“…Engineering Ethics is the application of philosophical and moral systems to the proper judgment and behavior by engineers in conducting their work, including the products and systems they design and the consulting services they provide. …”

“…Our international guests represent key roles in relevant philosophical debates, non-university community art & design projects or companies as well as from the gallery or museum context…”

“…The contributors, all respected authorities in the field, use and develop recent philosophical thought on the nature of identity, and question the key social divisions of gender, class and nation. …”

“…This book, by the distinguished Polish philosopher, addresses these complexities through the role of the communist past in post-communist Poland. …”

“…This is a timely and stimulating collection of essays on the importance of Freudian thought for analytic philosophy, investigating its impact on mind, ethics, sexuality, religion and epistemology.Marking a clear departure from the long-standing debate over whether Freudian thought is scientific or not, The Analytic Freud expands the framework of philosophical inquiry, demonstrating how fertile and mutually enriching the relationship between philosophy and psychoanalysis can be.The essays are divided into four clear sections, addressing the implications of Freud for philosophy…”

“…Jung's psychology through the perspective of the existential philosopher Nikolai Berdyaev, drawing striking parallels between Jung's theory of individuation and Berdyaev's understanding of the person. …”

“…Philosophical debates around individualization and the implications for intimacy, reflexivity and identity have occupied a central part of social and cultural theorizing in the West in the last decade. …”

“…One of the foundational premises of Jacques Lacan's psychoanalytical project was that the history of philosophy concealed the history of desire, and one of the goals of his work was to show how desire is central to philosophical thinking. In Lacan's Medievalism, Erin Felicia Labbie demonstrates how Lacan's theory of desire is bound to his reading of medieval texts. …”

“…Peter Madsen Gubi argues that philosophically, all counselling can be regarded as prayer, particularly when working at relational depth; that prayer plays an important part in maintaining many mainstream counsellors' well-being and, with caution and considered ethical awareness, prayer can be integrated ethically into counselling when working with people of faith. …”

“…The editors have also included the best recent scholarship on this philosophically and historically momentous event…”

“…"The essays in "The Crisis of American Democracy: A Collection of Philosophical Perspectives" seek to answer central questions about American democracy, such as: if American democracy is failing, what are the causes of this failure? …”

“…Text-boxes provide bite-sized summaries of key concepts and major philosophers, and clear and interesting examples are used throughout. …”

“…Text-boxes provide bite-sized summaries of key concepts and major philosophers, and clear and interesting examples are used throughout. …”

“…Through historical, philosophical, economic and legal perspectives, along with data analysis, Thelin and Trollinger outline their belief that support of higher education through philanthropy is central to the historic and future character of colleges and universities. …”

“…In the early twentieth century an apparently obscure philosophical debate took place between F. H. Bradley and Bertrand Russell. …”
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“…The question was--and still remains--what were the philosopher's motives? How are we to understand these statements? …”

“…An international team of scholars situated and re-evaluates Neoplatonism within the history of ancient philosophy and thought and explores its influence on philosophical and religious schools worldwide. The Routledge Handbook of Neoplatonism is a major reference source for all students and scholars in Neoplatonism and ancient philosophy, as well as researchers in the philosophy of science, ethics, aesthetics, and religion…”

“…It ultimately reflects on how to restore benevolence, collaboration, wisdom and various forms of virtuous deliberation amongst all those who take part in the common good, drawing inspiration from European history and continental philosophical traditions on virtue. -- Back cover…”

“…Taking a "point/counterpoint" approach, John Corvino (a philosopher and prominent gay advocate) and Maggie Gallagher (a nationally syndicated columnist and co-founder of the National Organization for Marriage) explore fundamental questions: What is marriage for? …”

“…Timothy Sprigge offers a fascinating exploration of the metaphysical systems of a diverse range of philosophers, from Spinoza and Hegel to T. H. Green and Josiah Royce, testing objections to what might be called "metaphysical religion" against the systems of these distinguished thinkers. …”
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