The Life-Giving Sword: Secret Teachings from the House of by Yagyu Munenori,William Scott Wilson

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

Regenerative medication is wealthy with promethean gives you. using human embryonic stem cells in examine is justified by way of its advocates when it comes to provides to treatment a variety of ailments and disabilities, from Alzheimer’s and Parkinsonism to the result of center assaults and spinal wire accidents. extra commonly, there's the promethean attract of having the ability to revamp human organic nature by way of the objectives and matters 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 matters relating to questions of improvement and originality in Tsongkhapa's idea. It additionally offers largely with one in all Tsongkhapa's basic matters, particularly his makes an attempt to illustrate that the center method philosophy's deconstructive research doesn't negate the truth of the typical global.

Cultivating Personhood: Kant and Asian Philosophy

Authors from world wide unite to be able to domesticate discussion among Asian and Western philosophy. The papers forge a brand new, East-West comparative course in most cases variety of concerns in Kant reports. the idea that of personhood, an important for either traditions, serves as a springboard to handle concerns corresponding to wisdom acquisition and schooling, ethics and self-identity, religious/political neighborhood development, and cross-cultural realizing.

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 sophisticated author, deeply rooted within the chinese language prior whereas stimulated by way of paragons of Western modernity. the current quantity brings jointly for the 1st time a set of essays at the topics of freedom and destiny within the inventive works of Gao Xingjian.