233 Results for : reasoned
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A Jerk on One End: Reflections of a Mediocre Fisherman , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 158min
In some ways it's a ridiculous human passion, Robert Hughes writes of fishing but, for him, it has been a lifelong obsession and the pastime that he loves best. In A Jerk on One End he brings the wit and insight that have characterised his art criticism to the subjects of fish and fishing. He traces his love of fishing to his boyhood on Sydney Harbour and recounts the high and low points of his career with rod and reel, from his first catch to hair-raising tales of shark hunts he has picked up from other fishermen. Mixing memoir and history with folklore and anecdote, he has produced an audiobook that is a celebration of the delights and beauties of fishing and, in its final ticks, a powerful and reasoned plea for the protection of the ecology of the ocean. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Peter Renaday. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/pnix/000642/bk_pnix_000642_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Material Law: A Jurisprudence of What's Real , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 533min
In Material Law, distinguished scholar John Brigham focuses on the places where law and material life intersect, and how law creates and alters our social reality. Brigham looks at an eclectic group of bodies and things - from maps and territories and trends in courthouse architecture to a woman's womb and a judge's body - to make connections between the material and the legal. Theoretically sophisticated, and consistently fascinating, Material Law integrates law and society, political science, and popular culture in a truly interdisciplinary fashion. Brigham examines how the meaning of law is influenced by politics, reviewing, for example, whether the authority of global law supersedes that of national law in the context of Anglo-American cultural colonialism. What emerges is a well-reasoned look at how the authority of law constitutes what we see as real in our lives. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Alan Taylor. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/049352/bk_acx0_049352_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Political Liberalism (eBook, ePUB)
This book continues and revises the ideas of justice as fairness that John Rawls presented in A Theory of Justice but changes its philosophical interpretation in a fundamental way. That previous work assumed what Rawls calls a "well-ordered society," one that is stable and relatively homogenous in its basic moral beliefs and in which there is broad agreement about what constitutes the good life. Yet in modern democratic society a plurality of incompatible and irreconcilable doctrines-religious, philosophical, and moral-coexist within the framework of democratic institutions. Recognizing this as a permanent condition of democracy, Rawls asks how a stable and just society of free and equal citizens can live in concord when divided by reasonable but incompatible doctrines?This edition includes the essay "The Idea of Public Reason Revisited," which outlines Rawls' plans to revise Political Liberalism, which were cut short by his death. "An extraordinary well-reasoned commentary on A Theory of Justice...a decisive turn towards political philosophy." -Times Literary Supplement- Shop: buecher
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Beyond the Bubble: How to Keep the Real Estate Market in Perspective - and Profit No Matter What Happens , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 475min
We’ve all heard the reports - the great housing boom that has fueled premium prices and sellers’ dreams is slowing down. The real estate market may experience ups and downs like any other, but it’s not likely to implode spontaneously. With proper planning and a little knowledge, homeowners, investors, and other stakeholders can avoid disaster and in fact profit on their properties regardless of what the market does. Beyond the Bubble takes a balanced look at what drives changes in real estate markets and how these changes affect property owners and investors. Listenerswill learn: The history, nature, and dynamics of market "bubbles"How to anticipate a coming downturn and act accordingly The regional nature of real estate market conditions Differences and similarities in residential and commercial markets Other profit strategies when selling is difficult or impossible How to analyze the market using facts, not hype Thorough and well-reasoned, Beyond the Bubble will help property owners maintain a strong and level foundation for their financial futures. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tom Bishop. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/186302/bk_acx0_186302_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Code: A Man's Rules for Living Life, Having Fun, and Getting Dressed , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 120min
In the current cultural narrative of rules for behavior and interaction, The Code is a refreshing examination of the guidelines that can keep young men from making mistakes. Even when the consequences of those mistakes may not become relevant or public for years. The Code is an indispensable collection of honorable rules to live by. Boys will listen and learn from it. "Guys" should be guided by these rules to become men. Men should give it as gifts to those who can still use a little extra help. Women should listen to it to see the world through a man's eyes. It is written with a pleasing mix of reasoned argument and personal anecdotes, intelligent language and good humor, and a feminine perspective on each of the rules which add depth to the conversation. The Code is a refreshing change from a culture in which values and ethical stances are routinely dumbed down to five-second sound bites and bumper-sticker slogans. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jack Dale, Carolyn Strauss. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/112032/bk_acx0_112032_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Lora Gets Passed Around: Cheating / Daddy Role-playing Erotica , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 42min, (USK 18)
Lora is visiting her boyfriend's family and has a realization about him: he's a total loser. Comparing him to his brother and father, he simply doesn't size up. As her guy falls asleep, Lora joins his family in the basement, where they wait for her like a den of wolves. Lora Gets Passed Around is a hardcore erotic tale dealing with elements of cheating, dubcon, and daddy role-playing. She hears her therapist's voice echo in her head: stick with someone safe, who won't hurt you...but a woman in heat is hard to be reasoned with, especially sleeping in the same house as two alpha males. How far will she allow her boyfriend's father and brother to go with her? All characters in this short story are 18+. This title is intended for adult audiences, it contains cheating, bathtub sex, and daddy roleplaying. There is no boundary that Lora won't cross. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Katherine White. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/002217/bk_acx0_002217_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Old Geezer Romancing in Cyberspace , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 168min
Bill McDonald, an award-winning journalist, had no intention of writing about the internet dating he began at age 69. What could occur on the dates of an old geezer like me, he reasoned, that would pique ones interest or keep a reader spellbound? It didn't take long for him to realize he'd failed miserably as a soothsayer. One first-time date met him, quite intentionally, while she luxuriated in a bath of soapsuds and bubbles. A luncheon date startled him with a fact not mentioned in her profile: she was the great-granddaughter of Mark Twain, having discovered the kinship only two years earlier. A sex therapist insisted on smudging him before he could enter her home. This ancient ritual had her wafting herbal smoke around his body to eliminate negative vibes. These and other noteworthy occurrences led the author to write the fascinating pause resister, Old Geezer Romancing in Cyberspace. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Steve Salge. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/146967/bk_acx0_146967_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Free Speech on Campus , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 336min
Can free speech coexist with an inclusive campus environment? Hardly a week goes by without another controversy over free speech on college campuses. On one side, there are increased demands to censor hateful, disrespectful, and bullying expression and to ensure an inclusive and nondiscriminatory learning environment. On the other side are traditional free speech advocates who charge that recent demands for censorship coddle students and threaten free inquiry. In this clear and carefully reasoned book, a university chancellor and a law school dean - both constitutional scholars who teach a course in free speech to undergraduates - argue that campuses must provide supportive learning environments for an increasingly diverse student body but can never restrict the expression of ideas. This book provides the background necessary to understanding the importance of free speech on campus and offers clear prescriptions for what colleges can and can't do when dealing with free speech controversies. Jacket illustration by Jim Luft, Luft-Leone Design. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: James Edward Thomas. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/031245/bk_adbl_031245_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Identity and Violence (eBook, ePUB)
The world may be more riven by murderous violence than ever before, yet Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen argues in this sweeping philosophical work that its brutalities are driven as much by confusion as by inescapable hatred.Sen argues in his new book that conflict and violence are sustained today, no less than the past, by the illusion of a unique identity. Indeed, the world is increasingly taken to be divided between religions (or 'cultures' or 'civilizations'), ignoring the relevance of other ways in which people see themselves through class, gender, profession, language, literature, science, music, morals or politics, and denying the real possibilities of reasoned choices. In Identity and Violence he overturns such stereotypes as the 'the monolithic Middle East' or 'the Western Mind'. Through his penetrating investigation of such subjects as multiculturalism, fundamentalism, terrorism and globalization, he brings out the need for a clear-headed understanding of human freedom and a constructive public voice in Global civil society. The world, Sen shows, can be made to move towards peace as firmly as it has recently spiralled towards war.- Shop: buecher
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Common Good Constitutionalism (eBook, ePUB)
The way that Americans understand their Constitution and wider legal tradition has been dominated in recent decades by two exhausted approaches: the originalism of conservatives and the "living constitutionalism" of progressives. Is it time to look for an alternative? Adrian Vermeule argues that the alternative has been there, buried in the American legal tradition, all along. He shows that US law was, from the founding, subsumed within the broad framework of the classical legal tradition, which conceives law as "a reasoned ordering to the common good." In this view, law's purpose is to promote the goods a flourishing political community requires: justice, peace, prosperity, and morality. He shows how this legacy has been lost, despite still being implicit within American public law, and convincingly argues for its recovery in the form of "common good constitutionalism." This erudite and brilliantly original book is a vital intervention in America's most significant contemporary legal debate while also being an enduring account of the true nature of law that will resonate for decades with scholars and students.- Shop: buecher
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