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Freedom of Speech: Volume 21, Part 2
ISBN: 9780521603751 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 458 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Freedom of expression will, as the essays in this volume illuminate, encounter new and continuing controversies in the twenty-first century. Advances in digital technology raise pressing questions regarding freedom of speech and, with it, intellectual property and privacy rights. Cyberspace looms as a relatively uncharted frontier for free speech and copyright law, and expressive liberties may face their greatest challenge from government efforts to thwart terrorism.
Freedom of expression will, as the essays in this volume illuminate, encounter new and continuing controversies in the twenty-first century. Advances ...
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Taxation, Economic Prosperity, and Distributive Justice: Volume 23, Part 2
ISBN: 9780521685993 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 295 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. What constitutes a just tax system, and what are its moral foundations� Should a society's tax regime be designed to achieve a just distribution of wealth among its citizens, or should such a regime be designed to promote economic growth, rising standards of living, and increasing levels of employment� Are these two goals compatible or incompatible� Why should justice not require, or at least lead to, an increase in general prosperity� The essays in this volume examine the history of tax policies and the normative principles that have informed the selection of...
What constitutes a just tax system, and what are its moral foundations� Should a society's tax regime be designed to achieve a just distributio...
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New Essays in Political and Social Philosophy: Volume 29, Part 1
ISBN: 9781107604537 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Whether it is a result of nature, the consequence of a choice to escape the state of nature, or the outcome of some other process of deliberation, the fact of human association gives rise to recurrent themes in political and social philosophy. The character and requirements of justice, the profile of political legitimacy, and the relationship between the powers of government and the rights of the governed are some of the subjects of ongoing consideration and debate in the disciplines of philosophy, political theory, economics and law. This volume represents a contribution to the investigation...
Whether it is a result of nature, the consequence of a choice to escape the state of nature, or the outcome of some other process of deliberation, the...
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Objectivism, Subjectivism, and Relativism in Ethics: Volume 25, Part 1
ISBN: 9780521719636 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 442 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Do we desire things because they are good, or are they good because we desire them? Objectivists answer that we desire things because they are good; subjectivists answer that things are good because we desire them. Further, does it make sense to account for moral disagreement by claiming, as the moral relativist does, that something might be good for one person but not for another? Some essays in this book consider whether objective moral truths can be grounded in an understanding of the nature of human beings as rational and social animals. Some discuss the ethical theories of historical...
Do we desire things because they are good, or are they good because we desire them? Objectivists answer that we desire things because they are good; s...
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Blink
ISBN: 9781523771295 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. "The Swardstrom Brothers' supernatural sci-fi world of Blink is a phenomenal meshing of classic pulp and contemporary Fringe. This is the beginning of something grand." - Daniel Arthur Smith, author of Hugh Howey Lives * * * * * It was clear, the image projected in these panels was not a reflection--it was a projection from the other side. Whatever or wherever that was. Smith kept his gaze locked on the other's eyes for about ten seconds, unmoving until something happened. He saw himself blink. * * * * * Agent Smith and the agents of The Utility Company are tasked with the jobs too weird or...
"The Swardstrom Brothers' supernatural sci-fi world of Blink is a phenomenal meshing of classic pulp and contemporary Fringe. This is the beginning of...
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Responsibility: Volume 16, Part 2
ISBN: 9780521654500 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The essays in this volume address questions about responsibility that arise in moral philosophy and legal theory. Some analyze different theories of causality and human agency, scouting for satisfactory resolutions to the controversies of free will and determinism, while some look at the problem of responsibility in the legal realm. Others explore libertarian views about political freedom and accountability, while still others examine the notion of partial or divided responsibility, or the relationship between responsibility and the emotions.
The essays in this volume address questions about responsibility that arise in moral philosophy and legal theory. Some analyze different theories of c...
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The Power of Teacher Networks
ISBN: 9781412967174 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Develop a teacher network or grow an existing one to support new teachers, reduce teacher isolation, increase retention rates, enhance professional practice, and nurture teacher leaders.
Develop a teacher network or grow an existing one to support new teachers, reduce teacher isolation, increase retention rates, enhance professional pr...
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Addiction, Second Edition
ISBN: 9781621823506 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 404 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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Moral Obligation: Volume 27, Part 2
ISBN: 9780521168960 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 345 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The notion of obligation occupies a central place in morality. The essays in this volume address this issue.
The notion of obligation occupies a central place in morality. The essays in this volume address this issue.
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Should Differences in Income and Wealth Matter?: Volume 19, Part 1
ISBN: 9780521005357 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The essays in this volume assess the empirical and theoretical questions raised by inequalities of income and wealth. Some consider empirical claims about the amount of equality in modern market economies, assessing the allegation that income and wealth have become more unequally distributed in the past quarter-century. Others consider the extent to which various government initiatives can ameliorate the problems inequality putatively poses. They consider which standards of equality meet the requirements of distributive justice. They also ask if inequality is intrinsically immoral, regardless...
The essays in this volume assess the empirical and theoretical questions raised by inequalities of income and wealth. Some consider empirical claims a...
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Student Motivation, Cognition, and Learning: Essays in Honor of Wilbert J. McKeachie
ISBN: 9781138983144 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 420 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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Natural Resources, the Environment, and Human Welfare: Volume 26, Part 2
ISBN: 9780521139748 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 442 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Do environmental problems need government controls or can we find solutions by harnessing the incentives of the free market?
Do environmental problems need government controls or can we find solutions by harnessing the incentives of the free market?
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Personal Identity: Volume 22, Part 2
ISBN: 9780521617673 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 404 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. What makes me the same person today that I was yesterday or will be tomorrow? In Plato's Symposium, Socrates observed that all of us are constantly undergoing change--physical as well as changes in our "manners, customs, opinions, desires, pleasures, pains, and] fears." Aristotle theorized that some underlying "substratum" remains constant even while we undergo these changes. John Locke rejected Aristotle's view and reformulated the problem of personal identity in his own way. These essays--written by prominent philosophers and legal and economic theorists--offer valuable insights into the...
What makes me the same person today that I was yesterday or will be tomorrow? In Plato's Symposium, Socrates observed that all of us are constantly un...
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