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This book deals with "The greatest happiness principle" : Utilitarianism -- Do we own ourselves? : Libertarianism -- Hired help : markets and morals -- What matters is the motive : Immanuel Kant -- The case for equality : John Rawls -- Arguing affirmative action -- Who deserves what? : Aristotle -- What do we owe one another? : dilemmas of loyalty -- Justice and the common good.
Paywall: the business of scholarship is a documentary that focuses on the need for open access to research. This documentary raises questions regarding the rationale behind the US$25.2 billion a year that flows into for-profit publishers.
Produced and directed by Jason Schmidt, Professor at Clarkson University
Major life transitions such as leaving the protected environment of school or starting a new career can be daunting. It is scary to face a wall of choices, knowing that no one is going to tell us whether or not we are making the right decision.
Available in the IC and free online pdf. below
"Politics: The Key Concepts" is an up-to-date and broad-ranging introduction to the terms that lie at the heart of political discourse. Entries are drawn from areas such as political theory, international politics and political science.
"Finance: The Basics" is a clear and practical introduction to the world of finance. It thoroughly explains essential financial statements, tools and concepts; fundamental financial instruments and transactions; and global financial participants, markets and systems.
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Collected here are fifty-one key thinkers and fifty-one authors, recognizing that women are fifty-one percent of the population. THE ACCIDENTAL SUPERPOWER will be a much discussed, contrarian, and eye-opening assessment of American power. Near the end of the Second World War, the United States made a bold strategic gambit that rewired the international system. |
Anthropology, Corporate Finance, Economics, Biological Science, Careers, Calculus, Chemistry, Marketing, Management, Pharmacology, Pharmaceutics, Physics
In this cogent and accessible introduction to philosophy Thomas Nagel sets forth the central problems of philosophical inquiry for the beginner student. Arguing that the best way to learn about philosophy is to think about its questions directly, Thomas Nagel considers possible solutions to nine problems--knowledge of the world beyond our minds, knowledge of other minds, the mind-body problem, free will, the basis of morality, right and wrong, the nature of death, the meaning of life, and the meaning of words.
Anthropology, Corporate Finance, Economics, Biological Science, Careers, Calculus, Chemistry, Marketing, Management, Pharmacology, Pharmaceutics, Physics
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"Topical books with a critical edge that stimulate public debate about key issues in social, political and cultural life"
In his first book, "Sapiens: A brief History of Humankind", Harari tells the entire length of human History, from the Stone Age up to the technological revolutions of the 21st Century.
"Homo Deus: A brief History of Tomorrow", is a sequel to Sapiens and shows how Homo Sapiens become Homo Deus.
'Introductions' to humankind’s biggest ideas and thinkers - supplementary reading to encourage a broad knowledge and education
in different topics over and above chosen degree course
(over 30 interesting titles available)
AS WELL AS SCIENCE, ECONOMICS, PSYCHOLOGY
