Peter Askew, professor in physics, is walking home on a date when he falls through wormhole and travels back 8 hours in time. The only problem is he isn't the first and there are thousands of versions of himself. If that weren't bad enough, he can only exist in that eight hour period before time resets.

First published in 1998, this influential volume undertakes a task of exposition and interpretation in explaining the views of this important yet elusive ethical philosopher and why he thought modern moral and political philosophy so muddled. Fuller places MacIntyre in his philosophical context, draws out his attitudes towards ethical issues and attempts to uncover and explain his influences. In four parts, Fuller explores the board outline of MacIntyre's position, casuistry and the nature of tethics, MacIntyre's arguments on truth and reason and lastly his notions of narrative unity, ethical...

This title was first published in 2000. A 'generous soul' with 'ideas of genius' but a 'puerile idolater - Marx and his legacy remains an important focus for philosophers, economists, political scientists and others, but is Marxism dead and best forgotten, or is its relevance undiminished? Echoes of Utopia sets out to explore the relevance of Marxism in the contemporary world, through economic, political and human dimensions. Combining philosophical analysis of central economic and political concepts with an historically based examination of the unfolding of the twentieth century global...