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Is The Emperor Dressed? - Theism or Evolutionism (Hardcover): Fuwan Yang Is The Emperor Dressed? - Theism or Evolutionism (Hardcover)
Fuwan Yang
R738 R654 Discovery Miles 6 540 Save R84 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Bushido the Soul of Japan (Hardcover): Inazo Nitobe Bushido the Soul of Japan (Hardcover)
Inazo Nitobe
R773 Discovery Miles 7 730 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Good Book (Hardcover): Marty Ozols The Good Book (Hardcover)
Marty Ozols
R502 Discovery Miles 5 020 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Truth and Norms - Normative Alethic Pluralism and Evaluative Disagreements (Hardcover): Filippo Ferrari Truth and Norms - Normative Alethic Pluralism and Evaluative Disagreements (Hardcover)
Filippo Ferrari
R2,290 Discovery Miles 22 900 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Truth and Norms: Normative Alethic Pluralism and Evaluative Disagreements engages three philosophical topics and the relationships among them. Filippo Ferrari first contributes to the debate on the nature and normative significance of disagreement, especially in relation to evaluative judgements such as judgements about basic taste, refined aesthetics, and moral matters. Second, he addresses the issue of epistemic normativity, focusing in particular on the normative function(s) that truth exerts on judgements. Third, he contributes to the debate on truth-more specifically, which account of the nature of truth best accommodates the norms relating judgements and truth. This book develops and defends a novel pluralistic picture of the normativity of truth: normative alethic pluralism (NAM). At the core of NAM is the idea that truth exerts different normative functions in relation to different areas of inquiry. Ferrari argues that this picture of the normativity of truth offers the best explanation of the variable normative significance that disagreement exhibits in relation to different subject matters-from a rather shallow normative impact in the case of disagreement about taste, to a normatively more substantive significance in relation to moral judgements. Last, Ferrari defends the view that NAM does not require a commitment to truth pluralism, since it is fully compatible with a somewhat refined version of minimalism about truth.

Sartor Resartus - A Fully Annotated Edition With an Introductory Essay On Thomas Carlyle (Hardcover): Anonymous Sartor Resartus - A Fully Annotated Edition With an Introductory Essay On Thomas Carlyle (Hardcover)
Anonymous
R1,147 Discovery Miles 11 470 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
An Ethic of Trust - Mutual Autonomy and the Common Will to Live (Hardcover): W. Royce Clark An Ethic of Trust - Mutual Autonomy and the Common Will to Live (Hardcover)
W. Royce Clark
R3,015 Discovery Miles 30 150 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The proximity of many different religions, each with its own unique metaphysics and ethics, did not exist in the ancient world when those religions came into existence. Many went uncontested for centuries, and many merged with governments to shape the laws for the entire people of a culture or nation. Theocracies can exist only where there is no plurality of religions or where the minor religions do not mind the dominant one dictating policy for all citizens. In the word's two greatest democracies, the U.S. and India, despite the diversity that a democratic society presupposes, a majoritarian religion continues to assert an advantage over others to shape the social contract. An Ethic of Trust: Mutual Autonomy and the Common Will-to-Live addresses this problem, moving beyond sheer utilitarianism. W. Royce Clark argues that because of religious pluralism, a nation's ethic must be grounded on "freestanding" principles. This means that its base must be universally obvious, and its principles must be agreeable to all citizens. The base is instinctual, the "will-to-live" which is present in all living creatures, and the recognition of that can influence people to agree to a voluntary unity and a couple of other basic principles to which all would agree, principles which embrace differences within relationships, whether in a marriage or a constitutional republic. But to voluntarily agree to these requires a genuine mutual trust and mutual autonomy which can maximize unity while allowing individual liberties. To arrive at this point, Clark blends scholars who are often cast as opposites-Albert Schweitzer, Friedrich Nietzsche, and John Rawls-to forge a new path for an inclusive ethic for a nation, within which both the religious and non-religious will have equal freedom and stability.

The American Citizen - His Rights and Duties, According to the Spirit of the Constitution of the United States. (Hardcover):... The American Citizen - His Rights and Duties, According to the Spirit of the Constitution of the United States. (Hardcover)
John Henry Hopkins
R1,075 Discovery Miles 10 750 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
On God, The Soul, Evil and the Rise of Christianity (Hardcover): John Peter Kenney On God, The Soul, Evil and the Rise of Christianity (Hardcover)
John Peter Kenney
R2,850 Discovery Miles 28 500 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Reading Augustine is a new line of books offering personal readings of St. Augustine of Hippo from leading philosophers and religious scholars. The aim of the series is to make clear Augustine's importance to contemporary thought and to present Augustine not only or primarily as a pre-eminent Christian thinker but as a philosophical, spiritual, literary and intellectual icon of the West. Why did the ancients come to adopt monotheism and Christianity? On God, The Soul, Evil and the Rise of Christianity introduces possible answers to that question by looking closely at the development of the thought of Augustine of Hippo, whose complex spiritual trajectory included Gnosticism, academic skepticism, pagan Platonism, and orthodox Christianity. What was so compelling about Christianity and how did Augustine become convinced that his soul could enter into communion with a transcendent God? The apparently sudden shift of ancient culture to monotheism and Christianity was momentous, defining the subsequent nature of Western religion and thought. John Peter Kenney shows us that Augustine offers an unusually clear vantage point to understand the essential ideas that drove that transition.

Digest (Hardcover): Quintus Curtius Digest (Hardcover)
Quintus Curtius
R1,049 Discovery Miles 10 490 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Ethics and Aesthetics of Translation (Hardcover): Harriet Hulme Ethics and Aesthetics of Translation (Hardcover)
Harriet Hulme
R1,264 Discovery Miles 12 640 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Morality of Self-Defense and Military Action - The Judeo-Christian Tradition (Hardcover): David B. Kopel The Morality of Self-Defense and Military Action - The Judeo-Christian Tradition (Hardcover)
David B. Kopel
R2,047 Discovery Miles 20 470 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Shedding new light on a controversial and intriguing issue, this book will reshape the debate on how the Judeo-Christian tradition views the morality of personal and national self-defense. Are self-defense, national warfare, and revolts against tyranny holy duties-or violations of God's will? Pacifists insist these actions are the latter, forbidden by Judeo-Christian morality. This book maintains that the pacifists are wrong. To make his case, the author analyzes the full sweep of Judeo-Christian history from earliest times to the present, combining history, scriptural analysis, and philosophy to describe the changes and continuity of Jewish and Christian doctrine about the use of lethal force. He reveals the shifting patterns of thought in both religions and presents the strongest arguments on both sides of the issue. The book begins with the ancient Hebrews and Genesis and covers Jewish history through the Holocaust and beyond. The analysis then shifts to the story of Christianity from its origins, through the Middle Ages and the Reformation, up the present day. Based on this scrutiny, the author concludes that-contrary to popular belief-the legitimacy of self-defense is strongly supported by Judeo-Christian scripture and commentary, by philosophical analysis, and by the respect for human dignity and human rights on which both Judaism and Christianity are based. Takes a multidisciplinary approach, directly engaging with leading writers on both sides of the issue Examines Jewish and Christian sacred writings and commentary and explores how interpretations have changed over time Offers careful analysis of topics such as the political systems of the ancient Hebrews, the Papacy's struggle for independence, the ways in which New England ministers incited the American Revolution, and the effects of the Vietnam War on the American Catholic church's views on national self-defense Covers the many sects that have played crucial roles in the debate over the legitimacy of armed force, including Gnostics, Manicheans, Lutherans, Calvinists, and Quakers Engages with the ideas of leading Jewish philosophers such as Rashi and Maimonides; Christian philosophers such as Origen, Augustine, Aquinas, and Sidney; and the most influential modern exponents of pacifism, such as Dorothy Day, the Berrigan Brothers, and John Howard Yoder

Beyond Good and Evil (Hardcover): Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche Beyond Good and Evil (Hardcover)
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
R563 Discovery Miles 5 630 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Antichrist (Royal Collector's Edition) (Annotated) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket) (Hardcover): Friedrich... The Antichrist (Royal Collector's Edition) (Annotated) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket) (Hardcover)
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
R960 Discovery Miles 9 600 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Reach without Grasping - Anne Carson's Classical Desires (Hardcover): Louis A. Ruprecht Reach without Grasping - Anne Carson's Classical Desires (Hardcover)
Louis A. Ruprecht
R2,678 R2,405 Discovery Miles 24 050 Save R273 (10%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Anne Carson (b. June 21, 1950, in Toronto, Canada) is one of the most versatile of contemporary classicists, poets and translators in the English language. In this book, Ruprecht explores the role played by generic transgressions on the one hand, and by embodied spirituality on the other, throughout Carson's ambitious literary career. Where others see classical dichotomies (soul versus body, Classical versus Christian), Carson sees connection. Like Nietzsche before her, Carson decries the image of the Classics as merely bookish, and classicists as disembodied intellects. She has brought religious, bodily erotics back into the heart of the classical tradition.

Hypocrisy (Hardcover): James S Spiegel Hypocrisy (Hardcover)
James S Spiegel
R1,031 R870 Discovery Miles 8 700 Save R161 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Secrets of Stoicism - Discover the Stoic Philosophy and the Art of Happiness; Increase Your Emotions and Everyday Modern Life... Secrets of Stoicism - Discover the Stoic Philosophy and the Art of Happiness; Increase Your Emotions and Everyday Modern Life by Following This Beginners Guide Suited for Entrepreneurs! (Hardcover)
Pamela Hughes
R537 Discovery Miles 5 370 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
How to Give - An Ancient Guide to Giving and Receiving (Hardcover): Seneca How to Give - An Ancient Guide to Giving and Receiving (Hardcover)
Seneca; Edited by James S. Romm
R431 R406 Discovery Miles 4 060 Save R25 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Timeless wisdom on generosity and gratitude from the great Stoic philosopher Seneca To give and receive well may be the most human thing you can do-but it is also the closest you can come to divinity. So argues the great Roman Stoic thinker Seneca (c. 4 BCE-65 CE) in his longest and most searching moral treatise, "On Benefits" (De Beneficiis). James Romm's splendid new translation of essential selections from this work conveys the heart of Seneca's argument that generosity and gratitude are among the most important of all virtues. For Seneca, the impulse to give to others lies at the very foundation of society; without it, we are helpless creatures, worse than wild beasts. But generosity did not arise randomly or by chance. Seneca sees it as part of our desire to emulate the gods, whose creation of the earth and heavens stands as the greatest gift of all. Seneca's soaring prose captures his wonder at that gift, and expresses a profound sense of gratitude that will inspire today's readers. Complete with an enlightening introduction and the original Latin on facing pages, How to Give is a timeless guide to the profound significance of true generosity.

Plato - Five Dialogues: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with... Plato - Five Dialogues: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket) (Hardcover)
Plato
R1,148 Discovery Miles 11 480 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Politics of the Crucified (Hardcover): John C Peet The Politics of the Crucified (Hardcover)
John C Peet
R1,495 Discovery Miles 14 950 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Ego and the ID (Hardcover): Sigmund Freud The Ego and the ID (Hardcover)
Sigmund Freud
R578 Discovery Miles 5 780 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Stoicism For Beginners - Master the Art of Happiness. Learn Modern, Practical Stoicism to Create Your Own Daily Stoic Routine... Stoicism For Beginners - Master the Art of Happiness. Learn Modern, Practical Stoicism to Create Your Own Daily Stoic Routine (Hardcover)
Kevin Garnett
R610 R553 Discovery Miles 5 530 Save R57 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Ego and the ID (Paperback): Sigmund Freud The Ego and the ID (Paperback)
Sigmund Freud
R372 Discovery Miles 3 720 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Freedom and Respect in Jewish Ethics (Hardcover): Kim Treiger-Bar-Am Freedom and Respect in Jewish Ethics (Hardcover)
Kim Treiger-Bar-Am
R2,286 Discovery Miles 22 860 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book explores the norms we have and where we want to go with them. The project began by asking people what they think is the central value in society today. The responses point to notions of what seems "right" to people. We can move forward with these intuitions about the main tenet of our moral lives. Respondents named values regarding freedom of the Self, and concern for the Other. Indeed with freedom, we can respect others. And we must. People's lives are intertwined, and so freedom as a concept cannot be understood without taking account of this reality. The author suggests that the value to be taken as central is the moral freedom of respect. It ought to guide us in designing the society we want to build. The law can be a bridge towards that normative world. Jewish ethics may illuminate the path.

Why Punish Me? - Augustine's sinful lust unwrapped (Hardcover): Michael Moloney Why Punish Me? - Augustine's sinful lust unwrapped (Hardcover)
Michael Moloney
R534 Discovery Miles 5 340 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Thomism and the Problem of Animal Suffering (Hardcover): B Kyle Keltz Thomism and the Problem of Animal Suffering (Hardcover)
B Kyle Keltz
R1,061 R896 Discovery Miles 8 960 Save R165 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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