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We evaluate people all the time for a wide variety of activities. We blame them for miscalculations, uninspired art, and committing crimes. We praise them for detailed brushwork, a superb pass, and their acts of kindness. We accomplish things, from solving crosswords to mastering guitar solos. We bungle our endeavors, whether this is letting a friend down or burning dinner. Sometimes these deeds are morally significant, but many times they are not. Simply Responsible defends the radical proposal that the blameworthy artist is responsible in just the same way that the blameworthy thief is.

The question of what constitutes a fair price has been at the center of market interactions since the time of Aristotle. Should a seller sell to the highest bidder, or is there some other standard, such as a morally defined price, to be applied? Charles R. Geisst traces the ways that philosophers, religious leaders, and economists have sought to answer that question, from antiquity through the modern era.

In a world dominated by things, we must work hard to account for one another's personhood. We need to cultivate relational structures that honor every human's dignity in vital interpersonal community. The theological and philosophical framework known as personalism can help guide us toward such a culture. Drawing from a wide range of thought leaders, including Martin Luther King Jr. and Pope John Paul II, Paul Louis Metzger presents a personalist moral vision founded on the Christian ideals of faith, hope, and love.

Wie der Name des Dialogs es bereits ankündigt, geht es im "Sophistes" um eine genauere Bestimmung desselben. Ausgehend von der Frage, was denn das Wesen des Sophisten sei, vertieft Platon einmal mehr das die griechische Philosophie beschäftigende Thema von Sein und Nicht-Sein, von Wirklichkeit und Schein, von wahren und falschen Bildern. Dabei bildet die parmenideische Philosophie den Hintergrund, vor dem der junge Theätetos und der anonyme Gast aus Elea die eben genannten Themen im "Sophistes" diskutieren.

自由は目的に抵抗する。そこにこそ人間の自由がある。にもかかわらず我々は「目的」に縛られ、大切なものを見失いつつあるのではないか――。

Sinds mensenheugenis is het kwaad een kernthema in het religieuze en wijsgerige denken. Zo vertellen de verhalen in Genesis over de zondeval en over de moord van Kain op Abel. De inbedding van het kwaad binnen het joods-christelijke denken over zonde, schuld, vergeving en verlossing is sinds de Verlichting steeds losser geworden. Maar tot de dag van vandaag blijft het kwaad een stevig verankerd fenomeen in het menselijk bewustzijn en het bestaan. In dit hoorcollege toont Jaap Goedegebuure aan dat het kwaad er simpelweg is.

In Friedrich Nietzsche's timeless masterpiece, "Human, All Too Human," the complex tapestry of human existence is woven with exquisite insight and philosophical brilliance. With intellectual prowess and a razor-sharp pen, Nietzsche delves deep into the essence of humanity, dissecting our motives, desires, and the intricate workings of our minds. In this profound exploration, Nietzsche strips away the comforting illusions that cloak our lives, revealing the raw reality that lies beneath.

Este corto pero interesante ensayo del filósofo norteamericano Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), está entre las obras que más han influido en el expresidente de EE.UU, Barak Obama, quien reiteradamente ha recomendado su lectura a jóvenes y emprendedores. Autosuficiencia (1841) es, además, uno de los ensayos más significativos de su autor, desde el punto de vista filosófico y humanístico.

These three ‘Consolations', written by Seneca to his mother and two friends, have been described as ‘the crowning achievement in the canon of ‘consolation letters'. But sentimental they are not, for they emerge from the writer's deep-seated commitment to Stoicism, where individuals are exhorted to inhabit qualities of virtue, positivity, resilience, and indifference. This recording opens with Seneca's consolatory letter to Marcia, who, after three years, was still mourning the death of her son.

Human rights capture what people need to live minimally decent lives. Recognized dimensions of this minimum include physical security, due process, political participation, and freedom of movement, speech, and belief, as well as subsistence, shelter, health, education, culture, and community. Far less attention has been paid to the interpersonal, social dimensions of a minimally decent life. This collection of essays aims to remedy the neglect of social needs and rights in human rights theory and practice by exploring the social dimensions of the human-rights minimum.

ジェフ・ベゾス、イーロン・マスク、ミシェル・オバマ……結果を出す人は、みんな「これ」をやっていた！

Новая книга Джудит Батлер показывает, что этика ненасилия должна быть связана с более широкой политической борьбой за социальное равенство. Батлер вводит понятие «оплакиваемые и неоплакиваемые жизни», через призму которого описывает, как и когда ненасилие может рассматриваться как враждебность и повлечь за собой применение силы. Автор утверждает, что существует расхождение во мнениях о том, что считать насилием и ненасилием: ненасилие часто неправильно воспринимают как жизненную философию не-агрессии, хотя это не всегда так.

Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics is one of the greatest guides to human flourishing ever written, but its length and style have left many readers languishing. How to Flourish is a colloquial new translation by Susan Sauve Meyer that makes Aristotle's timeless insights about how to lead a good life more engaging and accessible than ever before.

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 harm a given individual? Neil Feit focuses primarily on the metaphysics of harm, and he both defends and extends the counterfactual comparative account of harm. On this account, in its most basic form, an act or event harms an individual provided that she would have been better off if it had not occurred.

If adventure has a name, it must be Indiana Jones! He's both a mild-mannered archaeology professor and an intrepid adventurer traversing the globe in search of lost artifacts. Whether seeking the Ark of the Covenant in Egypt, the Sankara Stones in India, the Holy Grail in Turkey, or a mysterious crystal skull in Peru, Indy's adventures never fail to delight audiences. Indiana Jones and Philosophy takes you on a whirlwind journey to investigate some of the most enduring questions about the human condition.

O excelentă introducere în scrierile lui Seneca, în ceea ce înseamnă filosofia stoică și stoicismul: lecții comprimate pe înțelesul cititorului contemporan și sfaturi practice despre cum să duci o viață bună, despre umilință, dragoste, bătrânețe ș.a., extrase din învățăturile atemporale ale lui Seneca

„Z góry i bez trudu można zgadnąć, jakie będą błędy ciemnych mas. Czego nikt nie zdołałby przewidzieć, czego nie wyśnilibyśmy w sennym koszmarze, czego nie spłodziłaby najbardziej chora wyobraźnia – to błędy ludzi świetnie wykształconych” – G.K. Chesterton. „Obrona rozumu” to wybór esejów G.K. Chestertona. Wybitny angielski pisarz z typowym dla siebie błyskotliwym humorem, czasem nabierającym cech humoru czarnego, opisuje przejawy współczesnego sposobu myślenia, wykazując, że są to w istocie przejawy bezmyślności.

Was ist Wissen? Dies ist die grundlegende Frage, die Platon in dem Dialog "Theätet" verhandelt. Um diese so gewichtige Frage philosophisch zu diskutieren, lässt Platon seinen Sokrates mit dem Mathematiker Theodoros und dessen Schüler Theätet zusammentreffen. Während der ältliche Theodoros für den Erkenntnisgang des Dialogs eher die Rolle des Mitunterredners einnimmt, rückt der noch junge und unerfahrene Theätet mehr und mehr ins Zentrum des Dialogs.

Um jedoch in die große Mannigfaltigkeit der hierher gehörigen Ansichten und Ratschläge einige Ordnung zu bringen, will ich sie einteilen in allgemeine, in solche, welche unser Verhalten gegen uns selbst, dann gegen andere, und endlich gegen den Weltlauf und das Schicksal betreffen.

"This is the Way." In Star Wars and Philosophy Strikes Back, the Way wends through entirely new adventures in the Star Wars galaxy far, far away: not only the films of the Skywalker saga, but also Rebels, The Bad Batch, Rogue One, Solo, and The Mandalorian. Like the creators of these films and television series, the authors in this book harness the magical mix of humor, action, empathy, characterization, adventure, and fan service that constitutes Star Wars.