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| Introduction |
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PART I Religion and the Meaning of Life |
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Does Religion Give My Life Meaning? |
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2 | (37) |
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4 | (3) |
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Some Important Buddhist Doctrines |
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7 | (9) |
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Many Paths to the Same Summit |
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16 | (2) |
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18 | (2) |
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A Taoist View of the World |
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20 | (1) |
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21 | (1) |
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22 | (2) |
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Love as the Practice of Freedom |
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24 | (4) |
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28 | (2) |
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30 | (3) |
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The Qualitative Leap Beyond Patriarchal Religion |
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33 | (6) |
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How Do I Know Whether God Exists? |
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39 | (34) |
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42 | (1) |
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43 | (2) |
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45 | (2) |
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The Teleological Argument |
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47 | (3) |
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Why Does God Let People Suffer? |
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50 | (4) |
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Proving the Existence of God by Way of Morality |
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54 | (1) |
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55 | (3) |
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The Leap of Faith and the Limits of Reason |
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58 | (3) |
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61 | (4) |
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65 | (2) |
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67 | (1) |
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68 | (1) |
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Can There Be Alternative Concepts of God? |
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69 | (4) |
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PART 2 Science, Mind, and Nature |
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What Does Science Tell Me About the World? |
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74 | (40) |
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The Deductive-Nomological Model of Science |
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77 | (7) |
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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions |
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84 | (7) |
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Science: Conjectures and Refutations |
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91 | (7) |
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98 | (7) |
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Seeking New Laws of Nature |
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105 | (6) |
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An Epistemological Problem for Feminism |
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111 | (3) |
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Which Should I Believe: Darwin or Genesis? |
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114 | (45) |
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118 | (2) |
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120 | (5) |
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Creationist Science and Education |
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125 | (9) |
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134 | (10) |
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Is Evolutionary Theory a Secular Religion? |
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144 | (9) |
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On the ``Fine-Tuning'' Argument |
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153 | (1) |
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154 | (5) |
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How Is My Mind Connected to My Body? |
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159 | (42) |
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Mind as Distinct from Body |
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163 | (4) |
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167 | (7) |
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174 | (6) |
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180 | (5) |
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185 | (8) |
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193 | (8) |
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PART 3 Thinking and Knowing |
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201 | (64) |
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202 | (25) |
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205 | (2) |
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207 | (4) |
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Through the Looking Glass |
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211 | (1) |
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212 | (2) |
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Where Our Ideas Come From |
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214 | (3) |
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217 | (5) |
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222 | (5) |
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Does Language Make Me Think The Way I Do? |
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227 | (38) |
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230 | (1) |
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231 | (6) |
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Language, Thought, and Reality |
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237 | (9) |
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246 | (9) |
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255 | (7) |
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262 | (3) |
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PART 4 The Dilemmas of Personhood |
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265 | (190) |
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266 | (46) |
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269 | (14) |
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Of Identity and Diversity |
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283 | (5) |
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288 | (3) |
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Persons, Brains, and Bodies |
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291 | (2) |
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293 | (7) |
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300 | (5) |
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Genetic Encores: The Ethics of Human Cloning |
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305 | (7) |
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Why Are My Emotions Important to Me? |
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312 | (35) |
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315 | (3) |
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318 | (3) |
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321 | (4) |
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325 | (4) |
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329 | (3) |
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Emotions as Transformations of the World |
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332 | (3) |
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Anger as a Way of Engaging the World |
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335 | (4) |
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339 | (3) |
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342 | (5) |
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How Should I Feel about Abortion and Embryo Research? |
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347 | (32) |
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350 | (1) |
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351 | (11) |
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Right to Life: What Can the White Man Say to the Black Woman? |
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362 | (2) |
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The Moral Duty to the Unborn and Its Significance |
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364 | (5) |
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Stem Cells, Cloning, and Abortion: Making Careful Distinctions |
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369 | (2) |
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The Moral Status of the Embryo |
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371 | (1) |
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The Puzzle of Profound Respect: Human Embryo Research |
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372 | (3) |
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Embryonic Stem Cell Retrieval and a Possible Ethical Bypass |
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375 | (2) |
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The Feelings of the Unborn |
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377 | (2) |
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What Is the Meaning of Death? |
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379 | (28) |
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381 | (2) |
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383 | (1) |
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384 | (5) |
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Active and Passive Euthanasia |
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389 | (4) |
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The Intentional Termination of Life |
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393 | (5) |
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398 | (9) |
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How Should I Respond to War or Terrorism? |
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407 | (26) |
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Whether It Is Always Sinful to Wage War |
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410 | (2) |
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412 | (5) |
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Address to the Nation, September 11, 2001 |
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417 | (1) |
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The Experiments of Gandhi: Nonviolence in the Nuclear Age |
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418 | (3) |
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421 | (5) |
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In War Truth Is the First Casualty |
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426 | (2) |
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Questions Regarding a War on Terrorism |
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428 | (3) |
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War Against Terror or War to Govern the World? |
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431 | (2) |
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How Does Racism Affect My Life? |
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433 | (22) |
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435 | (2) |
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437 | (4) |
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441 | (4) |
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``But Would That Still Be Me?'' |
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445 | (4) |
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The Erasure of Black Women |
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449 | (6) |
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PART 5 Living a Good Life |
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Why Shouldn't I Be Selfish? |
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456 | (28) |
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460 | (1) |
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461 | (3) |
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464 | (2) |
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466 | (2) |
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468 | (1) |
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469 | (3) |
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The Virtue of Selfishness |
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472 | (2) |
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Individual Rights, Welfare Rights |
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474 | (2) |
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476 | (4) |
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480 | (4) |
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Can There Be Sexual Equality? |
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484 | (32) |
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487 | (4) |
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491 | (1) |
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491 | (1) |
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492 | (7) |
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499 | (6) |
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Monogamy vs. Promiscuity: Putting Evolutionary Psychology on the Couch |
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505 | (8) |
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513 | (3) |
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What Is the Right Thing for Me to Do? |
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516 | (41) |
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The Ten Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount The Bible |
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519 | (3) |
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522 | (1) |
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523 | (1) |
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Happiness and the Good Life |
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524 | (8) |
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Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals |
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532 | (4) |
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536 | (3) |
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The Natural History of Morals |
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539 | (3) |
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542 | (3) |
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545 | (1) |
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The Conscience of Huckleberry Finn |
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546 | (3) |
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A Feminist View of Ethics |
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549 | (3) |
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552 | (5) |
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I Like It, but Is It Art? |
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557 | (30) |
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560 | (1) |
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561 | (4) |
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565 | (4) |
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The Motion Picture Production Code The Hays Commission |
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569 | (3) |
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The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass Deception |
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572 | (5) |
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577 | (4) |
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581 | (3) |
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584 | (3) |
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PART 6 Justice and Responsibility |
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Am I Free to Choose What I Do? |
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Voluntary and Involuntary Action |
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Are We Cogs in the Universe? |
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Freedom and Responsibility |
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Freedom and the Control of Men |
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The Significance of Free Will: Old Dispute, New Themes |
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What Do I Justly Deserve? |
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Justice and the Social Contract |
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A Utilitarian Theory of Justice |
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The Principle of Fairness |
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The Triumph of Hope Over Self-Interest |
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Human Rights, Civil Rights |
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Justice, Care, and Gender Bias |
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How Should I Make (and Spend) Money? |
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On Business Confucius Confucius |
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Benefits of the Profit Motive |
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The Immorality of Capitalism |
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The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase Its Profits |
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A Bill of Rights for Employees and Employers |
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Making Money and the Importance of the Virtues |
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