Philosophy
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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![]() Freedom To LearnCreating a Classroom Where Every Child Thrives |
Disinterested students and behavioral problems are all too common in schools. Yet results show that behavior charts and other reward-and-punishment systems simply don’t work. Teachers are … | Art Willans; Cari Williams | 220 | 2018 | View |
![]() God and Argument – Dieu et l’argumentation philosophique |
Given the challenge of anti-realism, anti-foundationalism, and post-modernism, is rational argument concerning religious belief still possible? This collection provides a broad range of … | William Sweet | 277 | 1999 | View |
![]() Honest Politics NowWhat ethical conduct means in Canadian Public Life |
Using high-profile political scandals as case studies, this book explores the standards of accountability to which Canadian politicians are now being held. This is the definitive up to date book … | Ian Greene | 392 | 2017 | View |
![]() Intrinsic HopeLiving Courageously In Troubled Times |
Climate disruption. Growing social inequality. Pollution. We are living in an era of unprecedented crises, resulting in widespread feelings of fear, despair, and grief. Now, more than ever, … | Kate Davies | 203 | 2018 | View |
![]() Languages of the UnheardWhy Militant Protest is Good for Democracy |
“What we must see,” Martin Luther King once insisted, “is that a riot is the language of the unheard.” In this new era of global protest and popular revolt, Languages of … | Stephen D'Arcy | 232 | 2013 | View |
![]() National DreamsMyth, Mystery, and Canadian History |
As Canadians, we remember the stories told to us in high-school history class as condensed images of the past—the glorious Mountie, the fearsome Native, the Last Spike. National … | Daniel Frances | 217 | 1997 | View |
![]() Not Just a Pretty FaceThe Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry |
Lead in lipstick? 1,4 dioxane in baby soap? Coal tar in shampoo? How is this possible? Simple. The $35 billion cosmetics industry is so powerful that they’ve kept themselves unregulated for … | Stacy Malkan | 193 | 2007 | View |
![]() Protecting Research ConfidentialityWhat happens when law and ethics collide |
Lawyers and their clients can talk in complete confidence, secure that the law protects what they say from being revealed to anyone. Priests can hear confessions with reasonable certainty that no … | John Lowman; Ted Palys | 432 | 2014 | View |
![]() Restless IdeasContemporary Social Theory in an Anxious Age |
How do we make sense of the rise of political strongmen like Trump and Erdoğan, or the increase in hate crimes and terrorism? How can we understand Brexit and xenophobic, anti-immigrant … | Tony Simmons | 592 | 2020 | View |
![]() Roman Ingarden’s Ontology and Aesthetics |
A leading Polish philosopher of the 20th century, Roman Ingarden is principally renowned in Western culture for his work in aesthetics and the theory of literature. Jeff Mitscherling … | Jeff Mitsecherling | 246 | 1997 | View |
From ![]() AcknowledgementsFrom: Restless Ideas |
- | Tony Simmons | 1 | 2020 | $0.10 Add |
From ![]() God as Object of Philosophical ArgumentFrom: God and Argument - Dieu et l'argumentation philosophique |
Introduction | William Sweet | 14 | 1999 | $1.68 Add |
From ![]() Introduction |
The basic claim of this book is twofold: (1) that we are not in a position accurately to interpret and evaluate Ingarden’s studies in aesthetics until we place them within the framework … | Jeff Mitsecherling | 8 | 1997 | $0.88 Add |
From ![]() IntroductionWhere On Earth Are We Going From: Intrinsic Hope |
In this book, I propose the idea of “intrinsic hope.” Intrinsic hope is different from conventional hope because it is not based on the expectation that life will give us what we hope … | Kate Davies | 19 | 2018 | $1.90 Add |
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Provides an overivew of the topic of Research Confidentiality and the problem that academic researchers are not protected by law when it comes to assuring confidentiality to their participants, … | James L Turk | 7 | 2014 | $0.70 Add |
From ![]() Preface to the New EditionFrom: Honest Politics Now |
Discusses ethics in politics and the effects of various forms of political corruption on democracy. | Ian Greene | 8 | 2017 | $0.80 Add |