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Truth of History. by McCullagh, C. Behan

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Postmodernism, Reason and Religion.

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Social Radicalism and Liberal Education. by Paterson, Lindsay

Table of Contents: “…Doubts about Liberal Education; 6. Relativism and Liberal Education; 7. Policy and Practice since the 1960s; 8. …”
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Faking nature : the ethics of environmental restoration by Elliot, Robert, 1950-

Table of Contents: “…ENVIRONMENTAL PHILOSOPHIES SERIES; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1 THE NATURE OF NATURAL VALUE; INTRINSIC VALUE; THE INTRINSIC PROPERTY CONSTRAINT; THE INDEXICAL THEORY OF INTRINSIC VALUE; SUBJECTIVISM, RELATIVISM AND NORMATIVE DEBATE; 2 ENVIRONMENTAL OBLIGATION, AESTHETIC VALUE AND THE BASIS OF NATURAL VALUE; ENVIRONMENTAL OBLIGATION AND CONSEQUENTIALISM; ENVIRONMENTAL OBLIGATION AND DEONTOLOGIES; VIRTUE, VALUE AND ENVIRONMENTAL OBLIGATION; NATURALNESS AND OTHER BASES OF NATURAL VALUE; AESTHETIC VALUE AND INTRINSIC VALUE; 3 FAKING NATURE.…”
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Europe and the Mediterranean as linguistic areas : convergencies from a historical and typological perspective

Table of Contents: “…Europe and the Mediterranean as Linguistic Areas; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; List of the contributors; Foreword; Trends in the diachronic development of Semitic verbal morphology; Demonstratives in the languages of Europe; Internal structure of verbal stems in the Germanic languages; Relativization strategies in the languages of Europe; The spread and decline of indefinite man -constructions in European languages: An areal perspective; Mediating culture through language: Contact-induced phenomena in the early translations of the Gospels.…”
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A wrinkle in history : essays on literature and philosophy by Egginton, William, 1969-

Table of Contents: “…Foreword: Between History and Theory; Chapter 1: A Wrinkle in Historical Time; Chapter 2: On Dante, Hyperspheres, and the Curvatureof the Medieval Cosmos ; Chapter 3: Mimesis and Theatricality; Chapter 4: On Relativism, Rights and Differends ; Chapter 5: Cervantes, Romantic Irony and the Making of Reality; Chapter 6: Psychoanalysis and the Comedia; Chapter 7: Intimacy and Anonymity ; Chapter 8: Reality is Bleeding ; Chapter 9: Keeping Pragmatism Pure: Rorty with Lacan ; Endnotes.…”
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Critical Theory and Methodology by Morrow, Raymond A., Brown, David D.

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 6 -- The Metatheory of Critical Theory: Beyond Objectivism and RelativismChapter 7 -- Contemporary Critical Theory as a Research Program: Giddens and Habermas -- Part III -- Critical Theory and Empirical Research -- Chapter 8 -- Deconstructing the Conventional Discourse of Methodology: Quantitative versus Qualitative Methods -- Chapter 9 -- Non-Empirical Methods: Reflexive Procedures -- Chapter 10 -- Empirical Procedures in Critical Research -- Chapter 11 -- Contexts of Critical Empirical Research -- Chapter 12 -- Critical Social Science and Society: Theory and Practice…”
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Taboo issues in social science : questioning conventional wisdom by Walsh, Anthony, 1941-

Table of Contents: “…-- Capitalism and socialism : the Devil's dung versus Satan's spore -- Socioeoconomic success : talent plus effort or white privilege? -- Cultural relativism, multiculturalism, violence, and human rights -- "Lies, damn lies, and statistics" : crime and justice -- Culture, constitution, and government.…”
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The life of reason in an age of terrorism

Table of Contents: “…14 A Religion without Fanaticism: Little Lessons of Wisdom from Santayana15 Santayana on Pluralism, Relativism and Rationality; 16 Santayana's Idea of Madness and Normal Madness in a Troubled Age; 17 Santayana's Philosophy of Education against Fanaticism and Barbarity; Index.…”
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The Human Rights of Children Selected Essays on Children's Rights. by Freeman, Michael

Table of Contents: “…Prologue -- Pluralism and Children's Rights -- Cultural Pluralism -- Monism -- Relativism -- Responding to the Case Studies -- Relativism -- The Monist Response -- The Pluralist Approach -- A Concluding Comment -- Chapter 6 Cleveland, Butler-Sloss and Beyond -- How are We to React to the Sexual Abuse of Children? …”
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Rescher on Rationality, Values, and Social Responsibility : a Philosophical Portrait. by Moutafakis, Nicholas J., 1941-

Table of Contents: “…Foreword; PREFACE; Introduction; Chapter 1On Rationality and Its Predicaments; Chapter 2The Evolving Nature of Personhood; Chapter 3Rescher's General Concept of"E-value-ation"; Chapter 4Rescher On DistributiveJustice and Utilitarianism; Chapter 5Quantifying Preference and Practical Action; Chapter 6Personhood and the Absolute Natureof Morality; Chapter 7On the Commonalities and Limitations ofScepticism and Relativism; Chapter 8The Morality of SocialResponsibility; BIBLIOGRAPHY; Name Index.…”
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Ethical Knowledge. by Kupperman, Joel

Table of Contents: “…Moore's Principia Ethica; III Stevenson's Ethical Philosophy; IV A.J. Ayer; V Relativism; II The Existence of Ethical Knowledge; VI Experience in Ethics; VII Reason in Ethics; VIII The Existence of Ethical Knowledge; Index.…”
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Transnational LGBT activism : working for sexual rights worldwide by Thoreson, Ryan Richard, 1984-

Table of Contents: “…From the castro ta o the UN : IGLHRC in historical perspective -- Bodies of law : activists and brokerage in practice -- Fusing human rights and sexual politics : advocating for LGBT human rights worldwide -- LGBT human rights advocacy and the partnership principle -- Knowledge as power : the structural and strategic complexities of information politics -- Demanding rights, compelling recognition : LGBT advocacy in the global human rights arena -- Conclusion : for everyone, everywhere : universality, relativism, and the anthropology of human rights.…”
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John Webster, Renaissance dramatist by Coleman, David, 1979-

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chronology; Prologue: Webster's Aesthetic Relativism; Chapter 1 A London Life; chapter 2 Textual Culture: Webster's Collaborative Drama; chapter 3 'Changeable Stuff': The White Devil; chapter 4 'Rich Tissue': The Duchess of Malfi; chapter 5 'Worthy Parts': The Devil's Law-Case; chapter 6 'Gleefully Savage': The Tragedies in Performance; Appendix: Responses to Selected Major Productions of Webster's Plays; Bibliography; Index.…”
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Routledge philosophy guidebook to Aristotle and the Metaphysics / Philosophy guidebook to Aristotle and the Metaphysics by Politis, Vasilis

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1 Aristotle's Metaphysics -- chapter 2 Metaphysics As The Science Of The Ultimate Explanations Of All Things -- chapter 3 Aristotle's Method in Metaphysics (Book III) -- chapter 4 Metaphysics As The Science Of Being Qua Being -- chapter 5 The Defence Of The Principle Of Non-Contradiction -- chapter 6 The Response To Phenomenalism And Relativism -- chapter 7 The Search for Primary Being (Book VII) -- chapter 8 The Ultimate Cause of Change: God (Book XII) -- chapter 9 The Criticism Of Plato's Theory Of Forms.…”
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In the beginning was the deed : realism and moralism in political argument / Realism and moralism in political argument by Williams, Bernard, 1929-2003

Table of Contents: “…Preface; Introduction; ONE: Realism and Moralism in Political Theory; TWO: In the Beginning Was the Deed; THREE: Pluralism, Community and Left Wittgensteinianism; FOUR: Modernity and the Substance of Ethical Life; FIVE: The Liberalism of Fear; SIX: Human Rights and Relativism; SEVEN: From Freedom to Liberty: The Construction of a Political Value; EIGHT: The Idea of Equality; NINE: Conflicts of Liberty and Equality; TEN: Toleration, a Political or Moral Question?…”
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Romance Linguistics 2008 : Interactions in Romance. Selected papers from the 38th Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages (LSRL), Urbana-Champaign, April 2008. by Arregi, Karlos

Table of Contents: “…; Loanword adaptation in the French of Spanish-speaking immigrants in Montréal; Part 2: Phonology and interfaces; Morphology and phonology of word-final vowel deletion in spoken Tuscan Italian; Relativization, intonational phrases and rich left peripheries in Romanian.…”
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Defining Rape : Emerging Obligations for States Under International Law?. by Eriksson, Maria

Table of Contents: “…The definition of rape in an international perspective -- The prohibition of rape in domestic criminal law : an historical overview -- The harm of sexual violence -- Elements of the crime of rape -- Sexual violence in context -- State obligations to prevent and punish rape -- The recognition of rape as a violation of international human rights law -- International humanitarian law -- International criminal law -- The interplay between international human rights law and international humanitarian law -- Cultural relativism and obstacles to a uniform international definition of rape.…”
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Being good : an introduction to ethics by Blackburn, Simon, 1944-

Table of Contents: “…Seven threats to ethics: Death of God -- Relativism -- Egoism -- Evolutionary theory -- Determinism and futility -- Unreasonable demands -- False consciousness -- Some ethical ideas: Birth -- Death -- Desire and the meaning of life -- Pleasure -- Greatest happiness of the greatest number -- Freedom from the bad -- Freedom and paternalism -- Rights and natural rights -- Foundations: Reasons and foundations -- Being good and living well -- Categorical imperative -- Contracts and discourse -- Common point of view -- Confidence restored -- Appendix: United Nations' universal declaration of human rights.…”
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The Power of Principles physics revealed : A Conversation with Nima Arkani-Hamed. by Burton, Howard

Table of Contents: “…A Timeless Community -- VI. Against Relativism -- VII. Strongly Constrained -- VIII. In Search of a Formula -- IX. …”
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Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy. by Williams, Bernard

Table of Contents: “…Knowledge, Science, Convergence; 9. Relativism and Refl ection; 10. Morality, the Peculiar Institution; Postscript; Commentary on the Text by A.W. …”
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Grammatical constructions : back to the roots

Table of Contents: “…Syntactic patterning; Definite null objects in (spoken) French; From relativization to clause-linkage; Argument structure constructions and the argument-adjunct distinction; II. …”
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In the beginning was the deed : realism and moralism in political argument / Realism and moralism in political argument by Williams, Bernard, 1929-2003

Table of Contents: “…Preface; Introduction; ONE: Realism and Moralism in Political Theory; TWO: In the Beginning Was the Deed; THREE: Pluralism, Community and Left Wittgensteinianism; FOUR: Modernity and the Substance of Ethical Life; FIVE: The Liberalism of Fear; SIX: Human Rights and Relativism; SEVEN: From Freedom to Liberty: The Construction of a Political Value; EIGHT: The Idea of Equality; NINE: Conflicts of Liberty and Equality; TEN: Toleration, a Political or Moral Question?…”
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The logic of reliable inquiry by Kelly, Kevin T.

Table of Contents: “…Experiment and Causal Inference; 14. Relativism and Reliability…”
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Sport, rules, and values : philosophical investigations into the nature of sport by McFee, Graham

Table of Contents: “…Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Sport, rules and values; Rules in explaining sport; Definiteness and defining sport; Rule-following and formalism in sport; Rule-following and rule-formulations; Practices and normativity in sport; Rules in judging sport; Aesthetic sports, publicity and judgement calls; Principles and the application of rules; Spoiling, cheating and playing the game; Rules in valuing sport; The project of a moral laboratory; and particularism; The value of sport; Relativism, objectivity and truth; Conclusion: Sport, rules and philosophy; Notes.…”
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Locality and information structure : a cartographic approach to Japanese by Endō, Yoshio, 1960-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction; 2. Evolution of Relativized Minimality; 3. Topic and Quantifier-Induced Blocking Effects; 4. …”
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Wrong turnings : how the left got lost by Hodgson, Geoffrey Martin, 1946-

Table of Contents: “…Progressive radicalism before the left -- The French revolution and the original left -- Thomas Paine and the rights of man -- Socialism's wrong responses to the right problems -- Marxism's wrong turnings: class war and wholesale collectivization -- Down the slippery slope to totalitarianism -- Keeping left: in defence of democracy and individual rights -- After Vietnam: the left descends into cultural relativism -- Final full turn: the left condones reactionary religion -- Two open letters to friends -- Capitalism and beyond: toward a new old left.…”
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A video series to introduce giving voice to values. values / GVV pillar one :

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Interpreting macroeconomics : explorations in the history of macroeconomic thought by Backhouse, Roger

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Grazer Philosophische Studien. 73 / Internationale Zeitschrift für Analytische Philosophie. by Brandl, Johannes L.

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Considered Judgment. by Elgin, Catherine Z.

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Money, the market, and the state ; economic essays in honor of James Muir Waller

Table of Contents: “…Wright.--Money and the relativism of economic freedom, by R. G. Layer.--Economic independence and insulation through flexible exchange rates, by R. …”

Philosophy. by Warburton, Nigel

Table of Contents: “…Criticisms of utilitarianismNegative utilitarianism; Criticism of negative utilitarianism; Rule utilitarianism; Virtue theory; Criticisms of virtue theory; Applied ethics; Ethics and meta-ethics; Naturalism; Criticisms of naturalism; Moral relativism; Criticisms of moral relativism; Emotivism; Criticisms of emotivism; Conclusion; Further reading; 3 Animals; Animal suffering; Criticism of animal suffering view; Criticism of Descartes on animal pain; Speciesism; Arguments for speciesism; Anti-speciesism; Criticism of anti-speciesism; Do animals have rights?…”
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Essays from the edge : parerga & paralipomena by Jay, Martin, 1944-

Table of Contents: “…: reflections on a Frankfurt school lament -- Mourning a metaphor: the revolution is over -- Cultural relativism and the visual turn -- Scopic regimes of modernity revisited -- No state of grace : violence in the garden -- Visual parrhesia? …”
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Seeing the Light Exploring Ethics Through Movies. by Teays, Wanda

Table of Contents: “…-- SPOTLIGHT: The Proposal -- Short Takes: Clueless -- Outtakes: The Social Network -- Outtakes: The Purple Rose of Cairo -- Outtakes: Solitary Man -- Outtakes: Ghost Town -- Works Cited -- Online Resources -- Discussion Questions -- 2.2 Cultural Relativism -- The Ethical Framework: Cultural Relativism -- SPOTLIGHT: Witness -- SPOTLIGHT: Gran Torino -- SPOTLIGHT: Mutluluk (Bliss)…”
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An introduction to critical social psychology / Critical social psychology by Hepburn, Alexa

Table of Contents: “…; Sexism and the legitimation of gender inequalities; Heterosexism and lesbian and gay psychology; Eating disorders and the body; Postmodern feminists: contemporary debates; Feminism and relativism…”
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John Paul II and the legacy of Dignitatis humanae by Rico, Herminio

Table of Contents: “…Three Moments for Dignitatis Humanae -- First Moment: Religious Freedom Replaces Established -- Catholicism -- Second Moment: Freedom of the Church against Atheistic -- Communism -- Third Moment: The Challenges of Secularism and Relativism -- Relativism and Privatization of Religion -- Competing Responses -- Two Defining Historical Experiences: Latin Europe and the -- United States of America -- A Dual Legacy of Liberalism-Catholicism Relations -- Different Challenges by Dignitatis Humanae -- Notes --2. …”
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Early Modern English. by Bergs, Alexander

Table of Contents: “…Table of Contents -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Early Modern English: Overview -- Chapter 3: Phonology -- Chapter 4: Morphology -- Chapter 5: Syntax -- Chapter 6: Lexicon and semantics -- Chapter 7: Pragmatics and discourse -- Chapter 8: Dialects -- Chapter 9: Language contact -- Chapter 10: Standardization -- Chapter 11: Sociolinguistics -- Chapter 12: Pronouns -- Chapter 13: Periphrastic DO -- Chapter 14: The Great Vowel Shift -- Chapter 15: Relativization -- Chapter 16: Literary language…”
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Sociology and ideology

Table of Contents: “…The social sciences and the two types of relativism / Raymond Boudon -- Sociology, critique and modernity: views across the European divide / Johann P. …”
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Relational being : beyond self and community by Gergen, Kenneth J.

Table of Contents: “…Knowledge as co-creation ; Education in a relational key ; Therapy as relational recovery ; Organizing : the precarious balance -- From the moral to the sacred. Morality : from relativism to relational responsibility ; Approaching the sacred -- Epilogue: The coming of relational consciousness.…”
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