Edited by Amélie Oksenberg Rorty (NHC Fellow, 2007–08) and James Schmidt In recent years there has been a major revival of interest in the political philosophy of Immanuel Kant. Thinkers have looked to Kant's theories about knowledge, history, the moral self and autonomy, and nature and aesthetics to seek the foundations of their own political … Continued
By Norman Fiering (NHC Fellow, 1978–79)
By Jasper Hopkins (NHC Fellow, 1983–84)
By Harmon L. Smith (NHC Fellow, 1982–83) This volume moves beyond ethics as problem-solving or ethics as etiquette to offer a look at ethics in primary care—as opposed to life-or-death—medical care. Professional Ethics and Primary Care Medicine deals with the ethics of routine, day-to-day encounters between doctors and patients. It probes beneath the hard decisions to look … Continued
By Paul J. Weithman (NHC Fellow, 2000–01) This book takes issue with those who would seek to place restrictions on the participation of religious organizations in politics, arguing that their position underestimates the benefits, and overestimates the costs, of having religiously motivated citizens participate in this way. It will appeal to readers in philosophy and … Continued
By Mitchell S. Green (NHC Fellow, 2001–02) Mitchell S. Green presents a systematic philosophical study of self-expression – a pervasive phenomenon of the everyday life of humans and other species, which has received scant attention in its own right. He explores the ways in which self-expression reveals our states of thought, feeling, and experience, and … Continued
By M. S. Lourenço (NHC Fellow, 1979–80)
By Betty Jo Teeter Dobbs (NHC Fellow, 1978–79) In this major reevaluation of Isaac Newton's intellectual life, Betty Jo Teeter Dobbs shows how his pioneering work in mathematics, physics, and cosmology was intertwined with his study of alchemy. Professor Dobbs argues that to Newton those several intellectual pursuits were all ways of approaching Truth, and … Continued
By Eugene Goodheart (NHC Fellow, 1987–88) Eugene Goodheart examines the skeptic disposition that has informed advanced literary discourse over the past generation, arguing that the targets of deconstructive suspicion are fundamental humanistic values.
By Ákos Östör (NHC Fellow, 1980–81) Is the concept of time among the Salteaux, Balinese, Nuer, or Pitanjare similar or different? What about ancient India and China or medieval Europe or industrialized America? This elegantly structured book is an exploration of the theoretical, methodological, and interpretative questions of what is involved when we talk about … Continued