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Just Think about It
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Just Think about It

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A collection of think pieces on a variety of topics: the environment (the notion of garbage, who owns the water, climate change as entertainment, … ), business (the limits of advertising, business in denial, …), individual rights and social issues (making certain words illegal, slutwalks, cultural anarchy, a concept of noise trespass, …), ethics (what’s wrong with selling your organs, euthanasia, should parents need to be licensed, …), education (the failure of …), and so on.Note: There is now a 2nd edn available, which includes all of the pieces in the first edition, plus more than eighty additional pieces. … It’s all thought-provoking, and whether or not you’ll end up agreeing with her conclusions, her essays make for fascinating reading. Erin O'Riordan Tittle’s pieces are atypical of philosophical writing in the best ways: of interest to non-specialists, yet instructive and profound, yet entertaining. Ron Cooper, Professor of Philosophy … a passionate, stylistically-engaging writer … George, Amazon

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Magenta
Date
17 April 2018
Pages
266
ISBN
9781926891576

A collection of think pieces on a variety of topics: the environment (the notion of garbage, who owns the water, climate change as entertainment, … ), business (the limits of advertising, business in denial, …), individual rights and social issues (making certain words illegal, slutwalks, cultural anarchy, a concept of noise trespass, …), ethics (what’s wrong with selling your organs, euthanasia, should parents need to be licensed, …), education (the failure of …), and so on.Note: There is now a 2nd edn available, which includes all of the pieces in the first edition, plus more than eighty additional pieces. … It’s all thought-provoking, and whether or not you’ll end up agreeing with her conclusions, her essays make for fascinating reading. Erin O'Riordan Tittle’s pieces are atypical of philosophical writing in the best ways: of interest to non-specialists, yet instructive and profound, yet entertaining. Ron Cooper, Professor of Philosophy … a passionate, stylistically-engaging writer … George, Amazon

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Magenta
Date
17 April 2018
Pages
266
ISBN
9781926891576