Collects and introduces some of the most important and insightful essays written in the past century by philosophers, political theorists and other thinkers who have reflected on the nature of liberty.

Die Abhandlung »Sein und Zeit« erschien zuerst im Frühjahr 1927 in dem von Edmund Husserl herausgegebenen »Jahrbuch für Philosophie und phänomenologische Forschung«, Band VIII, und gleichzeitig als Sonderdruck. Als eines der berühmtesten und wirkungsmächtigsten philosophischen Bücher des 20. Jahrhunderts ist es ein unverzichtbarer Quellentext für die Philosophie, übersetzt in über 25 Sprachen der Welt. Dreißig Jahre nach dem Tod Martin Heideggers (1889-1976) wird sein epochemac...

Michael J. Sandel shows how a surer grasp of philosophy can help us to make sense of politics, morality, and our own convictions.

Should we financially reward children for good marks? Is it ethical to pay people to donate organs? What about hiring mercenaries to fight our wars, outsourcing inmates to for-profit prisons or selling citizenship? In this title, the author asks: Isn't there something wrong with a world in which everything is for sale?

Immanuel Kant's views on politics, peace, and history have lost none of their relevance since their publication more than two centuries ago. This volume contains a comprehensive collection of Kant's writings on international relations theory and political philosophy, superbly translated and accompanied by stimulating essays. Pauline Kleingeld provides a lucid introduction to the main themes of the volume, and three essays by distinguished contributors follow: Jeremy Waldron on Kant's theory o...

Is it always wrong to lie? Should there be limits to personal freedom? Can killing sometimes be justified? Is the free market fair? What is the right thing to do? This title invites readers of all ages and political persuasions on a journey of moral reflection, and shows how reasoned debate can illuminate our lives.

Used in a variety of courses in various disciplines, Asking the Right Questions helps students bridge the gap between simply memorizing or blindly accepting information, and the greater challenge of critical analysis and synthesis. Specifically, this concise text teaches students to think critically by exploring the components of arguments--issues, conclusions, reasons, evidence, assumptions, language--and on how to spot fallacies and manipulations and obstacles to critical thinking in both w...

In deze nieuwe, vloeiende vertaling blijken de geheimzinnige teksten van Heraclitus tijdloos te zijn.

De nagelaten teksten van Heraclitus zijn gekerfd in het marmer van de zesde eeuw voor Christus, maar ze gaan ook over ons, hier en nu. Ze tonen ons een spiegel waarin we herkennen wat het is om een mens te zijn, op zoek naar houvast, waarheid, onszelf, een inzicht in het juiste handelen en het begrip van de vrijheid en de onvrijheid van het bestaan.

Heraclitus’ optimistische antropologie d...

Er zijn groeiende zorgen over de risico’s van digitalisering, en daarom probeert de eu digitaal soeverein te worden. In Atlas van de digitale wereld brengt Haroon Sheikh in kaart hoe Nederland en de eu er in dit opzicht voorstaan.

Om de digitale wereld helder voor ogen te krijgen, introduceert Sheikh het verticale model van de ‘stack’. Deze benadering, die het mogelijk maakt om de verschillende lagen van de digitale wereld te analyseren, laat zien hoe revolutionair di...

.Political Philosophy: The Essential Texts is ideal for survey courses in political philosophy. Offering unprecedented coverage from antiquity to the present, this historically organized collection presents the most significant works from nearly 2,500 years of political philosophy. The readings are substantial or complete texts, not fragments.

An especially valuable feature of this volume is that the works of each author are introduced with an engaging essay by aleading contemporary authority.