Aspects of Alterity (Perspectives in Continental Philosophy)
by Brian Treanor
"Every other is truly other, but no other is wholly other." This is the claim that Aspects of Alterity defends. Taking up the question of otherness that so fascinates contemporary continental philosophy, this book asks what it means for something or someone to be other than the self. Levinas and those influenced by him point out that the philosophical tradition of the West has generally favored the self at the expense of the other. Such a self-centered perspective never encounters the other qua...
What is evil? Who does evil things? Who is evil? How do you know? Whether in response to witnessing mass suffering or feeling the sting of personal injustice, people confidently apply the "evil" label to perpetrators and the harm that they inflict, yet evil's essence remains mysterious to many. This book offers readers an accessible, social-scientific definition and analysis of evil in its various incarnations to foster a sophisticated and self-reflective understanding of the phenomenon, depart...
This is an intelligent and thought-provoking analysis of the nature of good and evil, and moral and immoral behaviour. Drawing on the latest research into sociology and psychology, deeply personal histories, and the author's own experience as a holocaust survivor, "The Nature of Good & Evil" offers readers an innovative and profound analysis of the nature of good and evil. Focusing on three major events - the Nazi Holocaust, and the Armenian and Rwandan Genocides - Oliner not only sheds new ligh...
Root of All Evil
by Sharon G Mijares, Aliaa Rafea, Rachel Falik, and Jenny Eda Schipper
Demonstrates that the essence of love and tolerance at the core of all religions, of all great traditions, is universal. This title explores the roots of the world's evils in fundamentalism and patriarchy.
In Westworld and Philosophy, philosophers of diverse orientations and backgrounds offer their penetrating insights into the questions raised by the popular TV show, Westworld. Is it wrong for Dr. Robert Ford (played by Anthony Hopkins) to "play God" in controlling the lives of the hosts, and if so, is it always wrong for anyone to "play God"? Is the rebellion by the robot "hosts" against Delos Inc. a just war? If not, what would make it just? Is it possible for any dweller in W...
Beyond Good and Evil ILLUSTRATED
by Friedrich Wilhelm Nie Wilhelm Nietzsche
Ethics and the Good Teacher (Character and Virtue Within the Professions)
by Andrew Peterson and James Arthur
Ethics and the Good Teacher brings together reviews of existing literature and analysis of empirical data from three research projects conducted by the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues – The Good Teacher, Schools of Virtue and Teacher Education – to explore the ethical dimensions of the teaching profession. The book is premised on the idea that what constitutes a "good" teacher involves more than technical skills and subject knowledge. Understood as a professional activity, teaching inv...
World Classics Library: Nietzsche (Arcturus World Classics Library, #4)
by Frederich Nietzsche
Could it be possible? This old saint in the forest hath not yet heard of it, that God is dead! - Nietzsche, Thus Spake Zarathustra This beautiful jacketed hardback brings together three of Friedrich Niezsche's most influential essays, Thus Spake Zarathustra, Ecce Homo and Beyond Good and Evil. This German philosopher was one of the most prominent thinkers of the 19th century. His work contains a radical critique of objective truth, rejecting Christian morality and arguing instead that nihili...
Re-Visioning Terrorism
Re-Visioning Terrorism: A Humanistic Perspective is an interdisciplinary collection of essays that aims to offer a plurality of visions on terrorism, expanding its meaning across time and space and raising new questions that explore its multifaceted occurrences. The different ideological, philosophical, and cultural perspectives emerging from the essays and the variety of humanistic disciplines involved intend to provide a complex and even contradictory picture that emphasizes the fact that ther...
In The Lucifer Effect, the award-winning and internationally respected psychologist, Philip Zimbardo, examines how the human mind has the capacity to be infinitely caring or selfish, kind or cruel, creative or destructive. He challenges our conceptions of who we think we are, what we believe we will never do - and how and why almost any of us could be initiated into the ranks of evil doers.At the same time he describes the safeguards we can put in place to prevent ourselves from corrupting - or...