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Room 101 Motorbikes, Big Brother & Objectivists: Observations of an Abstract Connectionist    by CA Reuben
Price: $9.99 USD. 92840 words. Language: English. Published on May 8, 2013. Nonfiction » Philosophy » Ethics & moral philosophy.

The converging prophesies of George Orwell’s “1984” collide with explosive force against Ayn Rand’s objectivist philosophy. The resulting chaos enables us to discover a complex consciousness through philosophical, social, political, metaphysical, and moral questions.
Summa Sophialogica, I-I    by f bonzo moretti
Price: Free! 520510 words. Language: English. Published on April 30, 2013. Nonfiction » Philosophy » Metaphysics.

The Summa Sophialogica is a comprehensive humanist reworking of Thomas Aquinas’ Summa Theologica. The rhetorical and logical organization of this work is identical to the original, as is its scope--which incorporates an examination of all sentient morality and experience. However, the author has recast the questions posed and the answers given herein to suit a non-theistic audience. Part 1 of 4.
The Autonomy of Reason: A Commentary on Kant’s Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals    by Robert Paul Wolff
Price: $12.00 USD. 90170 words. Language: English. Published by Society for Philosophy & Culture  on April 22, 2013. Nonfiction » Philosophy » Ethics & moral philosophy.

The Autonomy of Reason reflects Wolff’s determination to get out of Kant’s system what is good and to get out of Kant’s system for good. Readers will certainly benefit from Wolff’s two decades of intense study of Kant. Wolff does not see his task as one of either historical exegesis or philosophical criticism. In the place of both Wolff proposes a “philosophical reconstruction” of the text.
Del che è & che non è    by Paolo-Ugo Brusa
Price: Free! 107350 words. Language: Italian. Published on April 3, 2013. Nonfiction » Philosophy » Ethics & moral philosophy.

Le culture si spendono per confinare l’inafferrabilità dell’evenienza, che è conseguenza dell’umana libertà. I modi del confinamento fanno appello a idee di razionalità e di socialità che vedono quell’afferrare come indispensabile e doveroso. Qui, come in 'Essere al mondo', si indaga invece l’originaria libertà dei rapporti tra mondo, mente e medio per conoscerla nell’immediatezza del suo darsi.
Human Beings and Freedom: An Interdisciplinary Perspective    by J.L. Shaw
Price: $12.00 USD. 96390 words. Language: English. Published by Society for Philosophy & Culture  on February 26, 2013. Nonfiction » Philosophy » Ethics & moral philosophy.

This volume focuses on some contemporary issues relating to freedom, equality, identity and resistance from various perspectives, such as psychological, social, political, and metaphysical. In doing so it addresses topics such as the nature of human beings, political freedom, the relationship between freedom and equality, sex, gender and race, humour, and the notion of critique.
The Asylum - A Personal View of Organizational Lunacy    by Hugh McAllister
Price: $5.99 USD. 29150 words. Language: English. Published on February 9, 2013. Nonfiction » Philosophy » Ethics & moral philosophy.

The view of the world I call my own was born out of the American experience. Freedom is the prized attribute in the American experience, a declaration of independent thinking. Feel the experiences that have shaped my world and then think about your own experiences. This book is designed to make each reader think.
J Krishnamurti - Relationships    by jiddu krishnamurti
Price: $2.99 USD. 43280 words. Language: English. Published by M-y Books on January 23, 2013. Nonfiction » Philosophy » Ethics & moral philosophy.

JIDDU KRISHNAMURTI (1895-1986) is regarded interna- tionally as one of the great educators and philosophers of our time. Born in South India, he was educated in England, and traveled the world, giving public talks, holding dia- logues, writing, and founding schools until the end of his life at the age of ninety. He claimed allegiance to no caste, nationality, or religion and was bound by none.
The Human Mission    by The Institute of Perceptionism, Inc.
Price: $0.99 USD. 75240 words. Language: English. Published on January 20, 2013. Nonfiction » Philosophy » Ethics & moral philosophy.

This book presents an understanding of a purpose for humanity, direction for human activity, and a social structure for a free-orderly society.
Essere al mondo    by Paolo-Ugo Brusa
Price: Free! 84990 words. Language: Italian. Published on December 17, 2012. Nonfiction » Philosophy » Ethics & moral philosophy.

Essere al mondo (Being Alive) is an essay on "general biography", i.e. on the necessary and universal backdrop for whatever in a way or other happens to, and through, any living being, as well as an introduction to prosophy, the post-philosophical perspective where all views, languages and worlds are understood as facets of the same basic truth laboring in every event of anybody's life.
The Value of Suicide    by Eric v.d. Luft
Price: $4.99 USD. 110550 words. Language: English. Published by Gegensatz Press on December 4, 2012. Nonfiction » Philosophy » Ethics & moral philosophy.

The main point is to argue that suicide ought not automatically to be seen as an expression of despair, but that some people have non-despondent, creative, altruistic, unselfish, or advantageous reasons for doing themselves in. The ancients knew this. Our culture has lost this insight in the meantime. Luft wants to recover it.