Doing without Free Will: Spinoza and Contemporary Moral Problems (PDF) introduces Spinoza into the present-day discussion on moral problems and free will surrounding this discussion. Old Western moral philosophy, for the most part, has been built on the assumption of free will as a special human capacity to liberally choose
The Irish Welfare State in the Twenty-First Century, (PDF) provides a critical and theoretically-informed assessment of the nature and kinds of structural change occurring in the Irish welfare state in the context of the 2008 economic crisis. Its all-embracing framework for conceptualising and analysing welfare state change and its economic,
With the same contemporary approach and dynamic examples that made prior editions so popular, Fundamentals of Financial Management, 14th Edition, (PDF) continues to offer students a focused understanding of today’s corporate finance and financial management. This market-leading text provides a unique balance of clear concepts, contemporary theory, and practical applications
Legal Environment of Business A Managerial Approach: Theory to Practice, 3rd Edition (PDF) emphasizes connecting the gap between understanding legal doctrines that influence the business environment and how business managers and owners use legal insight to restrict liability and manage risk. Its distinct approach emphasizes on using teaching features simulations
At an age when memoirs and other forms of life writing are being produced and consumed in unparalleled numbers, The Work of Life Writing: Essays and Lectures (PDF) reminds readers that memoir is not only a “literary” genre or only entertainment. Likewise, letters are not merely epiphenomena of our “real