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Honey : a novel / by Lodato, Victor,author.(CARDINAL)558316;
Honey Fasinga, the glamorous daughter of a notorious New Jersey mobster, is returning home at last, ready to reckon with her violent past. As a rebellious teenager, Honey managed to escape her father's circle of influence and reinvent herself in a world of art and beauty, working for a high-end auction house in Los Angeles. Now in her twilight years, she decides to return home and unexpectedly falls in love. But in her family, nothing has changed. When her grandnephew Michael bursts into her life in what appears to be a drug-fueled frenzy, and her Lexus gets jacked, it's hard to keep minding her own business. As old cruelties begin to resurface, Honey is no longer sure what she really wants--to forgive or to avenge. This electrifying literary breakout from PEN USA Award-winning author Victor Lodato is a masterful and deeply moving portrait of love in all its forms, of moral ambiguity, and of inspiring change--a story of female rage that asks the question: What are the limits of compassion in a world gone mad?
Subjects: Gangster fiction.; Novels.; Older women; Families; Homecoming; Change (Psychology); Love; Ethical absolutism;
Available copies: 18 / Total copies: 18
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Abortion : the clash of absolutes / by Tribe, Laurence H.(CARDINAL)154781;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-259) and index.
Subjects: Abortion; Abortion; Abortion; Abortion;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Moral absolutes : tradition, revision, and truth / by Finnis, John.(CARDINAL)735063;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Catholic Church; Christian ethics; Ethical relativism.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Philosophical foundations for a Christian worldview / by Moreland, J. P.(James Porter),1948-(CARDINAL)740852; Craig, William Lane.(CARDINAL)716845;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 627-639) and indexes.What is philosophy? -- Argumentation and logic -- Knowledge and rationality -- The problem of skepticism -- The structure of justification -- Theories of truth and postmodernism -- Religious epistemology -- What is metaphysics? -- General ontology : existence, identity and reductionism -- General ontology : two categories-property and substance -- The mind-body problem : dualism -- The mind-body problem : alternatives to dualism -- Free will and determinism -- Personal identity and life after death -- Scientific methodology -- The realism-antirealism debate -- Philosophy and the integration of science and theology -- Philosophy of time and space -- Ethics, morality, and metaethics -- Ethical relativism and absolutism -- Normative ethical theories : egoism and utilitarianism -- Normative ethical theories : deontological and virtue ethics -- The existence of God (I) -- The existence of God (II) -- The coherence of theism (I) -- The coherence of theism (II) -- The problem of evil -- Creation, providence, and miracle -- Christian doctrines (I) : the Trinity -- Christian doctrines (II) : the Incarnation -- Christian doctrines (III) : Christian particularism.
Subjects: Christianity;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Beyond a house divided : the moral consensus ignored by Washington, Wall Street, and the media / by Anderson, Carl A.(CARDINAL)523694;
Includes bibliographical references.1. Beyond a house divided: our moral compass -- 2. Beyond the wall of separation: religion in America -- 3. Beyond greed: toward morality in the marketplace -- 4. Beyond partisan politics: values-based leadership -- 5. Beyond the clash of absolutes: abortion -- 6. Beyond mythology: the statistics on marriage -- 7. Beyond red and blue: what we can do for our country.
Subjects: Abortion; Business and politics; Christian ethics.; Church and state; Marriage; Political ethics.; Social ethics.; Social values; Marriage.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Ideas that matter : the concepts that shape the 21st century / by Grayling, A. C.(CARDINAL)347664;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-411) and index.Absolutism -- Accommodation Theory -- Activism -- Advertising -- Aesthetics -- Biodiversity -- Bioethics -- Biology -- Biopoiesis -- Black consciousness -- Black holes -- Black power -- Buddhism -- Business ethics -- Capitalism -- Catholicism -- Christianity -- Civilization -- Class -- Cloning -- Cognitive Science -- Cognitive therapy -- Communism -- Consequentialism -- Consumerism -- Creationism -- Daoism (Taoism) -- Democracy -- Deontology -- Economics -- Education -- Egoism -- Enlightenment -- Epistemology -- Equality -- Ethics -- Ethics, history of -- Ethnocentrism -- Euthanasia -- Evolution -- Existentialism -- Experimental philosophy -- Falsifiability -- Fascism -- Feminism -- Freedom of speech -- Fundamentalism -- Future, the -- Game theory -- Globalization -- Hinduism and Brahmanism -- History -- Humanism -- Human rights -- Identity -- Internet -- Intuitionism, mathematical and logical -- Irrationalism -- Islam -- Judaism -- Justice -- Law -- Liberalism -- Liberty -- Logic -- Logic, fallacies of informal -- Love -- Marxism -- Meaning, theory of -- Metaphysics -- Mind, philosophy of -- Multiculturalism -- Nationalism -- Neoconservatism -- Neurophilosophy -- Neuroscience -- Orthodox Christianity -- Philosophy -- Politics -- Positivism and logical positivism -- Postmodernism -- Privacy -- Protestantism -- Psychoanalysis -- Psychology -- Punishment -- Quantum mechanics -- Racism -- Realism -- Relativism -- Relativity -- Religion -- Romanticism -- Skepticism -- Science -- Scientific revolutions -- Secularism -- Slavery -- Socialism -- Sociobiology -- Standard model -- String theory -- Technology -- Terrorism -- Tolerance -- Totalitarianism -- Truth -- Utopia -- Vegetarianism -- Verificationism -- Virtue ethics -- War -- War crimes -- Wealth -- Westernization -- Xenophobia -- Zeitgeist.Ideas can, and do, change the world. Just as Marxism, existentialism, and feminism shaped the last century, so fundamentalism, globalization, and bioethics are transforming our world now. In "Ideas that Matter," renowned philosopher A.C. Grayling provides a personal dictionary of the ideas that will shape our world in the decades to come. With customary wit, fire, and erudition, Grayling ranges across the gamut of essential theories, movements, and philosophies--from animal rights to neurophilosophy to war crimes--provoking and elucidating throughout--Book jacket.
Subjects: Encyclopedias.; Knowledge, Theory of.; Philosophy.; Philosophy;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 6
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The science of good and evil : why people cheat, gossip, care, share, and follow the golden rule / by Shermer, Michael.(CARDINAL)350275;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-330) and index.Prologue : one long argument -- I. The origins of morality -- Transcendent morality : how evolution ennobles ethics -- Why we are moral : the evolutionary origins of morality -- Why we are immoral : war, violence, and the ignoble savage within -- Master of my fate : making moral choices in a determined universe -- II. A science of provisional ethics -- Can we be good without God? : science, religion, and morality -- How we are moral : absolute, relative, and provisional ethics -- How we are immoral : right and wrong and how to tell the difference -- Rise above : tolerance, freedom, and the prospects for humanity -- Appendix I. The devil under form of baboon : the evolution of evolutionary ethics -- Appendix II. Moral and religious universals as a subset of human universals.
Subjects: Ethics, Evolutionary.; Evolution (Biology);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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The science of good and evil : why people cheat, gossip, care, share, and follow the golden rule / by Shermer, Michael.(CARDINAL)350275;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-330) and index.Prologue : one long argument -- I. The origins of morality -- Transcendent morality : how evolution ennobles ethics -- Why we are moral : the evolutionary origins of morality -- Why we are immoral : war, violence, and the ignoble savage within -- Master of my fate : making moral choices in a determined universe -- II. A science of provisional ethics -- Can we be good without God? : science, religion, and morality -- How we are moral : absolute, relative, and provisional ethics -- How we are immoral : right and wrong and how to tell the difference -- Rise above : tolerance, freedom, and the prospects for humanity -- Appendix I. The devil under form of baboon : the evolution of evolutionary ethics -- Appendix II. Moral and religious universals as a subset of human universals.
Subjects: Ethics, Evolutionary.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 4
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Open borders : the science and ethics of immigration / by Caplan, Bryan Douglas,1971-author.(CARDINAL)685465; Weinersmith, Zach,1982-artist.(CARDINAL)348024; Cagle, Mary,colourist.(CARDINAL)603011;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-248)."American policy-makers have long been locked in a heated battle over whether, how many, and what kind of immigrants to allow to live and work in the country. Those in favor of welcoming more immigrants often cite humanitarian reasons, while those in favor of more restrictive laws argue the need to protect native citizens. But economist Bryan Caplan adds a new, compelling perspective to the immigration debate: He argues that opening all borders could eliminate absolute poverty worldwide and usher in a booming worldwide economy--greatly benefiting humanity. With a clear and conversational tone, exhaustive research, and vibrant illustrations by Zach Weinersmith, Open Borders makes the case for unrestricted immigration easy to follow and hard to deny"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Nonfiction comics.; Graphic novels.; Comics (Graphic works); Young adult literature.; Young adult literature.; Young adult literature.; Emigration and immigration; Emigration and immigration; Emigration and immigration; Noncitizens;
Available copies: 8 / Total copies: 11
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A programme of absolute disorder : decolonizing the museum / by Vergès, Françoise,1952-author.(CARDINAL)855977; Gilroy, Paul,1956-author of foreword.(CARDINAL)681312; Thackway, Melissa,translator.; Pluto Press,publisher.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- A programme of absolute disorder -- The museum, a battleground -- The Louvre, Napoleon, seizure, and the enslaved -- Black is the model, white is the frame -- A museum without objects -- Epilogue : decolonial tactics."The Western museum is a battleground--a terrain of ideological, political and economic contestation. Almost everyone today wants to rethink the museum, but how many have the audacity to question the idea of the universal museum itself? In A Programme ofAbsolute Disorder, Françoise Vergès puts the museum in its place. Exploring the Louvre's history, she uncovers the context in which the universal museum emerged: as a product of colonialism, and of Europe's self-appointed claim to be the guardian of global heritage. Vergès outlines a radical horizon: to truly decolonize the museum is to implement a 'programme of absolute disorder', inventing other ways of apprehending the human and non-human world that nourish collective creativity and bring justice and dignity to the dispossessed"--
Subjects: Museums; Cultural appropriation; Museums and community; Decolonization.; Postcolonialism.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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