Author: Harold Arthur PrichardPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199250197
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
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Moral Writings
Author: Harold Arthur PrichardPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199250197
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
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The Analogy of Names, and the Concept of Being
Author: Tommaso de Vio CajetanPublisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1606084631
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
The Difficulty of Being Good
Author: Gurcharan DasPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199779600
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 487
Book Description
Why should we be good? How should we be good? And how might we more deeply understand the moral and ethical failings--splashed across today's headlines--that have not only destroyed individual lives but caused widespread calamity as well, bringing communities, nations, and indeed the global economy to the brink of collapse? In The Difficulty of Being Good, Gurcharan Das seeks answers to these questions in an unlikely source: the 2,000 year-old Sanskrit epic, Mahabharata. A sprawling, witty, ironic, and delightful poem, the Mahabharata is obsessed with the elusive notion of dharma--in essence, doing the right thing. When a hero does something wrong in a Greek epic, he wastes little time on self-reflection; when a hero falters in the Mahabharata, the action stops and everyone weighs in with a different and often contradictory take on dharma. Each major character in the epic embodies a significant moral failing or virtue, and their struggles mirror with uncanny precision our own familiar emotions of anxiety, courage, despair, remorse, envy, compassion, vengefulness, and duty. Das explores the Mahabharata from many perspectives and compares the successes and failures of the poem's characters to those of contemporary individuals, many of them highly visible players in the world of economics, business, and politics. In every case, he finds striking parallels that carry lessons for everyone faced with ethical and moral dilemmas in today's complex world. Written with the flair and seemingly effortless erudition that have made Gurcharan Das a bestselling author around the world--and enlivened by Das's forthright discussion of his own personal search for a more meaningful life--The Difficulty of Being Good shines the light of an ancient poem on the most challenging moral ambiguities of modern life.
Lectures on Certain Difficulties Felt by Anglicans in Submitting to the Catholic Church
Author: John Henry NewmanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anglo-Catholic Church
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Certain Difficulties Felt by Anglicans in Catholic Teaching: A letter addressed to the Rev. E. B. Pusey, D.D., on occasion of his Eirenicon of 1864; and ... a letter addressed to the Duke of Norfolk, on occasion of Mr. Gladstone's Expostulation of 1874
Author: John Henry NewmanLectures on certain difficulties felt by Anglicans in submitting to the Catholic Church ... New and revised edition
Author: John Henry NewmanLiving Beings
Author: Penelope DransartPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000189619
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
Living Beings examines the vital characteristics of social interactions between living beings, including humans, other animals and trees.Many discussions of such relationships highlight the exceptional qualities of the human members of the category, insisting for instance on their religious beliefs or creativity. In contrast, the international case studies in this volume dissect views based on hierarchical oppositions between human and other living beings. Although human practices may sometimes appear to exist in a realm beyond nature, they are nevertheless subject to the pull of natural forces. These forces may be brought into prominence through a consideration of the interactions between human beings and other inhabitants of the natural world.The interplay in this book between social anthropologists, philosophers and artists cuts across species divisions to examine the experiential dimensions of interspecies engagements. In ethnographically and/or historically contextualized chapters, contributors examine the juxtaposition of human and other living beings in the light of themes such as wildlife safaris, violence, difference, mimicry, simulation, spiritual renewal, dress and language.
Bulletin
Author: California. Dept. of AgriculturePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1728
Book Description
Indochina Evacuation and Refugee Problems
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee to Investigate Problems Connected with Refugees and EscapeesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Economic assistance, American
Languages : en
Pages : 1000
Book Description
International Trade
Author: United States. General Accounting Office. National Security and International Affairs DivisionPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 9780788105739
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description