Descriere: The Spirit of the Soil challenges environmentalists to think more deeply and creatively about agriculture. Paul B. Thompson identifies four worldviews' which tackle agricultural ethics according to different philosophical priorities; productionism, stewardship, economics and holism. He examines current issues such as the use of pesticides and biotechnology from these ethical perspectives. This book achieves an open-ended account of sustainability designed to minimise hubris and help us to recapture the spirit of the soil.
Autori: Paul B. Thompson (Author) | Editura: ROUTLEDGE CHAPMAN HALL | Anul aparitiei: 1994 | ISBN: 9780415086226 | Categorie: Philosophy
Mortimer Jerome Adler
Only if, with regard to the diversity of religions, there are questions about truth and falsehood do we have a problem about the pluralism of religions and the unity of truth. That problem is not concerned with preserving religious liberty, freedom of worship, and the toleration, in a particular society or in the world, of a diversity of religious institutions, communities, practices, and beliefs. It is concerned only with the question of where, in that diversity, the truth lies if there is any truth in religion at all.
John Dewey
"How We Think" is John Dewey's exposition on the nature of human thinking. Illustrated through numerous everyday examples, Dewey details the varying processes by which one might engage in the critical thinking process. With the aim of making students better at the methods of thought and thus better students, "How We Think" is an essential read for both students and teachers alike.
Aldous Huxley
The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell
"A genuine spiritual quest. . . . Extraordinary." -- New York Times Among the most profound and influential explorations of mind-expanding psychedelic drugs ever written, here are two complete classic books-- The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell --in which Aldous Huxley, author of Brave New World , reveals the mind's remote frontiers and the unmapped areas of human consciousness. This edition also features an additional essay, "Drugs That Shape Men's Minds," now included for the first time.