“Most of the great battles are fought in the creases of topographical maps.” That is the introductory quote for the novel. And, yes, it is a novel. But its subject matter and detail certainly suggest recent history, post WWII history, in and around London during and after the war. To get a good sense …
The so-called distinction between active and passive euthanasia was challenged by the philosopher James Rachels in a paper first published in 1975 in the New England Journal of Medicine. In that paper Rachels challenges both the use and moral significance of that distinction for several reasons. First, he argues, active euthanasia is in many cases more …
Today in our tech age it is possible to view movies on many different devices: from a cell phone or a tablet, or desktop computer, or (and the numbers of viewers are not declining) in the cinema. In the first the audience is usually just one while in the last it can be hundreds of …
The author is “The first Canadian to walk in space.” Some more information about him: Chris Hadfield is one of the world’s most seasoned and accomplished astronauts, and is the author of the #1 international bestseller, An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth and You Are Here: Around the World in 92 Minutes. The top …
This book deals with a range of topics from plastic surgery to retirement; from philanthropy to sex in the aging human; May-December romance, and many other topics having to do with aging. “We have tried to bring fresh approaches to these and other subjects,” the authors write, “to show that thinking and arguing about them …
*”For a generous psychology. We help a person more by giving him a favorable image of himself than by constantly reminding him of his shortcomings. Each individual normally strives to resemble his best image. Can be applied to teaching, to history, to philosophy, to politics. We are for instance the result of twenty centuries of …
Parents often worry about raising kids in a tech-saturated world – the threats of cyberbullying, video game violence, pornography, and sexting may seem inescapable. And while these dangers exist, there is a much more common and subtle way that technology can cause harm: by eroding our attention spans. Focused attention is fundamental to maintaining quality …
Geula Twersky has written an extra-ordinary book: start with the title, Song of Riddles, which announces immediately the approach taken in the analysis of the biblical “Song of Songs”- one of the most beautiful and, to many, puzzling, books to have been included in the collection of writings included in the Bible – and then …
Abortion. In philosophy it raises many questions around several important issues including: When does life begin? What is a person? Is there a significant difference between biology and morality? How can thought experiments help us sort out these problems, or in what ways are innocent violin players and fetuses the same? How useful are thought …
If everybody loved Laura, I want to yell, then who the hell killed her? “From the former Chief Justice of Canada comes a riveting thriller starring Jilly Truitt, a rising, young defense attorney faced with a case that hits close to home. A searing look at what justice means in the courts and on the …
