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Religious Perspectives On Business Ethics, Scott Paeth, Thomas O'Brien
Religious Perspectives On Business Ethics, Scott Paeth, Thomas O'Brien
Thomas W O'Brien
In the first anthology of its kind, Thomas O'Brien and Scott Paeth have gathered unique pieces from across religious perspectives to illustrate the growing influence and contribution of religion to the field of business ethics. Tackling such wide-ranging subjects as Jewish environmental ethics, Zen in the workplace, and Christian social ethics, this text is a valuable addition to business ethics courses.
“The Rest Of The (Christmas) Story”, Scott R. Paeth
“The Rest Of The (Christmas) Story”, Scott R. Paeth
Scott R. Paeth
No abstract provided.
“What Are They Thinking?”, Scott Paeth
“Deciphering Da Vinci”, Scott R. Paeth
The Gods Drink Whiskey: Stumbling Toward Enlightenment In The Land Of The Tattered Buddha, Stephen Asma
The Gods Drink Whiskey: Stumbling Toward Enlightenment In The Land Of The Tattered Buddha, Stephen Asma
Stephen T Asma
Asma, a professor of Buddhism at Columbia College in Chicago and the author of Stuffed Animals and Pickled Heads (2001), recounts his intense and revelatory Cambodian adventures while teaching at Phnom Penh's Buddhist Institute. In an electrifying and frank mix of hair-raising anecdotes and expert analysis, he explicates the vast difference between text-based Buddhist teachings and daily life in a poor and politically volatile Buddhist society. Amid tales of massage parlors, marijuana-spiced pizza, and bloodshed, he cogently explains how Theravada Buddhism, the form practiced throughout Southeast Asia, differs from the Buddhism Westerners are familiar with, and how entwined it is …
Historical Perspectives On Attitudes Concerning Death And Dying, David San Filippo Ph.D.
Historical Perspectives On Attitudes Concerning Death And Dying, David San Filippo Ph.D.
David San Filippo Ph.D.
Beliefs and practices concerning death have changed throughout human history. In pre-modern times, death at a young age was common due to living conditions and medical practices. As medical science has advanced and helped humans live longer, attitudes and responses to death also have changed. In modern Western societies, death is often ignored or feared. Changes in lifestyles and improved medical science have depersonalized death and made it an encroachment on life instead of part of life. This has left many people ill equipped to deal with death when it touches their lives.
The Catholic Second Amendment, David B. Kopel
The Catholic Second Amendment, David B. Kopel
David B Kopel
At the beginning of the second millennium, there was no separation of church and state, and kings ruled the church. Tyrannicide was considered sinful. By the end of the thirteenth century, however, everything had changed. The Little Renaissance that began in the eleventh century led to a revolution in political and moral philosophy, so that using force to overthrow a tyrannical government became a positive moral duty. The intellectual revolution was an essential step in the evolution of Western political philosophy that eventually led to the American Revolution.
Social Choice Theory Implications For Management Control Systems, David Randall Jenkins
Social Choice Theory Implications For Management Control Systems, David Randall Jenkins
David Randall Jenkins
This paper contributes a social choice theory competent context to managerial accounting. This context enables an economic progression framework that will ultimately drive performance measure content and, inter alia, contribute a meaningful standard for financial accounting's going concern assumption.
Adventist Responses To Cross-Cultural Mission, Bruce Bauer
Adventist Responses To Cross-Cultural Mission, Bruce Bauer
Bruce Bauer
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End-Times In The East: Eschatology In Hinduism And Jainism, Lorin Geitner
End-Times In The East: Eschatology In Hinduism And Jainism, Lorin Geitner
Lorin C. Geitner
A comparative examination of the idea of end-times is Hinduism and Jainism.