Michael Erler & Jan Erik Heler 
Authority and Authoritative Texts in the Platonist Tradition [EPUB ebook] 

This influential study, originally published in 1921, develops aspects of Laski”s theory of the state, ideas he introduced in his first important publication, Authority in the Modern State (1919). A …

Personal Autonomy and Social Oppression addresses the impact of social conditions, especially subordinating conditions, on personal autonomy. The essays in this volume are concerned with the philosop …

This book bears witness to the current reawakening of interest in Reid”s philosophy. It first examines Reid”s negative attack on the Way of Ideas, and finds him to be a devastating critic of his pr …

According to Michel Serres, a process of ”hominescence” has taken place throughout human history. Hominescence can be described as a type of adolescence; humanity in a state of growing, a state of …

Why do so many doctors have profound misgivings about the push to legalise euthanasia and assisted suicide? Ole Hartling uses his background as a physician, university professor and former chairman o …

Stakeholder value, corporate social responsibility and sustainability: Are these, and similar, concepts sufficiently clear for fruitful research in business ethics? What is the benchmark to prove the …

The Gadamer Dictionary is a comprehensive and accessible guide to the world of Hans-Georg Gadamer. Meticulously researched and extensively cross-referenced, this unique book covers all his major work …

Recent political theory has shifted decidedly towards ontology, the ”science of being”, and thus towards examining fundamental concepts of identity, difference, space, and time. This new focus has …

The late John Rawls was one of the most inspiring, provocative and influential political philosophers of the twentieth century. In this collection a panel of distinguished political philosophers crit …

This volume presents a theoretical framework for understanding consciousness and learning. Drawing on work in cognitive psychology and philosophy, this framework begins with the observation that to b …