A Common Humanity (Häftad)
avRaimond Gaita
ISBN: 9780415241144 - UTGIVEN: 200201During the Spanish Civil War, George Orwell was asked why he could not shoot an enemy soldier who was running holding up his trousers. Orwell replied 'I had come here to shoot at "Fascists"; but a man who is holding up his trousers isn't a "Fascist". A Common Humanity is a beautifully written, prof[...]
The Philosopher's Dog (Häftad)
avRaimond Gaita
ISBN: 9780415332873 - UTGIVEN: 200404In this lyrical and beautifully written book, Raimond Gaita tells inspirational, poignant, sometimes funny but never sentimental stories of the dogs, cats and cockatoos that lived and died within his own family. The Philosopher's Dog is above all a book about our creatureliness and its place in the [...]
Good and Evil (Häftad)
avRaimond Gaita
ISBN: 9780415332897 - UTGIVEN: 200408Raimond Gaita's Good and Evil is one of the most important, original and provocative books on the nature of morality to have been published in recent years. It is essential reading for anyone interested in what it means to talk about good and evil. Gaita argues that questions about morality are inse[...]
The Philosopher's Dog: Friendships with Animals (Häftad)
avRaimond Gaita
ISBN: 9780812970241 - UTGIVEN: 2005-07A comprehensive study of humanity's attitudes toward animals poses provocative questions about inconsistent feelings about domestic and wild animals, describing the author's own relationships with family pets while drawing on the ideas of such figures as J. M. Coetzee, Socrates, and Descartes. Repri[...]
After Romulus (Häftad)
avRaimond Gaita
ISBN: 9781921758782 - UTGIVEN: 2014-01Described as "a profound meditation on love and death, madness and truth, judgment and compassion," "Romulus, My Father" became an instant classic. Now, Raimond Gaita reflects on the book, the film, the philosophies that underpinned his father's relationship to the world, and, most movingly, the pre[...]
Gaza (Pocket)
avRaimond (EDT) Gaita
ISBN: 9781742580968 - UTGIVEN: 2010-07Raimond Gaita brings together a thought-provoking collection of essays by public intellectuals on the subject of conflict. Following the Israeli Army invasion of the Gaza strip, Australians are left with questions of law, morality and politics; a minefield of ethical dilemmas to challenge the moral [...]
