The leading textbook in epistemology that has proved through previous editions to the be the market leader, due to its clarity, comprehensiveness and engaging writing style Includes a number of key pedagogical features such as chapter summaries, textboxes, study questions and further reading: this is very helpful for students both in class and working independently This textbook includes contemporary issues that will engage students, such as the value of knowledge and relativism about truth, ...

This book is a valuable resource for educators looking to foster critical thinking and ethical reasoning in their students. It presents a variety of thought-provoking ethical dilemmas and offers structured debate frameworks to help students develop the skills to articulate and defend their viewpoints. While debating values, principles, harms and benefits, students will not only learn how to analyze and evaluate ethical issues, but also how to respect and consider the perspectives of others.

.Political Philosophy: The Essential Texts is ideal for survey courses in political philosophy. Offering unprecedented coverage from antiquity to the present, this historically organized collection presents the most significant works from nearly 2,500 years of political philosophy. The readings are substantial or complete texts, not fragments.

An especially valuable feature of this volume is that the works of each author are introduced with an engaging essay by aleading contemporary authority.

Throughout her distinguished and prolific writing career, she explored questions of good and bad, myth and morality. The framework for Murdoch's questions - and her own conclusions - can be found in the Sovereignty of Good.

Weaving together multiple voices and all of the era's vibrant areas of debate, this volume sets a new agenda for studying modern philosophy. It includes a wide range of readings from 36 thinkers, integrating essential works from all of the canonical writers along with the previously neglected philosophers.

"Beyond Good and Evil" is a philosophical work by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. The book comprises 296 aphorisms in which Nietzsche explores various topics, including morality, religion, culture, power, and truth.

Nietzsche criticizes traditional Western morality and its emphasis on self-denial and asceticism, arguing that it suppresses the individual's natural impulses and creativity. He instead proposes a morality of life affirmation, where individuals embrace their instincts and ...

The Wings of Love volume 2

The world will be safer and a paradise, if mankind learns to live with its innocence. Unconditional love is the cover cloth of the innocence.

Instead of mankind to swim in the romantic lake of unconditional love for the discovery of the hidden paradise bewitching marriage and relationships; lack of awareness, mankind is swimming in the dirty gutters of false love, creating its own worst nightmares.

Engaging in marriages, love and sex relationships with the ego’s m...

From internationally bestselling author Simon Winchester, a vibrant history of the collection and dissemination of knowledge.

This is a book about Albert Schweitzer's idea of Reverence for life (Ehrfurcht vor dem Leben). By way of ethics Schweitzer tried to bridge the gap between theology and philosophy (especially the Stoics). The author concludes that his work is still quite relevant for us today, as the gap still exists.

Schweitzer (1875-1965) was a very remarkable person. He held four degrees: in philosophy, theology, musicology and medicine. After a succesful career in Strasbourg he went to Lambarene, Gabon,...