Philosophy

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  Happy Lives, Good Lives

  Happy Lives, Good Lives offers a thorough introduction to a variety of perspectives on happiness. Among the questions at issue: Is happiness only a state…

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  Theories of Happiness: An Anthology

  Theories of Happiness: An Anthology introduces readers to many difficult philosophical questions surrounding the concept of happiness. With historical and contemporary readings in philosophy, psychology,…

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  Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, an African

  A contemporary critic described Ignatius Sancho as “what is very uncommon for men of his complexion, A man of letters.” A London shopkeeper, former butler,…

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  Philosophizing About Sex

  Ancient Greek philosophers, medieval theologians, Enlightenment thinkers, and contemporary humanists alike have debated all aspects of human sexuality, including its purpose, permissibility, normalcy, and risks.…

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  Victims and Victimhood

  Who is a victim? Considerations of innocence typically figure in our notions of victimhood, as do judgments about causation, responsibility, and harm. Those identified as…

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  Critical Thinking: An Introduction to the Basic Skills – Seventh Edition

  Critical Thinking is a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the essential skills of good reasoning. The authors provide a thorough treatment of such central topics…

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  The Logic of Our Language

  The Logic of Our Language teaches the practical and everyday application of formal logic. Rather than overwhelming the reader with abstract theory, Jackson and McLeod…

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  An Introduction to Metalogic

  An Introduction to Metalogic is a uniquely accessible introduction to the metatheory of first-order predicate logic. No background knowledge of logic is presupposed, as the…

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  On Liberty – Ed. Kahn

  In this work, Mill reflects on the struggle between liberty and authority and defends the view that “the only purpose for which power can be…

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  Notes from the Underground

  Notes from the Underground is recounted from the perspective of an unnamed narrator who describes himself as sick, spiteful, and unattractive. His thoughts and his…

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  Well and Good – Fourth Edition

  Well and Good presents a combination of classic and little-known cases in health care ethics. These cases, accompanied by information about the major ethical theories,…

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  Learning through Disagreement

  Learning through Disagreement offers practical instruction in how to locate underlying assumptions and values so as to identify points of overlap that can serve as…

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  Arguing with People

  Arguing with People brings developments from the field of Argumentation Theory to bear on critical thinking in a clear and accessible way. This book expands…

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  Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

  Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus is among the most ambitious and influential philosophical works of the early twentieth century, and in recent years it has again…

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  Science and the World

  This new anthology includes both classic and contemporary readings on the methods and scope of science. Jeffrey Foss depicts science in a broadly humanistic context,…

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  The Grasshopper – Third Edition

  In the mid twentieth century the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein famously asserted that games are indefinable; there are no common threads that link them all. “Nonsense,”…

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  Making Up Your Mind – Revised Edition

  Making Up Your Mind is oriented toward the writing of arguments. It gives students techniques that they can use to better understand, organize, and present…

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  Ancient Political Thought

  This book presents selections from the political and social thought of the ancient West from the early sixth century BCE up to the early years…

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  Buddhism

  This book philosophically introduces the basic truths, doctrines, and principles of Buddhism. Its goal is to explain the teachings of the Buddha and of Buddhism…

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  Propaganda and the Ethics of Persuasion – Second Edition

  This book develops a sophisticated account of propaganda and its intriguing history. It begins with a brief overview of Western propaganda, including Ancient Greek theories…

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  The Morality of War – Second Edition

  The first edition of The Morality of War was one of the most widely-read and successful books ever written on the topic. In this second…

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  Globalization and International Development

  This new anthology offers a wide selection of readings addressing the contemporary moral issues that arise from the division between the Global North and South—“the…

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  A Letter Concerning Toleration

  Locke argued that religious belief ought to be compatible with reason, that no king, prince or magistrate rules legitimately without the consent of the people,…

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  Essays and Treatises on Philosophical Subjects

  This is the first edition in over a century to present David Hume’s Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Dissertation on the Passions, Enquiry Concerning the Principles…