Zbirka: Filozofija: Etika in morala
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Normative Ethics(1997) KAGAN, SHELLYThis book presents a systematic survey of the basic normative factors and examines the competing theories about the foundations of normative ethics, theories that attempt to explain why the basic normative factors have the moral significance that they do.Vezava: Mehka98,36 € -
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Decreation and the Ethical Bind(2017) CHA, YOON SOOKA close reading of Simone Weil’s philosophical and literary writings examining themes of ethical obligation, dispossession and vulnerability in relation to the works of Emmanuel Levinas, Maurice Blanchot and Judith Butler.Vezava: Trda63,61 €
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Utilitarianism(1973) SMART, J. J. C. (AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, CANBERRA),WILLIAMS, BERNARD (KING'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE)Two essays on utilitarianism, written from opposite points of view, by J. J. C. Smart and Bernard Williams. In the first part of the book Professor Smart advocates a modern and sophisticated version of classical utilitarianism. In Part II Bernard WilliamsVezava: Mehka34,44 €
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Bad Things(2023) FEIT, NEIL (SUNY DISTINGUISHED TEACHING PROFESSOR, SUNY DISTINGUISHED TEACHING PROFESSOR, STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT FREDONIA)Bad Things addresses various philosophical questions about the nature and moral relevance of harm. The most basic question is this: under what conditions does an event (or do some events) harm a given individual? Neil Feit focuses primarily on the metaphyVezava: Trda103,04 € -
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What We Owe The Future(2023) MACASKILL, WILLIAMShould our priorities change when we consider all the lives yet to come?Vezava: Mehka15,27 € -
Common Sense and Nuclear Warfare(2009) RUSSELL, BERTRANDWritten at the height of the Cold War, Russell argues that the only way to end the threat of nuclear war is to end war itself, making this highly controversial text as relevant today as it was on first publication.Vezava: Mehka24,10 € -
Utilitarianism and On Liberty(2002) MILL, JOHN STUARTIncluding three of his most famous and important essays, Utilitarianism, On Liberty, and Essay on Bentham, along with formative selections from Jeremy Bentham and John Austin, this volume provides a uniquely perspicuous view of Mill's ethical and politicaVezava: Mehka18,87 € -
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When Elephants Weep(1996) MASSON, JEFFREY,MCCARTHY, SUSANFor more than 100 years, scientists have denied that animals experience emotions, yet this remarkable and groundbreaking book proves what animal-lovers have known to be true: wolves, tigers, giraffes, elephants and many other creatures exhibit all kinds oVezava: Mehka22,22 € -
Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals(1993) KANT, IMMANUELThis is an expanded edition of James Ellington's translation of Kant's essay, in which Kant replies to one of the standard objections to his moral theory as presented in the main text: that it requires us to tell the truth even in the face of harmful consVezava: Mehka20,89 € -
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Fable of the Bees and Other Writings(1997) MANDEVILLE, BERNARDPublished anonymously in 1723, "The Fable of the Bees" by Bernard Mandeville came to be regarded as the epitome of immorality. It is a naturalistic account of the mechanism of human desire. This abridged edition also includes "The Fable" and background reVezava: Mehka25,71 € -
Assholes(2013) JAMES, AARONAaron James gives us the concepts to think or say why a**holes disturb us so, and explains why such people seem part of the human social condition, especially in an age of raging narcissism and unbridled capitalism.Vezava: Mehka18,94 € -
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Radical Hope(2008) LEAR, JONATHANPlenty Coups, last great Chief of the Crow Nation, said, “When the buffalo went away the hearts of my people fell to the ground and they could not lift them up again. After this nothing happened.” In Lear’s view, this story raises an ethical question thatVezava: Mehka33,78 € -
Enchantment of Modern Life(2001) BENNETT, JANEIt is a commonplace that the modern world cannot be experienced as enchanted - that the very concept of enchantment belongs to past ages of superstition. This title challenges that view. It seeks to rehabilitate enchantment, showing not only how it is posVezava: Mehka54,67 €
