Practical Ethics
By: Peter Singer
4.06
Format: 344 pages, Paperback
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1. Metaethics: An Introduction
By: Andrew Fisher
4.33
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Do moral facts exist? What would they be like if they do? What does it mean to say that a moral cla… read more
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2. Being and Time
By: Martin Heidegger
4.05
Format: 589 pages, Hardcover
One of the most important philosophical works of our time, a work that has had tremendous influence… read more
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"But “nowhere"-Martin Heidegger, Being and Time
"El ente existente “se"-Martin Heidegger, Being and Time
"الترجمة ضرب من أدب الضيافة إزاء تراث ما"-Martin Heidegger, Being and Time
"Everyone is the other and no one is himself."-Martin Heidegger, Being and Time
3. How to Create a Vegan World: A Pragmatic Approach
By: Tobias Leenaert
3.66
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
In this thought-provoking book, Tobias Leenaert leaves well-trodden animal advocacy paths and takes… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- animals
4. Reasons and Persons
By: Derek Parfit
3.71
Format: 656 pages, Paperback
Challenging, with several powerful arguments, some of our deepest beliefs about rationality, morali… read more
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5. The Moral Philosophers: An Introduction to Ethics
By: Richard Norman
4.20
Format: 228 pages, Paperback
The second edition of this accessible book features a new chapter on Nietzsche and an entirely new … read more
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- philosophy
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6. The Problems of Philosophy
By: Bertrand Russell
4.50
Format: 87 pages,
A lively and still one of the best introductions to philosophy, this book pays off both a closer re… read more
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7. Practical Ethics
By: Peter Singer
4.06
Format: 344 pages, Paperback
Peter Singer's remarkably clear and comprehensive Practical Ethics has become a classic introductio… read more
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- politics
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- nonfiction
- society
- science
8. Against Democracy
By: Jason Brennan
4.37
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Most people believe democracy is a uniquely just form of government. They believe people have the r… read more
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- philosophy
- politics
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- science
9. On Liberty
By: John Stuart Mill
3.97
Format: 187 pages, Paperback
Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780140432077 Published in 1859, John Stuart Mill's On Liberty p… read more
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"خير لى أن أكون سقراطا ساخرا , من أن أبقى خنزيرا راضيا"-John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
"Both teachers and learners go to sleep at their post as soon as there is no enemy in the field."-John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
"An objection which applies to all conduct can be no valid objection to any conduct in particular."-John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
"Despotism is a legitimate mode of government in dealing with barbarians, provided the end be their improvement."-John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
10. The Nicomachean Ethics
By: Aristotle , Jonathan Barnes , None , Hugh Tredennick
3.99
Format: 329 pages, Paperback
‘One swallow does not make a summer; neither does one day. Similarly neither can one day, or a brie… read more
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"Philosophy can make people sick."-Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics
"A man without regrets cannot be cured."-Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics
"Freedom is obedience to self-formulated rules."-Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics
"The beginning seems to be more than half of the whole."-Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics
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12. The Idea of Justice
By: Amartya Sen
3.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Social justice: an ideal, forever beyond our grasp; or one of many practical possibilities? More th… read more
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13. Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
By: Immanuel Kant , Christine M. Korsgaard , Mary J. Gregor
4.27
Format: 197 pages, paper
Immanuel Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals ranks alongside Plato's Republic and Aristo… read more
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14. Theory and Reality: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science
By: Peter Godfrey-Smith
3.33
Format: 194 pages, Paperback
How does science work? Does it tell us what the world is "really" like? What makes it different fro… read more
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15. The Republic
By: Plato , Desmond Lee
3.96
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
Presented in the form of a dialogue between Socrates and three different interlocutors, this classi… read more
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"Appearance tyrannizes over truth."-Plato, The Republic
"The comprehensive mind is always dialectical."-Plato, The Republic
"Those who don't know must learn from those who do."-Plato, The Republic
"The beginning is the most important part of the work."-Plato, The Republic
16. Grundbok i metaetik
By: Nils Franzén
3.65
Format: 299 pages, Paperback
Metaetiken behandlar filosofiska frågor om hur moraliska påståenden, moraliska uppfattningar, moral… read more
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17. Liberalism
By: Lena Halldenius
3.33
Format: None pages, None
Vi är alla goda liberaler numera och tror på medborgerliga friheter och individens självbestämmande… read more
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18. Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows
By: Melanie Joy
4.10
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
An Introduction to Carnism. “An important and groundbreaking contribution to the struggle for th… read more
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- animals
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"We are the collateral damage of carnism; we pay for it with our health, our environment, and our taxes - $7.64 billion a year, to be exact."-Melanie Joy, Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows
"Violent ideologies follow their own logic, the logic that sustains the system - a convoluted logic that unravels when it, itself, is labeled."-Melanie Joy, Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows
"Why, exactly, is empathy "integral to our sense of self," and how might blocking our empathy toward certain species impact our capacity for empathy in general?"-Melanie Joy, Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows
"To identify with others is to see something of yourself in them and to see something of them in yourself--even if the only thing you identify with is the desire to be free from suffering."-Melanie Joy, Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows
19. Alien III
By: William Gibson
3.45
Format: 136 pages, Audible Audio
Audible is bringing William Gibson’s uncovered Alien III script to life in audio for the first time… read more
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20. Parfit: A Philosopher and His Mission to Save Morality
By: David Edmonds
4.26
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling coauthor of Wittgenstein’s Poker , an entertaining and illuminating biography … read more
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21. Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans
By: Melanie Mitchell
4.37
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping examination of the current state of artificial intelligence and how it is remaking our w… read more
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"Hofstadter... fears that AI might show us that the human qualities we most value are disappointingly simple to mechanize."-Melanie Mitchell, Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans
