Summary: Part 5 continues to explore the meaning of the scientific revolution and to examine the many problems that it raises. It is in this period that the West becomes keenly aware of the social and psychological origins and purposes of its activities. This is a period of spiritual turmoil as well as of material advance.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 109 GRESandel, Michael J.
Summary: Popular Harvard professor Michael Sandel offers a searching, lyrical exploration of the meaning of justice that considers familiar controversies such as affirmative action, same-sex marriage, physician-assisted suicide, abortion, national service, patriotism and dissent, and the moral limits of markets in fresh and illuminating ways.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 172.2 SANSummary: Moral philosophy lies at the heart of today's most heated issues-abortion, human cloning, assisted suicide, financial conflicts of interest, and environmental stewardship. In this program, Harvard University's Frances Kamm; Rutgers University's Larry Temkin; and Richard Sorabji, honorary fellow at Wolfson College, the University of Oxford, describe the three major categories of ethics:...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Bekoff, Marc.
Summary: Nonhuman animals have many of the same feelings we do. They get hurt, they suffer, they are happy, and they take care of each other. Marc Bekoff, a renowned biologist and Guggenheim Fellow at the University of Colorado in Boulder, guides readers in looking at scientific research, philosophical ideas, and humane values that argue for the ethical and compassionate treatment of animals. Citing the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shambhala 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 179.3 BEKKleinman, Paul
Summary: Presents an introduction to philosophy, covering the origins of the discipline, some of the major figures of the past, and philosophical issues which still continue to be debated in the present day.
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Place a hold to request this item.Contents: Introduction / Peter Singer -- Utilitarianism and animals / Gaverick Matheny -- The scientific basis for assessing suffering in animals / Marian Stamp Dawkins -- On the question of personhood beyond Homo sapiens / David DeGrazia -- The animal debate : a reexamination / Paola Cavalieri -- Religion and animals / Paul Waldau -- Speciesism in the laboratory / Richard D. Ryder -- Brave new farm? /...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blackwell Pub. 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 179.3 INContents: v. 1-2. The syntopicon : an index to the great ideas -- 4. Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes -- 5. The history of Herodotus. The history of the Peloponnesian War / Thucydides -- 9. Hippocratic writings. On the natural faculties / Galen -- 10. The thirteen books of Euclid's elements. The works of Archimedes including the method. Introduction to arithmetic / by Nicomachus -- 11. The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Encyclopaedia Britannica 1990
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1 available in Adult, Call number: SC LocContents: v. 1-2. The syntopicon : an index to the great ideas -- 4. Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes -- 5. The history of Herodotus. The history of the Peloponnesian War / Thucydides -- 9. Hippocratic writings. On the natural faculties / Galen -- 10. The thirteen books of Euclid's elements. The works of Archimedes including the method. Introduction to arithmetic / by Nicomachus -- 11. The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Encyclopaedia Britannica 1990
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1 available in Adult, Call number: SC MonContents: v. 1-2. The syntopicon : an index to the great ideas -- 4. Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes -- 5. The history of Herodotus. The history of the Peloponnesian War / Thucydides -- 9. Hippocratic writings. On the natural faculties / Galen -- 10. The thirteen books of Euclid's elements. The works of Archimedes including the method. Introduction to arithmetic / by Nicomachus -- 11. The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Encyclopaedia Britannica 1990
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1 available in Adult, Call number: SC JAMESContents: v. 1-2. The syntopicon : an index to the great ideas -- 4. Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes -- 5. The history of Herodotus. The history of the Peloponnesian War / Thucydides -- 9. Hippocratic writings. On the natural faculties / Galen -- 10. The thirteen books of Euclid's elements. The works of Archimedes including the method. Introduction to arithmetic / by Nicomachus -- 11. The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Encyclopaedia Britannica 1990
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1 available in Adult, Call number: SC FreContents: v. 1-2. The syntopicon : an index to the great ideas -- 4. Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes -- 5. The history of Herodotus. The history of the Peloponnesian War / Thucydides -- 9. Hippocratic writings. On the natural faculties / Galen -- 10. The thirteen books of Euclid's elements. The works of Archimedes including the method. Introduction to arithmetic / by Nicomachus -- 11. The...
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1 available in Adult, Call number: SC MARContents: v. 1-2. The syntopicon : an index to the great ideas -- 4. Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes -- 5. The history of Herodotus. The history of the Peloponnesian War / Thucydides -- 9. Hippocratic writings. On the natural faculties / Galen -- 10. The thirteen books of Euclid's elements. The works of Archimedes including the method. Introduction to arithmetic / by Nicomachus -- 11. The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Encyclopaedia Britannica 1990
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1 available in Adult, Call number: SC HegContents: v. 1-2. The syntopicon : an index to the great ideas -- 4. Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes -- 5. The history of Herodotus. The history of the Peloponnesian War / Thucydides -- 9. Hippocratic writings. On the natural faculties / Galen -- 10. The thirteen books of Euclid's elements. The works of Archimedes including the method. Introduction to arithmetic / by Nicomachus -- 11. The...
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1 available in Adult, Call number: SC MelviContents: v. 1-2. The syntopicon : an index to the great ideas -- 4. Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes -- 5. The history of Herodotus. The history of the Peloponnesian War / Thucydides -- 9. Hippocratic writings. On the natural faculties / Galen -- 10. The thirteen books of Euclid's elements. The works of Archimedes including the method. Introduction to arithmetic / by Nicomachus -- 11. The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Encyclopaedia Britannica 1990