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Business and the Good SocietyThe most difficult issues facing business leaders today are not technical in        nature, but are often rooted in differences in social, political, and economic        values--questions about which there is no objective truth. In The Executive's        Compass, James O'Toole explores the historical and philosophical...

This edited volume is the first book on Experimental Philosophy, a new methodology        that proposes an empirical approach to resolving important philosophical questions.          The volume includes 8 previously published articles that form the basis of        Experimental Philosophy, as well as 4 newly commisioned essays by prominent...

For the last fifty years, most popular and scholarly works have agreed that        prehistoric warfare was rare, harmless, and unimportant. According to this view, it        was little more than a ritualized game, where casualties were limited and the        effects of aggression relatively mild. Lawrence Keeley's groundbreaking War...

Daniel Schwartz presents and examines the thoughts of the great medieval philosopher Thomas Aquinas on the subject of friendship - the ideal type of relationship that rational beings should cultivate. Using examples from the world of human relationships and politics and highlighting the contemporary relevance of texts that are not readily available...

This book provides readers with exercises, worksheets and tools that will help them develop and implement a plan for change....