Showing titles in Ethics & Morality

Томас Карлейль - британский писатель, публицист, историк и философ.

Zur Geschichte der moralischen Empfindungen: Das zweite Hauptstück des ersten Bandes von Nietzsches philosophischer Schrift "Menschliches, Allzumenschliches".

Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) was an American author, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, surveyor, and historian. The essay "Wild Apples" first appeared in the Atlantic Monthly in 1862. It begins with a history of the apple tree, chronicling its journey from Ancient Greece to America. The author compares the history of the apple to that of mankind, contemplating it with a tragic eye. He considered the idea of wildness not as sinful, but the source of creativity.

El arte de ser feliz es una pequeña joya literaria y un valioso libro de cabecera, que reúne cincuenta reglas para la vida que cualquier persona puede aplicar. Arthur Schopenhauer solía dedicarse a la redacción de pequeños tratados como este, a los que concebía como textos para su uso práctico personal.

In this highly original book, Russell Blackford discusses the intersection of science fiction and humanity’s moral imagination. With the rise of science and technology in the 19th century, and our continually improving understanding of the cosmos, writers and thinkers soon began to imagine futures greatly different from the present. Science fiction was born out of the realization that future techno-scientific advances could dramatically change the world.

В "РИТОРИКЕ" Аристотель заложил фундамент классической риторической системы, которая на протяжении почти двух с половиной тысяч лет принимается в качестве образца для обучения искусству публичной речи.

В "РИТОРИКЕ" Аристотель заложил фундамент классической риторической системы, которая на протяжении почти двух с половиной тысяч лет принимается в качестве образца для обучения искусству публичной речи.

Лев Михайлович Лопатин является одним из выдающихся представителей русской философской мысли конца XIX начала XX века. Его наследие столь велико, что многие аспекты творчества Лопатина в силу ряда причин еще недостаточно изучены.

В своей работе "Нравственное учение Шопенгауэра", подводя итог изложения мысли немецкого философа, Лопатин отмечает, что "коренной вопрос этики состоит в том, почему сила "бескорыстного самоотречения" все же оказывается сильнее себялюбия.

Gli aforismi su "La saggezza della vita di Arthur Schopenhauer" costituiscono un classico della letteratura di uno dei maggiori moralisti di tutti i tempi. L'opera indica una via che dovrebbe consentirci di vivere più serenamente o il meno infelicemente possibile. "Bastare a se stesso, esser per se stesso tutto in tutto, e poter dire: "Omnia mea mecum porto" (porto con me tutte le cose mie), ecco certamente la condizione più favorevole per la nostra felicità". Arthur Schopenhauer è stato un filosofo tedesco, cittadino espatriato del regno di Prussia.

Tiere sind unsere Mitgeschöpfe. Wenn wir nicht aufhören, sie als Sache zu behandeln, zerstören wir nicht nur unsere materielle, sondern auch unsere seelische Lebensgrundlage. Darauf insistiert die französische Philosophin Corine Pelluchon. Doch wie können wir dieses grundsätzliche Umdenken herbeiführen und auch diejenigen an Bord holen, die keine Vegetarier sind oder in einem Wirtschaftszweig arbeiten, der auf der Ausbeutung von Tieren beruht?

The Meditations is a series of personal writings by Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor from 161 to 180 AD, which records his private notes to himself and his ideas on Stoic philosophy. A major theme of Meditations is the importance of analyzing one's judgment of self and others and the development of a cosmic perspective.

William De Witt Hyde was an ordained minister, the seventh president of Bowden College and chair of the mental and moral philosophy department.In his lifetime he was also an attorney and prolific author. This volume, The Five Great Philosophies of Life, is his best known work. By examples and quotes, he clarifies the tenets of five philosophies of life, a few of which are rather complex, in a manner easy to understand. An examination of Epictius, The Stoics, Plato, Aristotle and Christianity are all included in this work.

In 1852, Frederick Douglass, former slave and, by then, a leading figure in the abolitionist movement was asked by the Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Association to address the group for their July 4th celebration at Corinthian Hall in Rochester, New York. The speech caused an immediate sensation and swiftly became a seminal rallying cry of the abolitionist movement in America. The audience in Rochester included none other than President Millard Fillmore.

<>President and founder of Sojourners, Jim Wallis explores faith, justice, and the moral choices behind today's headlines in this new Audible Original series. In each episode, Jim sits down with an inspiring guest; from Michelle Alexander to Margaret Atwood to Rev William Barber, they discuss their deepest moral convictions and how they are putting them to work in the world.

When you add Jim Wallis: In Conversation to your library you will receive all 9 episodes, each with a runtime of approximately 30 minutes.

Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus (46 ce - after 119) was born in Chaeronea, Boeotia, to a wealthy Greek family. He made the most of his varied background and experience as a philosopher, magistrate, ambassador and priest at the Delphic Temple of Apollo, to become one of the most important biographers and essayists of classical Greek and Roman times. Parallel Lives is his best-known text. But Moralia, his collection of essays on a rich variety of subjects, continues to fascinate and educate. Translations by Richard Shilleto.

Este libro le quita lo aburrido a la palabra ética, pues es una ejemplificación de esta pero sin rollos, sin autores, sin listas de obras...Miguel Carmena se preocupa más por la vida que por la teoría, asique presenta una ética aplicada con base en anécdotas cotidianas y sencillas pero que te van a hacer reflexionar sobre los valores dela vida. Fue escrito para un amigo, por lo tanto es sincero, cercano, ameno y parte de experiencias que cualquiera puede sentir como propias. Audiolibro narrado en español neutro.

Marc Aurel - Philosoph und Kaiser, doch als Oberbefehlshaber gezwungen, die Grenzen seines Reichs zu verteidigen. Wie kann man in kriegerischen Zeiten Ruhe und inneren Frieden finden? Dieses Thema ist wahrhaft zeitlos.

We are living in an age of turmoil, destruction and uncertainty. Global warming has reached terrifying heights of severity, human expansion has caused the extinction of countless species and neoliberalism has led to a destructive divide in wealth and a polarisation of mainstream politics. But, there is a constructive way to meet this challenge, there is a reason to keep on fighting and there are plenty of reasons for optimism.

Kann ein leichtfertiger Seitensprung denn Sünde oder gar ein Verbrechen sein, wenn sogar die Diener Gottes sich gelegentlich mit Prostituierten vergnügen? In einer Gesellschaft, in welcher Seitensprünge des Mannes eher als straffreie Ordnungswidrigkeit und Seitensprünge der Frau als Todsünde angesehen werden, ist dies zu verneinen. Und bei Einvernehmlichkeit beteiligter Personen stellt das ja auch heute kein Problem dar.