Business Ethics |
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In Business Ethics , Boylan presents a collection of readings that examine traditional issues within a pedagogical context of his worldview methodology.
Business Ethics
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Classical and Contemporary Readings in Philosophy of Religion |
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Features a chronological sequence so that discussions by the same writer of different but related topics may conveniently be studied together. Third edition includes readings reflecting the most contemporary thought in philosophy of religion.
Classical and Contemporary Readings in Philosophy of Religion
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Environmental Philosophy: From Animal Rights to Radical Ecology |
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Among the new and revised elements of Environmental Philosophy, 3/e, are: New selections on animal rights and environmental ethics that emphasize the differences and commonalties between these important areas Updated introduction to ecofeminism and new essays—including one by Vandana Shiva—that address how environmental issues affect women and children in the Third World. Updated introduction to political ecology and new essays on ecofeminism and social ecology, and on the environmentalism of traditional American conservative thought Environmental Philosophy, 3/e, combines outstanding expert introductions and current scholarship which explore environmental issues from diverse perspectives, and continues to make a timely contribution to the ongoing dialogue on environmentalism.
Environmental Philosophy: From Animal Rights to Radical Ecology
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Ethical Issues in Death and Dying |
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Since the first edition of 'Ethical issues in Death and Dying was published in 1978, enormous changes have transpired in the field of biomedical ethics. To give readers a more complete picture of historical developments and current thought.
Ethical Issues in Death and Dying
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Ethical Process, The: An Approach to Disagreements and Controversial Issues |
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This hands-on workbook helps learners develop conceptual tools and argumentative strategies to move beyond merely having opinions to discovering and evaluating the information, values, and assumptions that underlie different positions on controversial issues and cases. It shows readers how to move from contentious debates to productive dialogues, and how to increase a group's resources so they can make better decisions. Chapter topics cover an introduction to the ethical process, the resources for the ethical process, understanding alternative points of view, evaluating arguments from different ethical approaches, and the ethical process as an argumentative dialogue. For individuals who want to 1) understand and master the skills needed to engage in ethical reflection and analysis, and 2)experience ethics as a practice to be used when faced with disagreements.
Ethical Process, The: An Approach to Disagreements and Controversial Issues
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Human Rights and Global Diversity |
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This accessible book defends human rights as truly universal for all persons globally, while respecting the importance of plurality and cultural diversity. It is unique, as well, in discussing cross-cultural negotiations regarding human rights. The book shows that there is no inherent contradiction between human rights norms and social and cultural values, practices, and forms of life worthy of preservation. Concise yet comprehensive coverage includes reasoning about human rights, debating their universality, and cross-cultural negotiations. For anyone interested in the advancement of human rights, and respectful of pluralism and the diversity of cultures and ways of life.
Human Rights and Global Diversity
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Introduction to the Philosophy of Science |
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The book presents an anthology of readings on the philosophy of science covering traditional issues, such as explanation, confirmation, and progress against a backdrop of historical case studies. Discusses the feminist philosophy of science to present a different perspective on the subject and chapters on medicine and psychology (dreaming) present applications of philosophy and science.
Introduction to the Philosophy of Science
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Metaphysics |
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Many of the problems of philosophy are of such broad relevance to human concerns, and so complex in their ramifications, that they are, in one form or another, perennially present. Though in the course of time they yield in part to philosophical inquiry, they may need to be rethought by each age in the light of its broader scientific knowledge and deepened ethical and religious experience.
Metaphysics
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Philosophic Classics, Volume IV: 19th Century Philosophy |
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This anthology of readings in contemporary Western philosophy focuses on 19th-century philosophers who represent a variety of responses to the issue of their day: whether or not there was a knowable, nonhuman rational order upon which thinking persons could willfully choose to act. The selections are readable and accessible, yet remain faithful to the original works. Accompanying the text are drawings, diagrams, photographs, and a timeline; all of which allow the reader to really study the major philosophical thinkers of the 19th-century: Bentham, Wollstonecraft, Fichte, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Comte, Feuerbach, Mill, Kierkegaard, Marx, Peirce, James, and Nietzche. For anyone interested in owning a collection of works from the greatest philosophical thinkers in the 19th-century.
Philosophic Classics, Volume IV: 19th Century Philosophy
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Philosophic Classics, Volume V: 20th Century Philosophy |
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This anthology of accessible readings in 20th-century philosophical classics includes recent European and American philosophers and texts that are presently seen as classics or as emerging classics. It features the best available translations of texts-complete works or complete sections of works-which are both central to each philosopher's thought and specific doctrine. Using drawings, diagrams, photographs, and a timeline to help in historical perspective, this anthology covers 20th century philosophic classics that deal with such themes as logic, idealism, metaphysics, existentialism, and empiricism; and includes works by Husserl, Dewey, Du Bois, Russell, Moore, Heidegger, Wittgenstein, Ayer, Gadamer, Sartre, de Beauvoir, Austin, Davidson, Foucault, Derrida, Rorty, Rawls, and MacIntyre. For anyone interested in owning a readable collection of 20th-century classic philosophical works.
Philosophic Classics, Volume V: 20th Century Philosophy
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