Human Kindness And The Smell Of Warm Croissants
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Human Kindness And The Smell Of Warm Croissants
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Author : Ruwen Ogien
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2015-05-19
Human Kindness And The Smell Of Warm Croissants written by Ruwen Ogien and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-19 with Philosophy categories.
Human Kindness and the Smell of Warm Croissants makes philosophy fun, tactile, and popular. Moral thinking is simple, Ruwen Ogien argues, and as inherent as the senses. In our daily experiences, in the situations we confront and in the scenes we witness, we develop an understanding of right and wrong as sophisticated as the moral outlook of the world's most gifted philosophers. By drawing on this knowledge to navigate life's most perplexing problems, ethics becomes second nature. Ogien explores, through experimental philosophy and other methods, the responses nineteen real-world conundrums provoke. Is a short, mediocre life better than no life at all? Is it acceptable to kill a healthy person so his organs can save five others? Would you swap a "natural" life filled with frustration, disappointment, and partial success for a world in which all of your needs are met, but through artificial and mechanical means? Ogien doesn't seek to show how difficult it is to determine right from wrong or how easy it is for humans to become monsters or react like saints. Helping us tap into the wisdom and feeling we already possess in our ethical "toolboxes," Ogien instead encourages readers to question moral presuppositions and rules; embrace an intuitive sense of dignity, virtue, and justice; and pursue a pluralist ethics suited to the principles of human kindness.
Skill And Mastery
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Author : Karyn Lai
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2019-07-12
Skill And Mastery written by Karyn Lai and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-12 with Philosophy categories.
This valuable collection of illuminating analysis of skill stories from the Zhuangzi, a 4th century BCE Daoist text opens up new lines of inquiry in comparative East-West philosophical debates on skill, cultivation and mastery, as well as cross-disciplinary debates in psychology, cognitive science and philosophy.
Understanding Food Systems
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Author : Ruth MacDonald
language : en
Publisher: Academic Press
Release Date : 2017-05-25
Understanding Food Systems written by Ruth MacDonald and has been published by Academic Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-25 with Technology & Engineering categories.
Understanding Food Systems: Agriculture, Food Science, and Nutrition in the United States explores the complex and evolving system from which the United States gets its food. From farm, to home, and everything in-between, the authors use a scientific perspective that explains the fundamentals of agricultural production, food science, and human nutrition that will guide readers through the issues that shape our food system, including political, societal, environmental, economic, and ethical concerns. Presenting the role and impact of technology, from production to processing and safety, to cultural and consumer behavior perspectives, the book also explores the link between food systems and the history of nutrients and diet patterns, and how these influence disease occurrence. Current topics of concern and debate, including the correlations between food systems and diet-related diseases, such as obesity and diabetes are explored, as are the history and current status of food insecurity and accessibility. Throughout the text, readers are exposed to current topics that play important roles in personal food choices and how they influence components of the food system. Presents the evolution of the US food system, from historical beginnings, to current consumer and political roles and responsibilities Provides farm to fork insights on production and consumption practices in the United States Explores complex topics in call-out boxes throughout the text to help readers understand the various perspectives on controversial topics
Nourishment
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Author : Corine Pelluchon
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2019-02-21
Nourishment written by Corine Pelluchon and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-02-21 with Philosophy categories.
In her new book, Corine Pelluchon argues that the dichotomy between nature and culture privileges the latter. She laments that the political system protects the sovereignty of the human and leaves them immune to impending environmental disaster. Using the phenomenological writings of French philosophers like Emmanuel Levinas, Jacques Derrida, and Paul Ricœur, Pelluchon contends that human beings have to recognise humanity's dependence upon the natural world for survival and adopt a new philosophy of existence that advocates for animal welfare and ecological preservation. In an extension of Heidegger's ontology of concern, Pelluchon declares that this dependence is not negative or a sign of weakness. She argues instead, that we are nourished by the natural world and that the very idea of nourishment contains an element of pleasure. This sustenance comforts humans and gives their lives taste. Pelluchon's new philosophy claims then, that eating has an affective, social and cultural dimension, but that most importantly it is a political act. It solidifies the eternal link between human beings and animals, and warns that the human consumption of animals and other natural resources impacts upon humanity's future.
Understanding Virtue
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Author : Jennifer Cole Wright
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2020-10-20
Understanding Virtue written by Jennifer Cole Wright and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-20 with Philosophy categories.
The last thirty years have seen a resurgence of interest in virtue among philosophers, psychologists, and educators. Over time, this interdisciplinary conversation has included character cultivation and education, in addition to more abstract, theoretical discussions of virtue. As is often the case when various disciplinary endeavors become entwined, this renewed interest in virtue cultivation faces an important challenge--namely, meeting the varying requirements imposed by different disciplinary standards. For virtue in particular, this means developing an account that practitioners from multiple disciplines find sufficiently rigorous, substantive, and useful. This volume represents a response to this interdisciplinary challenge. This co-authored book not only provides a framework for quantifying virtues, but also explores how we can understand virtue in a philosophically-informed way that is compatible with the best thinking available in personality psychology. Its objective is twofold: first, drawing on whole trait theory in psychology and Aristotelian virtue ethics, it offers accounts of virtue and character that are both philosophically sound and psychologically realistic. Second, the volume presents strategies for how virtue and character can be translated into empirically measurable variables and, thus, measured systematically, relying on the insights from the latest research in personality, social, developmental, and cognitive psychology, and psychological science more broadly. This volume presents a major contribution to the emerging science of virtue measurement and character, demonstrating just how philosophical understanding and psychological research can enrich each other.
L Influence De L Odeur Des Croissants Chauds Sur La Bont Humaine
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Author : Ruwen Ogien
language : fr
Publisher: Grasset & Fasquelle
Release Date : 2011
L Influence De L Odeur Des Croissants Chauds Sur La Bont Humaine written by Ruwen Ogien and has been published by Grasset & Fasquelle this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Ethics categories.
Vous trouverez dans ce livre des histoires de criminels invisibles, de canots de sauvetage qui risquent de couler si on ne sacrifie pas un passager, des machines à donner du plaisir que personne n'a envie d'utiliser, de tramways fous qu'il faut arrèter par n'importe quel moyen, y compris en jetant un gros homme sur la voie. Vous y lirez des récits d'expériences montrant qu'il faut peu de choses pour se comporter comme un monstre, et d'autres expériences prouvant qu'il faut encore moins de choses pour se comporter quasiment comme un saint: une pièce de monnaie qu'on trouve dans la rue par hasard, une bonne odeur de croissants chauds qu'on respire en passant. Vous y serez confrontés à des casse-tète moraux. Est-il cohérent de dire: ma vie est digne d'ètre vécue, mais j'aurais préféré de ne pas naître ? Est-il acceptable de laisser mourir une personne pour transplanter ses organes sur cinq malades qui en ont un besoin vital ? Vaut-il mieux vivre la vie brève et médiocre d'un poulet d'élevage industriel ou ne pas vivre du tout ? Cependant, le but de ce livre n'est pas de montrer qu'il est difficile de savoir ce qui est bien ou mal, juste ou injuste. Il est de proposer une sorte de boîte à outils intellectuels pour affronter le débat moral sans se laisser intimider par les grands mots (Dignité, vertu, Devoir, etc.), et les grandes déclarations de principe (Il ne faut jamais traiter une personne comme un simple moyen, etc.). C'est une invitation à faire de la philosophie morale autrement, à penser l'éthique librement.
The Antiegalitarian Mutation
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Author : Nadia Urbinati
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2016-08-23
The Antiegalitarian Mutation written by Nadia Urbinati and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-23 with Political Science categories.
The twin crises of immigration and mass migration brought new urgency to the balance of power between progressive, humanitarian groups and their populist opponents. In the United States and many European countries, the outcome of this struggle is uncertain, with a high chance that the public will elect more politicians who support an agenda of nativism and privatization. The Antiegalitarian Mutation makes a forceful case that those seeking to limit citizenship and participation, political or otherwise, have co-opted democracy. Political and legal institutions are failing to temper the interests of people with economic power against the needs of the many, leading to an unsustainable rise in income inequality and a new oligarchy rapidly assuming broad social control. For Nadia Urbinati and Arturo Zampaglione, this insupportable state of affairs is not an inevitable outcome of robust capitalism but rather the result of an ideological war waged against social democracy by the neoliberal governments of Reagan, Thatcher, and others. These giants of free-market fundamentalism secured power through legitimate political means, and only by taking back our political institutions can we remedy the social ills that threaten to unmake our world. That, according to The Antiegalitarian Mutation, is democracy's challenge and its ongoing promise.
Baker Thief
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Author : Claudie Arseneault
language : en
Publisher: The Kraken Collective
Release Date : 2018-06-26
Baker Thief written by Claudie Arseneault and has been published by The Kraken Collective this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-26 with Fiction categories.
Adèle has only one goal: catch the purple-haired thief who broke into her home and stole her exocore, thus proving herself to her new police team. Little does she know, her thief is also the local baker. Claire owns the Croissant-toi, but while her days are filled with pastries and customers, her nights are dedicated to stealing exocores. These new red gems are heralded as the energy of the future, but she knows the truth: they are made of witches’ souls. When her twin—a powerful witch and prime exocore material—disappears, Claire redoubles in her efforts to investigate. She keeps running into Adèle, however, and whether or not she can save her sister might depend on their conflicted, unstable, but deepening relationship.
Pink Society The Northport Case
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Author : Silvana Dionísio
language : en
Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
Release Date : 2023-07-31
Pink Society The Northport Case written by Silvana Dionísio and has been published by Austin Macauley Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-31 with Fiction categories.
After the unforeseen disruption in his daily bread distribution, the Kildare Hall baker swiftly hopped into his van. While doing it, a nasty shiver went up his body as he spotted from the corner of his eye someone peering from the attic’s window. He rubbed his eyes and glanced at the window again, but the vision had disappeared. When he left the Thirteen that morning, he could not have imagined what had happened the night before at the typically quiet house nor suspected that the society of young activists that had gathered there fled in an undesired hurry to the most daring adventure of their lives. With a group of international criminals on their trail, will the group reach its final destination? Or is this trip destined for total failure?
Perfume
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Author : Patrick Süskind
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2015-06-25
Perfume written by Patrick Süskind and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-25 with Fiction categories.
An erotic masterpiece of twentieth century fiction - a tale of sensual obsession and bloodlust in eighteenth century Paris 'An astonishing tour de force both in concept and execution' Guardian In eighteenth-century France there lived a man who was one of the most gifted and abominable personages in an era that knew no lack of gifted and abominable personages. His name was Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, and if his name has been forgotten today. It is certainly not because Grenouille fell short of those more famous blackguards when it came to arrogance, misanthropy, immorality, or, more succinctly, wickedness, but because his gifts and his sole ambition were restricted to a domain that leaves no traces in history: to the fleeting realm of scent . . . 'A fantastic tale of murder and twisted eroticism controlled by a disgusted loathing of humanity . .. Clever, stylish, absorbing and well worth reading' Literary Review 'A meditation on the nature of death, desire and decay . . . A remarkable début' Peter Ackroyd, The New York Times Book Review 'Unlike anything else one has read. A phenomenon . . . [It] will remain unique in contemporary literature' Figaro 'An ingenious and totally absorbing fantasy' Daily Telegraph 'Witty, stylish and ferociously absorbing' Observer