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The Beginning of Wisdom: Reading Genesis
ISBN: 9780226425672 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 716 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) As ardent debates over creationism fill the front pages of newspapers, Genesis has never been more timely. And as Leon R. Kass shows in The Beginning of Wisdom, it's also timeless.
Examining Genesis in a philosophical light, Kass presents it not as a story of what happened long ago, but as the enduring story of humanity itself. He asserts that the first half of Genesis contains insights about human nature that "rival anything produced by the great philosophers." Kass here reads these first stories--from Adam and Eve to the tower of Babel--as a mirror for self-discovery that reveals... As ardent debates over creationism fill the front pages of newspapers, Genesis has never been more timely. And as Leon R. Kass shows in The Beginni...
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What So Proudly We Hail: The American Soul in Story, Speech, and Song
ISBN: 9781610170802 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 816 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
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Toward a More Natural Science
ISBN: 9780029170717 / Angielski / Miękka / 1988 / 388 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) The relation between the pursuit of knowledge and the conduct of life—between science and ethics, each broadly conceived—has in recent years been greatly complicated by developments in the science of life. This book examines the ethical questions involved in prenatal screening, in vitro fertilization, artificial life forms, and medical care, and discusses the role of human beings in nature.
The relation between the pursuit of knowledge and the conduct of life—between science and ethics, each broadly conceived—has in recent years been ...
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94,84 |
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Life, Liberty and the Defense of Dignity: The Challenge for Bioethics
ISBN: 9781594030475 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 313 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) We are walking too quickly down the road to physical and psychological utopia without pausing to assess the potential damage to our humanity from this brave new biology.
We are walking too quickly down the road to physical and psychological utopia without pausing to assess the potential damage to our humanity from this...
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64,43 |
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Leading a Worthy Life: Finding Meaning in Modern Times
ISBN: 9781641770989 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Most American young people, like their ancestors, harbor desires for a worthy life: a life of meaning, a life that makes sense. But they are increasingly confused about what such a life might look like, and how they might, in the present age, be able to live one. With a once confident culture no longer offering authoritative guidance, the young are
Most American young people, like their ancestors, harbor desires for a worthy life: a life of meaning, a life that makes sense. But they are increasin...
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Human Cloning and Human Dignity: The Report of the President's Council on Bioethics
ISBN: 9781586481766 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) A council of leading scientists and philosophers offers wise and provocative insights into the ethical implications of one of the most momentous developments of all--cloning.
A council of leading scientists and philosophers offers wise and provocative insights into the ethical implications of one of the most momentous devel...
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139,28 |
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The Hungry Soul: Eating and the Perfecting of Our Nature
ISBN: 9780226425689 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) The Hungry Soul is a fascinating exploration of the natural and cultural act of eating. Kass brilliantly reveals how the various aspects of this phenomenon, and the customs, rituals, and taboos surrounding it, relate to universal and profound truths about the human animal and its deepest yearnings.
"Kass is a distinguished and graceful writer. . . . It is astonishing to discover how different is our world from that of the animals, even in that which most evidently betrays that we too are animals--our need and desire for food."--Roger Scruton, Times Literary Supplement... The Hungry Soul is a fascinating exploration of the natural and cultural act of eating. Kass brilliantly reveals how the various aspects of thi...
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Wing to Wing, Oar to Oar: Readings on Courting and Marrying
ISBN: 9780268019594 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 656 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Wing to Wing, Oar to Oar: Courting and Marrying is an anthology of source readings offered as a response to the contemporary cultural silence surrounding love that leads to marriage. It addresses important questions that emerge not from theory, but from practice: Why marry? Is this love? How can I find and win the right one to marry? What about sex? Why a wedding and the promises of marriage? What can married life be like? Using readings taken mainly from classic texts of Homer, Herodotus, Plato, Aquinas, Erasmus, Shakespeare, Rousseau, Austen, Tolstoy, C.S. Lewis, Miss Manners, and many...
Wing to Wing, Oar to Oar: Courting and Marrying is an anthology of source readings offered as a response to the contemporary cultural silence surround...
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505,22 |
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Beyond Therapy: Biotechnology and the Pursuit of Happiness
ISBN: 9780060734909 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) A groundbreaking new exploration of the promises and perils of biotechnology -- and the future of American society. Biotechnology offers exciting prospects for healing the sick and relieving suffering. But because our growing powers also enable alterations in the workings of the body and mind, they are becoming attractive to healthy people who would just like to look younger, perform better, feel happier, or become more "perfect." This landmark book -- the product of more than sixteen months of research and reflection by the members of the President's Council on Bioethics --... A groundbreaking new exploration of the promises and perils of biotechnology -- and the future of American society. Biotechnology offers exci... |
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