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This book deconstructs the story of liberalism that John Rawls, author of Political Liberalism , and many others have put forward. Peter L.P. Simpson argues that political liberalism is despotic because it denies to politics a concern with the comprehensive human good, political illiberalism overcomes this despotism and restores genuine freedom. In Political Illiberalism , Simpson provides a detailed account of these political phenomena and pr...

Autism Spectrum Disorders presents the best validation criteria we currently have to offer children with ASD, and provides a blueprint for future work in this area. A long overdue wake-up call to the field, and one that is highly recommended.' - Gary Sasso, Chairperson, Department of Curriculum and Instruction , University of Iowa 'This excellent compendium will prove invaluable for anyone who wants to identify and evaluate commonly used tr...

The "Politics, " Aristotle's classic work on the nature of political community, has been a touchstone of Western debates about society and government. Here, Peter Simpson presents a thorough analysis of the logical structure of the entire text and each of its constitutive arguments and conclusions. A valuable commentary on the philosophical argument in the "Politics, " the book will also serve as a sound basis for future study of Aristotle's p...

Discover how Scots law come into being, its use in dispute resolution in the medieval and early modern periods and how its authority developed over the centuries to the 1707 Union with England.

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Provides an accessible and thorough grounding in sentence logic and predicate logic. While technical jargon is kept to a minimum, all logical concepts and vocabulary are explained clearly. A standard system of natural deduction is developed, and readers are given suggestions for developing strategies for creating derivations in this system.

This volume is aimed at individuals requiring an understanding of the background concepts and issues relating to Nunavut. It follows the historical development of the concept of Nunavut since 1867 to the signing of the land claim agreement in 1993.

Deconstructs the story of liberalism that John Rawls, author of Political Liberalism, and many others have put forward. Peter L.P. Simpson argues that political liberalism is despotic because it denies politics a concern with the comprehensive human good and that political illiberalism overcomes this despotism and restores genuine freedom.

The Meaning of Life' plays a significant role throughout the author's biography. So what then is the 'Meaning of Life' and where does one find it? Have you ever considered the 'dash' between the dates on one's tombstone? The date to the left is the date of birth while the date to the right represents his/her death. The 'dash' represents all the time in between (I heard this part on a radio commercial for a funeral home). This 'dash' then is 't...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

On the stormy night of September 16, 1967, young Marine Alvin Simpson faced the terrors of a long night at sea on a Higgins boat during a typhoon. Men all around him were convulsing, sickened by the waves, the cold, and diesel smoke. The trials of that night on the open sea strengthened Alvin's faith in God as he remembered to pray the way his grandfather had taught him. And it was this faith that sustained him through the many months and batt...

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En 1992 en el Collado Sur del Everest unos escaladores presenciaron la agonía solitaria de un alpinista hindú, a tan sólo treinta metros de distancia de ellos. Desde el cobijo de sus tiendas observaron cómo les hacía señas con la mano. ¿Por qué estos hombres adoptaron, impasibles, el papel de espectadores pasivos de una tragedia? ¿Por qué no intentaron ayudar al moribundo? ¿Por qué no fueron capaces ni siquiera de aliviarle la agonía, tomándol...

This is a broad overview of the evolving serial killer genre in the two media most responsible for its popularity: literature and cinema of the 1980s and 1990s. The author theorizes that the serial killer genre results from a combination of earlier genre depictions of multiple murderers.