Peter R. Anstey 
The Philosophy of Robert Boyle [EPUB ebook] 

The Principles of Secularism by George Jacob Holyoake is a foundational text advocating for the separation of church and state and promoting secularism as a guiding principle for public policy and so …

Social media is full of dead people. Nobody knows precisely how many Facebook profiles belong to dead users but in 2012 the figure was estimated at 30 million. What do we do with all these digital so …

Buddhas, gods, prophets and oracles are often depicted as asking questions. But what are we to understand when Jesus asks “Who do you say that I am?”, or Mazu, the Classical Zen master asks, “Why do …

Can we reach the psychotic subject in their delusion? Psychopathological theorists often try to find a way to characterise this subject”s inner predicament so that their opaque utterances and action …

This book is available either individually, or as part of the specially-priced Arguments of the Philosphers Collection. …

The rhetoric of ”needs” has been used to legitimate all major turns in UK health policy since 1936. This study identifies the ethical, policy and technical issues arising from the concept of needs. …

This volume breaks new ground by approaching Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) as an explicitly ethical practice in financial markets. The work explains the philosophical and practical shortcomin …

While the governance of human existence is organised ever-increasingly around life and its potential to proliferate beyond all limits, much critical reflection on the phenomenon is underpinned by con …

Discussions of punishment typically assume that punishment is criminal punishment carried out by the State. Punishment is, however, a richer phenomenon and it occurs in many contexts. This book conta …

It has often been remarked that law and religion have much in common. One of the most conspicuous elements is that both law and religion frequently refer to a text that has authority over the members …