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Intro -- Other books by the same author -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 CONFRONTING THE DANGER OF A WARMING WORLD -- 2 TECHNOLOGY AND THE FUTURE -- 3 JUSTICE AND RIGHTS -- 4 RELATIVISM -- 5 THE SOLUTION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- NOTES -- Imprint Page.

"The three biggest challenges facing the world today, in A. C. Grayling's view, are climate change, technology and justice. In his timely new book, he asks: can human beings agree on a set of values that will allow us to confront the numerous threats facing the planet, or will we simply continue with our disagreements and antipathies as we collectively approach our possible extinction? As every day brings new stories about extreme weather events, spyware, lethal autonomous weapons systems, and the health imbalance between the northern and southern hemispheres, Grayling's question - Is Global Agreement on Global Challenges Possible? - becomes ever more urgent. The solution he proposes is both pragmatic and inspiring"--Publisher's description.

Intro -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I -- 1 THE HISTORY OF THE DILEMMA PART I -- 2 THE HISTORY OF THE DILEMMA PART II -- 3 THE BEGINNINGS OF A SOLUTION PART I -- 4 THE BEGINNINGS OF A SOLUTION PART II -- 5 SOLUTIONS PROPOSED PART I -- 6 SOLUTIONS PROPOSED PART II -- PART II -- 7 ALTERNATIVE DEMOCRACIES AND ANTI-DEMOCRACIES -- 8 WHY IT HAS GONE WRONG -- 9 MAKING REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT WORK -- 10 THE PEOPLE AND THE CONSTITUTION -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX I - BREXIT -- APPENDIX II - THE FAILURE OF DEMOCRACY ELSEWHERE -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- NOTES -- INDEX.

Intro -- Title -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction -- DESTRUCTIONS and DECONSTRUCTIONS -- The First World War -- The Ethics of Drones -- Irredentism and Associated Evils -- Guns -- The Berlin-Baghdad Railway -- The Killing of Osama Bin Laden -- The Future of the World -- When China Rules the World -- China and Human Rights -- China's Games -- Opium -- A Christian Nation? -- Unjust Justice -- What We Owe the Dead -- Black Poison -- Death and Taxes -- Religion and Education -- 'Many Faiths, One Truth' -- Religion and Public Service -- The Power of the Press and the Press of a Button -- Irrationality, Immaturity, Braggadocio, Putin -- Spain and Rome -- Superstition -- The Advantages of Atheist Political Leaders -- Hard-Wired for God? -- The Prophetess -- The New Puritanism -- The Global Financial Crisis -- Climate Change -- The Force of Nature -- CONSTRUCTIONS and CREATIONS -- The Public Intellectual -- Wisdom, Mind and Brain -- Neurophilosophy -- The Brain and History -- The Triumph of Science -- Science and Democracy -- Making Mistakes and Apologising -- Does Government Know Best? -- Beyond Subsistence -- A Hard Choice -- Archiepiscopal Ethics -- Free Speech -- The Care and Maintenance of Friends -- The Book of the Dead -- Darwin in Scotland -- Tocqueville on America -- Quantum Dirac -- Thucydides -- Montaigne -- Socrates -- Edmund Burke -- The Unity of the Good -- H. G. Wells and Mr Lewisham -- Fishing with a Golden Hook -- Speeches -- Sleep -- Success -- Retirement -- Happiness -- Teachers -- Education and Rationality -- What is the Point of the Arts? -- Darkness -- The Hinges of History -- The Whole Life: The Point of the Humanities -- Optimism -- Making the World a Better Place -- Index -- A Note on the Author -- Also by A. C. Grayling -- Also available by A. C. Grayling -- Copyright.

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface to the Bloomsbury Revelations Edition -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1 Setting the Scene -- Part One The Demand for Liberty -- Chapter 2 The Reformation and the Beginning of Modern Liberty -- Chapter 3 Freeing the Mind -- Chapter 4 The Fight against Absolutism -- Part Two The Extension of Liberty -- Chapter 5 Slaves, Workers, Women and the Struggle for Liberty -- Chapter 6 The Liberty Century -- Chapter 7 Rights out of Wrongs -- Chapter 8 The Idea of Liberty and the Verge of Betrayal -- Postscript -- Appendices Landmarks on the Road to Freedom -- Appendix 1 The Bill of Rights 1689 -- An act declareing the Rights and Liberties of the subject and settling the succession of the Crowne -- Appendix 2 The United States Bill of Rights 1791 -- Amendments 1–10 of the Constitution of the United States of America -- Appendix 3 Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen -- Approved by the National Assembly of France, 26 August, 1789 -- Appendix 4 The Chartists' 'Six Points' and Petition -- The six points of the people's charter -- The 1838 Chartists' petition -- Appendix 5 United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- Adopted and proclaimed by General Assembly of the United Nations resolution 217 A (III) of 10 December 1948 -- Notes -- 1 Setting the Scene -- 2 The Reformation and the Beginning of Modern Liberty -- 3 Freeing the Mind -- 4 The Fight against Absolutism -- 5 Slaves, Workers, Women and the Struggle for Liberty -- 6 The Liberty Century -- 7 Rights out of Wrongs -- 8 The Idea of Liberty and the Verge of Betrayal -- Bibliography -- Index -- A Note on the Author

What is the nature of friendship, and what is its significance in our lives? How has friendship changed since the ancient Greeks began to analyze it, and how has modern technology altered its very definition? In this fascinating exploration of friendship through the ages, one of the most thought-provoking philosophers of our time tracks historical ideas of friendship, gathers a diversity of friendship stories from the annals of myth and literature, and provides unexpected insights into our friends, ourselves, and the role of friendships in an ethical life. A.C. Grayling roves the rich traditions of friendship in literature, culture, art and philosophy, bringing into his discussion familiar pairs as well as unfamiliar - Achilles and Patroclus, David and Jonathan, Coleridge and Wordsworth, Huck Finn and Jim. Grayling lays out major philosophical interpretations of friendship, then offers his own take, drawing on personal experiences and an acute awareness of vast cultural shifts that have occurred