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Individual ethics. Character. Virtue, Including practical and applied ethics, conduct of life, vices, success, ethics for children

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  • Wisdomby Stephen S. Hall

    Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2010; US$ 13.99

    We all recognize wisdom, but defining it is more elusive. In this fascinating journey from philosophy to science, Stephen S. Hall gives us a penetrating history of wisdom, from its sudden emergence in the fifth century B.C. to its modern manifestations in education, politics, and the workplace. Hall’s bracing exploration of the science of wisdom allows us to see this ancient virtue with fresh eyes, yet also makes clear that despite modern science’s most powerful efforts, wisdom continues to elude easy understanding. From the Trade Paperback edition. more...

  • The Essentials of Spiritualityby Felix Adler

    The Floating Press 1904; US$ 3.99

    The spiritual life depends on self-recollection and detachment from the rush of life; it depends on facing frankly the thought of death; it is signalized, especially, by the identification of self with others, even of the guiltless with the guilty. Spirituality is sometimes spoken of as if it were a kind of moral luxury, a work of supererogation, a token of fastidiousness and over-refinement. It is nothing of the sort. Spirituality is simply morality carried to its farthest bounds; it... more...

  • Justifying Emotionsby Kristjan Kristjansson

    Routledge 2001; US$ 35.00

    The emotions of pride and jealousy have long been controversial in both ethics and moral psychology. This text argues that emotions are central to morality and jealousy is an ingredient of a well-rounded virtuous life. more...

  • Filial Piety in Chinese Thought and Historyby Alan Chan; Sor-Hoon Tan

    RoutledgeCurzon 2004; US$ 195.00

    This is a multi-disciplinary survey that combines historical studies with philosophical analysis from an international team of respected contributors. more...

  • Ancient Ethicsby Susan Suave Meyer

    Routledge 2004; US$ 35.95

    This is the first comprehensive guide and only substantial undergraduate level introduction to ancient Greek ethics, covering the ethical theories of all the major philosophers (including Socrates, Plato, Aristotle) and schools (Stoics, Skeptics, Epicureans, Pyrrhonism) from the earliest times to the Hellenistic philosophers analyzing their main arguments and assessing their legacy. more...

  • Why Courage Mattersby Mark Salter; John Mccain

    Random House Publishing Group 2004; US$ 7.99

    “Courage,” Winston Churchill explained, is “the first of human qualities . . . because it guarantees all the others.” As a naval officer, P.O.W., and one of America’s most admired political leaders, John McCain has seen countless acts of bravery and self-sacrifice. Now, in this inspiring meditation on courage, he shares his most cherished stories of ordinary individuals who have risked everything to defend the people and principles they hold most dear. “We are taught to understand, correctly, that courage is not the absence of fear but the capacity for action despite our fears,” McCain reminds us, as a way of introducing the stories of figures both famous and obscure that he finds... more...

  • Uneasy Virtueby Julia Driver; Ernest Sosa; Jonathan Dancy; John Haldane; Gilbert Harman; Frank Jackson; William G. Lucan

    Cambridge University Press 2001; US$ 37.00

    Driver challenges Aristotle's classical theory of virtue, arguing that it fails to take into account virtues which do seem to involve ignorance or epistemic defect. She argues that we should abandon the highly intellectualist view of virtue and instead adopt a consequentialist perspective which holds that virtue is simply a character trait which systematically produces good consequences. more...

  • Bounds of Justiceby Onora O'Neill

    Cambridge University Press 2000; US$ 26.00

    In this collection of essays Onora O'Neill argues for an account of justice that is fundamentally cosmopolitan rather than civic, yet takes serious account of institutions and boundaries, and human diversity and vulnerability. Bounds of Justice will appeal to a wide range of readers in philosophy, politics and international relations. more...

  • The Early History of Greedby Richard Newhauser; Alastair Minnis

    Cambridge University Press 2000; US$ 40.00

    In this first full study of the early history of greed Richard Newhauser shows that avaritia, the sin of greed for possessions, was increasingly dominant in a wide range of theological and literary texts from the first century CE to the end of the tenth century. more...

  • Cool Conductby Helmut Lethen; Don Reneau

    University of California Press 2002; US$ 50.00

    Cool Conduct is an elegant interpretation of attitudes and mentalities that informed the Weimar Republic by a scholar well known for his profound knowledge of this period. Helmut Lethen writes of "cool conduct" as a cultivated antidote to the heated atmosphere of post-World War I Germany, as a way of burying shame and animosity that might otherwise make social contact impossible. more...