Universalism vs Communitarianism: Contemporary Debates in Ethics

Universalism vs. Communitarianism focuses on the question, raised by recent work in normative philosophy, of whether ethical norms are best derived and justified on the basis of universal or communitarian standards. It is unique in representing both Continental and American points of view and both the older and a younger generation of scholars. The essays introduce the key issues involved in un…

Dear Patrick: Life is Hard Here's Some Good Advice

For five years I have been witness to your struggles to grow up without a father. As a family friend, I can't make that up to you. What I can do is stand by you, and teach you how to be the kind of man you wish your father had been ... So begins the correspondence of two unlikely friends, Patrick Buckley, a sixteen-year-old New York City high schooler, and Jeffrey M. Schwartz, internationall…

The Art of Being Human: The Humanities as a Technique for Living

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xv + 558 pg.: ils.; 24,5 cm.

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Value, Respect and Attachment

Joseph Raz is one of the world's leading philosophers of law, and in his Seeley Lectures he reflects critically on one of the central tenets of ethical thought, the view that values are universal. He concludes that we should try to understand what is and what is not entailed by the universality of values, with such an understanding central to the future hopes of mankind, rather than abandoning …

The Imperative of Responsibility: In Search of an Ethics for the Technologica…

Hans Jonas here rethinks the foundations of ethics in light of the awesome transformations wrought by modern technology: the threat of nuclear war, ecological ravage, genetic engineering, and the like. Though informed by a deep reverence for human life, Jonas's ethics is grounded not in religion but in metaphysics, in a secular doctrine that makes explicit man's duties toward himself, his poste…

Dimensi Etis Ajaran Gandhi

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72 hlm.; 21 cm.

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Cara Hidup dan Berpikir Positif

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viii + 278 hlm.; 19 cm.

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Nilai Etika Aksiologis Max Scheler

Manusia tidak dapat hidup tanpa nilai. Berdasarkan sistem nilai yang kita miliki dan dalam kenyataannya kita hayati, akhirnya kita membentuk identitas diri kita sebagai manusia dan bahkan menentukan nasib keabadian kita.

13 Tokoh Etika: Sejak Zaman Yunani sampai Abad ke-19

Etika merefleksikan bagaimana manusia harus hidup agar ia berhasil sebagai manusia. Karena itu tidak mengherankan bila semua filsuf besar menulis bidang etika. Buku ini memperkenalkan satu aliran dan dua belas pemikir etika paling utama dalam sejarah filsafat. Waktu yang tercakup menjangkau dua ribu empat ratus tahun, mulai dari Plato, raja filsuf dan tokoh terbesar filsafat Yunani kuno, sampai…

The Good Life: Ethics and the Pursuit of Happiness

The Dalai Lama once wrote that the object of human existence was to be happy. This sounds extremely glib as happiness in the popular imagination is a feeling and in the words of the song 'the greatest gift that we possess'. On the other hand, von Hugel wrote 'Religion has never made me happy;it's no use shutting your eyes to the fact that the deeper you go, the more alone you will find yourself…