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In 2005 St Andrews Studies published a volume of essays by Anscombe entitled Human Life, Action and Ethics, followed in 2008 by a second with the title Faith in a Hard Ground. Both books were highly praised. This third volume brings essays on the thought of historical philosophers in which Anscombe engages directly with their ideas and arguments. Many are published here for the first time and the collection provides further testimony to Anscombe's
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"When Ava decides to learn to play the tuba, it isn't as easy as she thought it would be. But with the encouragement of her music teacher, Ava finds a place for her and her tuba in a special holiday celebration"--
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The Ten Commandments are the first direct communication between a people and God. Designed to elevate our lives above mere frantic, animal existence to the sublime levels humanity is capable or experiencing, they are the blueprint of God's expectations of us and His plan for a meaningful, just, loving, and holy life. Each commandment asserts a principle, and each principle is a moral focal point for real-life issues relating to God, family, sex, work,...
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When she is chosen to compete in the local spelling bee, Stacey learns that, win or lose, her words are powerful, and sometimes perseverance is the most important word of all, in this debut picture book from the iconic voting rights advocate.
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Core resource on how the Episcopal Church is challenging violence in today's society
Important and sensitive topic facing every community
Royalties of the sale of the book to go to Bishops United to Prevent Gun Violence
Comprehensive study guide included with further resources
Over 300 Episcopalians came together in Oklahoma City in April 2014 to renew their commitment to the gospel call to make peace in a world of violence. Through deep conversation,...
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Les éthiques de l'hospitalité, du don et du care ont beaucoup gagné en importance dans les dernières années d'un cté et de l'autre de l'Atlantique. Elles cherchent, chacune à leur manière, à répondre à quelques problématiques éthico-politiques les plus pressantes de notre temps : la crise des réfugiés, le don de temps et de soi dans une économie marchande, la précarité, le travail de soin dit « invisibilisé », etc.
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This book contains papers from the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies' quarterly journal, Transformation, on the topic of Christian Ethics. Here, Mission Studies is understood in its widest sense to also encompass Christian Ethics. At the very hearts of it lies the Family as the basic unit of society. All the papers together seek to contribute to understanding how Christian thought is shaped in contexts each of which poses its own challenge to Christian...
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El libro que ahora se pone a nuestra disposición, Bioética recobrada. Un regreso a los límites, viene a llenar un espacio importante en la bibliografía de la bioética mexicana y latinoamericana, como es el de los fundamentos contextualizados de una bioética orientada al estudio y análisis de la agencia moral de los profesionales de la salud, investigadores y tecnólogos, con sus actuales retos.
Por 2500 años se ha hablado y reflexionado acerca...
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Get the Summary of Eric Metaxas's Letter to the American Church in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Eric Metaxas's "Letter to the American Church" draws a parallel between the German Church's response to the rise of Nazism and the contemporary American Church's engagement with societal issues. He invokes the legacy of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who saw the Church as the Bride of God, to critique the American Church's retreat...
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By his own admission never one to duck a good fight, Stanley Hauerwas has in the past three decades established himself as one of our most important and most disputatious theologians. With A Better Hope, he concentrates on the constructive case for the truth and power of the church and its faith, "since Christians cannot afford to let ourselves be defined by what we are against. Whatever or whomever we are against, we are so only because God has given...
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Richard B. Miller aims to stimulate new work in religious ethics through discussions of ethnography, ethnocentrism, relativism, and moral criticism; the ethics of empathy; the meaning of moral responsibility in relation to children and friends; civic virtue, loyalty, war, and alterity; the normative and psychological dimensions of memory; and religion and democratic life.
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Afin d'aider les professionnels de la santé à prendre des décisions éthiques éclairées, cet ouvrage fournit des outils théoriques et pratiques. Réunissant les contributions de plusieurs experts reconnus travaillant dans le système de santé, il est fondé sur l'étude collective d'un cas complexe : doit-on ou non administrer un médicament coûteux pour le traitement d'un cancer au stade avancé ?
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The original title of this book was "The Tip Of The Iceberg." The iceberg is a visual object good for illustration and comparing spiritual truths to natural similarities.
Similarities such as one can only see the tip of an iceberg. Yet 90% of its mass is below (within) the surface. Likewise, we only visually see the outer results of our inner thoughts (positive or negative), not truly knowing what motivates us from within, below our fleshly surface.
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Disagreement is inevitable, particularly in our current context, marked by the close coexistence of conflicting values and perspectives in politics, religion, and ethics. How can we deal with disagreement ethically and constructively in our pluralistic world?
In Disagreeing Virtuously Olli-Pekka Vainio presents a valuable interdisciplinary approach to that question, drawing on insights from intellectual history, the cognitive sciences, philosophy...
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This paper presents a review of the history of medical ethics and applies the concepts and principles of medical ethics and morality to the clinical health-care setting. It investigates the relationship between the moral/ethical practices of the physician and the success of the doctor-patient relationship and patient satisfaction. The scientific methodology employed by the author includes both qualitative and quantitative analyses using the case study...
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This book is a contribution to the Christian ethics of war and peace. It advances peacebuilding as a needed challenge to and expansion of the traditional framework of just war theory and pacifism. It builds on a critical reading of historical landmarks from the Bible through Augustine, Aquinas, the Reformers, Christian peace movements, and key modern figures like Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Reinhold Niebuhr, and recent popes. Similar to just-war theory,...
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Over the past three decades, a plethora of programs, guidelines, tools, and techniques have emerged to improve person-centered care: "Care that is respectful of and responsive to individual patient preferences, needs, and values, ensuring that patient values guide all clinical decisions" (Institute of Medicine. Crossing the Quality Chasm). Yet, implementation remains largely an aspiration. Individual's goals and values are often unknown, which leads...
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Get the Summary of Harriet Washington's Medical Apartheid 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Medical Apartheid" by Harriet Washington uncovers the harrowing history of medical experimentation and exploitation of African Americans from the 17th century to the late 20th century. It reveals how enslaved African Americans were subjected to brutal medical practices under the guise of scientific advancement, often without...
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Set in the context of some turbulent times when Donald Trump was POTUS and Covid19 was the pandemic undermining our physical and mental health, these blogs helped the writer and readers get a grip on their lives beyond what was happening on the news media. Religion and church life were changing as a part of the unravelling of our national life which was becoming more fractured. The resurgence of racism and the rise of Christian nationalism was undermining...
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This collection of short stories is dedicated to all the foreign physicians who immigrated to the USA, in search of the American Dream. Many have chosen to run away from the socialized medicine, prevalent in their country of birth. Others came to join in the enormous medical progress, which made Houston, Texas a much desired destination. The powerful magnet created by the advancements in cardiovascular surgery, neurology and cancer research attracted...
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