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"The book gives a uniquely comprehensive philosophical analysis of Nietzsche's thinking. It shows how this thinking has its unifying focus on values--both the past and prevailing values that his psychologies and genealogies explain, and the new values that he himself creates and defends. It maps, in detail, the argumentative structure of his thinking as it bears on this central topic. It argues that his ultimate ambition is to show how we can incorporate the truth about values into our own valuing-and that he is therefore more deeply committed to truth than often supposed. The book's chapters examine twelve key concepts, each at the heart of a network of problems and ideas. A first group of concepts (value, life, drives, affects) treat the bodily valuing he attributes to our drives and affects; a second group (human, words, nihilism, freedom) treat the valuing we carry out in our deeply-flawed conception of ourselves as moral agents; the third group (the Yes, self, creating, Dionysus) project the values he offers as the lesson of his critiques--values centered on a universal affirmation expressed in the idea of eternal return. Each chapter organizes the rich complexity of Nietzsche's thought on its topic, and works to resolve contradictions, often by showing how he treats the concepts and problems as historical. The book synthesizes these detailed analyses into a systematic picture of his thought"--

Critiques notions of Asian values & Confucianism as reasons for East Asia's economic success during the past decade. East Asia's poverty during the last century is used to argue that these values & beliefs did not aid them in the past; therefore, its present success is owing to economic reforms rather than Confucian ethics. Singapore, under the leadership of Lee Kuan Yew, is an example of an East Asian nation that has liberalized its economy & then democratized its politics. Other nations, including Malaysia & Chile, are cited as examples of countries that have instituted economic reforms that have brought about prosperity. It is concluded that economic success is not easily attributed to any single factor. I. Sharp

Values and the environment -- Utilitarian approaches to environmental decision making. Human well being and the natural world -- Consequentialism and its critics -- Equality, justice and environment -- Value pluralism, value commensurability and environmental choice -- A new environmental ethic? The moral considerability of the non-human world -- Environment, meta-ethics and intrinsic value -- Nature and the natural -- The narratives of nature. Nature and narrative -- Biodiversity : biology as biography -- Sustainability and human well being -- Public decisions and environmental goods

Sapio shows how the Chinese government's condemnation of Western values is a 'signal of regime strength rather than weakness' and must be interpreted within the context of Party rhetoric as an attempt to develop an 'indigenous ontology of political concepts.' She argues that the recent moves are part of a larger project to develop a uniquely Chinese perspective on politics and society in order to achieve Chinese 'regional and global hegemony.' She also demonstrates how the attack on Western values is limited to an attack on the liberal democratic ideas and institutions that threaten the 'Party's monopoly over matters of ideology' and do not presage a closing to the West in general but rather a shift in emphasis. She insists that an exegesis that is faithful to an ideology is not necessarily a defense of that ideology. Adapted from the source document.