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	The Death of God and the Meaning of Life Author: Young, Julian Publisher: Routledge Format: Adobe PDF Description: <P>What is the meaning of life? In the post-modern, post-religious scientific world, this question is becoming a preoccupation. But it also has a long history: many major figures in philosophy h...	$37.39
	The Dialectic of Essence Author: Silverman, Allan Publisher: Princeton University Press Format: Adobe ePUB Description: The Dialectic of Essence offers a systematic new account of Plato's metaphysics. Allan Silverman argues that the best way to make sense of the metaphysics as a whole is to examine carefully what Plato...	$46.41
	The Dialectical Imagination Author: Jay, Martin Publisher: University of California Press Format: Adobe ePUB Description: Herbert Marcuse, Erich Fromm, Max Horkheimer, Franz Neumann, Theodor Adorno, Leo Lowenthal-the impact of the Frankfurt School on the sociological, political, and cultural thought of the twentieth cent...	$22.77
	The Discovery of Everything, the Creation of Nothing: A Layman's Manifesto Author: Bader, Jim Robert Publisher: iUniverse.com Format: Adobe PDF Description: The questions have been with us since the dim, dark dusk of early humanity. Who are we? How did we get here? Who is in charge? In The Discovery of Everything, the Creation of Nothing, author Jim Rober...	$11.04
	The Dreadful Symmetry of the Good: A Sustained Meditation, in and by Writing, on "the good" Grounded in the Author's Deciphering of Plato's Final Teac Author: McGinley, John W. Publisher: iUniverse.com Format: Adobe PDF Description: Yes, that's right. The writings of Plato do NOT all fit together in harmony, irrespective of the question of chronological development. To be sure, one is just ice-skating over the surface of Platonic...	$6.63
	The Elimination of Morality Author: Maclean, Anne Publisher: Routledge Format: Adobe PDF Description: "The Elimination of Morality" poses a fundamental challenge to the dominant conception of medical ethics. In this controversial and timely study, Anne Maclean addresses the question of what kind of co...	$41.55
	The End of Tradition? Author: N/A Publisher: Routledge Format: Adobe PDF Description: Rooted in real world observations, this book questions the concept of tradition In his introduction, Nezar AlSayyad discusses the meanings of the word 'tradition' and the current debates about the 'en...	$72.75
	The Enemy Within Author: Firth, Robert Publisher: eBookIt.com Format: Adobe PDF Description: For the very worst kind of liberals, they long ago, beginning with guys like Bertram Russell, Woodrow Wilson and the Fabian Society, understood that the greatest flaw in democracy was the one man one ...	$8.94
	The Ethics of Altruism Author: N/A Publisher: Frank Cass Format: Adobe PDF Description: "The chief problem of human life," wrote Auguste Comte, is "the subordination of egoism to altruism." This collection examines the nature and value of altruism as a moral virtue, restoring it to its p...	$49.40
	The Ethics of Cultural Appropriation Author: N/A Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Format: Adobe PDF Description: The Ethics of Cultural Appropriation undertakes a comprehensive and systematic investigation of the moral and aesthetic questions that arise from the practice of cultural appropriation. Explores cultu...	$102.33
	The Ethics of Forgiveness Author: N/A Publisher: Routledge Format: Adobe ePUB Description: We are often pressed to forgive or in need of forgiveness: Wrongdoing is common. Even after a perpetrator has been taken to court and punished, forgiveness still has a role to play. How should a victi...	$138.32
	The Ethics of Forgiveness Author: N/A Publisher: Routledge Format: Adobe PDF Description: We are often pressed to forgive or in need of forgiveness: Wrongdoing is common. Even after a perpetrator has been taken to court and punished, forgiveness still has a role to play. How should a victi...	$138.32
	The Ethics of Identity Author: Appiah, Kwame Anthony Publisher: Princeton University Press Format: Adobe ePUB Description: Race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, gender, sexuality: in the past couple of decades, a great deal of attention has been paid to such collective identities. They clamor for recognition and respect...	$29.78
	The Ethics of Identity Author: Appiah, Kwame Anthony Publisher: Princeton University Press Format: Adobe PDF Description: Race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, gender, sexuality: in the past couple of decades, a great deal of attention has been paid to such collective identities. They clamor for recognition and respect...	$28.67
	The Ethics of Voting Author: Brennan, Jason Publisher: Princeton University Press Format: Adobe ePUB Description: Nothing is more integral to democracy than voting. Most people believe that every citizen has the civic duty or moral obligation to vote, that any sincere vote is morally acceptable, and that buying, ...	$33.09
	The Expanding Circle Author: Singer, Peter Publisher: Princeton University Press Format: Adobe ePUB Description: What 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...	$19.83
	The Fate of America Author: Gellert, Michael Publisher: Potomac Books Inc. Format: Adobe ePUB Description: The Fate of America examines the national character of the United States against the backdrop of its history, popular culture, and media. Michael Gellert suggests that the deterioration of America's "...	$14.26
	The First Modern Jew Author: Schwartz, Daniel B. Publisher: Princeton University Press Format: Adobe ePUB Description: Pioneering biblical critic, theorist of democracy, and legendary conflater of God and nature, Jewish philosopher Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677) was excommunicated by the Sephardic Jews of Amsterdam in 165...	$43.65
	The Flame of Eternity Author: Michalski, Krzysztof Publisher: Princeton University Press Format: Adobe PDF Description: The Flame of Eternity provides a reexamination and new interpretation of Nietzsche's philosophy and the central role that the concepts of eternity and time, as he understood them, played in it. Accord...	$43.65
	The Flame of Eternity Author: Michalski, Krzysztof Publisher: Princeton University Press Format: Adobe ePUB Description: The Flame of Eternity provides a reexamination and new interpretation of Nietzsche's philosophy and the central role that the concepts of eternity and time, as he understood them, played in it. Accord...	$43.65
	The Good in the Right Author: Audi, Robert Publisher: Princeton University Press Format: Adobe ePUB Description: This book represents the most comprehensive account to date of an important but widely contested approach to ethics--intuitionism, the view that there is a plurality of moral principles, each of which...	$33.09
	The Grateful Dead and Philosophy Author: Gimbel, Steve Publisher: Open Court Format: Adobe PDF Description: This book is another one of those late-night Grateful Dead inspired dorm room conversations with friends . . . only this time it’s your professors sitting cross-legged on the floor asking if any...	$14.00
	The Heart of Altruism Author: Monroe, Kristen Renwick Publisher: Princeton University Press Format: Adobe PDF Description: Is all human behavior based on self-interest? Many social and biological theories would argue so, but such a perspective does not explain the many truly heroic acts committed by people willing to risk...	$38.68
	The Idea of a Liberal Theory Author: Johnston, David Publisher: Princeton University Press Format: Adobe PDF Description: Liberalism, the founding philosophy of many constitutional democracies, has been criticized in recent years from both the left and the right for placing too much faith in individual rights and distrib...	$18.73
	The Idea of the Postmodern Author: bertens, hans Publisher: Routledge Format: Adobe PDF Description: <P>Han Bertens' <b></b><b><i>The Idea of the Postmodern</i></b> is the first introductory overview of postmodernism to succeed in providing a witty and access...	$43.63
	The Lord and The Weedpatcher Author: Heath Ph. D., Samuel D. G. Publisher: iUniverse.com Format: Adobe PDF Description: Throughout my life The Lord has been my constant guide and companion; and along the way I have found He has a sense of humor, some of which I disclose in these pages. Another thing; no matter how far ...	$6.63
	The Many and the One Author: N/A Publisher: Princeton University Press Format: Adobe ePUB Description: The war on terrorism, say America's leaders, is a war of Good versus Evil. But in the minds of the perpetrators, the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington were presumably justified as ethica...	$38.68
	The Many Faces Of Science Author: Byerly, Henry / Stevenson, Leslie Publisher: Westview Press Format: Adobe PDF Description: In The Many Faces of Science, Leslie Stevenson and Henry Byerly masterfully, and painlessly, provide the information and the philosophical reflections students need to gain an understanding of the ins...	$31.20
	The Metaphysics of Time Author: Dowden, Bradley Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. Format: Adobe PDF Description: Seventh in the New Dialogues in Philosophy series, this book discusses the concept of time and shows in the simplest ways how time informs discussions about causality, creation, physics, consciousness...	$15.56
	The Mind and its World Author: McCulloch, Gregory Publisher: Routledge Format: Adobe PDF Description: Since Descartes, the mind has been thought to be "in the head," separable from the world and even from the body it inhabits. In "The Mind and its World," Gregory McCulloch considers the latest debates...	$49.87
	The Moon Appears When the Water Is Still: Reflections of the Dhamma Author: McCrorie, Ian Publisher: Pariyatti Publishing Format: Adobe PDF Description: Drawn from the Buddha's teachings, contemporary literature, and the author's own life, this collection of stories, anecdotes, and aphorisms provides inspiration and refreshment for practitioners of me...	$6.05
	The Moral Purpose of the State Author: Reus-Smit, Christian Publisher: Princeton University Press Format: Adobe PDF Description: This book seeks to explain why different systems of sovereign states have built different types of fundamental institutions to govern interstate relations. Why, for example, did the ancient Greeks ope...	$22.04
	The Morality of Knowledge in Conversation Author: N/A Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF Description: Each time we take a turn in conversation we indicate what we know and what we think others know. However, knowledge is neither static nor absolute. It is shaped by those we interact with and governed ...	$91.52
	The Myth of Unity of all Religions Author: Ramendra, Dr. Publisher: Buddhiwadi Foundation Format: Adobe PDF Description: In a scholarly and logical discourse, full of authentic references to the basic beliefs of major religions of the world, the author, Dr. Ramendra, ably explodes what he calls "the myth of unity of all...	$0.71
	The Mythology of American Politics Author: Bookman, John T. Publisher: Potomac Books Inc. Format: Adobe ePUB Description: Demystifies some of the most pervasive myths about American politics	$18.55
	The Myths We Live By Author: Midgley, Mary Publisher: Routledge Format: Adobe ePUB Description: With a new Introduction by the author 'An elegant and sane little book. - The New Statesman Myths, as Mary Midgley argues in this powerful book, are everywhere. In political thought they sit at the h...	$20.75
	The Myths We Live By Author: Midgley, Mary Publisher: Routledge Format: Adobe PDF Description: With a new Introduction by the author 'An elegant and sane little book. - The New Statesman Myths, as Mary Midgley argues in this powerful book, are everywhere. In political thought they sit at the h...	$20.75
	The Nature of Experience: Thoughts on the Reality of Consciousness Author: Sparks, W. H. Publisher: iUniverse.com Format: Adobe PDF Description: This study identifies the structures and processes that create consciousness and the conscious experience. The expression of perceptions, memories, dreams, and emotions develop and are enhanced in int...	$3.84
	The Official History of the British Civil Service Author: Lowe, Rodney Publisher: Routledge Format: Adobe ePUB Description: This first volume of the Official History of the UK Civil Service covers its evolution from the Northcote-Trevelyan Report of 1854 to the first years of Mrs Thatcher's government in 1981.	$114.40
	The Perennial Tradition: The secret legacy, the single stream of initiatory teaching flowing through all the great schools of mysticism Author: Livergood, Norman, D. Publisher: Dandelion Enterprises Format: Adobe PDF Description: The Perennial Tradition has taken many names over the centuries, including Hermeticism, Philosophia, Neo-Plataonism, Illuminism, Alchemy, Cabala, Magic, Gnosticism, Esotericism and Sufism. It is the s...	$17.68
	The Philosopher's Diet: How to Lose Weight and Change the World Author: Watson, Richard Publisher: David R. Godine, Publisher Format: Adobe PDF Description: This toothsome classic takes on the combined challenges of discovering the meaning of the universe and eliminating fat at the same time. Its topic sentence contains a promise that should sell millions...	$7.14
	The Philosopher's Diet: How to Lose Weight and Change the World Author: Watson, Richard Publisher: David R. Godine, Publisher Format: Adobe ePUB Description: This toothsome classic takes on the combined challenges of discovering the meaning of the universe and eliminating fat at the same time. Its topic sentence contains a promise that should sell millions...	$7.14
	The Philosophy of David Cronenberg Author: N/A Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky Format: Adobe PDF Description: Initially regarded as a cult figure with a strong following amongst sci-fi and horror film fans, Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg emerged as a major and commercially viable film director with mains...	$36.40
	The Philosophy of Horror Author: N/A Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky Format: Adobe ePUB Description: Sitting on pins and needles, anxiously waiting to see what will happen next, horror audiences crave the fear and exhilaration generated by a terrifying story; their anticipation is palpable. But they ...	$31.85
	The Philosophy of Horror Author: N/A Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky Format: Adobe PDF Description: Sitting on pins and needles, anxiously waiting to see what will happen next, horror audiences crave the fear and exhilaration generated by a terrifying story; their anticipation is palpable. But they ...	$31.85
	The Philosophy of Joss Whedon Author: N/A Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky Format: Adobe ePUB Description: Every generation produces a counterculture icon. Joss Whedon, creator of the long-running television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, is famed for his subversive wit, rich characters, and extraordinar...	$31.85
	The Philosophy of Science Fiction Film Author: Sanders, Steven M. Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky Format: Adobe ePUB Description: The science fiction genre maintains a remarkable hold on the imagination and enthusiasm of the filmgoing public, captivating large audiences worldwide and garnering ever-larger profits. The Philosophy...	$18.15
	The Philosophy of Social Science Author: Hollis, Martin Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF Description: This textbook by Martin Hollis offers an exceptionally clear and concise introduction to the philosophy of social science. It examines questions which give rise to fundamental philosophical issues. Ar...	$26.00
	The Philosophy of Steven Soderbergh Author: N/A Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky Format: Adobe ePUB Description: Widely regarded as a turning point in American independent cinema, Steven Soderbergh's sex, lies, and videotape (1989) launched the career of its twenty-six-year-old director, whose debut film was nom...	$31.85
	The Philosophy of the Beats Author: N/A Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky Format: Adobe ePUB Description: The phrase "beat generation" -- introduced by Jack Kerouac in 1948 -- characterized the underground, nonconformist youths who gathered in New York City at that time. Together, these writers, artists, ...	$36.40