1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461401903321

Autore

Anscombe G. E. M (Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret)

Titolo

Human life, action and ethics [[electronic resource] ] : essays / / by G.E.M. Anscombe ; edited by Mary Geach and Luke Gormally

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Exeter, U.K. ; ; Charlottesville, Va., : Imprint Academic, c2005

ISBN

1-283-44526-3

9786613445261

1-84540-270-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Collana

St. Andrews studies in philosophy and public affairs

Altri autori (Persone)

GeachMary

GormallyLuke

Disciplina

170

Soggetti

Ethics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Analytical philosophy and the spirituality of man -- Has mankind one soul : an angel distributed through many bodies? -- Human essence -- Were you a zygote? -- Embryos and final causes -- Knowledge and reverence for human life -- The dignity of the human being -- Chisholm on action -- The causation of action -- Practical inference -- Practical truth -- Does Oxford moral philosophy corrupt youth? -- Modern moral philosophy -- Good and bad human action -- Action, intention and 'double effect' -- The controversy over a new morality -- Must one obey one's conscience? -- Glanville Williams' The sanctity of life and the criminal law : a review -- Who is wronged? : Philippa Foot on double effect -- Prolegomenon to a pursuit of the definition of murder : the illegal and the unlawful -- Murder and the morality of euthanasia -- Commentary on John Harris' 'Ethical problems in the management of severely handicapped children' -- Sins of omission? -- The non-treatment of controls in clinical trials.

Sommario/riassunto

A collection of essays by the celebrated philosopher Elizabeth Anscombe. This collection includes papers on human nature and practical philosophy, together with the classic 'Modern Moral Philosophy'...



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996396084003316

Autore

Bromley William <1664-1732.>

Titolo

Remarks made in travels through France & Italy [[electronic resource] ] : with many publick inscriptions / / lately taken by a person of quality

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed for Thomas Bassett ..., 1693

Descrizione fisica

[8], 370, [12] p

Soggetti

France Description and travel

France Description and travel Early works to 1800

Italy Description and travel

Italy Description and travel Early works to 1800

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Half-title: Remarks in the grande toure of France & Italy.

Caption title: Remarks of France & Italy.

Written by William Bromley.  Cf. DNB.

"Licensed February 20, 1691/2; Rob. Midgley"--p. [8]

Includes index.

Errata: p. 370.

Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0113



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910495963703321

Autore

Zamora Margarita

Titolo

Reading Columbus / / Margarita Zamora

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , [1993]

©1993

ISBN

0-585-07948-X

0-520-91394-9

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 p.)

Collana

Latin American Literature and Culture Series ; ; Volume 9

Disciplina

970.015

Soggetti

America Early accounts to 1600 History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Editions and Translations -- Introduction -- Reading Columbus -- "This present year of 1492" -- "All these are the Admiral's exact words" -- In the Margins of Columbus -- Voyage to Paradise -- Gender and Discovery -- APPENDIX. Carta a los Reyes de 4 marzo 1493 -- Letter to the Sovereigns of 4 March 1493 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Christopher Columbus authored over a hundred documents, many of them letters giving testimony on the Discovery to Isabela and Ferdinand. In this first book in English to focus specifically on these writings, Margarita Zamora offers an original analysis of their textual problems and ideological implications. Her comprehensive study takes into account the newly discovered "Libro Copiador," which includes previously unknown letters from Columbus to the Crown.    Zamora examines those aspects of the texts that have caused the most anxiety and disagreement among scholars--questions concerning Columbus's destination, the authenticity and authority of the texts attributed to him, Las Casas's editorial role, and Columbus's views on the Indians. In doing so she opens up the vast cultural context of the Discovery. Exploring the ways in which the first images of America as seen through European eyes both represented and helped shape the Discovery, she maps the inception and growth of a discourse that was to dominate the colonizing of the New World.