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Theologian, pastor, and seasoned activist Rebecca Voelkel offers a theological vision of embodied love, informed by her own experience, research, and pastoral and organizing work with gay, lesbian, transgender, and gender-queer persons. Voelkel lays out a theological vision interwoven with wisdom from social change "movement building," offering principles that will enable allies to work strategically in the coming "progressive wave."
362) Love's Vision
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Troy Jollimore is associate professor of philosophy at California State University, Chico. He is the author of Friendship and Agent-Relative Morality. He is also the author of two books of poems, At Lake Scugog (Princeton) and Tom Thomson in Purgatory, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award.
Love often seems uncontrollable and irrational, but we just as frequently appear to have reasons for loving the people we do. In Love's Vision, Troy...
363) Shawn's Experience Working at the City College of New York: A lesson in Racism, Sexism, and Discrimi
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An essay detailing my experiences working at the City College of New York from April 2008 to October 2008. I discuss the numerous encounters I had with racism, Discrimination and sexism during my probationary period working as a CUNY Office Assistant
364) El discreto
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El Discreto (1646), es un manual práctico de Baltasar Gracián, perteneciente al género de la prosa didáctica. En él se describe cómo tiene que ser el hombre inteligente y discreto en la España del siglo XVII. Con esta obra Gracián continúa en la línea de sus anteriores obras dedicadas a la filosofía moral.
Está dividida en veinticinco realces (es decir, virtudes que realzan la sabiduría, la elegancia, la cultura, la buena educación y...
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God loves animals and gives them a special place in creation. So, do animals also have a place in God's work of redemption? Will there be animals on the new Earth? Will we see our beloved pets in the afterlife? This book takes up the challenge to think in a responsible way through these questions.
The author focuses in particular on the physical restoration, the prophetic proclamation of the coming animal peace, the attitude of God and humanity towards...
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A study of modern Muslim ethics, focussed upon the lives and writings of Sayyid Ahmad Khan and Mawlana Mawdudi, this monograph sheds light upon the modern ethical problems of contemporary Islam. Sayyid Ahmad Khan, often called a liberal, a modernist, or an acculturationist, represents the "liberal" trend of Sunni Muslim ethics. Khan's approach borrows much from reason, yet for Khanreason and revelation are not in conflict. Reason guides the interpretation...
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Junto con otros dilemas morales y cuestiones relacionadas con la responsabilidad social corporativa, los conflictos de interés son uno de los desafíos más comunes que se enfrentan en el lugar de trabajo. El libro se dedica a examinar la ética detrás de los conflictos de interés en el contexto de los negocios, centrándose en los fundamentos de la filosofía moral que informan nuestra comprensión de la ética.
A través de su escritura clara...
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Life, liberty, and the pursuit of cool have informed the American ethos since at least the 1970s. Whether we strive for it in politics or fashion, cool is big business for those who can sell it across a range of markets and media. Yet the concept wasn't always a popular commodity. Cool began as a potent aesthetic of post-World War II black culture, embodying a very specific, highly charged method of resistance to white supremacy and the globalized...
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Taugenit Editorial continúa su nueva colección de "Filosofía ilustrada" con nuevo título sobre Rousseau, uno de los pensadores más relevantes de la historia del pensamiento. Esta nueva entrega combina con maestría la ilustración y el texto para ofrecer a estudiantes, profesores y aficionados a la filosofía o cualquier otra persona interesada en la historia de la filosofía una de las mejores introducciones sobre la vida y el pensamiento del...
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While Karl Barth is one of the most significant theologians of the twentieth century, his contribution to ethics is less well known and subject to controversy among interpreters. Barth combined his commitment to the church and its particular task in faith and theology with a concern for ethics and politics in wider society. By examining the historical development of Barth's ethics, this study traces the vital influences and considerable shifts in...
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This book tells the story of Kelly Gissendaner, the only woman on Georgia's death row until her execution in 2015, and highlights the role theological studies played in her faith and in advocacy efforts on her behalf. Central to the book is the written correspondence between Kelly and German theologian Jurgen Moltmann, known internationally as the "theologian of hope."
After reading Moltmann's work in a course taught by McBride at the prison, Kelly...
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Subyace en este libro la reflexión de un pensador colombiano que ha emprendido un diálogo incesante con autores del siglo XX, cuyas propuestas marcaron una orientación decisiva y particular de la filosofía contemporánea y siguen constituyendo el derrotero de nuestro quehacer filosófico de la actualidad. La característica pedagógica de la obra permite al lector acceder a la filosofía contemporánea en algunas de sus facetas y autores que,...
374) Principia Ethica
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"Principia Ethica" has become a foundational text for modern ethics. At the heart of this classic is an examination of "good." What is this concept and how is it defined? Moore contests that "good" is indefinable, only to be known and understood through a direct experience of "good". This, of course, has broad repercussions when examining ethics. "Principia Ethica," then further examines moral intuition, the naturalistic fallacy, and organic unity....
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Cet essai propose une analyse la plus objective possible des attitudes dérivantes chez les thérapeutes ou assimilés appartenant à tous les secteurs, au travers de leur comportement humain et psychologique face au patient ou au client ; ils se rendent parfois coupables de graves dommages chez ceux qu'ils ont pourtant la mission d'aider. Ils assurent un accompagnement psychologique par profession ou pas, mais n'y ont pas toujours été prédestinés...
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Christian discourse on sexuality, spirituality, and ethics has continued to evolve since this book's first edition was published in 1994. This updated and expanded anthology featuring more than thirty contemporary essays includes more theologians and ethicists of color and addresses issues such as the intersection of race/racism and sexuality, transgender identity, same-sex marriage, and reproductive health and justice.
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Arthur Isak Applbaum is Professor of Ethics and Public Policy at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government and Director of Graduate Fellowships in the Harvard University Center for Ethics and the Professions.
The adversary professions--law, business, and government, among others--typically claim a moral permission to violate persons in ways that, if not for the professional role, would be morally wrong. Lawyers advance bad ends and...
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La formation en éthique soulève des questions importantes et nous oblige à revisiter nos classiques, ne serait-ce que pour savoir qui on forme : forme-t-on la personne ou le professionnel ? Forme-t-on cette personne en fonction de son milieu de travail et du type d'organisation o elle travaille ? La forme-t-on en fonction d'un idéal type de personne et de professionnel ? Peut-on proposer un modèle de formation à l'éthique clés en main,...
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In times of rising pressures and catastrophes, people yearn for alternatives. So does the planet. Protests are often a start, but rebellion is not revolution, nor does it always lead to transformation.
In this incisive and compelling new book, Joerg Rieger takes a new look at the things that cause unease and discomfort in our time, leading to the growing destruction and death of people and the planet. Only when these causes are understood, he argues,...
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