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 | In Praise of Slowness: How a Worldwide Movement Is Challenging the Cult of Speed Product# 460678628 Selling for $24.95 "Analyzes and challenges human history's cultures of speed and efficiency, identifying the benefits of a slower-paced lifestyle while noting time-defying practices of thirteenth-century Benedictine monks, during the Industrial Revolution, in the modern world, and more. 25,000 first printing." |
 | Contemporary Moral Issues: Diversity and Consensus Product# 460679427 Selling for $61 "This anthology provides a comprehensive selection of readings on eleven contemporary social issues revolving around three general themes: Matters of Life and Death, Matters of Equality and Diversity, and Expanding the Circle (duties beyond borders, living together with animals, and environmental ethics). Each group of readings is accompanied by narrative selections that present the moral issues from a first person point of view; an extensive introduction surveys the problems and issues; and a bibliographical essay to relevant additional literature. Each selection is accompanied by pre- and post-reading questions. An ethical self-inventory--with pre-test and post-test--helps readers track changes in their own beliefs as they work through the readings, and a special section shows readers step-by-step how develop a personal position on ethical issues. A Pluralistic Approach to Moral Problems. How to Develop a Position on Ethical Issues. MATTERS OF LIFE AND DEATH: Abortion; Genetic Manipulation and Cloning; Euthanasia; Punishment and the Death Penalty. MATTERS OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY: Race and Ethnicity; Gender; Sexual Orientation; Poverty and Welfare; EXPANDING THE CIRCLE: Duties Beyond Borders; Living Together with Animals; Environmental Ethics. For anyone interested in Ethics, Social Ethics, and Contemporary Moral Problems." |
 | The Moral Life Product# 460680146 Selling for $76.95 "The second edition of THE MORAL LIFE covers a wide variety of applied ethical issues, from issues that confront the individual to international, intergenerational, and interspecies issues. The diverse readings cover a range of differing viewpoints chosen to stimulate class discussions." |
 | The Early Christian Fathers; A Selection from the Writings of the Fathers from St. Clement of Rome to St. Athanasius Product# 460680291 Selling for $34.95 "The writings of Fathers of the early Church are of particular importance to anyone who wishes to understand Christian doctrine. This book illustrates the process of development in Christian thought, life, and worship during the period which culminated in the acceptance of the Christian faith by the Emperor Constantine, and the meeting of the Council of Nicaea in AD 325." |
 | Reason and Culture: An Introduction to Philosophy Product# 460684599 Selling for $83 "Everyone's life is fashioned in large measure from the three practices of morality, science, and religion. This fresh approach to philosophy focuses on these practices, each studied from the dual perspectives of reason and culture. Discussion and analysis of morality, science, and religion are infused with philosophical arguments and concepts. The book discusses each practice from three points of view: the nature of the practice (including its connections with larger issues of the purpose and meaning of human life), its ielttion to culture, and the role reason plays in the practice. Reason and Culture, First Edition, shows how traditional philosophical problems emerge naturally, out of our relationships with morality, science, and religion. Students will see that the philosophical issues raised in these readings are intrinsic elements in their daily lives. Key features of the book include: links traditional philosophical issues to the practices of morality, science, and religion uses an interdisciplinary perspective to demonstrate philosophy's breadth; uses the critical, rational edge of philosophical writing as a tool to understand interactions among cultural practices emphasizes the impact of science on culture integrates the readings into a coherent whole allows instructors great flexibility, enabling them to tailor the readings to their own needs within a clear, thematic course shows how philosophical reflection is a natural part of human experience; encourages students to think critically about their own lives" |
 | The Origins of Virtue: Human Instincts and the Evolution of Cooperation Product# 460686518 Selling for $15 "Brilliantly orchestrating the newest findings of geneticists, psychologists, and anthropologists, this book re-examines the everyday assumptions upon which we base our actions towards others, whether in our roles as parents, siblings, or trade partners. Ridley shows readers how breakthroughs in computer programming, microbiology, and economics have provided a new perspective on how and why we relate to each other." |
| The Early Christian Fathers; A Selection from the Writings of the Fathers from St. Clement of Rome to St. Athanasius Product# 460687826 Selling for $34.95 "The writings of Fathers of the early Church are of particular importance to anyone who wishes to understand Christian doctrine. This book illustrates the process of development in Christian thought, life, and worship during the period which culminated in the acceptance of the Christian faith by the Emperor Constantine, and the meeting of the Council of Nicaea in AD 325." |
 | The Basics of Bioethics Product# 460765641 Selling for $45.8 "This brief summary of the issues of biomedical ethics provides a balanced, systematic, unbiased framework designed to help health professionals an lay people understand and analyze a wide range of topics that are currently controversial in medicine -- or that are likely to arise in the future. Broad in scope, it considers ethical systems from various religious and secular traditions, including those of non-western cultures such as Asian religious and secular traditions. Topics include the history of codes of ethics; the definition of death, abortion, animal rights and welfare; problems in deciding what will benefit patients; confidentiality, truth-telling, informed consent; the care of the terminally ill; genetics, birth technologies; and problems of social ethics, including resource allocation, organ transplant, and human subjects research." |
| The Basics of Bioethics Product# 460767370 Selling for $45.8 "This brief summary of the issues of biomedical ethics provides a balanced, systematic, unbiased framework designed to help health professionals an lay people understand and analyze a wide range of topics that are currently controversial in medicine -- or that are likely to arise in the future. Broad in scope, it considers ethical systems from various religious and secular traditions, including those of non-western cultures such as Asian religious and secular traditions. Topics include the history of codes of ethics; the definition of death, abortion, animal rights and welfare; problems in deciding what will benefit patients; confidentiality, truth-telling, informed consent; the care of the terminally ill; genetics, birth technologies; and problems of social ethics, including resource allocation, organ transplant, and human subjects research." |
 | The Least Worst Death; Essays in Bioethics on the End of Life Product# 460768228 Selling for $37.95 "Engagingly written by one of the foremost experts on issues involving death and dying, this book offers insight into the controversial and often difficult topics of withdrawing and withholding care, euthanasia, and suicide. An extensive introduction identifies the principal ethical issues, and the book explores such dilemmas as rationing health care for the elderly, whether there is a 'duty to die', counseling in rational suicide, the risks of abuse with active euthanasia, religious views about suicide, whether suicide can be understood as a fundamental human right, and others. It also examines the differing practices of Holland and Germany in ending life. Exploring the dilemmas raised by contemporary medicine concerning the way we die, and collecting under one cover a myriad of crucial elements involving one of the most inflammatory issues of our time, The Least Worst Death presents a timely, international analysis for anyone interested in bioethics or medical and applied ethics." |