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    Class Act: Changing the Educational Landscape Through Love

    Christopher W Morris

    In Class Act, Christopher tells his incredible story of overcoming the challenges and hardships of working in a Title 1 school - an underprivileged institution where over 70% of students…

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    Amartya Sen

    Amartya Sen is an important and influential social theorist and philosopher. This volume of essays on aspects of Sen’s work is aimed at a broad audience of readers interested in…

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    Amartya Sen

    Amartya Sen is an important and influential social theorist and philosopher. This volume of essays on aspects of Sen’s work is aimed at a broad audience of readers interested in…

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    Questions of Life and Death: Readings in Practical Ethics

    Christopher W. Morris

    Featuring sixty-seven classic and contemporary selections, Questions of Life and Death: Readings in Practical Ethics is ideal for courses in contemporary moral problems, applied ethics, and introduction to ethics. In…

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    An Essay on the Modern State

    Christopher W. Morris (Bowling Green State University, Ohio)

    This is a philosophical examination of the modern state.

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    An Essay on the Modern State

    Christopher W. Morris (Bowling Green State University, Ohio)

    This important book is the first serious philosophical examination of the modern state. It inquires into the justification of this particular form of political society. Morris has written a book…

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    Practical Rationality and Preference: Essays for David Gauthier

    The dominant position in philosophy on the topic of practical rationality is that one acts to maximize the satisfaction of one’s preferences. This view is closely associated with the work…

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    Practical Rationality and Preference: Essays for David Gauthier

    The dominant position in philosophy on the topic of practical rationality is that one acts to maximize the satisfaction of one’s preferences. This view is closely associated with the work…

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    Value, Welfare, and Morality

    This book addresses critical issues in normative ethical theory. The essays in this collection, all written by a distinguished team of moral philosophers, provide an overview, analysis and an attempted…

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    Violence, Terrorism, and Justice

    Might there not be some justification in terrorists targeting certain victims but not others? In this volume a group of distinguished moral and social thinkers address the urgent problem of…

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    Rational Commitment and Social Justice: Essays for Gregory Kavka

    Gregory S. Kavka (1947-94) was a prominent and influential figure in contemporary moral and political philosophy. The essays in this volume are concerned with fundamental issues of rational commitment and…

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    Liability and Responsibility: Essays in Law and Morals

    This collection not only presents some of the most challenging work in legal philosophy, but it also demonstrates the interdisciplinary character of the field of philosophy of law, with contributors…

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    Liability and Responsibility: Essays in Law and Morals

    This collection not only presents some of the most challenging work in legal philosophy, but it also demonstrates the interdisciplinary character of the field of philosophy of law, with contributors…

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    Value, Welfare, and Morality

    The essays in this collection, all new and written by a distinguished team of moral philosophers, provide an overview, analysis, and an attempted resolution of those controversies.

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    Rational Commitment and Social Justice: Essays for Gregory Kavka

    Gregory S. Kavka (1947-94) was a prominent and influential figure in contemporary moral and political philosophy. The essays in this volume are concerned with fundamental issues of rational commitment and…

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    Manifest Destiny and Empire: American Antebellum Expansionism

    A collection of studies which features six scholars who consider aspects of American antebellum expansion.

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    Cultural Identity and the Nation-State

    These essays consider alternative models of the recognition of diverse cultures and the significance of cultural and national identity within democratic societies. The impact of this recognition is examined, as…

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    Hobbes and Political Contractarianism: Selected Writings

    David Gauthier (Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, University of Pittsburgh)

    This book presents a selection of David Gauthier’s writings on Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) and the theory of political contractarianism. The essays cover topics including Hobbes on law, social contract theory…

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    Rational Deliberation: Selected Writings

    David Gauthier (Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, University of Pittsburgh)

    This book presents a selection of Gauthier’s writings on practical rationality and deliberation. The chapters develop and clarify Gauthier’s theory of practical rationality, and draw out insights relevant to economic…

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    The Social Contract Theorists: Critical Essays on Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau

    An introduction to the critical literature on the classical and social political thinkers Thomas Hobbes, John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Essays have been selected to guide students through the texts…

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    Assumed Identities: The Meanings of Race in the Atlantic World

    With the recent election of the nation’s first African American president-an individual of blended Kenyan and American heritage who spent his formative years in Hawaii and Indonesia-the topic of transnational…

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    China’s Propensity for Innovation in the 21st Century: Identifying Indicators of Future Outcomes

    Steven W Popper,Marjory S Blumenthal,Eugeniu Han,Sale Lilly,Lyle J Morris

    In this report, the authors describe what information would be needed to better understand China’s innovation trajectory in the coming decades. They examine the propensity in China’s innovation system to…

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