Ethics & Moral Philosophy
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Just Giving: Why Philanthropy Is Failing Democracy and How It Can Do Better
$17.95 Add to cartThe troubling ethics and politics of philanthropy
Is philanthropy, by its very nature, a threat to today’s democracy? Though we may laud wealthy individuals who give away their money for society’s ben- Author: Reich, Rob
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 05 2020
- ISBN10: 0691202273
- Language: English
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Abortion Rights: For and Against
$49.58 Add to cartThis book features opening arguments followed by two rounds of reply between two moral philosophers on opposing sides of the abortion debate. In the opening essays, Kate Greasley and Christopher Kaczo… [more below]
- Author: Greasley, Kate
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 266
- Publish Date: November 23 2017
- ISBN10: 1316621855
- Language: English
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Seneca Stoicism Collection: On Benefits, On Anger, On the Shortness of Life, On a Happy Life, On Leisure, On Peace of Mind, On Providence, On the
$41.99 Add to cartLucius Annaeus Seneca, usually known as Seneca, was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist of the Silver Age of Latin literature. He was tutor and later advisor to emperor Nero, who later
- Author: Seneca, Lucius Annaeus
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 478
- Publish Date: August 16 2023
- ISBN10: 9355223714
- Language: English
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Grief: A Philosophical Guide
$41.58 Add to cartAn engaging and illuminating exploration of grief–and why, despite its intense pain, it can also help us grow
Experiencing grief at the death of a person we love or who matters to us–as universal as- Author: Cholbi, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: January 18 2022
- ISBN10: 069120179X
- Language: English
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Why We Are Restless: On the Modern Quest for Contentment
$46.58 Add to cartA compelling exploration of how our pursuit of happiness makes us unhappy
We live in an age of unprecedented prosperity, yet everywhere we see signs that our pursuit of happiness has proven fruitless.- Series: New Forum Books #70
- Author: Storey, Benjamin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: April 06 2021
- ISBN10: 0691211124
- Language: English
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Being Better: Stoicism for a World Worth Living in
$16.95 Add to cartPractical answers to the urgent moral questions of our time from the ancient philosophy of Stoicism
Twenty-three centuries ago, in a marketplace in Athens, Zeno of Citium, the founder of Stoicism, bu… [more below]- Author: Whiting, Kai
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: April 06 2021
- ISBN10: 1608686930
- Language: English
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The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten: 100 Experiments for the Armchair Philosopher
$18.00 Add to cartPerfect for gifting to lovers of philosophy or mining intelligent ice-breaker topics for your next party, The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten offers one hundred philosophical puzzles that stimulate thought… [more below]
- Author: Baggini, Julian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: July 01 2006
- ISBN10: 0452287448
- Language: English
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Utilitarianism: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartUtilitarianism may well be the most influential secular ethical theory in the world today. It is also one of the most controversial. It clashes, or is widely thought to clash, with many conventional m… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: de Lazari-Radek, Katarzyna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 27 2017
- ISBN10: 0198728794
- Language: English
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Stoic Quotes: 365 Daily Reflections & Thoughts of Wisdom to Strengthen your Perspective.
$12.99 Add to cartStoicism is an ancient philosophy adopted by many in the pursuit of self-mastery, perseverance, and wisdom. Reading into the philosophy of Stoicism uncovers enlightening perspectives to cultivate one’
- Author: Harris, Tate
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: December 11 2020
- ISBN10: 1922346403
- Language: English
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Grief: A Philosophical Guide
$16.95 Add to cartAn engaging and illuminating exploration of grief–and why, despite its intense pain, it can also help us grow
Experiencing grief at the death of a person we love or who matters to us–as universal as- Author: Cholbi, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: January 16 2024
- ISBN10: 0691232733
- Language: English
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The Two Fundamental Problems of Ethics
$13.95 Add to cartThese two important essays show Schopenhauer at his most accessible, offering two self-contained and clearly argued contributions to ethical theory, published here in a new translation that preserves … [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Schopenhauer, Arthur
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 11 2010
- ISBN10: 0199297223
- Language: English
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Irrationality: A History of the Dark Side of Reason
$19.95 Add to cartFrom sex and music to religion and politics, a history of irrationality and the ways in which it has always been with us-and always will be
In this sweeping account of irrationality from antiquity to- Author: Smith-Ruiu, Justin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: December 08 2020
- ISBN10: 0691210519
- Language: English
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Properties of Blood: The Reign of Love
$25.00 Add to cartModern theories of morality and politics fall somewhere between Classical Liberal individualism and Leftist collectivism. Both extremes-and everything in between-share common ground of abstract propos
- Author: Fleming, Thomas J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 322
- Publish Date: July 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1733719636
- Language: English
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Self-Inflicted: Confronting the Suicide Taboo
$15.99 Add to cartIn Self-Inflicted, Dr. Karl T. Muth advances the argument that suicide should be a choice widely-available, that the optimal number of suicides per year is not zero but a number much higher, and that
- Author: Muth, Karl T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1958714992
- Language: English
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The Analects: An Illustrated Edition
$22.95 Add to cartFor the first time in one volume, The Analects illustrated by bestselling cartoonist C. C. Tsai
C. C. Tsai is one of Asia’s most popular cartoonists, and his editions of the Chinese classics have sold- Series: Illustrated Library of Chinese Classics #2
- Author: Confucius
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: June 19 2018
- ISBN10: 0691179751
- Language: English
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Causation
$12.99 Add to cartCausation is the most fundamental connection in the universe. Without it, there would be no science or technology. There would be no moral responsibility either, as none of our thoughts would be conne… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Mumford, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: January 01 2014
- ISBN10: 019968443X
- Language: English
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Farewell Fear
$19.95 Add to cartFarewell Fear is a collection of Theodore Dalrymple’s finest essays written for New English Review between 2009 and 2012. His first such collection was Anything Goes (2011). Once encountered, Theodore… [more below]
- Author: Dalrymple, Theodore
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 01 2012
- ISBN10: 0985439475
- Language: English
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The Best Things in Life: A Contemporary Socrates Looks at Power, Pleasure, Truth the Good Life
$23.99 Add to cartWhat are the best things in life?
Questions like that may boggle your mind. But they don’t boggle Socrates. The indomitable old Greek brings his unending questions to Desperate State University. With h
- Author: Kreeft, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: July 12 1984
- ISBN10: 0877849226
- Language: English
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The Art of Worldly Wisdom
$14.95 Add to cartThis perennially popular book of advice on how to achieve personal and professional success is valued for its timeless insights on how to make one’s way in the world. Written in the seventeenth centur… [more below]
- Series: Shambhala Classics
- Author: Gracian, Baltasar
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 10 2000
- ISBN10: 1570627452
- Language: English
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Subjectivity and Truth: Lectures at the Collège de France, 1980-1981
$25.99 Add to cartFoucault must be reckoned with. —The New York Times Book Review
Praise for Foucault’s Lectures at the Coll ge de France Series
“Ideas spark off nearly every page…The words may have been spoken in t- Series: Lectures at the Coll?ge de France #12
- Author: Foucault, Michel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 03 2019
- ISBN10: 125019508X
- Language: English
