Философия
Различные книги в жанре ФилософияA Rat Is a Pig Is a Dog Is a Boy
Over the past thirty years, as Wesley J. Smith details in his latest book, the concept of animal rights has been seeping into the very bone marrow of Western culture. One reason for this development is that the term “animal rights” is so often used very loosely, to mean simply being nicer to animals. But although animal rights groups do sometimes focus their activism on promoting animal welfare, the larger movement they represent is actually advancing a radical belief system.For some activists, the animal rights ideology amounts to a quasi religion, one whose central doctrine declares a moral equivalency between the value of animal lives and the value of human lives. Animal rights ideologues embrace their beliefs with a fervor that is remarkably intense and sustained, to the point that many dedicate their entire lives to “speaking for those who cannot speak for themselves.” Some believe their cause to be so righteous that it entitles them to cross the line from legitimate advocacy to vandalism and harassment, or even terrorism against medical researchers, the fur and food industries, and others they accuse of abusing animals.All people who love animals and recognize their intrinsic worth can agree with Wesley J. Smith that human beings owe animals respect, kindness, and humane care. But Smith argues eloquently that our obligation to humanity matters more, and that granting “rights” to animals would inevitably diminish human dignity.In making this case with reason and passion, A Rat Is a Pig Is a Dog Is a Boy strikes a major blow against a radically antihuman dogma.
Neither Beast Nor God
Appeals to “human dignity” are at the core of many of the most contentious social and political issues of our time. But these appeals suggest different and at times even contradictory ways of understanding the term. Is dignity something we all share equally, and therefore the reason we all ought to be treated as equals? Or is it what distinguishes some greater and more admirable human beings from the rest? What notion of human dignity should inform our private judgments and our public life?<BR><BR>In Neither Beast Nor God, Gilbert Meilaender elaborates the philosophical, social, theological, and political implications of the question of dignity, and suggests a path through the thicket. Meilaender, a noted theologian and a prominent voice in America’s bioethics debates, traces the ways in which notions of dignity shape societies, families, and individual lives, and incisively cuts through some common confusions that cloud our thinking on key moral and ethical questions. The dignity of humanity and the dignity of the person, he argues, are distinct but deeply connected—and only by grasping them both can we find our way to a meaningful understanding of the human condition.
Culture Counts
What is culture? Why should we preserve it, and how? In this book renowned philosopher Roger Scruton defends Western culture against its internal critics and external enemies, and argues that rumours of its death are seriously exaggerated. He shows our culture to be a continuing source of moral knowledge, and rebuts the fashionable sarcasm which sees it as nothing more than the useless legacy of 'dead white European males'. He is robust in defence of traditional architecture and figurative painting, critical of the fashionable relativists and urgent in his plea for our civilization, which more than ever stands in need of the self-knowledge and self-confidence that are the gift of serious culture.
Controversy over the Existence of the World
Roman Ingarden (1893–1970), one of Husserl’s closest students and friends, ranks among the most eminent of the first generation of phenomenologists. His magisterial Controversy over the Existence of the World, written during the years of World War II in occupied Poland, consists of a fundamental defense of realism in phenomenology. Volume II, which follows the English translation of Volume I from 2013, provides fundamental analyses in the formal ontology of the world and consciousness as well as final arguments supporting the realist solution. Ingarden’s monumental work proves to be his greatest accomplishment, despite the fact that outside of Poland Ingarden is known rather as a theoretician of literature than an ontologist. The most important achievement of Ingarden’s ontology is an analysis of the modes of being of various types of objects – things, processes, events, purely intentional objects and ideas. The three-volume Controversy is perhaps the last great systematic work in the history of philosophy, and undoubtedly one of the most important works in 20th-century philosophical literature.
Changemakers
Authors are leaders in community social change and sustainability Fay Weller is a sustainability expert with an interdisciplinary PhD from the University of Victoria. She studied the 'how' of transformative change using the Gulf Islands, B.C. as her research area. Mary Wilson has a PhD in curriculum theory and a MA in educational studies A practical guide to social change and transformative learning Uses storytelling as the key tool for social change and education Real life stories of how ordinary people work together to change the world Stories of despair, economic decline, globalization, corporate control and climate change are transformed into new stories of success through small actions, community development and local economic growth Allows readers to see themselves as transformers Guides the reader through personal transformation that leads to societal change Organized into three sections: what is transformative change, examples of projects, and a mini-workshop guide Audience Social change activists, community builders, educators, economic development programs, sustainability leaders, transition town groups, faith-based groups engage in social change International Market Authors have helped create a land ownership structure, the first of its kind in Canada, that designates a body of land as a «commons» based on the UK historical commons
The Power Manual
Author is a consultant who works with leaders in the non-profit, philanthropy and social movements including Black Lives Matter and Institution for Social Change She has a background in feminist theory and organizational development for social change She is the editor of Non-profit Quarterly , the leading non-profit journal The book proposed a new theory of power and how to work with it The key message is that power skills are learnable and power relationships can be transformed The author focuses on using games and theatre to investigate and learn about power transformation The activities focus on practising power and learning where power resides It explores major concepts of power with a focus on power dynamics and how to shift them It looks at the dynamics of domination and liberation and helps identify the way power is deployed The book is in four sections: identity, choice, thresholds and games Audience Leaders of nonprofits working for social change, social activists, business leaders, human relation managers and academics
Альтернативная философия
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Характеры
В этой книге мы заглянем в душу человека. Дадим определения всем возможным характерам и типам личности. Мы увидим настоящего человека и все тысячи его масок. Теофраст уже писал о Характерах 2000 лет назад, но мы углубим это знание с учётом современного опыта. Особенностью книг Разномыслие является их беспрецедентная честность и многогранность. Никакой цензуры мысли, абсолютная свобода идей и слов. Разномыслие – путеводитель по лабиринтам мысли. Концентрат информации. Мысли, которые навсегда изменят твоё понимание жизни. Познание истины происходит через отрицание лжи, которая бесконечна.
SWEEPER IN THE SKY - The Life of Maria Mitchell
Maria Mitchell was an American astronomer, librarian, naturalist, and educator. In 1847, she discovered a comet named 1847 VI that was later known as «Miss Mitchell's Comet» in her honor. She won a gold medal prize for her discovery, which was presented to her by King Christian VIII of Denmark in 1848. Mitchell was the first internationally known woman to work as both a professional astronomer and a professor of astronomy after accepting a position at Vassar College in 1865. She was also the first woman elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Excerpt: "It was fifty-five minutes past eleven on a morning in 1831. The sun shone brilliantly down on a solitary island off the coast of Massachusetts, home port of whalers who had sailed away over uncharted seas, guided only by the stars. At a small brass telescope stood a man with far-seeing hazel eyes. He turned for a moment and nodded reassuringly at his curly-headed little daughter seated on the stool beside him. The dark eyes of one reflected the deep intensity of the other as they turned again to their allotted tasks with a profound absorption that nothing on earth could disturb…"