Учебник подготовлен в соответствии с требованиями Федерального государственного образовательного стандарта высшего образования по направлению подготовки «Экономика» (уровень магистратуры и подготовки кадров высшей квалификации). В издании проводится анализ понятийного аппарата и основополагающих этических концептов, положенных в основу функционирования современного кодекса этики профессиональных бухгалтеров. В заключение текста включены рекомен ...
Explores an emerging multidisciplinary topic and methodological perspective.Provides a number of new perspectives to the practical uses of utopia, showing how social criticism, collective action and democracy will suffer, if utopias as a mode of social thought are lost.Discusses both traditional and contemporary utopias and various forms of expression of utopian hope from literature to social science and cultural practices. A combination of cont ...
Aquinas on Virtue: A Causal Reading is an original interpretation of one of the most compelling accounts of virtue in the Western tradition, that of the great theologian and philosopher Thomas Aquinas (1224–1274). Taking as its starting point Aquinas's neglected definition of virtue in terms of its «causes,» this book offers a systematic analysis of Aquinas on the nature, genesis, and role of virtue in human life.Drawing on connections an ...
First published in 1922, this book contains a collection of fascinating essays on the subject of love and sexuality, written by Havelock Ellis. Henry Havelock Ellis (1859–1939) was an English physician, writer, eugenicist and social reformer who studied human sexuality. Ellis was also an early researcher into the effects of psychedelics and wrote one of the first reports on a mescaline experience in 1896. Originally aimed at adolescents, these e ...
“I drink, I hurt myself and the people around me, and then I write.” Brett is in Central America, away from her husband, when she begins a love affair with his friend, Eduard. Tragedy and comedy are properly joined at the hip in this loosely autobiographical book about infidelity, drinking, and the postponing of repercussions under the sun. Though coming undone is something we all try to avoid, Martin reminds us that going off ...
We live in a time of relentless change. The only thing that?s certain is that new challenges and opportunities will emerge that are virtually unimaginable today. How can we know which skills will be required to succeed?In Five Minds for the Future, bestselling author Howard Gardner shows how we will each need to master «five minds» that the fast-paced future will demand:· The disciplined mind, to learn at least one profession, as well a ...
Iron Man or Captain America? Which one is superior—as a hero, as a role model, or as a personification of American virtue? Philosophers who take different sides come together in <i>Iron Man versus Captain America</i> to debate these issues and arrive at a deeper understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of these iconic characters. The discussion ranges over politics, religion, ethics, psychology, and metaphysics.<br><br& ...
