges of public bureaucracy. Using a general review of the literature on public administration ethics and a comparison of that literature to the real-life experiences of civil service managers, he categorizes the literature and measures its relevance to the thought processes, decisions, and actions of individuals within a bureaucracy.

According to Gortner, the literature on public administration can be divided into five meaningful categories: philosophical discussions of ethics; professional aspects of ethics; personal characteristics and their influence on ethics; organizational dynamics and their influence on ethics; and legal aspects of ethics. Because an understanding of these five approaches to public administration is helpful in understanding the arguments that are presented, each is discussed at some length within the volume. Gortner then examines these categories in light of the real-life experiences of public managers, thereby helping the reader to understand which of the various ethical arguments are most meaningful to practicing managers, and why those particular approaches are useful or applicable to their ethical dilemmas. Gortner's effort to balance theory and practice will interest scholars and practitioners of public administration alike.

Varieties of Virtue Ethics (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): David Carr, James Arthur, Kristj an Kristj ansson Varieties of Virtue Ethics (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
David Carr, James Arthur, Kristj an Kristj ansson
R4,984 Discovery Miles 49 840 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book explores recent developments in ethics of virtue. While acknowledging the Aristotelian roots of modern virtue ethics - with its emphasis on the moral importance of character - this collection recognizes that more recent accounts of virtue have been shaped by many other influences, such as Aquinas, Hume, Nietzsche, Hegel and Marx, Confucius and Lao-tzu. The authors also examine the bearing of virtue ethics on other disciplines such as psychology, sociology and theology, as well as attending to some wider public, professional and educational implications of the ethics of virtue. This pioneering book will be invaluable to researchers and students concerned with the many contemporary varieties and applications of virtue ethics.

Human, All Too Human, A Book for Free Spirits - Books One and Two, Complete with Notes (Hardcover) (Hardcover): Friedrich... Human, All Too Human, A Book for Free Spirits - Books One and Two, Complete with Notes (Hardcover) (Hardcover)
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Alexander Harvey, Paul Victor Cohn
R803 Discovery Miles 8 030 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Human, All Too Human is the first book by Friedrich Nietzsche to use the aphoristic style that would become emblematic of his most famous philosophy. This compact and inexpensive print edition ensures that you can absorb and appreciate these philosophical insights at little expense. His style, combining Nietzsche's vehement brand of argument with keynote nihilistic energy, is evident. Quickfire, furious nature of the points made in some respects foreshadow later works in which these qualities are enhanced still further. For the clinical yet perceptive style present in this early work, Nietzsche's adherents compare Human, All Too Human to the earliest works of psychology. Throughout the text, Nietzsche examines human traits and behaviours in a series of short passages, presenting a number of posits and philosophic arguments in each. The shortest of these are only a single paragraph, while the longest run for several.

Protestant Virtue and Stoic Ethics (Hardcover): Elizabeth Agnew Cochran Protestant Virtue and Stoic Ethics (Hardcover)
Elizabeth Agnew Cochran
R4,237 Discovery Miles 42 370 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Stoics are known to have been a decisive influence on early Christian moral thought, but the import of this influence for contemporary Christian ethics has been underexplored. Elizabeth Agnew Cochran argues that attention to the Stoics enriches a Christian understanding of the virtues, illuminating precisely how historical Protestant theology gives rise to a distinctive virtue ethic. Through examining the dialogue between Roman Stoic ethics and the work of Martin Luther, John Calvin, and Jonathan Edwards, Cochran illuminates key theological convictions that provide a foundation for a contemporary Protestant virtue ethic, consistent with theological beliefs characteristic of the historical Reformed tradition.

Grete Hermann - Between Physics and Philosophy (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): Elise Crull, Guido Bacciagaluppi Grete Hermann - Between Physics and Philosophy (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Elise Crull, Guido Bacciagaluppi
R4,300 Discovery Miles 43 000 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Grete Hermann (1901-1984) was a pupil of mathematical physicist Emmy Noether, follower and co-worker of neo-Kantian philosopher Leonard Nelson, and an important intellectual figure in post-war German social democracy. She is best known for her work on the philosophy of modern physics in the 1930s, some of which emerged from intense discussions with Heisenberg and Weizsacker in Leipzig. Hermann's aim was to counter the threat to the Kantian notion of causality coming from quantum mechanics. She also discussed in depth the question of 'hidden variables' (including the first critique of von Neumann's alleged impossibility proof) and provided an extensive analysis of Bohr's notion of complementarity. This volume includes translations of Hermann's two most important essays on this topic: one hitherto unpublished and one translated here into English for the first time. It also brings together recent scholarly contributions by historians and philosophers of science, physicists, and philosophers and educators following in Hermann's steps. Hermann's work places her in the first rank among philosophers who wrote about modern physics in the first half of the last century. Those interested in the many fields to which she contributed will find here a comprehensive discussion of her philosophy of physics that places it in the context of her wider work.

Healing the Culture and the Family According to John Paul II (Hardcover): David C Hajduk Healing the Culture and the Family According to John Paul II (Hardcover)
David C Hajduk; Foreword by Deborah Savage
R766 Discovery Miles 7 660 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Trial and Death of Socrates - Euthyphro, Apology, Crito and Phaedo (Hardcover): Plato The Trial and Death of Socrates - Euthyphro, Apology, Crito and Phaedo (Hardcover)
Plato
R779 Discovery Miles 7 790 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This new digital edition of The Trial and Death of Socrates: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito and Phaedo presents Benjamin Jowett's classic translations, as revised by Enhanced Media Publishing. A number of new or expanded annotations are also included.

The 2018 Yearbook of the Digital Ethics Lab (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019): Carl OEhman, David Watson The 2018 Yearbook of the Digital Ethics Lab (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
Carl OEhman, David Watson
R1,534 Discovery Miles 15 340 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book explores a wide range of topics in digital ethics. It features 11 chapters that analyze the opportunities and the ethical challenges posed by digital innovation, delineate new approaches to solve them, and offer concrete guidance to harness the potential for good of digital technologies. The contributors are all members of the Digital Ethics Lab (the DELab), a research environment that draws on a wide range of academic traditions. The chapters highlight the inherently multidisciplinary nature of the subject, which cannot be separated from the epistemological foundations of the technologies themselves or the political implications of the requisite reforms. Coverage illustrates the importance of expert knowledge in the project of designing new reforms and political systems for the digital age. The contributions also show how this task requires a deep self-understanding of who we are as individuals and as a species. The questions raised here have ancient -- perhaps even timeless -- roots. The phenomena they address may be new. But, the contributors examine the fundamental concepts that undergird them: good and evil, justice and truth. Indeed, every epoch has its great challenges. The role of philosophy must be to redefine the meaning of these concepts in light of the particular challenges it faces. This is true also for the digital age. This book takes an important step towards redefining and re-implementing fundamental ethical concepts to this new era.

Ethical Issues in Drug Research (Hardcover): M.J. Parnham Ethical Issues in Drug Research (Hardcover)
M.J. Parnham
R2,367 Discovery Miles 23 670 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The whole field of drug research has become a minefield of sensitive issues with the opponents entrenched at opposite extremes taking pot shots at each other. The attacks made on drug research and the pharmaceutical industry in particular have become so venomous that an attempt needed to be made to provide a balanced ethical appraisal of the situation. Neither pro- nor antagonists are fully right, but some common grounds need to be found. The author believes that this commons grounds resides in the religious and philosophical foundations on which western industrial society has been built.

War and Individual Rights - The Foundations of Just War Theory (Hardcover): Kai Draper War and Individual Rights - The Foundations of Just War Theory (Hardcover)
Kai Draper
R2,468 Discovery Miles 24 680 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Kai Draper begins his book with the assumption that individual rights exist and stand as moral obstacles to the pursuit of national no less than personal interests. That assumption might seem to demand a pacifist rejection of war, for any sustained war effort requires military operations that predictably kill many noncombatants as "collateral damage," and presumably at least most noncombatants have a right not to be killed. Yet Draper ends with the conclusion that sometimes recourse to war is justified. In making his argument, he relies on the insights of John Locke to develop and defend a framework of rights to serve as the foundation for a new just war theory. Notably missing from that framework is any doctrine of double effect. Most just war theorists rely on that doctrine to justify injuring and killing innocent bystanders, but Draper argues that various prominent formulations of the doctrine are either untenable or irrelevant to the ethics of war. Ultimately he offers a single principle for assessing whether recourse to war would be justified. He also explores in some detail the issue of how to distinguish discriminate from indiscriminate violence in war, arguing that some but not all noncombatants are liable to attack.

Wanted - Everday Ethics: Ruminations from an Ethics Revolutionary (Hardcover): Phyllis P. I. Kae Wanted - Everday Ethics: Ruminations from an Ethics Revolutionary (Hardcover)
Phyllis P. I. Kae
R740 Discovery Miles 7 400 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Paradoxes of Conflicts (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): Giovanni Scarafile, Leah Gruenpeter Gold Paradoxes of Conflicts (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Giovanni Scarafile, Leah Gruenpeter Gold
R3,536 Discovery Miles 35 360 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This volume features more than 25 papers that were presented at the 2014 Conference of the International Association for the Study of Controversies, IASC, held at the University of Salento, Lecce, Italy. It looks at conflict and conflict resolution from diverse perspectives, including philosophy, psychology, law, and history. Coverage explores the paradox of conflict and examines how discord, whether large or small, international or internal, can be both a source of chaos as well as a foundation for unity, a limitation of potential as well as an entryway to a greater depth of living. Inside, readers will discover thought-provoking answers to such questions as: What are the conditions to ensure that a conflict can be converted into cooperation? If the conflict between interests can be solved by a compromise, what happens when a conflict involves non-negotiable values ? In the management of a conflict, what role is played by argumentation? What are the latest perspectives in conflict management? How does the theory of controversies allows us to recognize and resolve conflicts? By the end of the book, readers will have a better understanding of how conflict can be transcended and how it's possible to redefine the conflicting situation so that what seemed incompatible and locked may, in fact, open a new perspective.

War and Ethics - A New Just War Theory (Hardcover): Nicholas Fotion War and Ethics - A New Just War Theory (Hardcover)
Nicholas Fotion
R3,878 Discovery Miles 38 780 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 prompted unprecedented public interest in the ethics of war, a debate that has raged furiously in the media, in politics and in the public consciousness ever since. In this fascinating and informative book, Nicholas Fotion explores the notion of developing an ethical theory that guides the behaviour of those who are at war.Fotion gives a clear account of just war theory, presenting it as a useful device in helping us make decisions about what we should do when war appears on the horizon. Examining conflicts such as Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Israel, the Falklands and Afghanistan, the book interrogates the roles of the various parties involved in military action. Articulate, provocative and stimulating, "War and Ethics" is an ideal introduction to this hugely important debate."Think Now" is a brand new series of stimulating and accessible books examining key contemporary social issues from a philosophical perspective. Written by experts in philosophy, these books offer sophisticated and provocative yet engaging writing on political and cultural themes of genuine concern to the educated reader.

The Art of Worldly Wisdom (Hardcover): Balthasar Gracian The Art of Worldly Wisdom (Hardcover)
Balthasar Gracian
R745 Discovery Miles 7 450 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Rightness as Fairness - A Moral and Political Theory (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): Marcus Arvan Rightness as Fairness - A Moral and Political Theory (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Marcus Arvan
R2,636 Discovery Miles 26 360 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Rightness as Fairness provides a uniquely fruitful method of 'principled fair negotiation' for resolving applied moral and political issues that requires merging principled debate with real-world negotiation.

Neo Hegelianism (Hardcover): Hiralal Haldar Neo Hegelianism (Hardcover)
Hiralal Haldar
R1,109 Discovery Miles 11 090 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Camus and the Challenge of Political Thought - Between Despair and Hope (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2015): P Hayden Camus and the Challenge of Political Thought - Between Despair and Hope (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2015)
P Hayden
R1,854 Discovery Miles 18 540 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Albert Camus was a formative artist, writer and public figure whose work defies conventional labels, and whose legacy is controversial but substantial. His distinctive contribution to modern ethical and political thought remains far from settled. Camus and the Challenge of Political Thought comprehensively yet concisely explores how Camus's compelling ideas of absurdity and rebellion emerged, how his complex political engagements and positions developed, and how his conception of an ethics of limits and measure retains a vital, contemporary resonance in an era of unsettling global politics. Drawing upon the full range of Camus's notebooks, novels, plays and philosophical essays, Hayden shows Camus to be an original political thinker of human dignity and freedom whose life and work sought to navigate between the twin dangers of idealistic optimism and nihilistic despair.

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