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Prolegomena to Natural Law
2020 || Paperback || Gottfried Achenwall e.a. || Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Bibliotheek
his is the first English translation of the Prolegomena iuris naturalis by Gottfried Achenwall (1719–1772). In this book, Achenwall presents the philosophical foundation for his comprehensive theory of natural law. The book is of interest not only because it provides the basis for a careful, systematic, and well-respected eighteenth-century theory of natural law in the Leibniz-Wolffian tradition, but also because it sheds important light on the work of Immanuel Kant. Achenwall’s work infl...
Buddhist Ethics
2020 || Paperback || Maria Heim || Cambridge University Press
This Element offers a brief overview of Buddhist thought and modern scholarly approaches to its diverse forms of moral reflection. It then explores two of the most prominent philosophers from the main strands of the Indian Buddhist tradition - Buddhaghosa and Santideva - in a comparative fashion.
An Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge / 2nd edition
2020 || Paperback || Noah Lemos || Cambridge University Press
Now revised and containing three new chapters, this book provides an accessible introduction to the fundamental problems in the theory of knowledge. Written primarily for students taking a first course in epistemology, it will be of interest to anyone wanting to know more about this important area of philosophy.
ISE Critical Thinking / 13th edition
2020 || Paperback || Brooke Noel Moore e.a. || McGraw-Hill
Critical Thinking focuses on skills students need to think for themselves. Through a practical and accessible approach core concepts in critical thinking are illustrated through real-world examples, extensive practice, and a thoughtful set of pedagogical features.
The Ethics of Capitalism
An Introduction
2020 || Paperback || Daniel Halliday e.a. || Oxford University Press
Can capitalism have moral foundations? Though this question may seem strange in today's world of vast economic disparities and widespread poverty, discussions originating with the birth of capitalism add a critical perspective to the current debate on the efficacy and morality of capitalist economies. Authors Daniel Halliday and John Thrasher use this question to introduce classical political philosophy as a framework by which to evaluate the ethics of capitalism today. They revisit and recon...
Being and Nothingness
An Essay in Phenomenological Ontology
2020 || Paperback || Jean-Paul Sartre || Taylor & Francis
First published in French in 1943, Jean-Paul Sartre's L'Etre et le Neant is one of the greatest philosophical works of the twentieth century. In it, Sartre offers nothing less than a brilliant and radical account of the human condition. The English philosopher and novelist Iris Murdoch wrote to a friend of "the excitement - I remember nothing like it since the days of discovering Keats and Shelley and Coleridge".
This new translation, the first for over sixty years, makes this classic work of...