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Tao Te Chingby Lao Tse; James Legge
The Floating Press 1891; US$ 3.95The Tao Te Ching is a classic Chinese book of wisdom, said to have been written by the Taoist sage Laozi (or Lao Tzu, the "Old Master") in the 6th century BC. It is the cornerstone text in Chinese Taoism, a philosophy, religion and way of life, and is also central to Chinese Buddhism. The Tao Te Ching has been an inspiration and guide to many Chinese artists, poets, calligraphers, and even gardeners, throughout history. In recent years its influence has spread far... more...
Meditationsby Gregory Hays; Marcus Aurelius
Random House Publishing Group 2002; US$ 9.99Few ancient works have been as influential as the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, philosopher and emperor of Rome (A.D. 161–180). A series of spiritual exercises filled with wisdom, practical guidance, and profound understanding of human behavior, it remains one of the greatest works of spiritual and ethical reflection ever written. Marcus’s insights and advice—on everything from living in the world to coping with adversity and interacting with others—have made the Meditations required reading for statesmen and philosophers alike, while generations of ordinary readers have responded to the straightforward intimacy of his style. For anyone who struggles to reconcile the demands of leadership with a concern for personal... more...
Plato's Menoby Plato; Dominic Scott; Mary Margaret McCabe
Cambridge University Press 2006; US$ 29.00Plato's Meno provides a profound but tantalizingly brief treatment of a wide array of topics, including politics, education, virtue, and immortality. This book confronts its many enigmas by focusing on the dialogue in its own right, offering solutions which are both lucid and sympathetic to Plato's philosophy. more...
How Good People Make Tough Choices Rev Edby Rushworth M. Kidder
HarperCollins US 2009; US$ 10.99Should you take a much-needed vacation or save money for the kids' education? Protect the endangered owl or maintain jobs for loggers? Have a heart-to-heart with a lying employee or fire him on the spot? All of us face ethical choices. Sometimes they're easy: One side is wrong and the other is right. But how do we handle the really tough "right vs. right" dilemmas, where each side has strong moral arguments and we can't do both? This book helps us build Ethical Fitness ® a values-based decision-making process so definitive that it's now a registered trade mark. Rushworth M. Kidder, founder of the Institute for Global Ethics, teaches us how to think for ourselves in order to resolve ethical dilemmas ranging from the... more...
Beyond Good and Evilby Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche; Helen Zimmern
The Floating Press 1886; US$ 5.99Beyong Good and Evil expands on the ideas Nietzsche first published in Thus Spake Zarathustra . Darker in its philosophy, this text questions Christianity as a basis for moral thinking. In its place, Nietzsche calls for the use of bold critical thinking and individualism. more...
Dialogues of Platoby MobileReference
MobileReference.com 2007; US$ 5.99Indulge Yourself with the Classical Greek Philosophical Dialogues on Your PDA. Navigate easily to any chapter from Table of Contents or search for the words or phrases. Table of Contents. List of Plato''s Dialogues by Period. List of Dialogues in Alphabetical Order. Plato Biography. About and Navigation. List of Plato''s Dialogues by Period. Early dialogues:. Apology. Crito. Charmides. Laches, or; Courage. Lysis, or; Friendship. Euthyphro. Menexenus. Ion. The following are variously considered transitional or middle period dialogues:. Gorgias. Protagoras. Meno. Middle dialogues:. Euthydemus. Cratylus. Phaedo. Phaedrus. Symposium. The Republic. Theaetetus. Parmenides. Late dialogues:. Sophist. Statesman. Philebus. Timaeus. Critias.... more...
Ethics for the New Millenniumby Dalai Lama
Penguin Group Inc. 2001; US$ 12.99In a difficult, uncertain time, it takes a person of great courage, such as the Dalai Lama, to give us hope. Regardless of the violence and cynicism we see on television and read about in the news, there is an argument to be made for basic human goodness. The number of people who spend their lives engaged in violence and dishonesty is tiny compared to the vast majority who would wish others only well. According to the Dalai Lama, our survival has depended and will continue to depend on our basic goodness. Ethics for the New Millennium presents a moral system based on universal rather than religious principles. Its ultimate goal is happiness for every individual, irrespective of religious beliefs. Though the Dalai Lama is himself a practicing... more...
Medical Ethicsby Tony Hope
Oxford University Press, UK 2004; US$ 8.95Issues in medical ethics are rarely out of the media and it is an area of ethics that has particular interest for the general public as well as the medical practitioner. This short and accessible introduction provides an invaluable tool with which to think about the ethical values that lie at the heart of medicine. Tony Hope deals with thorny moral questions, such as euthanasia and the morality of killing, and also explores political questions such as: how should health care. resources be distributed fairly? - ;Issues in medical ethics are rarely out of the media and it is an area of ethics that has particular interest for the general public as well as the medical practitioner. This short and accessible introduction provides an invaluable tool... more...
Apocalyptic AIby Robert Geraci
Oxford University Press, USA 2010; US$ 27.95Apocalyptic AI, the hope that we might one day upload our minds into machines or cyberspace and live forever, is a surprisingly wide-spread and influential idea, affecting everything from the world view of online gamers to government research funding and philosophical thought. In Apocalyptic AI, Robert Geraci offers the first serious account of this "cyber-theology" and the people who promote it. Drawing on interviews with roboticists and AI researchers and with devotees of the online game Second Life, among others, Geraci illuminates the ideas of such advocates of Apocalyptic AI as Hans Moravec and Ray Kurzweil. He reveals that the rhetoric of Apocalyptic AI is strikingly similar to that of the apocalyptic traditions of Judaism and... more...
On the Genealogy of Morals and Ecce Homoby Walter Kaufmann; Friedrich Nietzsche
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2010; US$ 9.99The great philosopher's major work on ethics, along with ECCE HOMO, Nietzche's remarkable review of his life and works. Translated by Walter Kaufmann. From the Trade Paperback edition. more...









