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Philosophia: the thought of Rosa Luxemburg, Simone Weil, and Hannah Arendt
Par Andrea Nye. 1994
This book brings together the work of three major women thinkers of this century: Rosa Luxemburg, Simone Weil and Hannah…
Arendt. The book explores the continuities and developments of their views on justice, knowledge, the self, divinity, and the way philosophical problems have been framed in the mainstream masculine tradition. Andrea Nye explains the the link between these women is not that they express the same ideas or even that they have a common feminine style, but that each keeps her philosophical theorizing in constant contact with experienced reality. Thinking always about and through the catastrophic changing events of the twentieth century, they produced a developing and deepening commentary on the human condition that Nye suggests might be a better resource than traditional philosophy for those struggling against sexism, racism and injustice.The unconscious civilization
Par John Ralston Saul. 1997
Knowledge, The Enlightenment believed, could protect us from the follies of ideology. But Saul maintains that 'knowing' has not made…
us "conscious'. Instead we have become increadingly passive, our society increadingly conformist. These are no easy solutions to this problem, Saul say, but change is still possible.A history of Buddhist philosophy: continuities and discontinuities
Par David J Kalupahana. 1992
This erudite, well-written, highly instructive, and constantly interesting work ... covers a broad spectrum, including Dignaga, Tantrism, and Ch'an. A…
single focus is maintained, however, by Kalupahana's insistence on the non-absolutistic, non-foundationalist, non-essentialist character of the Buddha's philosophy, set off against the absolutism of previous Indian philosophy and against the recurring revivals of abolutism within the Buddhist tradition itself.One minute wisdom
Par Anthony De Mello. 1988
In more than two hundred parables and lessons, Anthony de Mello points the way toward new levels of harmony, wisdom,…
and enlightenment. Rooted in the spirit of the Gospel, de Mello's messages span the mystical traditions of both East and West.Just between you & me: the art of ethical relationships
Par Christina Colegate. 2004
Australian philosopher Christina Colegate argues that human happiness depends on how successfully we negotiate the various relationships that give shape…
and meaning to our lives. Christina explains why she thinks that ethics is an art or skill rather than a science, and why body image is now a hot topic for moral philosophers.The first stone: some questions about sex and power
Par Helen Garner. 1995
When two female university students went to the police claiming that they had been indecently assaulted at a party by…
the head of their co-ed residential college, the shock of the accusations split the community. Helen Garner examines the issues of sex and power which surround this incident in a blend of reportage and personal experience.God is not great: how religion poisons everything
Par Christopher Hitchens. 2008
In God is Not Great, Hitchen tweezes through the major religious texts with forensic shrewdness. With chapters entitled Religion Kills',…
and Is Religion Child Abuse?', he fearlessly argues for a secular life based on science and reason, tarring religion as man-made wish-thinking. He documents the ways in which religion is a cause of dangerous sexual repression and a distortion of our origins in the cosmos; in Hitchen's vision, hell is replaced by the Hubble telescope's view of the universe, and Moses and the burning bush give way to the double helix. Principally, Hitchens argues that the concept of an omniscient God has profoundly damaged humanity, and proposes that the world might be a great deal better off without 'Him'.Living by the sword?: the ethics of armed intervention
Par T. R Frame. 2004
Living by the Sword is the first critique of the Australian military experience from a Christian ethical perspective. It surveys…
attitudes towards war and warfare from ancient to modern times, considers the moral status of the nation-state and international sovereignty, asks whether the "just war" tradition was relevant to campaigns against Iraq, assesses recent emphasis on collective security and suggests some difficulties associated with recognising conscientious objection. As intra-state conflicts increase, this book considers when and where humanitarian intervention is justified and whether the creation of an "international constabulary" might avoid the need for pre-emptive military strikes.A world waiting to be born: civility rediscovered
Par M. Scott Peck. 1993
We live in a deeply ailing society and our illness is incivility; morally destructive patterns of self-absorption, callousness, manipulativeness and…
materialism. Dr. Peck argues that we can learn to restore civility to ourselves and our institutions - that we can make the spiritual commitment that is a cornerstone of civility.Letters to thinkers: further thoughts on lateral thinking
Par Edward De Bono. 1987
Edward De Bono originated the concept of lateral thinking, an approach specifically concerned with changing concepts and perceptions. In these…
letters he continues his thinking about thinking, expands on his methods and provides exercises to develop creative thinking skills.One world: the ethics of globalisation
Par Peter Singer. 2002
How can we resolve questions about the environment and climate change without international co-operation? What do we make of the…
refusal of the US and Australia to ratify the Kyoto Protocol? Why do people protest so violently against the World Trade Organisation? What obligations do countries have to participate in an international system of justice? Do rich countries such as Australia and the US give enough in foreign aid? What are our obligations to foreigners as part of the community of nations? In asking these and other questions, Peter Singer asks us to consider what a global ethic could mean.How ethical is Australia?: an examination of Australia's record as a global citizen (Public interest series.)
Par Peter Singer, Tom Gregg. 2004
How Ethical Is Australia? assesses how well Australia is performing as a global citizen. It examines five areas of government…
policy with a global impact - foreign aid, the United Nations, overseas trade, the environment and refugees. Our record in four of these, the authors say, is not one 'of which any nation would be proud'. This essay, by the renowned Australian philosopher Peter Singer, argues that the Australian government ought to do more than pursue narrow, short-term national interests. He asserts that Australia could and ought to be doing its part to make the world a better place, by working to protect the global environment and to reduce poverty worldwide. A more ethical approach to the world beyond Australia's borders is also in our national interest - if we take a broad, long-term view of what our national interests are.The ethical state?: social liberalism in Australia
Par Marian Sawer. 2003
The ethical state--a state committed to the common good and equal opportunity--was a central tenet of the social-liberal theory that…
emerged in Britain in the late nineteenth century. The new nation of Australia enthusiastically embraced the ideal. Translated as the 'fair go', and accepted by major policy makers on both the left and right of politics, social liberalism gave rise to the distinctively Australian institution of wage arbitration, and to other aspects of the welfare state such as public education, parks and pensions. For early Australian feminists it offered the alluring prospect of equality with men. A century later, the idea of the fair go may still resonate in political rhetoric, but liberalism has become a somewhat tarnished ideal. The dream of the ethical state lies in tatters, eroded by economic rationalism and user-pays ideology, and degraded by political machination. Has the social-liberal vision of the state as a vehicle for social justice completely run its course?Left, right, left: political essays 1977-2005
Par Robert Manne. 2005
Robert Manne's political trajectory - from right to left - has been an unusual and intriguing one. In the course…
of it, he has written definitive accounts of many of the key public controversies of the past thirty years - from the Cold War to the Iraq War, from the Stolen Generations to the asylum-seekers, from Australian party politics to the culture wars. His two Quarterly Essays "In Denial" and "Sending Them Home", are published here complete, as are controversial discussions of political correctness, pornography and euthanasia as well as gentler thoughts on childhood, the university and the Geelong Football Club. There is also an array of passionate essays on subjects ranging from Geoffrey Blainey to Paul Keating, Helen Garner to George Orwell, Pauline Hanson to Noel Pearson.The triumph of the airheads: and the retreat from commonsense
Par Shelley Gare. 2006
We live in a world where ignorance is not just bliss, it's celebrated. Celebrities are multiplying like tadpoles; millionaires are…
breeding even faster; values have gone out the window, and commonsense has run off with the pool-boy. Soon we'll be talking about Paris Hilton for US president. Shelley Gare has written a book about how our society is losing the plot. In a series of snapshots covering everything from the rise of the jargon-speaking HR manager to our obsession with cushions, cafes and lifestyle, from the rise of the empty-headed It-girls to the multi-million dollar payouts to failed CEOs, The Triumph of the Airheads looks at how our society has been turned upside-down.Why the war was wrong
Par Raimond Gaita. 2003
The war in Iraq is over, so we are told, but huge questions remain unanswered. Why were we lied to…
about the existence of weapons of mass destruction? Why do we still not know how many Iraqis died in the invasion? Why was John Howard so eager to commit Australian troops? Was the invasion legal under international law? And how can we reconcile this critical questioning with the knowledge of how Iraqis suffered under Saddam Hussein? In Why the War Was Wrong, leading Australian writers give their answers. Arguing from legal, political, historical, philosophical and humanitarian standpoints, they aim to make a passionate case for the primacy of our responsibilities to our fellow human beings. With contributions by Robert Manne, Guy Rundle, Eva Sallis, Raimond Gaita, Hilary Charlesworth, Peter Coghlan, and Mark McKenna.The reason for God: belief in an age of skepticism
Par Timothy J Keller. 2008
Although a vocal minority continues to attack religious faith, for most Americans, faith is a large part of their lives:…
86% of Americans refer to themselves as religious, and 75% of all Americans consider themselves Christians. So how should they respond to these passionate, learned, and persuasive books that promote science and secularism over religion and faith? For years, Tim Keller has compiled a list of the most frequently voiced "doubts" skeptics bring to his Manhattan church; here, he dismantles each of them. Written with atheists, agnostics, and skeptics in mind, Keller also provides an intelligent platform on which true believers can stand their ground when bombarded by the backlash. This book challenges such ideology at its core and points to the true path and purpose of Christianity.