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The Ethics is one of the undisputed masterworks of early modern philosophy. In this single volume Spinoza offers the reader an unorthodox account of God, a novel version of the mind-body relation, a systematic theory of the emotions and a detailed prescription for human virtue and blessedness. Too controversial to be published during his lifetime, it was surreptitiously printed by Spinoza's friends after his death. Nowadays the Ethics is studied in university classes as an exemplary work of early modern rationalism. In Spinoza's 'Ethics': A Reader's Guide, J. Thomas Cook explains the philosophical background against which the book was written and the key themes inherent in the text. The book then guides the reader to a clear understanding of the text as a whole, before exploring the reception and influence of this classic philosophical work. This is the ideal companion to study of this most influential and challenging of texts.

Report of address before the Royal Central Asian society, London, Sept. 24, 1952.

Cover -- Towards a Gendered Political Economy -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on the Contributors -- Part I Approaches to Gendered Political Economy -- 1 Towards a Gendered Political Economy -- 2 Gendered Political Economy and Feminist Analysis -- 3 Rational Economic Families? Economics, the Family and the Economy1 -- 4 Gender and Family in the Formation of Human Capital -- 5 Gender at the Macroeconomic Level -- 6 Inclusion/Exclusion: the Janus Face of Citizenship1 -- Part II Gendered Political Economy -- 7 Comparative Perspectives on Gender and Citizenship: Latin America and the Former Socialist States1 -- 8 Flexible Employment - Implications for a Gendered Political Economy of Citizenship -- 9 The Restructuring of the Gendered Political Economy: Transformations in Women's Employment1 -- 10 New Dimensions to Gendered Power Relations in Families -- 11 Globalization, Gender and Migration: the Case of International Marriage in Japan -- 12 The Political Economy of Social Reproduction: the Case of Cuba in the 1990s1 -- Index.

Intro -- Preface to the First Edition -- Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction to Biomedical Ethics -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Ethical Theories -- 2.1 Classical Ethical Theory: Virtue Ethics -- 2.2 Consequentialist Theories: Utilitarianism -- 2.3 Act and Rule Utilitarianism -- 2.4 Deontological Theories: Rights and Duties -- 3 Applied Ethics -- 3.1 Principle #1: Non-maleficence -- 3.2 Principle #2: Beneficence -- 3.3 Principle #3: Respect for Autonomy -- 3.4 Principle #4: Justice -- 3.4.1 Conservative Versus Ideal Justice -- 3.4.2 Procedural Versus Substantive Justice -- 4 Dealing with Conflicting Obligations -- 5 Concluding Postscript on Religion and the Law -- References -- Autonomy and the Principles of Medical Practice -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Centrality of the Principle of Respect for Patient Autonomy -- 3 From Principles to Virtues -- 4 Respect for Patient Autonomy as a Medical/Professional Virtue: Classical Understanding of "Virtue" (Arête) -- References -- Informed Consent -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Informed Consent -- 3 Ethical Considerations of Transparency, Informed Consent, and Nudging -- Case Presentation and Discussion -- 3.1 Case Presentation -- 3.2 Introduction -- 3.3 A Digression on Rhetoric, Persuasion, and Psychology -- 3.4 Dr. Miller's Responsibility and Psychological Techniques of Persuasion -- 3.5 Selective Emphasis -- 3.6 Beneficent Persuasion -- 3.7 Nudging and Informed Consent -- 3.8 Shared Decision-Making -- 3.9 Competency, Transparency, and Informed Consent -- 3.10 Autonomy and Transparency -- 3.11 Clinical Outcome -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Conflict of Interest -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Industry COI -- 2.1 Industry Vs Physician -- 2.2 Industry Vs Education -- 2.3 Industry Vs Surgical Societies -- 2.4 Surgeon Vs Medical Center Administration -- 2.5 Surgeon Vs Academic Journal -- 2.6 Surgeon Vs Family Power-of-Attorney.

This paper responds to the Alpine Rendez-Vous (ARV) 'crisis' in technology enhanced learning (TEL). It takes a contested area of policy, rapid change in the National Health Service (NHS), and documents the responses to 'information overload' by group of General Practitioners Practices in the North of England. Located between the spaces identified by Traxler and Lally as 'competitive industrialisation' and Web 1.0, and the consumer/ customer focus and ubiquitous ownership enabled by portable and devices and web 2.0, in this work we see the parallels of the responses of publicly funded bodies moving towards privatisation as part of a neo-liberal agenda. Interviews with health professionals revealed marginalized spaces for informal learning in their workplaces; and a desire to build a community that would enable them to overcome the time/space barriers to networking. The EU Learning Layers Integrating Project develops mobile and social technologies that unlock and enable peer production within and across traditional workplace boundaries. Through the health professional narratives, we capture insights into their daily life, enable the articulation of their needs for an online 'Help-Seeking' networking service, underpinned by their desire to consult what Vygotsky calls 'the more capable peer'.

Doing without Free Will: Spinoza and Contemporary Moral Problems introduces Spinoza into the current discussion of the possibility of morality without free will, as it was he who first accomplished such a task. While his contemporaries reacted with shock to his determinist philosophy, today more people are ready to take seriously Spinoza's moral philosophy, which provides a foundation for our understanding of responsibility, akrasia, and moral values without the need for free will.