As anxiety about environmental change and its effects grows, we need to understand both the scientific processes and the ethical and aesthetic judgments involved in deciding which changes we should welcome and promote and which we should try to avoid. In Environmental Philosophy Christopher Belshaw examines the current debates on the environment, focusing on questions of value while also taking into account relevant issues in epistemology and metaphysics.
As anxiety about environmental change and its effects grows, we need to understand both the scientific processes and the ethical and aesthetic judgmen...
10 Good Questions about Life and Death makes us think again about some of the most important issues we ever have to face.
Addresses the fundamental questions that many of us ask about life and death.
Written in an engaging and straightforward style, ideal for those with no formal background in philosophy.
Focuses on commonly pondered issues, such as: Is life sacred? Is it bad to die? Is there life after death? Does life have meaning? And which life is best?
Encourages readers to think about and respond to the human condition.
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10 Good Questions about Life and Death makes us think again about some of the most important issues we ever have to face.
10 Good Questions about Life and Death makes us think again about some of the most important issues we ever have to face.
Addresses the fundamental questions that many of us ask about life and death.
Written in an engaging and straightforward style, ideal for those with no formal background in philosophy.
Focuses on commonly pondered issues, such as: Is life sacred? Is it bad to die? Is there life after death? Does life have meaning? And which life is best?
Encourages readers to think about and respond to the human condition.
Features case...
10 Good Questions about Life and Death makes us think again about some of the most important issues we ever have to face.
Featuring essays from leading philosophical scholars, 12 Modern Philosophers explores the works, origins, and influences of twelve of the most important late 20th Century philosophers working in the analytic tradition.
Draws on essays from well-known scholars, including Thomas Baldwin, Catherine Wilson, Adrian Moore and Lori Gruen
Locates the authors and their oeuvre within the context of the discipline as a whole
Considers how contemporary philosophy both draws from, and contributes to, the broader intellectual and...
Featuring essays from leading philosophical scholars, 12 Modern Philosophers explores the works, origins, and influences of twelve of th...
Christopher Belshaw's examination focuses on questions of value rather than on morality and his general approach throughout is sceptical. The book will be of interest to philosophers concerned with the nature and importance of death and provides a much-needed foundation for discussions of abortion, euthanasia, life support, and suicide.
Christopher Belshaw's examination focuses on questions of value rather than on morality and his general approach throughout is sceptical. The book wil...
