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By Evangelia Axiarlis, James Piscatori
"How secure is Turkey's liberal democracy? the increase to energy in 2002 of the right-leaning Islamic Justice and improvement social gathering ignited fears within the West that Turkey may possibly now not be relied upon to supply a buffer opposed to the expansion of Islamic fundamentalism within the center East. as soon as hailed by means of the West as a version of secularism and moderation within the Muslim international, Turkey is now obvious to be lower than the impact of the Read more...
By Jean-Claude Guillebaud
Is it time to offload the values promoted via Western capitalism? Or to the contrary, is it time to re-found our market-based society, via dumping its distortions and returning to the elemental values of our Greek-Judeo-Christian background?
By Mathew Humphrey
Why should still any society take the choice to commit scarce assets, as an issue of public coverage, to holding traditional items? this is often one of many questions thought of within the box of environmental ethics, and the considering that has taken position during this self-discipline has been ruled by way of the 'ecocentric-anthropocentric' contrast. solutions specialise in both 'intrinsic values in nature', or at the human welfare merits that might accrue from preservationist regulations. those solutions are normally taken to be either at the same time specific and jointly exhaustive. Ecocentric writers think that their most well-liked environmental ethic transcends anthropocentrism, when those that cleave to a extra 'ecological humanist' place, view the flip to ecocentrism as at top an pointless diversion or at worst as a thinly disguised expression of misanthropy.
By Francisco Pérez
The disconnection among the associations of the ecu and the folk of Europe has usually been attributed to the life of a communique hole because of the failure of nationwide medias and politicians to exhibit the significance of the ecu. This e-book demanding situations that concept as an alternative exhibiting that the fault lies with the assumption and associations of the ecu.
By Vassilis K. Fouskas, Constantine Dimoulas (auth.)
By David Ian Rabey (auth.)
By Albert Pike, Anthony Uyl
Albert Pike, the Grand Commander of the Scottish ceremony from 1859 to 1891, is without doubt one of the so much venerated and influential American Freemasons of all time. The ideal Council exalts Pike by means of asserting: Albert Pike continues to be at the present time an inspirations for Masons all over. His nice booklet, Morals and Dogma endures because the whole exposition of Scottish ceremony philosophy. he'll constantly be remembered and respected because the grasp Builder of the Scottish ceremony. sometimes called the "Masonic Bible". CONTENTS: Apprentice; Fellow-craft; grasp; mystery grasp; ideal grasp; Intimate Secretary; Provost and choose; Intendant of the development; Elu of the 9; Elu of the Fifteen; Elu of the Twelve; grasp Architect; Royal Arch of Solomon; ideal Elu; Knight of the East; Prince of Jerusalem; Knight of the East and West; Knight Rose Croix; pontiff; grasp of the Symbolic inn; Noachite or Prussian Knight; Knight of the Royal awl or Prince of Liabanus; leader of the Tabernacle; Prince of the Tabernacle; Knight of the Brazen Serpent; Prince of Mercy; Knight Commander of the Temple; Knight of the sunlight or Prince Adept; Scottish Knight of St. Andrew; Knight Kadosh; Inspector Inquisitor; grasp of the Royal mystery. if you happen to learn just one ebook ON FREEMASONRY, this can be IT! Please be aware: This booklet is simple to learn in real textual content, no longer scanned photographs which could occasionally be tough to decipher. This booklet keeps the entire symbols, Hebrew and Greek writings and references, and photographs which are within the unique booklet. this can be might be the easiest replica of Morals and Dogma ever performed.
By William L. Tung (auth.)
This ebook is ready essentially for college kids who're attracted to learning the constitutional improvement and govt constitution of twentieth-century China. because the emergence of the chinese language consti tutional circulate on the finish of the 19th century, political associations in China have passed through consistent adjustments. the 1st 4 chapters deal with of constitutional improvement and govt platforms from the latter a part of the Ch'ing dynasty to the re-unification of China by means of the Nationalist occasion in 1928. the opposite 8 chapters take care of the rules, courses, and associations of the Nationalist and Commu nist governments as much as 1962. whereas treatises on a number of matters were consulted, the assets of this e-book are mainly in accordance with the respectable files from the collections as indicated within the bibliography. fabrics within the first few chapters are in part drawn from my earlier works on executive and politics in China. end result of the significant scope of the topic and the intricacy of the issues concerned, this paintings isn't really meant to be exhaustive, yet is very a quick description and dialogue of every subject into account. As there are numerous invaluable works on China ordinarily in addition to on her heritage and inter nationwide family members, i've got attempted to not disguise what has already been handled by means of others. In my presentation of evidence and perspectives, i've got endeavored to be as aim as attainable, own political convictions notwithstanding.
By Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Robert F. Brown
By Alison Assiter
Alison Assiter argues that the concept of the person who lies on the middle of the liberal culture is derived from a Kantian and Cartesian metaphysic. This metaphysic, in line with her, is defective and it permeates a couple of features of the culture. considerably it excludes sure contributors, those who find themselves labelled ‘mad' or ‘evil'. as a substitute she deals another metaphysical photo of the individual that is derived mostly from the paintings of Kierkegaard.
Assiter argues that there's a strand of Kierkegaard's writing that gives a metaphysical photo that recognises the dependence of individuals upon each other. He bargains an ethical outlook, derived from this, that encourages humans to ‘love' each other.
Inspired by way of Kierkegaard, Assiter is going directly to argue that it truly is necessary to target wishes instead of rights in ethical and political pondering and to shield the view that it is very important care approximately others who will be some distance faraway from every one folks. in addition, she argues, it will be important that we deal with those people who are just about us, well.