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.
Tactics for Finding and Taking Bobwhite, Valley, Gambel, Mountain, Scaled and Mearns Quail by Season and Habitat
This is a record of Huggler's year-long adventures, an in-depth book filled with practical information on where to go and how to hunt, in addition to being a highly readable account of Huggler's experiences along the way. When it was over, Huggler had hunted bobwhites in Iowa, Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri, scaled and Gambel quail in Arizona and ......
Looks at the social and historical context of prostitution, one of the world's oldest profession. This book presents a panorama of the forms and practices that prostitution has assumed in many cultures over many centuries. It is suitable for feminists, police, religious leaders, civil libertarians, the general public, and prostitutes themselves.
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.
Attempts to offer a systematic treatment of ethics and the principles upon which it rests and seeks to give substance and meaning to human action, and to the manner in which we judge our own behaviour and that of others. This book offers a discussion of morality and an analysis of political life.
Argues that there was no historical Jesus, and in thus arguing, here, the author deals with the writers who have interpreted the historical Jesus as some kind of political figure in the struggle against Rome, and calls in evidence the contemporary theologians who agree with some of the arguments about early Christianity.
