An Introduction to Africana Philosophy (Cambridge by Lewis R. Gordon

The Bioethics of Regenerative Medicine: 102 (Philosophy and Medicine)

Regenerative medication is wealthy with promethean supplies. using human embryonic stem cells in study is justified via its advocates when it comes to supplies to treatment a variety of ailments and disabilities, from Alzheimer’s and Parkinsonism to the result of center assaults and spinal twine accidents. extra largely, there's the promethean attract of having the ability to revamp human organic nature by way of the pursuits and issues of people.

Self, Reality and Reason in Tibetan Philosophy: Tsongkhapa's Quest for the Middle Way (Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism)

The paintings explores the historic and highbrow context of Tsongkhapa's philosophy and addresses the severe concerns regarding questions of improvement and originality in Tsongkhapa's proposal. It additionally bargains greatly with certainly one of Tsongkhapa's basic issues, specifically his makes an attempt to illustrate that the center approach philosophy's deconstructive research doesn't negate the truth of the standard international.

Cultivating Personhood: Kant and Asian Philosophy

Authors from worldwide unite on the way to domesticate discussion among Asian and Western philosophy. The papers forge a brand new, East-West comparative direction by and large diversity of matters in Kant reviews. the idea that of personhood, an important for either traditions, serves as a springboard to deal with concerns akin to wisdom acquisition and schooling, ethics and self-identity, religious/political group construction, and cross-cultural knowing.

Polyphony Embodied - Freedom and Fate in Gao Xingjian’s Writings (Chinese-Western Discourse)

Like artists, vital writers defy unequivocal interpretations. Gao Xingjian, winner of the Nobel Prize in literature, is a worldly author, deeply rooted within the chinese language prior whereas prompted by way of paragons of Western modernity. the current quantity brings jointly for the 1st time a suite of essays at the subject matters of freedom and destiny within the artistic works of Gao Xingjian.