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Author : Larry Kudlow
Publisher : Creators Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781942448990
Author : Charles Alan Grubb
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:164631493
Author : United States. Congress
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1346 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Law
ISBN : HARVARD:32044116493982
The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)
Author : Drew M. Dalton
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2023-10-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780810146426
A provocative and entirely new account of ethical reasoning that reconceives the traditional understanding of ethical action negatively In this radical reconsideration of ethical reasoning in contemporary European philosophy, Drew M. Dalton makes the case for an absolutely grounded account of ethical normativity developed from a scientifically informed and purely materialistic metaphysics. Expanding on speculative realist arguments, Dalton argues that the limits placed on the nature of ethical judgments by Kant’s critique can be overcome through a moral evaluation of the laws of nature—specifically, the entropic principle that undergirds the laws of physics, chemistry, and biology. In order to extract a moral meaning from this simple material fact, Dalton scrutinizes the presumptions of classical accounts and traditional understandings of good and evil within the history of Western philosophy and ultimately asserts that ethical normativity can be reestablished absolutely without reverting to dogmatism. By overturning our assumptions about the nature and value of reality, The Matter of Evil: From Speculative Realism to Ethical Pessimism presents a provocative new model of ethical responsibility that is both logically justifiable and scientifically sound. Dalton argues for “ethical pessimism,” a position previously marginalized in the West, as a means to cultivate an account of ethical responsibility and political activism that takes seriously the unbecoming of being and the moral horror of existence.
Author : Tuhin A. Sinha
Publisher : Hachette India
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9789350093627
What happens when the political drama that unfolds in the country's corridors of power spills over to a complicated personal bond between three young people? Aditya, like the Congress party he belongs to, tends to be elitist and aristocratic; Brajesh Ranjan, like his party the BJP, swears by an overtly nationalist agenda; and Chaitali Sen, like the CPI(M) she represents, swears by the underpowered. In this page-turning book set in the thick of political party manoeuvring and against the backdrop of India's nuclear deal, the author writes a riveting story about love and relationships that are made and broken by the ideologies of the political parties that each of these three protagonists represent. It takes a horrific incident like 26/11 to make each of them realize the shortcomings of the parties they swear by and to look at the larger picture.
Author : Roger Scruton
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2010-10-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0199798990
Ranging widely over human history and culture, from ancient Greece to the current global economic downturn, Scruton makes a counterintuitive yet persuasive case that optimists and idealists -- with their ignorance about the truths of human nature and human society, and their naive hopes about what can be changed -- have wrought havoc for centuries. Scruton's argument is nuanced, however, and his preference for pessimism is not a dark view of human nature; rather his is a 'hopeful pessimism' which urges that instead of utopian efforts to reform human society or human nature, we focus on the only reform that we can truly master -- the improvement of ourselves through the cultivation of our better instincts. Written in Scruton's trademark style-- erudite, sweeping in scope across centuries and cultures, and unafraid to offend-- this book is sure to intrigue and provoke readers concerned with the state of Western culture, the nature of human beings, and the question of whether social progress is truly possible.
Author : William W. Whitson
Publisher : Cogent Publishing
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2022-08
Category : Aeronautics, Military
ISBN : 0925776106
There is a change headed for this planet, and it involves more than just humanity. It's coming like a tidal wave, to wash us into a new way of living - a better, kinder, more loving era. This change goes by many names, but one thing is certain: what's about to happen is unprecedented. And it would be difficult or even impossible for humanity to make this transition alone. In fact, we have failed many times in the past, with cataclysmic results. However, this time, thousands of beings or more, living in other dimensions of time and space and on other planets, have come to help us. This book is about Beth's personal contact with one such extraterrestrial individual, Martha, who reached out, offering her personal assistance. Martha has done this to help awaken humanity. It's time we humans learned the truth about our place among extraterrestrials and angels.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 986 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : English literature
ISBN : CUB:U183041070153
Author : Matthew W. Slaboch
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2017-12-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780812249804
Matthew W. Slaboch examines the work of German philosophers Arthur Schopenhauer and Oswald Spengler, Russian novelists Leo Tolstoy and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, and American historians Henry Adams and Christopher Lasch—rare skeptics of the idea of progress who have much to offer political theory, a field dominated by historical optimists.
Author : Jonathan Franzen
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-21
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780008434052
The climate change is coming. To prepare for it, we need to admit that we can’t prevent it.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities,United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities. Subcommittee on Legislation
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1948
Category : Communism
ISBN : UCSD:31822024205163
Author : Jonathan Haidt
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2013-02-12
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780307455772
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The acclaimed social psychologist challenges conventional thinking about morality, politics, and religion in a way that speaks to conservatives and liberals alike—a “landmark contribution to humanity’s understanding of itself” (The New York Times Book Review). Drawing on his twenty-five years of groundbreaking research on moral psychology, Jonathan Haidt shows how moral judgments arise not from reason but from gut feelings. He shows why liberals, conservatives, and libertarians have such different intuitions about right and wrong, and he shows why each side is actually right about many of its central concerns. In this subtle yet accessible book, Haidt gives you the key to understanding the miracle of human cooperation, as well as the curse of our eternal divisions and conflicts. If you’re ready to trade in anger for understanding, read The Righteous Mind.
Author : Rebecca Solnit
Publisher : Haymarket Books
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781608465798
“[A] landmark book . . . Solnit illustrates how the uprisings that begin on the streets can upend the status quo and topple authoritarian regimes” (Vice). A book as powerful and influential as Rebecca Solnit’s Men Explain Things to Me, her Hope in the Dark was written to counter the despair of activists at a moment when they were focused on their losses and had turned their back to the victories behind them—and the unimaginable changes soon to come. In it, she makes a radical case for hope as a commitment to act in a world whose future remains uncertain and unknowable. Drawing on her decades of activism and a wide reading of environmental, cultural, and political history, Solnit argues that radicals have a long, neglected history of transformative victories, that the positive consequences of our acts are not always immediately seen, directly knowable, or even measurable, and that pessimism and despair rest on an unwarranted confidence about what is going to happen next. Now, with a moving new introduction explaining how the book came about and a new afterword that helps teach us how to hope and act in our unnerving world, she brings a new illumination to the darkness of our times in an unforgettable new edition of this classic book. “One of the best books of the 21st century.” —The Guardian “No writer has better understood the mix of fear and possibility, peril and exuberance that’s marked this new millennium.” —Bill McKibben, New York Times–bestselling author of Falter “An elegant reminder that activist victories are easily forgotten, and that they often come in extremely unexpected, roundabout ways.” —The New Yorker
Author : Noam Chomsky,C J Polychroniou
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780241982013
An essential overview of the problems of our world today -- and how we should prepare for tomorrow -- from the world's leading public intellectual We have two choices. We can be pessimistic, give up, and help ensure that the worst will happen. Or we can be optimistic, grasp the opportunities that surely exist, and maybe help make the world a better place. Not much of a choice. From peerless political thinker Noam Chomsky comes an exploration of rising neoliberalism, the refugee crisis in Europe, the Black Lives Matter movement, the dysfunctional US electoral system, and the prospects and challenges of building a movement for radical change. Including four up-to-the-minute interviews on the 2016 American election campaign and global resistance to Trump, this Penguin Special is a concise introduction to Chomsky's ideas and his take on the state of the world today.
Author : Jay Cost
Publisher : Encounter Books
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016-07-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781594038686
After the Constitutional Convention, Benjamin Franklin was asked, “Well, Doctor, what have we got—a Republic or a Monarchy?” Franklin’s response: “A Republic—if you can keep it.” This book argues: we couldn’t keep it. A true republic privileges the common interest above the special interests. To do this, our Constitution established an elaborate system of checks and balances that disperses power among the branches of government, which it places in conflict with one another. The Framers believed that this would keep grasping, covetous factions from acquiring enough power to dominate government. Instead, only the people would rule. Proper institutional design is essential to this system. Each branch must manage responsibly the powers it is granted, as well as rebuke the other branches when they go astray. This is where subsequent generations have run into trouble: we have overloaded our government with more power than it can handle. The Constitution’s checks and balances have broken down because the institutions created in 1787 cannot exercise responsibly the powers of our sprawling, immense twenty-first-century government. The result is the triumph of special interests over the common interest. James Madison called this factionalism. We know it as political corruption. Corruption today is so widespread that our government is not really a republic, but rather a special interest democracy. Everybody may participate, yes, but the contours of public policy depend not so much on the common good, as on the push-and-pull of the various interest groups encamped in Washington, DC.
