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Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy
Solidarity Beyond Borders is a collection on international ethics
by a multidisciplinary team of scholars from four continents. The
volume explores ethical and political dimensions of transnational
solidarity in the emerging multipolar world. Analyzing global
challenges of the world plagued by poverty, diseases, injustice,
inequality and environmental degradation, the contributors - rooted
in diverse cultures and ethical traditions - voice their support
for 'solidarity beyond borders'. Bringing to light both universally
shared ethical insights as well as the irreducible diversity of
ethical perceptions of particular problems helps the reader to
appreciate the chances and the challenges that the global community
- more interconnected and yet more ideologically fragmented than
ever before - faces in the coming decades. Solidarity Beyond
Borders exemplifies an innovative approach to the key issues of
global ethics which takes into account the processes of economic
globalization, leading to an ever deeper interdependence of peoples
and states, as well as the increasing cultural and ideological
fragmentation which characterize the emerging multipolar world
order.
What is the significance of the Protestant Reformation for
Christian ethical thinking and action? Can core Protestant
commitments and claims still provide for compelling and viable
accounts of Christian living. This collection of essays by leading
international scholars explores the relevance of the Protestant
Reformation and its legacy for contemporary Christian ethics.
Jeff Morgan argues that both Immanuel Kant and Soren Kierkegaard
think of conscience as an individual's moral self-awareness before
God, specifically before the claim God makes on each person. This
innovative reading corrects prevailing views that both figures,
especially Kant, lay the groundwork for the autonomous individual
of modern life - that is, the atomistic individual who is
accountable chiefly to themselves as their own lawmaker. This book
first challenges the dismissal of conscience in 20th-century
Christian ethics, often in favour of an emphasis on corporate life
and corporate self-understanding. Morgan shows that this dismissal
is based on a misinterpretation of Immanuel Kant's practical
philosophy and moral theology, and of Soren Kierkegaard's second
authorship. He does this with refreshing discussions of Stanley
Hauerwas, Oliver O'Donovan, and other major figures. Morgan instead
situates Kant and Kierkegaard within a broad trajectory in
Christian thought in which an individual's moral self-awareness
before God, as distinct from moral self-awareness before a
community, is an essential feature of the Christian moral life.
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The Art of Life
(Hardcover)
Marie Alphonse Ren Maulde La Claviere, George Herbert 1866-1958 Ely, Carrie Chapman 1859-1947 Catt
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How does milk become cow milk, donkey milk or human milk? When one
closely explores this question, the species difference between
milks is not as stable as one might initially assume, even if one
takes an embodied perspective. To show this, this book takes
readers through an ethnographic comparison of milk consumption and
production in Croatia in a range of different social settings: on
farms, in mother-infant breastfeeding relations, in food hygiene
documentation and in the local landscape. It argues that humans
actually invest considerable work into abstracting and negotiating
milks into their human and animal forms.
When we talk about delusions we may refer to symptoms of mental
health problems, such as clinical delusions in schizophrenia, or
simply the beliefs that people cling to which are implausible and
resistant to counterevidence; these can include anything from
beliefs about the benefits of homeopathy to concerns about the
threat of alien abduction. Why do people adopt delusional beliefs
and why are they so reluctant to part with them? In Why Delusions
Matter, Lisa Bortolotti explains what delusions really are and
argues that, despite their negative reputation, they can also play
a positive role in people's lives, imposing some meaning on adverse
experiences and strengthening personal or social identities. In a
clear and accessible style, Bortolotti contributes to the growing
research on the philosophy of the cognitive sciences, offering a
novel and nuanced view of delusions.
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Jacques Ellul
(Hardcover)
Jacob E. Van Vleet, Jacob Marques Rollison
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