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  • The Human Agent
    EDWARD R W MAKHENE
    Most human beings are persons, and all persons are agents, made such by their intentional actions. The nature of persons, their rights and the laws by which they should be governed are critically examined in this book, with Ubuntu, the African equivalent of personhood, used as an example; so is the nature of human action and the thorny question of free will. Morality is di...
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    24,55 €

  • Mind Your Ps and Qs
    Edward R W Makhene
    One cannot know anything about what is in the natural world until one is presented with it; but how one views what is thus presented depends on one’s worldview and logical sagacity. Our actions,whether past, present, or future, were, are, and will be regulated by causes and their effects as manifested in events; in fact, our personal identities are defined by the events in our ...
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    20,84 €

  • WHAT’S THAT, MUMMY?
    EDWARD R W MAKHENE
    Children’s questions reflect a philosophical subtlety that is often not fully appreciated. Their stock question: 'what’s that'? can be equated with Plato’s own presumed stock question: 'what is x'? (x=justice, virtue, good, love, etc.). As well, their other nagging question: 'why'? can be construed as a quest after immediate and ultimate reasons and clarity in the construction ...
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    19,69 €

  • OUR WORLD AND ITS VALUES
    EDWARD R W MAKHENE
    What are values? What principles underlie them? How ought we to apply them to our relations with our environment, other people in our communities, and international relations? What is the state and how should it treat its citizens--with justice and fairness. Can we have a morality without religion? Can we divest ourselves of the corrupting influence of money on human relations ...
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    33,86 €

  • Mind Your PS and QS
    Edward R. W. Makhene / Edward RWMakhene
    This is a philosophical dialogue between High School students who set out to explore the logical foundations of our commonly held opinions and beliefs, and their degree of certainty. ...
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    13,83 €