Describes Christianity as an addictive disease that is responsible for much of the suffering in modern society, especially anguish and ignorance about sexuality, human bodies, and social interaction.
Human, All Too Human (1878) is often considered the start of Friedrich Nietzsche’s mature period. A complex work that explores many themes to which Nietzsche later returned, it marks a significant de
Most of the chapters were adapted from West's Images and Reversals column for Computer Graphics magazine. Current education, he says, is stuck on the skills of medieval clerks--reading and writing--wh
The 23 short stories of this collection tell of the interaction between a trained therapy animal (mostly dogs, though there are stories about cats, horses, and a llama) and a person in need of care.
A sociologist explores the many ways that digital natives' interaction with technology has changed their relationship with people, places, jobs, and other stabilizing structures and created a new way
Writing in accessible language for general readers, Staats (emeritus, psychology, University of Hawaii-Manoa) seeks to change the paradigm of scientific theory on the evolution of human behavior, huma
Examines human evolution through a close study of genetics; surveys important discoveries in genetics during the last twenty years; compares the human genome with those of other species; and discusses
Pfleging, a computer and Web consultant, and Zetlin, a business writer, note how business and technology professionals can work together successfully, with the key being communication. They provide a
Originally appearing in 1922, Dewey's treatise on social and moral aspects of psychology discusses the essential components of human nature. Focusing on the roles of habit, impulse, and intelligence,
James (University of Hawaii) and Nahl (information and computer sciences, University of Hawaii) locate the roots of aggressive driving in childhood exposure to parental attitudes about driving and med
How do we come to have ideas about the world and about the relationships of objects we perceive therein? Is all impressed upon the senses from outside or does the human mind have a significant role to
A climate expert makes a compelling case for implementing adaptation strategies in addition to reducing greenhouse gases to lessen the destructive effects of human-caused climate change.Though the Par
Evolution can now explain the human brain in broad strokes and will eventually explain human behavior in detail, contends Steen (neurophysiology and psychiatry, U. of North Caroline-Chapel Hill). He d
For general readers, Hall explains the ideas behind nanotechnology and scenarios for its future use. He is the inventor of Utility Fog and is a former computer systems architect at Rutgers U. Annotat
From a mechanical engineering perspective, Lewis describes the human endeavor to create technology, setting the engineering of the 21st century in the historical context of artisans and the emergence
Incorporating vivid descriptions by mothers and daughters about their relationships, Fingerman (human development and family studies, Pennsylvania State University) draws on interviews with 48 mothers
Science has called into question many traditional assumptions about human nature. In the age of the human genome project, this truism is even more obvious than it was in 1965, when scientist and histo
Environmental and software consultant Mulhall speculates, in a somewhat scattershot manner, on the impact of certain advanced technologies on human society and its relationship with the natural world.
The inventor of the implantable cardiac pacemaker, the first self-powered medical device to be permanently implanted in the human body, recounts the conception, invention, development, and production
Addresses global issues and conflicts through a humanist ethics perspective, and offers solutions based on reason, optimism, and the values of international human rights.
Throughout history philosophers have sought to define, understand, and delineate concepts important to human well-being. One such concept is "knowledge." Many philosophers believed that absolute, cert
Metaphysicians have for centuries attempted to clarify the nature of the world and how rational human beings construct their ideas of it. Materialists believed that the world (including its human comp
An essential introduction to ethics and values, this comprehensive anthology places the perennial human search for ethical values into historical perspective. The philosophers included are: Aristotle,
This history of medieval inventions, focusing on the eleventh to the fourteenth centuries, vividly portrays a thriving era of human ingenuity--and the results are still being felt to this day. From th
A psychiatrist presents a compelling argument for how human purpose and caring emerged in a spontaneous and unguided universe.Drawing on years of wide-ranging, intensive clinical experience, and his o
Many people grapple with destructive thought processes or a "critical inner voice" that directs their behavior and, to varying degrees, limits their lives. Using deeply personal and very human stories
This book explores human behavior in terms of power in all its manifestations across a wide spectrum. The author examines the subtle dynamics of power in interpersonal relationships as well as its ove
Retired NASA scientist, Stuart Jordan, argues that the Western Enlightenment remains the right vision for a higher stage of human civilization, but which as of yet remains unattained. He broadly argue
Biopsychologist Schneider (U. of the Pacific, US) takes the reader on a tour of how consequences (perhaps analogous to incentives) shape animal and human behavior and development across a range of bio
Trout (emeritus, English, Montana State U.) makes a case that fear of predators shaped human culture in general, and storytelling in particular. Among his topics are predators of the Pleistocene and b
Harrison, author and journalist, armed with decades of research by social and biological scientists, makes the case that there really is no such thing as race, that manner of categorizing human beings
This classic sourcebook, which has for three decades helped thousands rethink their views of ethics and human sexuality, is all new and totally revised for the challenges of the 21st century.Featuring
An anthology of readings by biologists and philosophers past and present explore some of the issues addressed in the philosophy of biology. Among them are life and its origin, Darwinism, human nature,
Are there any ethical values and principles that nonreligious individuals can live by? In a time when many have forsaken otherworldly religions, what does human life mean? What is its significance? S
Biomedical ethics raises a host of humanistic issues. Among these are human dignity, personal autonomy, quality of life, and access to care for all. Now, more than ever, scientific discoveries and med
Young defines his transhumanist philosophy as a belief in overcoming human limitations through reason, science, and technology. Death is an error of life, he argues, and science can correct it. After
Using clear, non-technical language Weiner introduces lay readers to the inner workings of the human brain. Synthesizing the findings of recent research in fields such as psychology, neurobiology, and
Leading British humanist editor and author Herrick sets out the basic principles of the philosophy, which emphasizes the human, the here-and-now, and the humane. Humanists are atheists or agnostics an
What is it in human nature that leads us to label some as insiders and stigmatize others as outsiders?Sociologist Gerhard Falk examines the social psychology that motivates this process of exclusion,
