Right/Wrong
Title | Right/Wrong PDF eBook |
Author | Juan Enriquez |
Publisher | MIT Press |
Pages | 299 |
Release | 2021-09-14 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 0262542811 |
A lively and entertaining guide to ethics in a technological age. Most people have a strong sense of right and wrong, and they aren't shy about expressing their opinions. But when we take a polarizing stand on something we regard as an eternal truth, we often forget that ethics evolve over time. Many shifts in the right versus wrong pendulum are driven by advances in technology. Our great-grandparents might be shocked by in vitro fertilization; our great-grandchildren might be shocked by the messiness of pregnancy, childbirth, and unedited genes. In Right/Wrong, Juan Enriquez reflects on what happens to our ethics as technology makes the once unimaginable a commonplace occurrence.
Be Strong
Title | Be Strong PDF eBook |
Author | Pat Zietlow Miller |
Publisher | Roaring Brook Press |
Pages | 19 |
Release | 2021-08-10 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1250849683 |
A picture book about finding strength in unlikely places from the team behind the hugely popular New York Times bestseller Be Kind. When her gym class must face the school rock-climbing wall, Tanisha is discouraged. Her muscles are weak, and she knows she'll never reach the top like Cayla. But maybe strength is about more than just muscles. With help from her family, Tanisha learns that by showing up, speaking up, and not giving up, she can be strong, too. And that people are the strongest when they work together and trust each other. Award-winning author Pat Zietlow Miller has reunited with illustrator Jen Hill for Be Strong, another unforgettable story sure to inspire kids and adults alike.
My Magical Choices
Title | My Magical Choices PDF eBook |
Author | Becky Cummings |
Publisher | |
Pages | 40 |
Release | 2020-11-03 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781732596368 |
We're in the Wrong Book!
Title | We're in the Wrong Book! PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Byrne |
Publisher | Oxford University Press - Children |
Pages | 39 |
Release | 2016-03-03 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0192743198 |
Ben and Bella love the pages of their book. So, when jumping from page to page, they suddenly find themselves in the wrong book altogether, they are most perplexed. For Ben, Bella, and readers, what follows is a rollercoaster journey through a counting book, a comic book, a history book, a puzzle book, an ebook, a craft book, a sticker book, a spot-the-difference book, and finally a scary book - which ultimately propels them back into their own book! Phew! From award-winning Richard Byrne, author and illustrator of This Book Just Ate My Dog, shortlisted for the Children's Book Award, this is the second picture book to feature Ben and Bella.
What's So Wrong with Being Absolutely Right
Title | What's So Wrong with Being Absolutely Right PDF eBook |
Author | Judy J. Johnson |
Publisher | Prometheus Books |
Pages | 579 |
Release | 2009-12-02 |
Genre | Psychology |
ISBN | 1615922172 |
After explaining the dangerous nature of dogmatic belief, psychologist Johnson teaches strategies for dealing with dogmatic people and provides suggestions for minimizing the harmful effects of dogmatism in educational, political, and social institutions.
I Kissed Dating Goodbye
Title | I Kissed Dating Goodbye PDF eBook |
Author | Joshua Harris |
Publisher | Multnomah |
Pages | 256 |
Release | 2012-01-11 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1588601579 |
Joshua Harris's first book, written when he was only 21, turned the Christian singles scene upside down...and people are still talking. More than 800,000 copies later, I Kissed Dating Goodbye, with its inspiring call to sincere love, real purity, and purposeful singleness, remains the benchmark for books on Christian dating. Now, for the first time since its release, the national #1 bestseller has been expanded with new content and updated for new readers. Honest and practical, it challenges cultural assumptions about relationships and provides solid, biblical alternatives to society's norm.Clear, stylish typeset, with user-friendly links to referenced Scripture.
Good Natured
Title | Good Natured PDF eBook |
Author | Frans B. M. DE WAAL |
Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Pages | 369 |
Release | 2009-06-30 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0674033175 |
To observe a dog's guilty look. to witness a gorilla's self-sacrifice for a wounded mate, to watch an elephant herd's communal effort on behalf of a stranded calf--to catch animals in certain acts is to wonder what moves them. Might there he a code of ethics in the animal kingdom? Must an animal be human to he humane? In this provocative book, a renowned scientist takes on those who have declared ethics uniquely human Making a compelling case for a morality grounded in biology, he shows how ethical behavior is as much a matter of evolution as any other trait, in humans and animals alike. World famous for his brilliant descriptions of Machiavellian power plays among chimpanzees-the nastier side of animal life--Frans de Waal here contends that animals have a nice side as well. Making his case through vivid anecdotes drawn from his work with apes and monkeys and holstered by the intriguing, voluminous data from his and others' ongoing research, de Waal shows us that many of the building blocks of morality are natural: they can he observed in other animals. Through his eyes, we see how not just primates but all kinds of animals, from marine mammals to dogs, respond to social rules, help each other, share food, resolve conflict to mutual satisfaction, even develop a crude sense of justice and fairness. Natural selection may be harsh, but it has produced highly successful species that survive through cooperation and mutual assistance. De Waal identifies this paradox as the key to an evolutionary account of morality, and demonstrates that human morality could never have developed without the foundation of fellow feeling our species shares with other animals. As his work makes clear, a morality grounded in biology leads to an entirely different conception of what it means to he human--and humane.