"This book publishes for the first time the findings of the World Values Survey - conducted in over 40 countries during 1990-93. The countries surveyed range from poor to rich, and include countries in Europe, North America, Africa, Asia, and Latin America as well as countries f…
"This book publishes for the first time the findings of the World Values Survey - conducted in over 40 countries during 1990-93. The countries surveyed range from poor to rich, and include countries in Europe, North America, Africa, Asia, and Latin America as well as countries f…
An engaging introduction to moral philosophy written in the form of a dialog.
Sentience and Sensibility is a dialogue that engages a number of issues in moral theory in a rigorous and original manner, while remaining accessible to students and other nonspecialist readers.
"Value, Reality, and Desire is an extended argument for a robust realism about value. The robust realist affirms the following distinctive theses. There are genuine claims about value which are true or false - there are facts about value. These value facts are mind-independent -…
The willingness to believe in some kind of payback or karma remains nearly universal. Retribution awaits those who commit bad deeds; rewards await those who do good. Johnson explores how this belief has developed over time, and how it has shaped the course of human evolution. "…
The willingness to believe in some kind of payback or karma remains nearly universal. Retribution awaits those who commit bad deeds; rewards await those who do good. Johnson explores how this belief has developed over time, and how it has shaped the course of human evolution.
Charles Derber introduces and vividly explains the idea of a sociopathic society and why the idea has become necessary to understand today s world. Sociopathic society is rooted in governments and economies, not psychiatry. The book offers a new sociology of societies organized …