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Moral Values, Politics and You: The Tribal Nature of All Politics    by Fidel Davila
Price: $4.99 USD. 28850 words. Language: English. Published on March 30, 2010. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » Democracy.

Describes are how personal values lead to groups of similar values ("tribes") that try to lead using their values, i.e., politics. Primeval tribes are male lead, hierarchical and intolerant of other's values. Modern tribes are consensus driven and tolerant of diverse values as long as they respect an individual's human rights.
Dialogue d'introduction aux n-univers    by Paul Franceschi
Price: $3.90 USD. 18890 words. Language: French. Published on January 29, 2010. Nonfiction » Philosophy » Contemporary philosophy.

Créés par l'auteur, les n-univers sont un cadre conceptuel qui permet de modéliser de manière simplifiée une situation donnée, facilitant ainsi considérablement le raisonnement correspondant. Les n-univers possèdent un large champ d'applications. Dans ce dialogue à visée pédagogique, Paul Franceschi s'attache à mettre les n-univers à la portée de tous.
The Silver Lining - Moral Deliberations in Films    by Sam Vaknin
Price: Free! 17520 words. Language: English. Published on January 3, 2010. Nonfiction » Philosophy » Contemporary philosophy.

Moral deliberations and philosophical dimensions in eight modern films.
Issues in Ethics    by Sam Vaknin
Price: Free! 50440 words. Language: English. Published on January 3, 2010. Nonfiction » Philosophy » Contemporary philosophy.

Issues in ethics - the right to life, cloning, abortion, animal rights and other controversial topics.
Bioethics and Population    by Sam Vaknin
Price: Free! 21970 words. Language: English. Published on January 3, 2010. Nonfiction » Philosophy » Contemporary philosophy.

Issues in the ethics and practice of demography and bioengineering - population control, the right to life, cloning, and abortion.
Cyclopedia of Philosophy    by Sam Vaknin
Price: Free! 389520 words. Language: English. Published on January 3, 2010. Nonfiction » Philosophy » Contemporary philosophy.

Cyclopedia of issues in modern philosophy: The philosophy of science and religion, the cognitive sciences, cultural studies, aesthetics, art and literature, the philosophy of economics, the philosophy of psychology, and ethics.
Beautés Abyssales    by Artur Michalski
Price: $8.70 USD. 31380 words. Language: French. Published by Editions Dédicaces on December 28, 2009. Nonfiction » Philosophy » Contemporary philosophy.

Beautés Abyssales est le bruit sourd, celui que si peu de gens entendent, ce bruit qu’ils mettent en premières pages de journaux, de magazines. Celui qu’ils croient entendre, qu’ils croient vivre. L’amour, l’amitié, la confiance. Tous ces thèmes, et bien d’autres, sont réunis pour un voyage qui se veut sans fin. Un voyage au coeur d’une réalité que les gens croient connaître.
A Guide for the Godless: Atheism and a Meaningful Life    by Andrew Kernohan
Price: $0.99 USD. 55560 words. Language: English. Published on December 23, 2009. Nonfiction » Philosophy » Contemporary philosophy.

How can an atheist lead a meaningful life? The answer is to follow modern science, give up the search for purpose in life, and start looking for what truly matters. This requires paying attention to emotional responses, taking the effort to make emotional judgments true, and constructing a life that is truly worthy of respect. A Guide for the Godless offers philosophical advice on this quest.
The Atheist Afterlife    by David Staume
Price: $4.99 USD. 26430 words. Language: English. Published by AgioPublishing on December 9, 2009. Nonfiction » Philosophy » Contemporary philosophy.

THE ATHEIST AFTERLIFE: The odds of an afterlife: Reasonable. The odds of meeting God there: Nil. "Entertaining and well reasoned." THE ATHEIST AFTERLIFE describes an afterlife consistent with known law and requires nothing more than physics. It demonstrates that an afterlife is possible based on reason, and supports the probability of an afterlife with an original and testable support for dualism.
I Fell in Love Today    by John Keenan
Price: Free! 710 words. Language: English. Published on December 5, 2009. Nonfiction » Philosophy » Contemporary philosophy.

You're out and about and you run into a captivating being. We've all had it happen. This is about total submission to the fantasy... but the cruelest part... is its ephemeral nature.