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This book argues that critics of consequentialism have not been able to make a successful and comprehensive case against all versions of consequentialism because they have been using the wrong methodology. This methodology relies on the crucial assumption...
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Springer
Parution :
2016-08-30
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This volume is devoted to exploring a subject which,
on the surface, might appear to be just a trending topic. In fact, it is much
more than a trend. It relates to an ancient, permanent issue which directly
connects with people’s life and basic needs: the recognition...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-08-26
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Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice
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It is the continuous reports of unethical behavior in the form of data manipulation, cheating, plagiarism, and other forms of unacceptable behavior that draw attention to the issues of misconduct. The causes of misconduct are manifold whether it is the need to advance...
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Wiley-Scrivener
Parution :
2016-08-26
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This book examines the success of Frederick Schauer’s efforts to reclaim force as a core element of a general concept of law by approaching the issue from different legal traditions and distinct perspectives. In discussing Schauer’s main arguments, it contributes to...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-08-24
Collection :
Law and Philosophy Library
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This study recapitulates basic developments in the tradition of hermeneutic and phenomenological studies of science. It focuses on the ways in which scientific research is committed to the universe of interpretative phenomena. It treats scientific research by addressing...
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Springer
Parution :
2016-08-24
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Goldman and His Critics presents a series of original essays contributed by influential philosophers who critically examine Alvin Goldman’s work, followed by Goldman’s responses to each essay. Critiques Alvin Goldman’s groundbreaking theories, writings, and ideas on a...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2016-08-22
Collection :
Philosophers and their Critics
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Matthias Wühle hinterfragt die traditionelle Wirtschaftsethik, die Ethik als ein Korrektiv der Wirtschaft behandelt. Im Mittelpunkt steht die Problematik von Unternehmen, die ethisch handeln wollen, in der Anwendung einer solchen Ethik aber entweder einen...
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Springer
Parution :
2016-08-16
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Drawing on the work of Georg Misch, this work seeks to give back to the Word its original fullness of meaning. Misch’s notion of a logic of life considers the Word in the plenitude of its great powers. The question of life leads the inquiries undertaken in this study...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2016-08-16
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This guide covers the main schools of thought from the Ancient Chinese philosophies of Confucius and Lao Tzu, Ancient wisdom from Aristotle, Plato, Zeno and Pythagoras through to those most influential of philosophers studied the world over - Hegel, Marx, Descartes,...
Editeur :
Cassell
Parution :
2016-08-11
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This work offers a timely philosophical analysis of interrelated normative questions concerning immigration and citizenship in relation to the global context of multiple nation states. In it, philosophers and scholars from the social sciences address both fundamental...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-08-10
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PresentationTrue freedom is inner freedom.Freedom is the privilege of the spirit: when it rules in us then we can claim to be free. For this we must learn to reestablish the true hierarchy within us and become king of ourselves. It is through the light of our mind that...
Editeur :
Editions Prosveta
Parution :
2016-08-09
Collection :
Izvor (EN)
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Anfang der 1930er-Jahre bildete sich in Göttingen das Zentrum des juristischen Neuhegelianismus heraus. Der Rechtsphilosoph Julius Binder und seine Schüler Karl Larenz, Martin Busse und Gerhard Dulckeit prägten als sog. Göttinger Schule in den folgenden Jahren durch...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2016-08-05
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Gustave Hervé (1871–1944) seemed to have traditional Breton roots and a typical republican education. As a young socialist journalist and professor, he gained notoriety following a 1901 article which appeared to plant the tricolor in a dung pile. When French socialists...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2016-08-05
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This book explores the life of Galileo Galilei through a philosophical and scientific lens, utilizing an innovative hermeneutic perspective that places his work in the wider context of early modern hermeticism, religious heresy, and libertinism.
As the first...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2016-08-05
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This book, which presents a cognitive-semiotic theory of cultural evolution, including that taking place in historical time, analyses various cognitive-semiotic artefacts and abilities. It claims that what makes human beings human is fundamentally the semiotic and...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2016-08-05
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This book argues that a general understanding of traditional Chinese philosophy can be achieved by a concise elaboration of its truth, goodness and beauty; that goodness and beauty in Chinese philosophy, combined with the integration of man and heaven, knowledge...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-08-02
Collection :
China Academic Library
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This volume provides the reader with exclusive insights into Ernest Sosa’s latest ideas as well as main aspects of his philosophical work of the last 50 years. Ernest Sosa, one of the most distinguished contemporary philosophers, is best known for his ground-breaking...
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Springer
Parution :
2016-08-01
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This book articulates the theoretical outlines of a feminism developed from Aristotle’s metaphysics, making a new contribution to feminist theory. Readers will discover why Aristotle was not a feminist and how he might have become one, through an investigation of...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-08-01
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Philosophy of Religion is an engaging introduction to the main tenets of this fascinating subject, written clearly and with detailed enough explanation to be accessible to those new to the field, whilst providing original and challenging ideas to more experienced...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2016-07-29
Collection :
First Books in Philosophy
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Multisensory media – hybrid media that engage more than the auditory and visual senses – is beginning to change the way that we communicate. While hardware and software for capturing and emitting different types of sensory data are still being developed, this book lays...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2016-07-28
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