Explores topics such as the nature and extent of human freedom, the Bill of Rights, judicial review as it pertains to constitutional interpretation and the balance of powers among the three branches of government, censorship, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and social justice.
A collection of atheist and rationalist literature. It features twenty essays and twenty-nine samples of atheist and rationalist verse by such authors as GJ Holyoake, Robert Browning, John Keats, Annie Besant, Rudyard Kipling, Thomas Hardy, and Charles Bradlaugh.
How does parapsychology differ from hard science? Since the origins of psychical research, parapsychology has been hard-pressed to convince sceptics that it is a legitimate science. This collection of essays seeks to clarify and explore the philosophical problems implied by such alleged phenomena as ESP, psychokinesis, and out-of-body experiences.
Seeks to understand the thrust of socialist theory and to appraise the impact of its potential implementation. This book features chapters originally made public in the pages of the "Fortnightly Review" in 1879.
Examines the complex intersection where art and philosophy merge. This collection includes topics such as the criticism of Robert Wolfe, the minimalist sculpture of the 1960s, the metaphysics of photography, the paintings of Jackson Pollock, and some reflections on why women have been denied entrance to the pantheon of great artists.
Develops a point of view in the philosophy of liberal religion. This book explores the reasons for personal religious freedom, the limits of this freedom, and the possibilities it offers to intelligent, thoughtful human beings.
As eighteenth-century Europe sizzled with revolutionary fervor, one of the few lone voices of conservative government was that of Edmund Burke. He focused on the social and political ramifications of egalitarianism and what its dissemination in France might mean for the future of the liberty, order, and political tradition.
When Anne Hutchinson, the American religious dissenter and feminist, visited Bob Rimmer, he was at first sceptical but soon succumbed to Anne's earthy charms. This is the story of two weeks in 1985, when a woman who was banished from Massachusetts in 1638 came back to preach her ideas of freedom in love, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
In the 18th century, English philosopher Jeremy Bentham developed the famous moral theory known as utilitarianism, which is based upon the pleasure principle. This title discusses this principle that grounds the judgement of human action on the extent to which it would result in pleasure or happiness for the greatest number of people.
