Containing more than 800 moral terms, this book offers definitions, historical context, and illustrations for their use in the Catholic tradition, including Church teaching and documents. Zobraziť viac
Peter Carruthers's essays on consciousness and related issues have had a substantial impact on the field, and many of his best are now collected here in revised form. Together they develop, defend, and explore the implications of Carruthers's... Zobraziť viac
Julia Annas offers a new account of virtue and happiness as central ethical ideas. She argues that exercising a virtue involves practical reasoning of the kind we find in someone exercising an everyday practical skill, such as farming, building, or... Zobraziť viac
This unique collection of essays on the late Pierre Hadot's revolutionary approach to studying and practising philosophy traces the links between his work and that of thinkers from Wittgenstein to the French postmodernists. It shows how his secular... Zobraziť viac
This book examines responsibility and luck as these issues arise in tort law, criminal law, and distributive justice. In revealing how the problems that arise in tort and criminal law as well as distributive justice invite structurally parallel... Zobraziť viac
While Alfred North Whitehead did not dedicate any books or articles to aesthetics specifically, aesthetic motifs permeate his entire philosophical opus. Despite this, aestheticians have devoted little attention to Whitehead, most attempts to... Zobraziť viac
Julius Evola's Pagan Imperialism was originally published in 1928 in Italy. A greatly revised edition was prepared for publication in Germany in 1932. This translation is based on the second German edition... Zobraziť viac
Iraq, democracy and Islam are powerful global forces which shape not only many aspects of the lives of Muslims, but the lives of other citizens of the world as well. This book explores many of the challenging questions posed by the interconnections... Zobraziť viac
At a time when religious fundamentalism is having a huge impact upon the world, this book helps us to understand how people acquire, conceptualise and practise religion at both personal and social levels. At a time when religious fundamentalism is... Zobraziť viac
A comprehensive study of Abelard's life and work not only in philosophy and theology but also in literature. Zobraziť viac
In November of 2002, the Justice and Development Party swept to victory in the Turkish parliamentary elections. Because of the party's Islamic roots, its electoral triumph has sparked a host of questions both in Turkey and in the West: Does the party... Zobraziť viac
In this elegant critique, Amartya Sen argues that welfare economics can be enriched by paying more explicit attention to ethics, and that modern ethical studies can also benefit from a closer contact with economies. He argues further that even... Zobraziť viac
Buddhism and Postmodernity is a response to some of the questions that have emerged in the process of Buddhism's encounters with modernity and the West. Jin Y. Park broadly outlines these questions as follows: first, why are the interpretations and... Zobraziť viac
The Summa Theologiae contains Thomas Aquinas' thoughts on the passions, the elemental forces that affect human happiness. The aim of this book is to provide a better understanding of Aquinas' account of the passions, and it argues that his masterwork... Zobraziť viac
E. J. Lowe, a prominent figure in contemporary metaphysics, sets out and defends his theory of what there is. His four-category ontology is a metaphysical system which recognizes four fundamental categories of beings: substantial and non-substantial... Zobraziť viac
Since the 1970s Barry Stroud has been one of the most original contributors to the philosophical study of human knowledge. This volume presents the best of Stroud's essays in this area. Throughout, he seeks to clearly identify the question that... Zobraziť viac
Comprehensive overview of the development of political thought to the end of the twentieth century. Zobraziť viac
Nature's Metaphysics argues that a satisfactory philosophy of science requires a metaphysics that is based on the understanding that natural properties are essentially dispositional. Alexander Bird develops a dispositional essentialist account of the... Zobraziť viac
Bestselling author Sam Harris dismantles the most common justification for religious faith--that a moral system cannot be based on science. Zobraziť viac
This second edition of the Oxford Handbook of Free Will is intended to be a sourcebook and guide to current work on free will and related subjects. Zobraziť viac
