Alasdair MacIntyre 
Ethics and Politics: Volume 2 [PDF ebook] 
Selected Essays

First Published in 2016. Why do statues weep? Did Nostradamus really predict 9/11? Is it true that we only use 10% of our brain power? Does quantum theory explain the mystery of consciousness? For 21 …

Much ink has been spilled in attempts to prove that humans are only animals and are, like other species, only aggressive. Marx distinguishes both class and cooperative relations as inorganic: humans …

Who is God? The variety of images of God tends to overwhelm us in the present age. Is ”God” a fiction of human construction, or a reality that makes claims upon how we practice ”faith in God”? Ho …

In the sixteenth century, the saint and scholar Sri Caitanya set in motion a wave of devotion to Krishna that began in eastern India and has now found its way around the world. Caitanya taught that t …

This book explores the question of why there is something instead of nothing. Several responses to this question are possible, but only some of them address the question seriously, respecting its emo …

Contemporary culture is rediscovering the importance of beauty for both social transformation and personal happiness. Theologians have sought, in their varied ways, to demonstrate how God”s beauty i …

‘What is the pervasive character of the world? The answer is force. But, as Heidegger asks next: ”What is force?” Connors sets out to answer this question, tracing a genealogy of the idea of force …

In Nietzsche”s Search for Philosophy: On the Middle Writings Keith Ansell-Pearson makes a novel and thought-provoking contribution to our appreciation of Nietzsche”s neglected middle writings. Thes …

Baruch Spinoza’s Ethics is a dense masterpiece of sustained argumentative reasoning. It earned its place as one of the most important and influential books in Western philosophy by virtue of its unco …

Food, Animals, and the Environment: An Ethical Approach examines some of the main impacts that agriculture has on humans, nonhumans, and the environment, as well as some of the main questions that th …