Goodness and Advice

Judith Jarvis Thomson

• Paperback | Engels | University Center for Human Values | nr. 25
• How should we live? What do we owe to other people? In Goodness and Advice , the eminent philosopher Judith Jarvis Thomson explores how we should go a... Lees meer

The President Who Would Not Be King

Michael W McConnell

• Hardcover | Engels | University Center for Human Values | nr. 2
• Vital perspectives for the divided Trump era on what the Constitution's framers intended when they defined the extent--and limits--of presidential pow... Lees meer

Multiculturalism

Charles Taylor

• Paperback | Engels | University Center for Human Values | nr. 15
• A new edition of the highly acclaimed book Multiculturalism and "The Politics of Recognition," this paperback brings together an even wider range of l... Lees meer

Meaning in Life and Why It Matters

Susan Wolf

• Paperback | Engels | University Center for Human Values | nr. 40
• A fresh reflection on what makes life meaningful Most people, including philosophers, tend to classify human motives as falling into one of two catego... Lees meer

The President Who Would Not Be King

Michael W McConnell

• Paperback | Engels | University Center for Human Values | nr. 2
• Vital perspectives for the divided Trump era on what the Constitution's framers intended when they defined the extent--and limits--of presidential pow... Lees meer

Work and Welfare

Robert M Solow

• Hardcover | Engels | University Center for Human Values | nr. 18
• The Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert Solow directs his attention here to one of today's most controversial social issues: how to get people off we... Lees meer

Why Trust Science?

Naomi Oreskes

• Paperback | Engels | University Center for Human Values | nr. 54
• Why the social character of scientific knowledge makes it trustworthy Are doctors right when they tell us vaccines are safe? Should we take climate ex... Lees meer

A Different Kind of Animal

Robert Boyd

• Paperback | Engels | University Center for Human Values | nr. 46
• How our ability to learn from each other has been the essential ingredient to our remarkable success as a species Human beings have evolved to become ... Lees meer

Why Trust Science?

Naomi Oreskes

• Hardcover | Engels | University Center for Human Values | nr. 1
• Why the social character of scientific knowledge makes it trustworthy Do doctors really know what they are talking about when they tell us vaccines ar... Lees meer

Striking First: Preemption and Prevention in International Conflict

Michael W Doyle

• Paperback | Engels | University Center for Human Values | nr. 38
• Does the United States have the right to defend itself by striking first, or must it wait until an attack is in progress? Is the Bush Doctrine of aggr... Lees meer

A Matter of Interpretation

Antonin Scalia

• Paperback | Engels | University Center for Human Values | nr. 47
• We are all familiar with the image of the immensely clever judge who discerns the best rule of common law for the case at hand. According to U.S. Supr... Lees meer

Freedom of Association

• Paperback | Engels | University Center for Human Values | nr. 17
• Americans are joiners. They are members of churches, fraternal and sororal orders, sports leagues, community centers, parent-teacher associations, pro... Lees meer

Democracy, Culture and the Voice of Poetry

Robert Pinsky

• Paperback | Engels | University Center for Human Values | nr. 27
• The place of poetry in modern democracy is no place, according to conventional wisdom. The poet, we hear, is a casualty of mass entertainment and pros... Lees meer

Foragers, Farmers, and Fossil Fuels

Ian Morris

• Paperback | Engels | University Center for Human Values | nr. 41
• The best-selling author of Why the West Rules--for Now examines the evolution and future of human values Most people in the world today think democrac... Lees meer

Private Government

Elizabeth Anderson

• Hardcover | Engels | University Center for Human Values | nr. 44
• Why our workplaces are authoritarian private governments--and why we can't see it One in four American workers says their workplace is a "dictatorship... Lees meer

Private Government

Elizabeth Anderson

• Paperback | Engels | University Center for Human Values | nr. 44
• Why our workplaces are authoritarian private governments--and why we can't see it One in four American workers says their workplace is a "dictatorship... Lees meer

A Different Kind of Animal

Robert Boyd

• Hardcover | Engels | University Center for Human Values | nr. 46
• How our ability to learn from each other has been the essential ingredient to our remarkable success as a species Human beings are a very different ki... Lees meer

Foragers, Farmers, and Fossil Fuels

Ian Morris

• Hardcover | Engels | University Center for Human Values | nr. 41
• The best-selling author of Why the West Rules--for Now examines the evolution and future of human values Most people in the world today think democrac... Lees meer