All of us can struggle with the tendency towards addiction, but for some it can destroy their lives. In our recovery from addiction, the Buddha's teachings offer an understanding of how the mind works, tools for helping a mind vulnerable to addiction and ways to overcome addictive behaviour, cultiva[...]

Designed to guide health care students and practitioners through a wide variety of areas involving ethical controversies. It provides a background in value development and ethical theories, including numerous real-life examples to stimulate discussion and thought.[...]

Focusing on his contributions to linguistics, "Introducing Chomsky "traces Noam Chomsky's understanding of cognitive realities in the use of language and the technical apparatus needed to represent it. The book also describes Chomsky's radical critique of power institutions and the pathways of oppre[...]