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The Life and Philosophy of Elizabeth Anscombe

John Haldane

This volume in the St Andrews series contains a collection of essays from leading authors regarding the work of Elizabeth Anscombe, in particular issues in mind and metaphysics, and can be considered a partner work to 2016's The Moral Philosophy of Elizabeth Anscombe (also published by Imprint Academic).



Art, Morality and Human Nature

Writings by Richard W. Beardsmore
John Haldane

This collection brings together the text of the monograph Art and Morality by the philosopher Richard Beardsmore along with fourteen other essays (both published and previously unpublished) in which he explores further some of the themes of his seminal book.



The Moral Philosophy of Elizabeth Anscombe

Luke Gormally

In this collection of new essays deriving from a conference held in Oxford aspects of Elizabeth Anscombe's moral philosophy are examined. Anyone interested in Anscombe's work all want to read this volume.



Logic, Truth and Meaning

Writings of G.E.M. Anscombe
Mary Geach

This fourth and final volume of writings by Elizabeth Anscombe reprints her Introduction to Wittgenstein's Tractatus, together with a number of later essays on thought and language in which she explores issues of reason, representation, truth and existence.



Social Radicalism and Liberal Education

Lindsay Paterson

The book examines why social radicals supported liberal education, why they have moved away from it, and what the implications are for the future of an intellectually stimulating and culturally literate education.



The Philosophy of Punishment

Anthony Ellis

In this volume, the author sets aside the usual division between theories of punishment that do or do not focus on retribution. In its place he proposes and explores the distinction between internalist and externalist theories.



Natural Law, Economics and the Common Good

Samuel Gregg

In this volume a distinguished set of authors explore various economic, philosophical, and ethical ideas from historical, contemporary, and future-looking perspectives.



From Plato to Wittgenstein

Essays by G.E.M. Anscombe
G.E.M. Anscombe

More treasures from the archive of papers left by philosopher Elizabeth Anscombe, edited by her daughter and son-in-law, philosophers Mary Geach and Luke Gormally.



Understanding Teaching and Learning

Classic Texts on Education by Augustine, Aquinas, Newman and Mill
T. Brian Mooney

Generous selections from these four seminal texts on the theory and practice of education have never before appeared together in a single volume.



Truth and Faith in Ethics

Hayden Ramsay

This addition to the St Andrews Studies series contains a wide-ranging collection of essays on all aspects of moral philosophy and its impact upon public life in the twent-first century.



Sensibility and Sense

The Aesthetic Transformation of the Human World
Arnold Berleant

Sensibility and Sense offers a philosophically comprehensive account of humans' social and cultural embeddedness encountered, recognized, and fulfilled as an aesthetic mode of experience.



Profit, Prudence and Virtue

Essays in Ethics, Business and Management
Samuel Gregg

Essays in the ethics of business and management.



Practical Philosophy

Ethics, Society and Culture
John Haldane

In this wide ranging volume of philosophical essays John Haldane explores some central areas of social life and issues of intense academic and public debate.



Understanding Faith

Religious Belief and Its Place in Society
Stephen R.L. Clark

A philosophical discussion of religion and its place in society. The book will examine the nature of faith and of the attacks upon it; considering both external and internal criticism - from non-believers and between believers.



Subjectivity and Being Somebody

Human Identity and Neuroethics
Grant Gillett

This book uses a neo-Aristotelian framework to examine human subjectivity as an embodied being. It examines the varieties of reductionism that affect philosophical writing about human origins and identity.



Faith in a Hard Ground

Essays on Religion, Philosophy and Ethics
G.E.M. Anscombe

Elizabeth Anscombe's forthright philosophy speaks directly to many religious and ethical issues of current concern.This collection of her essays forms a companion volume to the critically acclaimed Human Life, Action and Ethics published in 2005.



Liberalism, Education and Schooling

Essays by T.M. McLaughlin
David Carr

A tribute collection of essays edited by author's colleagues and friends.



The Landscape of Humanity

Art, Culture and Society
Anthony O'Hear

The fourteen essays in this book develop a conception of human culture, which is humane and traditionalist.



Distributing Health Care

Principles, Practices and Politics
Niall Maclean

How ought a society to distribute its publicly funded healthcare resources? Few questions are in more urgent need of an answer. This multidisciplinary investigation brings together the insights of philosophy, clinical science, health economics, operational research and public policy analysis.



Institution of Intellectual Values

Realism and Idealism in Higher Education
Gordon Graham

This is a revised and expanded version of the much praised short book Universities: The Recovery of An Idea.



Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Utility

Happiness in Philosophical and Economic Thought
Charles Kenny

A volume on the nature, ingredients, causes and consequences of human happiness by the father and son team of Anthony and Charles Kenny.



Human Life, Action and Ethics

Essays by G.E.M. Anscombe
Mary Geach

This volume presents a collection of essays by the celebrated philosopher Elizabeth Anscombe. This collection includes papers on human nature and practical philosophy, together with the classic 'Modern Moral Philosophy'.



Relativism and the Foundations of Liberalism

Graham Long

Moral relativism is often regarded as both fatally flawed and incompatible with liberalism. This book aims to show why such criticism is misconceived.



Values, Education and the Human World

John Haldane

The essays in this book consist of revised versions of Victor Cook Memorial Lectures.



Philosophy and Its Public Role

John Haldane

This brings together moral, social and political philosophers from Britain, Canada, New Zealand and the United States who explore a wide range of issues under the three headings of Philosophy, Society and Culture; Ethics, Economics and Justice; and Rights, Law and Punishment.