Posted by admin on 17 May 2009 at 11:00 am under Recommended
Editorial Reviews
Football used to be free. In 2001, the estimated annual turnover of world football was £250 billion. Is the commercialization of sport simply ‘fair game’, or is big business causing long-term damage?
Many have concerns about the changes that are taking place in the world of sport and the central thesis of [...]
Posted by admin on 04 May 2009 at 11:24 pm under Recommended
Editorial Reviews
Packed with important stuff you need to know, and spiced with real-life stories of “entry-level” investors, cool facts (like the fact that between your 18th and 30th birthdays, you will likely hold an average of 7.5 jobs), and references to rock and pop songs, this hip, “tell-it-like-it-is” guide focuses on the [...]
Posted by admin on 30 Apr 2009 at 4:53 am under Recommended
Editorial Reviews
Do You Want to Become a Volunteer but feel overwhelmed by the sheer volume of organizations to choose from? Look no further than this revised edition of the bestselling book Make a Difference! Complied and written by Arthur Blaustein, adjunct professor of social and urban policy at the University of [...]
Posted by admin on 27 Feb 2009 at 11:28 pm under Recommended
Editorial Reviews
In businesses big and small, making decisions comes with the territory. But how do you routinely make decisions that enhance, not diminish, the bottom line? According to major thought leaders like the authors of Blink, Megatrends and Winning, “intuition” is the answer. But those books are all about the “what” of [...]
Posted by admin on 29 Jan 2009 at 9:54 pm under Recommended
Editorial Reviews
In businesses big and small, making decisions comes with the territory. But how do you routinely make decisions that enhance, not diminish, the bottom line? According to major thought leaders like the authors of Blink, Megatrends and Winning, “intuition” is the answer. But those books are all about the “what” of [...]
Posted by admin on 17 Jan 2009 at 11:53 pm under Recommended
In businesses big and small, making decisions comes with the territory. But how do you routinely make decisions that enhance, not diminish, the bottom line? According to major thought leaders like the authors of Blink, Megatrends and Winning, “intuition” is the answer. But those books are all about the “what” of intuition. In [...]
Posted by admin on 07 Jan 2009 at 5:58 pm under Recommended
Embodiment, Morality and Medicine deals with the relevance of `embodiment’ to bioethics, considering both the historical development and contemporary perspectives on the mind–body relation. The emphasis of all authors is on the importance of the body in defining personal identity as well as on the role of social [...]
Posted by admin on 07 Jan 2009 at 3:48 pm under Recommended
Ethics and the University brings together the practice of ethics in the university (academic ethics) and the teaching of practical or applied ethics in the university.The book offers an explanation of practical ethics’ recent emergence as a university subject, discusses research ethics, and explores the teaching of practical ethics, including sexual ethics. [...]
Posted by admin on 07 Jan 2009 at 3:28 pm under Recommended
Review
Tjeltveits book has many good qualities. Perhaps the most important is that he challenges psychotherapists to consider the ethics of what they do from multiple perspectives. . Tjeltveit definitely looks as ethics and values in psychotherapy form every angle. In his book he makes a distinction [...]
Posted by admin on 07 Jan 2009 at 2:58 pm under Recommended
Review
The Ethics of Bankruptcy will be of interest to anyone curious to see how deeply theoretical considerations can be brought to bear on practical moral concerns. It is clearly written, with carefully developed arguments.–Philosophy in Review/Comptes Rendus Philosophiques
Have bankrupts committed a mortal wrongdoing? [...]
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