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While exploring Shakespeare's plays with her students, Paula Marantz Cohen discovered that teaching and discussing his plays unlocked a surprising sense of compassion in the classroom. In this short and illuminating book, she shows how Shakespeare's genius lay with his ability to arouse empathy, even when his characters exist in alien contexts and behave in reprehensible ways.

In Harry Potter and Philosophy, 17 philosophical experts unlock some of Hogwarts' secret panels and uncover surprising insights that are enlightening both for wizards and the most discerning muggles. You don't need a diploma in arithmacy, the friendship of a hippogriff, or even a Hogwarts Library card to discover amazing and arcane secrets in the labyrinthine world of Harry Potter.

Why do we complain of Nature? She has shown herself kindly; life, if you know how to use it, is long. But one man is possessed by an avarice that is insatiable, another by a toilsome devotion to tasks that are useless; one man is besotted with wine, another is paralyzed by sloth; one man is exhausted by an ambition that always hangs upon the decision of others, another, driven on by the greed of the trader, is led over all lands and all seas by the hope of gain; some are tormented by a passion for war and are always either bent upon inflicting danger upon others.

What moral values do human beings hold in common? As globalization draws us together economically, are our values converging or diverging? In particular, are human rights becoming a global ethic? These were the questions that led Michael Ignatieff to embark on a three-year, eight-nation journey in search of answers. The Ordinary Virtues presents Ignatieff's discoveries and his interpretation of what globalization - and resistance to it - is doing to our conscience and our moral understanding.

In this book, Luke Goss goes to the desert - not a long adventure or expedition, but a simple camping trip - to check in with himself. Four days and nights alone isn't long, but long enough to stop and listen without distraction. Questions about love, faith, God, war, consumption, and more, this book is to reach out and to share a few thoughts and philosophies accompanied by images taken by Luke in the hope to give the reader a moment shared. With images of sunsets and a midnight campfire, you're invited to a Desert Conversation.

The welfare state rests on the assumption that people have rights to food, shelter, health care, retirement income, and other goods provided by the government. David Kelley examines the historical origins of that assumption, and the rationale used to support it today.

In A Decent Life, May leads listeners through the traditional philosophical bases of a number of arguments about what ethics asks of us, then he develops a more reasonable and achievable way of thinking about them, one that shows us how we can use philosophical insights to participate in the complicated world around us. He explores how we should approach the many relationships in our lives - with friends, family, animals, people in need - through the use of a more forgiving, if no less fundamentally serious, moral compass.

Does happiness come from the pursuit of pleasure or moral virtue? A vivid new translation of Cicero’s exploration of a timeless question.

رسالة تربوية وعاطفية، سطّر فيها خلاصة تجاربه وحكمته، بكلمات ملؤها الإرشاد والموعظة إلى ابنه، وبأسلوب يفيض بالصدق، يتحدث أحمد أمين عن معاني الحياة، وأهمية الأخلاق والعلم والعمل، كأنه يرسم لابنه خارطةً للسير في دروب الحياة. وينصحه بعبارات تجمع بين دفء الأبوة وعمق الحكمة، فيقدّم له دروسًا حول الصداقة، والجدّ، والتواضع، والتفكّر في الدنيا بروح ملؤها الأمل. كلماته تحاكي فيها أجيالٌ من الآباء والأبناء، حيث يعبّر عن آماله وآلامه، ويرسم صورةً للأب الذي يريد لابنه أن يتجنب أخطاءه، ويسير في طريق الاستقامة والنجاح. إلى ولدي ليس مجرد كتاب، بل هو وصية محبة وتوجيه يحمل في طياته روح الأبوة الصادقة.

Neither Man Nor Beast explores the common link between cultural attitudes to women and animals in modern Western culture that have enabled the systematic exploitation of both. A vivid work that takes in environmental ethics, theological perspectives and feminist theory.

Of all the religions, creeds, and self-help manifestos the world has produced, most concentrate on how to achieve salvation in aspects other than the here-and-now, with our lives merely transitory testing grounds for a higher realm or our actions guided so that we maximize life in a state of "enlightened hedonism", consuming rapaciously but really achieving not much at all. But there's one philosophy that provides a concrete foundation for living well, for living "a good life" in this world. Stoicism.

This text concisely puts forward the case for a form of nihilism - fusing thoughts from Hume, Schopenhauer, and Nietzsche, amongst others. It forcefully argues that morality as we know it is a power structure disguised as knowledge; that law is based upon this false idol; and that thus power is, in fact, the basis of all life.

In The Science of Good and Evil, psychologist and science historian Michael Shermer explores how humans evolved from social primates into moral primates, how and why morality motivates the human animal, and how the foundation of moral principles can be built upon empirical evidence. Along the way he explains the implications of scientific findings for fate and free will, the existence of pure good and pure evil, and the development of early moral sentiments among the first humans.

In den Aphorismen unter dem Titel "Zur Geschichte der moralischen Empfindungen" untersucht Friedrich Nietzsche die Ursprünge und Wandlungen moralischer Begriffe. Die Auswahl stammt aus seinem Werk "Menschliches, Allzumenschliches" und wurde für dieses Hörbuch von Sven Görtz zusammengestellt und interpretiert. Nietzsche analysiert mit scharfer Sprache, wie Begriffe wie Schuld, Reue, Mitleid, Pflicht oder Tugend historisch entstanden sind – und wie sie in Wahrheit Ausdruck von Trieben, Machtverhältnissen und kulturellen Entwicklungen sind.

What if the path to a meaningful life isn't about what happens to you, but how you respond? Learn to master your mindset when it matters most. The Stoic Habit offers a practical pathway to developing the strength of character needed to handle any of life's challenges with wisdom and purpose. For...

يعد مبحث الأخلاق أحد المباحث الفلسفية الأساسية، فالحياة الأخلاقية تستمد مرجعيتها من الأسس الفلسفية التي تستند إليها وتبررها وتفسرها، وفي هذا الكتاب اختار أحمد أمين أن يركز على دراسة هذا المبحث، ولكن بشكل تربوي، بحيث يبين لنا أهميته العملية قبل الفلسفية، وبذلك فهو لا ينظر إلى الأخلاق كمقولة نظرية تتداولها ألسنة الفلاسفة وتحلق بها في برج عاجي بحيث تظل حبيسة جدران الكتب، وإنما ينظر إليها كممارسة اجتماعية حية تتحقق في واقعنا المعيش، ونتلمس أثرها بشكل مباشر في كافة معاملاتنا الحياتية؛ لذلك فهو يركز بشكل أساسي على مفاهيم أخلاقية فاعلة مثل: الضمير، والعدل، والصدق، والطاعة، والتعاون

The Three Domains of Freedom: Each Moment is Yours, Your Life is Yours, Civilization is Yours by George Kinder empowers listeners to experience profound freedoms in their lives and aspires to change civilization. Drawing on his expertise in mindfulness and financial life planning, Kinder offers a transformative guide that inspires listeners to live authentically, discover their life's purpose, and contribute to making a humane and just society. This book is a must-listen for anyone seeking personal fulfillment and a deeper connection to their values and aspirations.

Para los antiguos, la justicia iba mucho más allá que lo que sucedía en un tribunal. Era mucho más urgente que las ideas que se debatían en las aulas de Filosofía. Implicaba una forma de vida, el compromiso personal de hacer lo correcto por difícil que fuera.

Nature by Ralph Waldo Emerson, narrated by Richard Stibbard, is a foundational work of transcendentalist philosophy that explores the profound connection between humanity and the natural world. In this timeless essay, Emerson encourages readers to look beyond the superficial and appreciate the deeper spiritual and philosophical lessons that nature offers. By finding unity and harmony with nature, Emerson suggests, individuals can achieve greater self-awareness, insight, and enlightenment.

The Lord of the Rings is intended to be applicable to the real world of relationships, religion, pleasure, pain, and politics. Tolkien himself said that his grand tale of wizards, orcs, hobbits, and elves was aimed at truth and good morals in the actual world.