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The current development of biomedical ethics is a source of radical critique not only in the clinic, but also in the classroom. The use of a rich and complex literature drawn from biomedical ethics, pedagogy, and philosophy serves to stimulate the reader to think through the moral complexity and ambivalence of modern experience.

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This collection pays tribute to Jerome E. Bickenbachs work that spans from philosophical and sociological issues to international legislation designed to support the rights of people with disabilities. Eight essays critically engage with Bickenbachs work to further advance the discussions he has initiated throughout his career.

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Heidegger and Performanceexplores convergences, direct or indirect, conscious or unconscious, between Heideggers work and ideas of performance and performativity. The book's central provocation is to replace the word being with performance and interpret through Heidegger new ways of understanding both terms.

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Bridging the gap between what is taught in schools and the cultural knowledge required at university, this book gathers together the cultural history of the West into one concise volume

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Presents a collection of papers in ancient moral philosophy. This book interprets Aristotle's ethical theory as a response to Protagoras. It ranges from a literary study of Homer's influence on Plato's Protagoras to analytic studies of Aristotle's metaphysics and his ideas about deliberation.

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Shows that the remarkable burst of abstract speculation among pre-Socratic thinkers of the sixth century BC emerged directly from the religious thought of the preceding era in Greece. This book provides connections between critical scientific thought and social and emotional experience.

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Engages with the thinking of the French philosopher Paul Ricoeur (1913-2005) in order to propose innovative responses to 21st-century problems actively contributing to global conflict. This work presents an elucidation of the practical significance of Ricoeur's thinking and a contribution to resolving socio-political conflicts in the 21st century.

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One of the great debates in Cartesian scholarship rages over the sincerity or insincerity of Descartes' theological metaphysics. His aim is the resolve the sincerity question concerning the Meditations as part of an interpretation of the latter's function within the Cartesian enterprise and its metaphysical legacy.

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A companion volume to his Critique of Religion and Philosophy, this book offers Walter Kaufmann's critical interpretations of some of the great minds in Western philosophy, religion, and literature.

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Paul Ricoeur (1913-2005) was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Chicago and the University of Paris X, Nanterre, and a leading figure in twentieth-century French philosophy. This book offers a companion to Ricoeur's classic text, "The Conflict of Interpretations".

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This work addresses the nature of human understanding as a central and pervasive aspect of the human condition.

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Presents a comprehensive examination of the philosophical questions facing activists, policy makers and educators fighting the causes of climate change. This book is suitable for students of environmental ethics in multiple disciplines.

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Presents a comprehensive examination of the philosophical questions facing activists, policy makers and educators fighting the causes of climate change. This book is suitable for students of environmental ethics in multiple disciplines.

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Drawing on a colloquium held at St Deniol's library in 2005, this book focuses on the contemporary possibilities inherent in medical science and the challenges that this raises for an understanding of human identity. It offers philosophical and scientific debates as to how far there can be any claim for the existence of human nature as such.