‘Michael Sandel beschikt in Rechtvaardigheid over het bewonderenswaardig talent om moderne, ingewikkelde ethische problemen uit te leggen aan de hand van wat filosofen daar ooit over hebben geschreven.’ – Trouw

Kan het verkeerd zijn om de waarheid te spreken? Mag je nooit discrimineren? Wat zijn de morele grenzen van onze economie? Hoe gaan we om met immigratie? In een tijdperk waarin de vaste vormen van tradities zijn verdwenen, blijkt het lastig een moreel kompas te vinden. Rechtvaard...

Mens & mensenrechten biedt een unieke inleiding in de rechtsfilosofie. In een heldere stijl bespreekt Thomas Mertens aan de hand van de Universele Verklaring van de Rechten van de Mens de voornaamste vraagstukken, stromingen en denkers binnen deze rijke wijsgerige traditie.

Mertens gaat in op de historische en filosofische achtergronden van de Verklaring en bespreekt de belangrijkste juridische kwesties die hier spelen. Aan de orde komen onder andere het verschil tussen positieve en negatieve...

J'ai commencé ma vie comme je la finirai sans doute : au milieu des livres. Dans le bureau de mon grand-pere, il y en avait partout ; défense était de les faire épousseter sauf une fois l'an, avant la rentrée d'octobre. Je ne savais pas encore lire que, déja, je les révérais, ces pierres levées : droites ou penchées, serrées comme des briques sur les rayons de la bibliotheque ou noblement espacées en allées de menhirs, je sentais que la prospérité de notre famille en dépendait...

Although dour in appearance and formidable in reputation, Friedrich Nietzsche was an ardent practitioner of the art of poetry &; called in 12th-century Provencal "the gay science." This volume, which Nietzsche referred to as "the most personal of all my books," features the largest collection of his poetry that he ever chose to publish. It also offers an extensive and sophisticated treatment of the philosophical themes and views most central to his thinking, as well as the ideas that proved m...

Introduces classical Arabic philosophers through substantial selections from key works in each of the fields - including logic, philosophy of science, natural philosophy, metaphysics, ethics, and politics - to which they made contributions. It provides introduction situating the works within their historical, cultural, and philosophical contexts.

Suitable for the teaching of medieval philosophy, this title features judicious selections and translations based on critical editions.

Written between 1945 and 1947, the essays in Sense and Non-Sense provide an excellent introduction to Merleau-Ponty's thought. They summarize his previous insights and exhibit their widest range of application-in aesthetics, ethics, politics, and the sciences of man. Each essay opens new perspectives to man's search for reason.

Originally delivered as a lecture in Paris in 1945, "Existentialism and Humanism" is Sartre's seminal defence of his original doctrine of existentialism and a plan for its practical application to everyday human life.

Philosophical Writing: An Introduction, 4th Edition, features numerous updates and revisions to A. P. Martinich’s best-selling text that instructs beginning philosophy students on how to craft a well-written philosophical essay.

Features an entirely new chapter on how to read a philosophical essay, new sections on quantification and modality, and rhetoric in philosophical writing, as well as more updated essay examplesIncludes many new essay examples and an accompanying website with further...

Descartes's A Discourse on the Method of Correctly Conducting One's Reason and Seeking the Truth in the Sciences marks a watershed in European thought; in it, the author provides an informal intellectual autobiography in the vernacular for a non-specialist readership, sweeps away all previous philosophical traditions, and sets out in brief his radical new philosophy.