Moral thinking wilson

Softcover. English. Heinemann. 1970. ISBN: 0. 87pp. Fair condition in softcover. This book aim to introduce a range of subjects which are outside the scope of the traditional curriculum. Book No: 46699

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 8 - 15 working days Alasdair MacIntyre explores some central philosophical, political and moral claims of modernity and argues that a proper understanding of human goods requires a rejection of these claims. In a wide-ranging discussion, he considers how normative and evaluative judgments are to be understood, how desire and practical reasoning are to be characterized, what it is to have adequate self-knowledge, and what part narrative plays in our understanding of human lives. He asks, further, what it would be to understand the modern condition from a neo-Aristotelian or Thomistic perspective, and argues that Thomistic Aristotelianism, informed by Marx's insights, provides us with resources for constructing a contemporary politics and ethics which both enable and require us to act against modernity from within modernity. This rich and important book builds on and advances MacIntyre's thinking in ethics and moral philosophy, and will be of great interest to readers in both fields. Features Summary Alasdair MacIntyre explores the philosophical, political, and moral issues encountered in understanding what the virtues require in contemporary social contexts. Author Alasdair MacIntyre Publisher Cambridge UniversityPress Release date 20161116 Pages 322 ISBN 1-107-17645-X ISBN 13 978-1-107-17645-4

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days The writer and poet Robert Graves suppressed virtually all of the poems he had published during and just after the First World War. Until his son, William Graves, reprinted almost all the Poems About War in 1988, Graves's status as a `war poet' seems to have depended mainly on his prose memoir (and bestseller), Good-bye to All That. None of the previous biographies written on Graves, however excellent, attempt to deal with this paradox in any depth. Robert Graves the war poet and the suppressed poems themselves have been largely neglected - until now. Jean Moorcroft Wilson, celebrated biographer of poets Siegfried Sassoon, Isaac Rosenberg and Edward Thomas, relates Graves's fascinating life during this period, his experiences in the war, his being left for dead at the Battle of the Somme, his leap from a third-storey window after his lover Laura Riding's even more dramatic jump from the fourth storey, his move to Spain and his final `goodbye' to `all that'. In this deeply-researched new book, containing startling material never before brought to light, Dr Moorcroft Wilson traces not only Graves's compelling life, but also the development of his poetry during the First World War, his thinking about the conflict and his shifting attitude towards it. Robert Graves: From Great War Poet to Good-bye to All That casts new light on the life, prose and poetry of Graves, without which the story of Great War poetry is incomplete. Features Summary The writer and poet Robert Graves suppressed virtually all of the poems he had published during and just after the First World War. Until his son, William Graves... Author Jean Moorcroft Wilson Publisher Bloomsbury Continuum Release date 20180802 Pages 480 ISBN 1-4729-2914-4 ISBN 13 978-1-4729-2914-3

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days It is perhaps our noblest cause, and certainly one of our oldest: to end suffering. Think of the Buddha, Chuang Tzu, or Marcus Aurelius: stoically composed figures impervious to the torments of the wider world, living their lives in complete serenity and teaching us how to do the same. After all, isn't a life free from suffering the ideal? Isn't it what so many of us seek? Absolutely not, argues Todd May in this provocative but compassionate book. In a moving examination of life and the trials that beset it, he shows that our fragility, our ability to suffer, is actually one of the most important aspects of our humanity. May starts with a simple but hard truth: suffering is inevitable. At the most basic level, we suffer physically a sprained ankle or a bad back. But we also suffer insults and indifference. We suffer from overburdened schedules and unforeseen circumstances, from moral dilemmas and emotional heartaches. Even just thinking about our own mortality the fact that we only live one life can lead us to tremendous suffering. No wonder philosophies such as Buddhism, Taosim, Stoicism, and even Epicureanism all of which counsel us to rise above these plights have had appeal over the centuries. May highlights the tremendous value of these philosophies and the ways they can guide us toward better lives, but he also exposes a major drawback to their tenets: such invulnerability is too emotionally disengaged from the world, leading us to place too great a distance between ourselves and our experience. Rather than seeking absolute immunity, he argues most of us just want to hurt less and learn how to embrace and accept what suffering we do endure in a meaningful way. Offering a guide on how to positively engage suffering, May ultimately lays out a new way of thinking about how we exist in the world, one that reassures us that our suffering, rather than a failure of physical or psychological resilience, is a powerful and essential part of life itself. Features Summary It is perhaps our noblest cause, and certainly one of our oldest: to end suffering. Think of the Buddha, Chuang Tzu, or Marcus Aurelius: stoically composed figures impervious to the torments of the wider world... Author Todd. May Publisher University of Chicago Press Release date 20170225 Pages 272 ISBN 0-226-43995-X ISBN 13 978-0-226-43995-2

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days 'A training manual for our troubled times... It makes sense of our world, but is also capable of beautifully crafted pithy historical judgements.... It is a book that cares about liberty, choice and a moral compass, that warns against hubris' Roger Boyes, The Times John Lewis Gaddis, the distinguished historian and acclaimed author of The Cold War, has for almost two decades co-taught the grand strategy seminar at Yale University with his colleagues Charles Hill and Paul Kennedy. Now, in On Grand Strategy, Gaddis reflects with insight and wit on what he has learned. In chapters extending from the ancient world through World War II, Gaddis assesses grand strategic theory and practice in Herodotus, Thucydides, Sun Tzu, Octavian/Augustus, Saint Augustine, Machiavelli,Elizabeth I, Philip II, the American Founding Fathers, Clausewitz, Tolstoy,Lincoln, Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Isaiah Berlin. 'For the past 16 years Gaddis has taught a course on grand strategy to students at Yale University. Reading his book, you wish every university could offer it. Gaddis roves across the centuries, offering advice on subjects from statecraft and warfare to leading a worthwhile life' Phillip Delves Broughton, Evening Standard Features Summary 'A training manual for our troubled times... It makes sense of our world, but is also capable of beautifully crafted pithy historical judgements.... It is a book that cares about liberty... Author John Lewis Gaddis Publisher Penguin Books Release date 20190330 Pages 384 ISBN 0-14-198722-7 ISBN 13 978-0-14-198722-4

Doctor Judy Moody is sure to tickle your funny bone in the hilarious fifth book in the internationally popular and bestselling series, perfect for fans of Jacqueline Wilson, Lauren Child and Kes Gray's Daisy. Judy Moody has got the Moody Monday blues - until she finds out that her class's new project is on the amazing human body. That means skeletons, skulls, a hospital trip, lots of medical jokes and double trouble when Judy's friends trick her into thinking the class guinea pig has been cloned! But when Judy catches the mumps off her younger "bother", Stink, her friends make it up to her by coming to visit. Format:Paperback Pages:176

  (W/A) Various (CA) Mike Norton The Guardians continue their charm offensive across the Marvel Universe! Nightcrawler and Gamora lock swords in an interplanetary blade-fighting competition - but does the swashbuckling X-Man have a prayer of beating the deadliest woman in the galaxy? When a murderous alien heads to Miami, Drax and Ant-Man form the ultimate "buddy cop" pairing! The fates of a million souls are in the hands of the Silver Surfer and Groot - but what mysterious prize do they both seek? Star-Lord and Spider-Man trade quips when one of them steals the most dangerous weapon in the universe (and it's not who you're thinking). And when Deadpool faces Rocket Raccoon, fur - and bullets - will fly! Plus: Speaking of Deadpool, what happens when Wade Wilson becomes the Herald of Galactus?! Collecting GUARDIANS TEAM-UP #6-10 and DEADPOOL TEAM-UP #883.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days He'd do anything for his son... even marry a woman he'd just met! Single father Ryan Carter wants just one thing: a new beginning for his grieving son. That means decamping for small-town North Carolina... adopting a rescue dog...even proposing to Amanda Sylvester, the gorgeous restaurant manager he can't stop thinking about! Features Summary He'd do anything for his son... even marry a woman he'd just met! Author Teri Wilson Publisher Mills And Boon Release date 20190124 Pages 224 ISBN 0-263-27215-X ISBN 13 978-0-263-27215-4