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An Axiomatic Study of God: A Defence of the Rationality of Religion (Philosophical Analysis)

De Gruyter, 2021

Weingartner shows that an essential part of natural or philosophical theology and even a part of theology can be treated axiomatically. God’s essence, omniscience, omnipotence, creating activity, and all-goodness are described by axioms and by theorems proved from them.

The purpose of thi s book i s to show that...

Secure Communicating Systems: Design, Analysis, and Implementation

Cambridge University Press, 2001

This volume details what every computer scientist ought to know about cryptographic systems, security protocols, and secure information flow in programs. Highlights include discussions of the new advanced encryption standard "Rijndael"; an optimal public-key encryption using RSA which turns "textbook RSA" into a practical...

God, Suffering, and the Value of Free Will

Oxford University Press, 2021

For many of us, the question of whether or not God exists is one of the most perplexing and profound questions of our lives, and numerous philosophers and theologians have debated it for centuries. Laura Ekstrom here takes a new look at the issue of God's existence by examining it against the
reality of human suffering, bringing...

Empirically Engaged Evolutionary Ethics (Synthese Library, 437)

Springer, 2021

A growing body of evidence from the sciences suggests that our moral beliefs have an evolutionary basis. To explain how human morality evolved, some philosophers have called for the study of morality to be naturalized, i.e., to explain it in terms of natural causes by looking at its historical and biological origins. The present...

Business Ethics: An Ethical Decision-Making Approach (Foundations of Business Ethics)

John Wiley & Sons, 2017

Business Ethics: An Ethical Decision-Making Approach presents a practical decision-making framework to aid in the identification, understanding, and resolution of complex ethical dilemmas in the workplace.

Focuses exclusively on three basic aspects of ethical decision making and behavior—how it actually takes...

The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time

Penguin Press, 2005

He has been cited by The New York Times Magazine as "probably the most important economist in the world" and by Time as "the world's best-known economist." He has advised an extraordinary range of world leaders and international institutions on the full range of issues related to creating economic success and reducing...

To be or Not to be Intimidated? That is the Question

MJF Books, 2004

f you picked up this book in the hopes that it might explain how to get ahead in life by intimidating others, I'm afraid you've made a bad choice. If that's your aim, you might find The Communist Manifesto, Mein Kampf, or Mao Tse-Tung on Guerrilla Warfarc more to your liking. As you will see on the following pages, To Be or Not to Be Intimidated!...

Moral Machines: Teaching Robots Right from Wrong

Oxford University Press, 2008

So in a single thought-provoking volume, the authors not only introduce machine ethics, but also an inquiry which penetrates to the deepest foundations of ethics. The conscientious reader will no doubt find many challenging ideas here that will require a reassessment of her own beliefs, making this text a must-read among recent books in philosophy,...

Coding Freedom: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Hacking

Princeton Press, 2012

Who are computer hackers? What is free software? And what does the emergence of a community dedicated to the production of free and open source software--and to hacking as a technical, aesthetic, and moral project--reveal about the values of contemporary liberalism? Exploring the rise and political significance of the free and open source...

Blockchain for 5G-Enabled IoT: The new wave for Industrial Automation

Springer, 2021

This book addresses one of the most overlooked practical, methodological, and moral questions in the journey to secure and handle the massive amount of data being generated from smart devices interactions: the integration of Blockchain with 5G-enabled IoT. After an overview, this book discusses open issues and challenges, which may hinder the...

Two Bits: The Cultural Significance of Free Software

Duke University Press, 2008

In "Two Bits", Christopher M. Kelty investigates the history and cultural significance of Free Software, revealing the people and practices that have transformed not only software, but also music, film, science, and education. Free Software is a set of practices devoted to the collaborative creation of software source code that is made...

Gaming, Simulations and Society: Research Scope and Perspective

Springer, 2004

This book presents a current research scope and perspective of Simulation and Gaming. Theoretical problems of Simulation and Gaming will be examined with a view to improving the social sciences through the introduction of the techniques and concepts of Simulation and Gaming. The fields of economics, political science, psychology and business...

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