Philosophy
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Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy
This volume provides new translations of René Descartes’s two most important philosophical works. The Discourse offers a concise presentation and defense of Descartes’s method of…
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The Ethics of Pandemics
A portion of the revenue from this book’s sales will be donated to Doctors Without Borders to assist in the fight against COVID-19. The rapid…
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Ethical Issues: Perspectives for Canadians – Fourth Edition
Ethical Issues: Perspectives for Canadians is a collection of readings designed to introduce students to a number of important topics, including our obligations toward the…
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Philosophy of Mind: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives – Third Edition
This book introduces students to the principal issues in the philosophy of mind by tracing the history of the subject from Plato and Aristotle through…
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Racism, Hypocrisy, and Bad Faith: A Moral Challenge to the America I Love
The election of President Donald Trump, through his campaign of race-baiting, sexual harassment, and blatant disregard for human decency, lowered the moral bar of American…
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Grounds of Natural Philosophy
This edition aims to make Margaret Cavendish’s most mature philosophical work more accessible to students and scholars of the period. Grounds of Natural Philosophy is…
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Business Cases in Ethical Focus
Business Cases in Ethical Focus is a new collection of in-depth case studies from around the world, covering all major areas of business ethics. Cases…
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Philosophical Adventures
Philosophical Adventures is a clear, concise introduction to philosophy, covering an engaging set of topics: reasoning, free will, religious belief, ethics, well-being, politics, and education.…
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Life Examined: Foundational Themes in Ethical and Socio-Political Thought
Life Examined is an anthology of carefully edited readings designed to serve as an introduction to many of the fundamental concepts of ethical and socio-political…
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The Broadview Introduction to Philosophy Volume I: Knowledge and Reality
This volume of The Broadview Introduction to Philosophy offers a thoughtful selection of readings in epistemology, metaphysics, and the philosophy of religion. Substantial selections from…
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The Broadview Introduction to Philosophy Volume II: Values and Society
This volume of The Broadview Introduction to Philosophy offers an intriguing selection of readings on ethics, social-political philosophy, and issues of life, death, and happiness.…
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The Broadview Introduction to Philosophy
The Broadview Introduction to Philosophy is a comprehensive anthology that surveys core topics in Western philosophy, including philosophy of religion, theories of knowledge, metaphysics, ethics,…
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Ethical and Legal Issues in Nursing
This book is a comprehensive introduction to the many ethical and legal issues that arise in the practice of nursing. Ethical analysis is supplemented with…
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Philebus
The Philebus is the only Platonic dialogue that takes as its central theme the fundamental Socratic question of the good, understood as that which makes…
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The Elements of Arguments: An Introduction to Critical Thinking and Logic
The Elements of Arguments introduces such central critical thinking topics as informal fallacies, the difference between validity and truth, basic formal propositional logic, and how…
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Thinking Through Food
This book offers a wide-ranging yet concise introduction to the many philosophical issues surrounding food production and consumption. It begins with discussions of the metaphysics,…
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Ancient Philosophy: A Companion to the Core Readings
Ancient Philosophy: A Companion to the Core Readings is designed as an approachable guide to the most important and influential works of ancient philosophy. The…
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Moral Philosophy: A Contemporary Introduction
Moral Philosophy: A Contemporary Introduction is a compact yet comprehensive book offering an explication and critique of the major theories that have shaped philosophical ethics.…
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Thomas Aquinas: Basic Philosophical Writing
This volume contains new translations of the essential philosophical writings of Thomas Aquinas, from the Summa Theologiae and The Principles of Nature. The included texts…
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Philosophers of the Warring States: A Sourcebook in Chinese Philosophy
Philosophers of the Warring States is an anthology of new translations of essential readings from the classic texts of early Chinese philosophy, informed by the…
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Business Ethics: The Big Picture
Business Ethics: The Big Picture asks students to focus on the assumptions underlying the activity of business. Why does society provide special protections for businesses?…
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Bringing Biology to Life
Bringing Biology to Life is a guided tour of the philosophy of biology, canvassing three broad areas: the early history of biology, from Aristotle to Darwin;…
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Technology and Society: A Philosophical Guide
Technology and Society provides an up-to-date introduction to the basic issues that have come to define the philosophy of technology: What is “technology”? Does technology…
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Canadian Cases in the Philosophy of Law – Fifth Edition
This is a collection of Canadian legal decisions, primarily from the Supreme Court of Canada, along with international cases that have bearing on Canadian law.…