The Possibility Of A Science Of Casuistry Classic Reprint

Author : Ernest Northcroft Merrington
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 102 pages
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Release : 2018-10-05
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1396630333

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The Possibility of a Science of Casuistry (Classic Reprint) by Ernest Northcroft Merrington Pdf

Excerpt from The Possibility of a Science of Casuistry This essay is published on the suggestion of Professor Anderson. The subject of Casuistry, which may be described as the systematic treatment of cases of conscience, seems to be a neglected branch of moral study. Although the aim of the essay is philosophical, the subject is of more than academic interest. Questions of general importance are involved. Hence an impartial discussion of the claims of Casuistry to rank as a science, may be welcome, even to some, who, while not specially versed in ethical studies, are deeply interested in questions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Ernest Northcroft Merrington
Publisher : Legare Street Press
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Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1020048549

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The Possibility of a Science of Casuistry by Ernest Northcroft Merrington Pdf

Ernest Northcroft Merrington offers a groundbreaking exploration of casuistry, the art of moral reasoning. Arguing that casuistry can and should be subject to scientific inquiry, Merrington provides an innovative analysis of the field and its potential applications. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Edmund Leites
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 284 pages
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Release : 2002-05-16
Category : History
ISBN : 0521520207

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Conscience and Casuistry in Early Modern Europe by Edmund Leites Pdf

An examination of a fundamental aspect of the intellectual history of early modern Europe.

Author : Albert R. Jonsen,Stephen Toulmin
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 438 pages
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Release : 1988
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0520060636

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The Abuse of Casuistry by Albert R. Jonsen,Stephen Toulmin Pdf

In this engaging study, the authors put casuistry into its historical context, tracing the origin of moral reasoning in antiquity, its peak during the sixteenth and early seventeenth century, and its subsequent fall into disrepute from the mid-seventeenth century.

Author : Cătălin Avramescu
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 361 pages
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Release : 2011-08-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781400833207

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An Intellectual History of Cannibalism by Cătălin Avramescu Pdf

The cannibal has played a surprisingly important role in the history of thought--perhaps the ultimate symbol of savagery and degradation-- haunting the Western imagination since before the Age of Discovery, when Europeans first encountered genuine cannibals and related horrible stories of shipwrecked travelers eating each other. An Intellectual History of Cannibalism is the first book to systematically examine the role of the cannibal in the arguments of philosophers, from the classical period to modern disputes about such wide-ranging issues as vegetarianism and the right to private property. Catalin Avramescu shows how the cannibal is, before anything else, a theoretical creature, one whose fate sheds light on the decline of theories of natural law, the emergence of modernity, and contemporary notions about good and evil. This provocative history of ideas traces the cannibal's appearance throughout Western thought, first as a creature springing from the menagerie of natural law, later as a diabolical retort to theological dogmas about the resurrection of the body, and finally to present-day social, ethical, and political debates in which the cannibal is viewed through the lens of anthropology or invoked in the service of moral relativism. Ultimately, An Intellectual History of Cannibalism is the story of the birth of modernity and of the philosophies of culture that arose in the wake of the Enlightenment. It is a book that lays bare the darker fears and impulses that course through the Western intellectual tradition.

Author : Antonio García-Berrio
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 556 pages
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Release : 2016-11-21
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110859041

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A Theory of the Literary Text by Antonio García-Berrio Pdf

Author : M. Gail Hamner
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 244 pages
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Release : 2003
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780195155471

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American Pragmatism by M. Gail Hamner Pdf

The development of pragmatism is the most important achievement in the history of American philosophy. Hanmer provides an overview of the movement and its unique character which derives, she argues, from the often understated affirmation of America as a religious country populated by God-fearing citizens.

Author : Jeremy Sugarman MD, MPH, MA,Daniel P. Sulmasy MD, PhD, OFM
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 369 pages
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Release : 2010-10-15
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781589016231

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Methods in Medical Ethics by Jeremy Sugarman MD, MPH, MA,Daniel P. Sulmasy MD, PhD, OFM Pdf

Medical ethics draws upon methods from a wide array of disciplines, including anthropology, economics, epidemiology, health services research, history, law, medicine, nursing, philosophy, psychology, sociology, and theology. In this influential book, outstanding scholars in medical ethics bring these many methods together in one place to be systematically described, critiqued, and challenged. Newly revised and updated chapters in this second edition include philosophy, religion and theology, virtue and professionalism, casuistry and clinical ethics, law, history, qualitative research, ethnography, quantitative surveys, experimental methods, and economics and decision science. This second edition also includes new chapters on literature and sociology, as well as a second chapter on philosophy which expands the range of philosophical methods discussed to include gender ethics, communitarianism, and discourse ethics. In each of these chapters, contributors provide descriptions of the methods, critiques, and notes on resources and training. Methods in Medical Ethics is a valuable resource for scholars, teachers, editors, and students in any of the disciplines that have contributed to the field. As a textbook and reference for graduate students and scholars in medical ethics, it offers a rich understanding of the complexities involved in the rigorous investigation of moral questions in medical practice and research.

Author : Robert Browning
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 222 pages
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Release : 2023-12-24
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547763024

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The Pied Piper of Hamelin (Children's Classic) by Robert Browning Pdf

The Pied Piper of Hamelin is the subject of a legend concerning the disappearance or death of a great number of kids from the town of Hamelin (Hameln), Lower Saxony, Germany, in the Middle Ages. The earliest references describe a piper, dressed in multicolored ("pied") clothing, leading the kids away from the town never to return. In the 16th century the story was expanded into a full narrative, in which the piper is a rat-catcher hired by the town to lure rats away with his magic pipe. When the citizens refuse to pay for this service, he retaliates by turning his power that he put in his instrument on their children, leading them away as he had the rats. This version of the story spread as folklore and has also appeared in the writings of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the Brothers Grimm and Robert Browning, among others. Using the Verstegan/Wanley version of the tale and adopting the 1376 date, Browning's verse retelling is notable for its humor, wordplay, and jingling rhymes. Robert Browning (1812–1889) was an English poet and playwright whose mastery of dramatic verse, and in particular the dramatic monologue, made him one of the foremost Victorian poets. His poems are known for their irony, characterization, dark humor, social commentary, historical settings, and challenging vocabulary and syntax. The speakers in his poems are often musicians or painters whose work functions as a metaphor for poetry.

Author : Robert Browning
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 227 pages
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Release : 2017-08-07
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9788027202683

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THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN (With Original Illustrations) by Robert Browning Pdf

"The Pied Piper of Hamelin" is the subject of a legend concerning the disappearance or death of a great number of kids from the town of Hamelin (Hameln), Lower Saxony, Germany, in the Middle Ages. The earliest references describe a piper, dressed in multicolored ("pied") clothing, leading the kids away from the town never to return. In the 16th century the story was expanded into a full narrative, in which the piper is a rat-catcher hired by the town to lure rats away with his magic pipe. When the citizens refuse to pay for this service, he retaliates by turning his power that he put in his instrument on their children, leading them away as he had the rats. This version of the story spread as folklore and has also appeared in the writings of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the Brothers Grimm and Robert Browning, among others. Using the Verstegan/Wanley version of the tale and adopting the 1376 date, Browning's verse retelling is notable for its humor, wordplay, and jingling rhymes. Robert Browning (1812-1889) was an English poet and playwright whose mastery of dramatic verse, and in particular the dramatic monologue, made him one of the foremost Victorian poets. His poems are known for their irony, characterization, dark humor, social commentary, historical settings, and challenging vocabulary and syntax. The speakers in his poems are often musicians or painters whose work functions as a metaphor for poetry.

Author : Harald Ernst Braun,Erik de Bom,Paolo Astorri
Publisher : Brill's Companions to the Chri
Page : 644 pages
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Release : 2021-12-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9004294414

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A Companion to the Spanish Scholastics by Harald Ernst Braun,Erik de Bom,Paolo Astorri Pdf

A much-needed survey of the entire field of early modern Spanish scholastic thought. Each chapter is grounded in primary sources and the relevant historiography, includes a useful bibliography, and serves as a point of departure for future research.

Author : Gottlob Frege,Bertrand Russell,G.E. Moore,Ludwig Wittgenstein
Publisher : Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing
Page : 2045 pages
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Release : 2023-05-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : PKEY:SMP2200000105417

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Analytical philosophy. The Classic Collection (10 books). Illustrated by Gottlob Frege,Bertrand Russell,G.E. Moore,Ludwig Wittgenstein Pdf

Originating in the pioneering work of Gottlob Frege, Bertrand Russell, G. E. Moore, and Ludwig Wittgenstein in the four decades around the turn of the twentieth century, analytic philosophy established itself in various forms in the 1930s. After the Second World War, it developed further in North America, in the rest of Europe, and is now growing in influence as the dominant philosophical tradition right across the world, from Latin America to East Asia. Gottlob Frege. On Sense and Reference Bertrand Russell The Problems of Philosophy Our Knowledge of the External World Why Men Fight Political Ideals Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism The Analysis of Mind Free Thought and Official Propaganda G. E. Moore Principia Ethica Philosophical Studies Ludwig Wittgenstein Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (With an Introduction by Bertrand Russell)

Author : Lorenzo Magnani
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2007-08-13
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781139466899

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Morality in a Technological World by Lorenzo Magnani Pdf

The technological advances of contemporary society have outpaced our moral understanding of the problems that they create. How will we deal with profound ecological changes, human cloning, hybrid people, and eroding cyberprivacy, just to name a few issues? In this book, Lorenzo Magnani argues that existing moral constructs often cannot be applied to new technology. He proposes an entirely different ethical approach, one that blends epistemology with cognitive science. The resulting moral strategy promises renewed dignity for overlooked populations, both of today and of the future.

Author : Karl Figlio
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-02
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317756675

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Psychoanalysis Science and Masculinity by Karl Figlio Pdf

First published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Richard B. Miller
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1996-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0226526364

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Casuistry and Modern Ethics by Richard B. Miller Pdf

Did the Gulf War defend moral principle or Western oil interests? Is violent pornography an act of free speech or an act of violence against women? In Casuistry and Modern Ethics, Richard B. Miller sheds new light on the potential of casuistry—case-based reasoning—for resolving these and other questions of conscience raised by the practical quandaries of modern life. Rejecting the packaging of moral experience within simple descriptions and inflexible principles, Miller argues instead for identifying and making sense of the ethically salient features of individual cases. Because this practical approach must cope with a diverse array of experiences, Miller draws on a wide variety of diagnostic tools from such fields as philosophy of science, legal reasoning, theology, literary theory, hermeneutics, and moral philosophy. Opening new avenues for practical reasoning, Miller's interdisciplinary work will challenge scholars who are interested in the intersections of ethics and political philosophy, cultural criticism, and debates about method in religion and morality.