Philosophy

This book covers core elements of the thinking and decision-making associated with clinical practice - from what clinical reasoning is, what it involves and how to teach it.

This book is a comprehensive compendium that equips readers with the essential knowledge and methods for clear, analytical, logical thinking and critique in a range of scholarly contexts and everyday situations.

This book presents the detailed code of morality, behavior and belief espoused by Confucius. Stressing virtue, integrity and respect within families and communities, Confucius explains how certain principles of living can apply to all aspects of society from education to political systems.

Aristotle's moral philosophy is a pillar of Western ethical thought. While most attention has traditionally focused on Aristotle's famous Nicomachean Ethics, there are several other works written by Aristotle that illuminate his ethics: the Eudemian Ethics, the Magna Moralia, and Virtues and Vices.

In the twenty-five hundred years since it was composed, this book has been applied to just about every field of human endeavor. Sun Tzu's shrewd advice is indispensible to anyone seeking to gain an advantage over an opponent.

This book discusses the transition from the common rational knowledge of morality, the philosophical transition from popular moral philosophy, the metaphysic of morals and more.

This book is Niccolò Machiavelli's legacy and the foundation of modern political theory. Drawing on his firsthand experiences as a diplomat and military commander in the Florentine Republic, Machiavelli disregards the rhetorical flourishes and sentimentality typically found in sixteenth-century mirrors for princes--guides instructing noblemen in the fine art of ruling.

This volume features a modern translation of all ten books of The Republic, along with a synoptic table of contents, a prefatory essay and an appendix on The Spindle of Necessity by the translator and editor, Raymond Larson.

This book is one of the most important political treatises ever written and one of the most far-reaching in its influence.

This is an essay written to provide support for the value of utilitarianism as a moral theory and to respond to misconceptions about it.