Modern Dilemmas
Modern Dilemmas

Author: Dylan Kissane

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2014-03-01

Total Pages: 373

ISBN-13: 3838267419

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Collective action problems are ubiquitous in situations involving human interactions and therefore lie at the heart of economy and political science. In one of the most salient statements on this topic, Elinor Ostrom, co-recipient of the 2009 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, even claims that "the theory of collective action is the central subject of political science". The collection of essays presented in this timely volume targets the problem of collective action from both a theoretical and applied perspective. Its multidisciplinary approach makes it a valuable reading for students and scholars working in a number of different areas of study, such as political science, economy, political philosophy, public policies, comparative politics, and international relations.

Moral Dilemmas of Modern War
Moral Dilemmas of Modern War

Author: Michael L. Gross

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 0521866154

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A practical guide for policy makers, military officers, students, and anyone else interested in asymmetric conflicts.

Ethical Dilemmas in the Modern Corporation
Ethical Dilemmas in the Modern Corporation

Author: Gerald F. Cavanagh

Publisher:

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780132900584

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For courses in Business Ethics. This text provides students with a non-theoretical, straightforward presentation of ethical dilemmas in business. It focuses on a two-part model while examining prominent issues in business ethics that offers a healthy balance between social values and traditional business values.

Moral Dilemmas in Modern Medicine
Moral Dilemmas in Modern Medicine

Author: Michael Lockwood

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1985

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13:

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A really good collection, a sustained and successful attempt to throw some light on extremely difficult problems...'___ New Society .

The Omnivore's Dilemma
The Omnivore's Dilemma

Author: Michael Pollan

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2007-08-28

Total Pages: 481

ISBN-13: 0143038583

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"Outstanding . . . a wide-ranging invitation to think through the moral ramifications of our eating habits." —The New Yorker One of the New York Times Book Review's Ten Best Books of the Year and Winner of the James Beard Award Author of This is Your Mind on Plants, How to Change Your Mind and the #1 New York Times Bestseller In Defense of Food and Food Rules What should we have for dinner? Ten years ago, Michael Pollan confronted us with this seemingly simple question and, with The Omnivore’s Dilemma, his brilliant and eye-opening exploration of our food choices, demonstrated that how we answer it today may determine not only our health but our survival as a species. In the years since, Pollan’s revolutionary examination has changed the way Americans think about food. Bringing wide attention to the little-known but vitally important dimensions of food and agriculture in America, Pollan launched a national conversation about what we eat and the profound consequences that even the simplest everyday food choices have on both ourselves and the natural world. Ten years later, The Omnivore’s Dilemma continues to transform the way Americans think about the politics, perils, and pleasures of eating.

Moral Dilemmas in Medieval Thought
Moral Dilemmas in Medieval Thought

Author: M. V. Dougherty

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2011-04-14

Total Pages: 237

ISBN-13: 1139501437

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The history of moral dilemma theory often ignores the medieval period, overlooking the sophisticated theorizing by several thinkers who debated the existence of moral dilemmas from 1150 to 1450. In this book Michael V. Dougherty offers a rich and fascinating overview of the debates which were pursued by medieval philosophers, theologians and canon lawyers, illustrating his discussion with a diverse range of examples of the moral dilemmas which they considered. He shows that much of what seems particular to twentieth-century moral theory was well-known long ago - especially the view of some medieval thinkers that some forms of wrongdoing are inescapable, and their emphasis on the principle 'choose the lesser of two evils'. His book will be valuable not only to advanced students and specialists of medieval thought, but also to those interested in the history of ethics.

Miss Jane Austen's Guide to Modern Life's Dilemmas
Miss Jane Austen's Guide to Modern Life's Dilemmas

Author: Rebecca Smith

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2012-11-08

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 1101601914

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Is the man I’m dating Mr. Darcy in disguise. . . or simply a jerk? It’s been two centuries since Jane Austen penned Pride & Prejudice and her many other classic novels, yet her adroit observations on the social landscape and profound insights into human nature are as relevant now as they were in her time. If only those of us in need of some good advice today had the opportunity to sit down and tap even a few drops from Austen’s great reservoirs of wisdom. Well, now we do. . . . In Miss Jane Austen’s Guide to Modern Life’s Dilemmas, Rebecca Smith channels her great-great-great-great-great aunt’s sense—and, of course, her sensibility—to help readers navigate their most pressing problems. Drawing on Austen’s novels, letters, and unpublished writings, Smith supplies readers with wise and wonderful counsel for living well in the 21st century. From instruction on how to gracefully “unfriend” someone on Facebook to answers for such timeless questions as “Can a man ever really change?” this book enables readers to nimbly navigate life’s most tricky terrain with the good sense, good manners, and abundant humor that are the mark of any great Austen heroine. Sensible, savvy, and funny, Miss Jane Austen’s Guide to Modern Life’s Dilemmas cleverly answers every Austen fan’s most earnest question: What would Jane do? Replete with lovely Austen-inspired color illustrations, as well as quotes from Austen’s various novels to support the advice given, this book is the ideal gift for the Jane Austen fanatic in your life.

Dilemmas and Connections
Dilemmas and Connections

Author: Charles Taylor

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2011-02-07

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13: 9780674055322

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In these essays Charles Taylor turns to those things not fully imagined or avenues not wholly explored in his epochal A Secular Age.

Dilemmas in Modern Jewish Thought
Dilemmas in Modern Jewish Thought

Author: Michael L. Morgan

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 1992-11-22

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 9780253114761

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"MIchael Morgan has served up an intellectual treat. These subtle and carefully reasoned essays explore the dilemmas of the post-modern Jew who would take history seriously without losing the commanding presence Israel heard at Sinai.... It is a pleasure to be nourished by a fresh mind exploring the tension between reason and revelation, history and faith."Â -- Rabbi Samuel Karff "This is without doubt one of the most significant works in modern Jewish thought and a must for a thoughtful student of contemporary Jewish philosophy." -- Rabbie Sheldon Zimmerman "This may well mark the next stage in the long history of Jewish self-understanding." -- Ethics "... rigorous history of modern Jewish thought... " -- Choice Is Judaism a timeless, universal set of beliefs or, rather, is it historical and contingent in its relation to different times and places? Morgan clarifies the tensions and dilemmas that characterize modern thinking about the nature of Judaism and clears the way for Jews to appreciate their historical situation, yet locate enduring values and principles in a post-Holocaust world.