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  • Personal Identity as a Principle of Biomedical Ethics

    by Michael Quante ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This book brings together the debate concerning personal identity (in metaphysics) and central topics in biomedical ethics (conception of birth and death; autonomy, living wills and paternalism). Based on a metaphysical account of personal identity in the sense of persistence and conditions for human beings, conceptions for beginning of life, and death are developed. Based on a biographical ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • No Nonsense Investing

    ETF Investing for Non-Investors: A Step-by-Step Beginner's Guide to Building Long-Term Wealth

    by Michael Quante ...
    You don't need a finance degree, a six-figure salary, or a get-rich-quick scheme to retire comfortably. You need a few hours, a small starting amount, and time.Most people put investing in the too-hard basket. The jargon, the endless company reports, the nagging sense that the share market is either gambling or reserved for the wealthy — it's enough to make anyone walk away.No Nonsense Investing ... Read more

    $13.85 CAD

  • Thick (Concepts of) Autonomy

    Personal Autonomy in Ethics and Bioethics

    Edited by James F. Childress, Michael Quante ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This book explores, in rich and rigorous ways, the possibilities and limitations of “thick” (concepts of) autonomy in light of contemporary debates in philosophy, ethics, and bioethics.Many standard ethical theories and practices, particularly in domains such as biomedical ethics, incorporate minimal, formal, procedural concepts of personal autonomy and autonomous decisions and actions. Over the ... Read more

    $140.99 CAD

  • Handbook of Potentiality

    Edited by Kristina Engelhard, Michael Quante ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This volume congregates articles of leading philosophers about potentials and potentiality in all areas of philosophy and the empirical sciences in which they play a relevant role. It is the first encompassing collection of articles on the metaphysics of potentials and potentiality.Potentials play an important role not only in our everyday understanding of objects, persons and systems but also in ... Read more

    $344.99 CAD

  • The Philosophy of Recognition

    Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

    by Hans-Christoph Schmidt am Busch, Frederick Neuhouser, Michael Quante, Ludwig Siep, Terry Pinkard, Daniel Brudney, Andreas Wildt, Nancy Fraser, Jay M. Bernstein, HeikkiI käheimo0, Axel Honneth1, Emmanuel Renault2, Jean-Philippe Deranty3, Arto Laitinen4 ...
    The theory of recognition is now a well-established and mature research paradigm in philosophy, and it is both influential in and influenced by developments in other fields of the humanities and social sciences. From debates in moral philosophy about the fundamental roots of obligation, to debates in political philosophy about the character of multicultural societies, to debates in legal theory ... Read more

    $183.99 CAD

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    by Peggy Ireland ...
    This is the tax book for you if: You hate tax season, You don't understand your taxes, You're afraid you always miss a deduction, You wish someone could make this easier.Easy Tax Tips keeps it simple, with hints and tips for regular wage earners, in plain English that allows you to save money by doing your taxes yourself.Updated February 2013 ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Process and Reality

    by Alfred North Whitehead ...
    One of the major philosophical texts of the 20th century, Process and Reality is based on Alfred North Whitehead’s influential lectures that he delivered at the University of Edinburgh in the 1920s on process philosophy.Whitehead’s master work in philsophy, Process and Reality propounds a system of speculative philosophy, known as process philosophy, in which the various elements of reality into a ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • The Social Construction of Reality

    A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge

    by Peter L. Berger, Thomas Luckmann ...
    A watershed event in the field of sociology, this text introduced "a major breakthrough in the sociology of knowledge and sociological theory generally" (George Simpson, American Sociological Review ).In this seminal book, Peter L. Berger and Thomas Luckmann examine how knowledge forms and how it is preserved and altered within a society. Unlike earlier theorists and philosophers, Berger and ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Stock Market Investing for Beginners

    by Richard Stooker ...
    (NOTE: Table of Contents is fully linked.)Want to get started investing in the stock market, but aren't sure how to do so?What are stocks?What determines their market prices?Why do they go up and down?How can I beat the stock market?What are mutual funds?What are index funds?What are Exchanged Traded Funds?Even though the stock market is the heart of a country's wealth, and even though it enables ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Aquinas

    A Beginner's Guide

    by Edward Feser ...
    Series series Beginner's Guides
    Charting the life and thought of this hugely influential medieval thinker.The ultimate introduction to the greatest medieval philosopher, Saint Thomas Aquinas“At last. A concise, accessible and compelling introduction to Aquinas’s thought.” Kelly James Clark, Professor of Philosophy, Calvin CollegeThe greatest of the medieval philosophers, Thomas Aquinas sought to reconcile Christian doctrine with ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • The Malaise of Modernity

    by Charles Taylor ...
    Series series The CBC Massey Lectures
    In Malaise of Modernity, Charles Taylor focuses on the key modern concept of self-fulfillment, often attacked as the central support of what Christopher Lasch has called the culture of narcissism. To Taylor, self-fulfillment, although often expressed in self-centered ways, isn't necessarily a rejection of traditional values and social commitment; it also reflects something authentic and valuable ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Insight, Volume 3

    by Bernard Lonergan ...
    Series Book 3 - Collected Works of Bernard Lonergan
    Insight is Bernard Lonergan's masterwork. It aim is nothing less than insight into insight itself, a comprehensive view of knowledge and understanding, and to state what one needs to understand and how one proceeds to understand it.In Lonergan's own words: 'Thoroughly understand what it is to understand, and not only will you understand the broad lines of all there is to be understood but also you ... Read more

    $49.99 CAD