Ethics & Moral Philosophy
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Humility: The Secret History of a Lost Virtue
$24.95 Read moreThis cultural history of humility reveals this lost virtue as a secret defense against arrogance and incivility
History demonstrates that when the virtue of humility is cast aside, excessive individual
- Author: Bellitto, Christopher M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: September 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1647123763
- Language: English
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Meditations
$18.00 Add to cartDiscover Meditations with this striking collector’s edition from Union Square & Co.’s Signature Editions series! The classic texts that shaped our culture feature exclusive cover art by distinguished
- Series: Signature Classics
- Author: Aurelius, Marcus
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: April 05 2022
- ISBN10: 1435172493
- Language: English
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On Truth and Untruth: Selected Writings
$14.99 Add to cart“We continue to live within the intellectual shadow cast by Nietzsche.”–New York Times Book Review
Reissued for the age of “fake news,” On Truth and Untruth charts Nietzsche’s evolving thinking on tru
- Author: Nietzsche, Friedrich
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: August 06 2019
- ISBN10: 0062930842
- Language: English
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The Lives of Animals
$16.95 Add to cartThe idea of human cruelty to animals so consumes novelist Elizabeth Costello in her later years that she can no longer look another person in the eye: humans, especially meat-eating ones, seem to her
- Author: Coetzee, J. M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: October 04 2016
- ISBN10: 0691173907
- Language: English
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The Ending of Time: Where Philosophy and Physics Meet
$17.99 Add to cartThe provocative and penetrating philosophical classic of science and spirituality–a discourse between the revered spiritual leader Krishnamurti and renowned physicist Dr. David Bohm, exploring the or
- Author: Krishnamurti, Jiddu
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: October 28 2014
- ISBN10: 0062360973
- Language: English
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On Truth
$20.00 Read moreHaving outlined a theory of bullshit and falsehood, Harry G. Frankfurt turns to what lies beyond them: the truth, a concept not as obvious as some might expect.Our culture’s devotion to bullshit may s… [more below]
- Author: Frankfurt, Harry
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: October 31 2006
- ISBN10: 030726422X
- Language: English
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Why Not Socialism?
$13.95 Read moreA compelling case for why it’s time for socialism
Is socialism desirable? Is it even possible? In this concise book, one of the world’s leading political philosophers presents with clarity and wit a c- Author: Cohen, G. A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: September 13 2009
- ISBN10: 0691143617
- Language: English
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Expressionism in Philosophy: Spinoza
$37.00 Add to cartIn this remarkable work, Gilles Deleuze, the renowned French philosopher, reflects on one of the thinkers of the past who most influenced his own sweeping reconfiguration of the tasks of philosophy. F
- Series: Zone Books
- Author: Deleuze, Gilles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 446
- Publish Date: February 04 1992
- ISBN10: 0942299515
- Language: English
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The Fragility of Goodness: Luck and Ethics in Greek Tragedy and Philosophy
$50.00 Add to cartThis book is a study of ancient views about “moral luck.” It examines the fundamental ethical problem that many of the valued constituents of a well-lived life are vulnerable to factors outside a pers… [more below]
- Author: Nussbaum, Martha C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: January 15 2001
- ISBN10: 0521794722
- Language: English
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Assume the Worst: The Graduation Speech You’ll Never Hear
$15.95 Add to cartThis is Oh, the Places You’ll Never Go–the ultimate hilarious, cynical, but absolutely realistic view of a college graduate’s future. And what he or she can or can’t do about it.
“This commencement a- Author: Hiaasen, Carl
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: April 10 2018
- ISBN10: 525655018
- Language: English
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Christians and Cultural Difference
$9.99 Add to cartEncountering cultural differences in the classroom, in the workplace, in the church, and in the public square is an everyday part of contemporary life. The chances that we will live our lives interact
- Series: Calvin Shorts
- Author: Smith, David I.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 100
- Publish Date: June 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1937555151
- Language: English
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The Soul of Medicine: A Physician’s Exploration of Death and the Question of Being Human
$18.95 Add to cartUnlike many individuals who enter medicine, it was not something I contemplated from the beginning. I wanted to be a scientist…until I became disillusioned with that enterprise. Currently I’m a phys
- Author: Raymond, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 220
- Publish Date: February 15 2019
- ISBN10: 1948181274
- Language: English
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Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future
$7.00 Add to cartAfter kicking open the doors to twentieth-century philosophy in Thus Spake Zarathustra, Friedrich Nietzsche refined his ideal of the superman with the 1886 publication of Beyond Good and Evil. Conven… [more below]
- Series: Dover Thrift Editions
- Author: Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: July 07 1997
- ISBN10: 048629868X
- Language: English
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Stoicism For Beginners: Master the Art of Happiness. Learn Modern, Practical Stoicism to Create Your Own Daily Stoic Routine
$14.99 Add to cartLearn How to Adopt a Stoic Mindset
Learn Why Successful People Like Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, and Tim Ferriss Embrace Stoicism.
Stoicism is an ancient philosophy on how to live a good life. It was f- Author: Garnett, Kevin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: May 18 2020
- ISBN10: 1952772184
- Language: English
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The Discourses of Epictetus: The Handbook, Fragments
$9.95 Add to cartFor centuries, Stoicism was virtually the unofficial religion of the Roman world
The stress on endurance, self-restraint, and power of the will to withstand calamity can often seem coldhearted. It is- Series: Everyman Library
- Author: Epictetus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: March 02 1995
- ISBN10: 0460873121
- Language: English
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The Expanding Circle: Ethics, Evolution, and Moral Progress
$17.95 Add to cartWhat is ethics? Where do moral standards come from? Are they based on emotions, reason, or some innate sense of right and wrong? For many scientists, the key lies entirely in biology–especially in Da
- Author: Singer, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: May 08 2011
- ISBN10: 0691150699
- Language: English
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Fathoms: The World in the Whale
$18.99 Add to cartWinner of the 2021 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction * Finalist for the 2020 Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction * Finalist for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award
A “delving,- Author: Giggs, Rebecca
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: July 20 2021
- ISBN10: 1982120703
- Language: English
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Altruism: The Power of Compassion to Change Yourself and the World
$35.99 Add to cartThe author of the international bestseller Happiness makes a passionate case for altruism — and why we need it now more than ever.
In Happiness, Matthieu Ricard demonstrated that true happiness is n- Author: Ricard, Matthieu
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 864
- Publish Date: June 14 2016
- ISBN10: 031620823X
- Language: English
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Justice for Animals: Our Collective Responsibility
$19.99 Add to cartA “brilliant” (Chicago Review of Books), “elegantly written, and compelling” (National Review) new theory and call to action on animal rights, ethics, and law from the renowned philosopher Martha C. N… [more below]
- Author: Nussbaum, Martha C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: January 23 2024
- ISBN10: 1982102519
- Language: English
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Minima Moralia: Reflections from Damaged Life
$19.95 Add to cart“A volume of Adorno is equivalent to a whole shelf of books on literature.” –Susan Sontag
A reflection on everyday existence in the ‘sphere of consumption of late Capitalism’, this work is Adorno’s l- Author: Adorno, Theodor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 31 2020
- ISBN10: 1788738535
- Language: English
