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  1. The Will to Believe: And Other Essays in Popular Philosophy.William James - 1979 - New York: Cambridge University Press. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt, Fredson Bowers & Ignas K. Skrupskelis.
    For this 1897 publication, the American philosopher William James brought together ten essays, some of which were originally talks given to Ivy League societies. Accessible to a broader audience, these non-technical essays illustrate the author's pragmatic approach to belief and morality, arguing for faith and action in spite of uncertainty. James thought his audiences suffered 'paralysis of their native capacity for faith' while awaiting scientific grounds for belief. His response consisted in an attitude of 'radical empiricism', which deals practically rather (...)
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  • Through the moral maze: searching for absolute values in a pluralistic world.Robert Kane - 1994 - Armonk, N.Y.: North Castle Books.
    "On the ... issue of our pluralistic age -- whether we can continue to believe in absolute value -- Robert Kane has written the most helpful discussion I know.
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  • Mind, self and society.George H. Mead - 1934 - Chicago, Il.
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  • Great traditions in ethics.Theodore Cullom Denise, Nicholas P. White & Sheldon Paul Peterfreund (eds.) - 1999 - Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
    Chronologically sequenced chapter units give an overall historical perspective in this text on ethics, while chapter introductions include biographical, historical and other information.
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  • Relation of threatened egotism to violence and aggression: The dark side of high self-esteem.Roy F. Baumeister, Laura Smart & Joseph M. Boden - 1996 - Psychological Review 103 (1):5-33.
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  • Leviathan, or, The matter, forme and power of a commonwealth ecclesiasticall and civil.Thomas Hobbes - 2008 - New York: Touchstone. Edited by Michael Oakeshott.
    A cornerstone of modern western philosophy, addressing the role of man in government, society and religion In 1651, Hobbes published his work about the relationship between the government and the individual. More than four centuries old, this brilliant yet ruthless book analyzes not only the bases of government but also physical nature and the roles of man. Comparable to Plato's Republic in depth and insight, Leviathan includes two society-changing phenomena that Plato didn't dare to dream of -- the rise of (...)
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  • Dignity, rights, and self-control.Michael J. Meyer - 1989 - Ethics 99 (3):520-534.
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  • Autonomy and self-respect.Thomas E. Hill - 1991 - New York: Cambridge University Press.
    This stimulating collection of essays in ethics eschews the simple exposition and refinement of abstract theories. Rather, the author focuses on everyday moral issues, often neglected by philosophers, and explores the deeper theoretical questions which they raise. Such issues are: Is it wrong to tell a lie to protect someone from a painful truth? Should one commit a lesser evil to prevent another from doing something worse? Can one be both autonomous and compassionate? Other topics discussed are servility, weakness of (...)
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  • The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life.Richard J. Herrnstein & Charles Murray - 1995 - British Journal of Educational Studies 43 (4):458-462.
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  • Autonomy and Self-Respect.Martina Herrmann - 1994 - Philosophical Review 103 (4):736.
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  • Respect for persons.R. S. Downie - 1969 - New York,: Schocken Books. Edited by Elizabeth Telfer.
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  • The moral law: Kant's groundwork of the metaphysic of morals.Immanuel Kant - 1991 - New York: Routledge. Edited by H. J. Paton.
    Kant's Moral Law: Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals ranks with Plato's Republic and Aristotle's Ethics as one of the most important works of moral philosophy ever written. In Moral Law, Kant argues that a human action is only morally good if it is done from a sense of duty, and that a duty is a formal principle based not on self-interest or from a consideration of what results might follow. From this he derived his famous and controversial maxim, the (...)
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  • House of Cards: Psychology and Psychotherapy Built on Myth.Robyn M. Dawes - 1994
    Dawes points out the fallacy in many commonly held beliefs in therapy and takes issue with many current treatment methods.
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  • Attachment and Loss.John Bowlby - 1968 - Pimlico.
    Provides a comprehensive report on the mother-child bond and the emotional effects of and behavioral response to maternal deprivation.
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  • The Moral Judgment of the Child.Jean Piaget - 1934 - Mind 43 (169):85-99.
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  • Handbook of moral behavior and development.R. D. Enright, W. Kurtiness & J. Gerwitz - 1991 - In William M. Kurtines & Jacob L. Gewirtz (eds.), Handbook of Moral Behavior and Development. L. Erlbaum.
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