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The course of Western philosophy has been profoundly altered by the philosophy of Hegel. The first of those who set about the transforming and revisioning of the world according to Hegel's dialectical theory were called "The Young Hegelians". This book retrieves some of the central writings of that troubling generation.

Examines the nature, extent, intensity, and import of exploitation and its relation to the issue of social justice. This title explores racial and gender exploitation and the way in which the environment and the Third World are exploited.

Our wants for food, housing, medicine, transportation, luxuries, and all the other benefits of industrialisation have resulted in the exploitation of our natural surroundings. This book explores the complex convergence of psychological, social, economic, and political factors that keep us from acting in our own self-interest.

Despite 2000 years of examination to the validity of astrology and its application to people's lives, the belief in the power of the stars continues to be strong world-wide. Does astrology work? This title provides an objective evaluation of astrology, providing an overview of the main arguments linking astrology to astronomy.

Exposes a twisted legal system, its obvious abuses of civil rights, and indifferent courts that subject caring fathers across the nation to vengeful ex-wives, opportunistic psychologists and psychiatrists, and overzealous attorneys. This book argues that all fathers should not be viewed as deadbeat dads who shirk their responsibilities.

Describes the main contours of how religion and government interact in Canada. This book reflects the traditions that have developed a somewhat different style of church-state relationships in our neighbour to the north. It focuses on religion's impact on education, law, and politics.

A comprehensive moral foundation with the flexibility to respond to often rapidly changing circumstances is desperately needed if health-care professionals are to confront head-on the daily questions of medical ethics. This work offers this moral grounding to help those who must make difficult medical choices.

An estimated 200,000 men were diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1994. This book is for all the men, and their caring partners, who must confront the disease and impotence. It seeks to provide the understanding that the author struggled so long to find during his healing journey. It is intended for those who are working through recovery.

Offers essays on four key issues: the causes of homosexuality, disputes about the role the courts should play, gays and the military, and religious attitudes toward homosexuality.

Helps to explain what we mean when we say that an issue, a question, or a situation is a matter of "judgement". This book features an examination of the overlooked place of judgement in the everyday world. It tells that the exercise of judgement is a defining characteristic of professionalism.

Presents a picture of the multibillion-dollar health-food industry and counters the false assertions of health-food hucksters with scientifically based nutrition information. This title includes appendices on balancing your diet, evaluating claims made for more than 60 supplements and food products and more.

Takes readers inside the testing procedures of Sir William Crookes - a chemist and physicist who was roundly ridiculed by many of his fellow scientists for his five-year investigation of a number of important spiritualists and mediums, including Daniel Dunglas Home, Florence Cook, and Anna Eva Fay - to explore just what his investigation entailed.

A collection of quotations, aphorisms, and epigrams relating to beliefs, ideologies, superstitions, and fanaticism. It covers more than fifteen categories, among them: civil liberties; fanatics and true believers; intolerance; individual liberties and personal freedom; mysticism and religion; public opinion and mass media; and rationalism.

Brings together experts who seek to assist family and friends in recognising the danger signs that surround an elder. This book shows the distinctions between types of behaviour that give cause for worry and those which can be described as idiosyncratic. It offers suggestions for assistance that maintains respect for elder autonomy and freedom.

Examines Jesus as an idea of salvation, and not as an individual, gradually constituted and modified over a considerable timespan. This study shows that we know next to nothing about the actual existence of Jesus, all efforts to recover the history of this individual ending in failure.

Examining the history behind the writing of the religion clauses of the First Amendment, this book focuses on the courts' interpretations of these clauses over the centuries. It also includes the debates in Congress over their application, especially as regards prayer in the public schools.

Brings together the religious liberty and church/state provisions of the fifty state constitutions. This book serves as a useful reference for people in the fields of education, law, religion, and politics.

Examines the pervasive influence of organized religion on three vital areas of human behavior - ethics, government, and economics. This book argues that the belief systems of major religions have become a detriment to clear thinking, rational conduct, and wise public policy.

With reference to such contemporary philosophical luminaries as Alasdair MacIntyre, John Rawls, Jurgen Habermas, Michael Walzer, and Richard Rorty (among others), this work demonstrates that the abstractions produced by these writers fail to engage the subject matter that gives pertinence to ethical theory and offers direction to moral conduct.

Examines the history, English, and science textbooks in fundamentalist private schools. This work documents the fact that these schools promote prejudice against people of other faiths, distort history, derogate our literary heritage, and otherwise indoctrinate children with 'visions of reality' that are incompatible with public tax support.

How can we know about the lives of our ancestors who lived 30,000, or 300,000, or 3 million years ago? This title addresses the many difficulties and challenges that scientists face in assembling the record of human evolution. It offers a look at the world of research into the beginnings of human life on earth.

Probes ten tantalizing mysteries that, for decades, have defied rational analysis and convinced many people that supernatural events really do happen. This book scrutinizes the evidence for a variety of strange historical, paranormal, and forensic phenomena.

Explores the issues of Church authority and the priesthood. This book offers a critique of contemporary Vatican policies, and issues a call for the Church to enter into a greater dialogue with the millions of sincere Catholics who feel increasingly disenfranchised and alienated by a Church they see as out of touch with the real world.

A collection of fifty essays, it is presented to 'elicit the joy of reflection', to provoke argument and intimacy, and to encourage understanding. It aims to make philosophy accessible and fun for everyone. It contains essays including: "Becoming a Philosopher"; "What's Wrong with Sentimentality?"; "The Game of Love"; and, "The Politics of Sleep".

Includes a state-by-state survey of direct or indirect aid for parochial and other non-public schools. This work also discusses the controversy in American education on church and state.

Expands the concept of morality by assigning it a scientific base in biology. This book reveals "property" as one moral factor that pervades all moral and immoral behaviour.

A collection of humorous stories and anecdotes.

How do we communicate the wonders of science to children and young adults? This book presents 100 common science questions and provides simple answers with illustrations such as: Why is the sky blue? and, Why are there seasons?

Robert G Ingersoll (1833-1899) was a complex figure - a brilliant lawyer and orator who courageously advanced the concept of free-thought; a magnetic extrovert whose public esteem, eagerly sought, never earned him the private favours he so generously bestowed on others. This work explores the life and thought of this figure.