1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910784832703321

Autore

Useem Michael

Titolo

The inner circle : large corporations and the rise of business political activity in the U.S. and U.K. / / Michael Useem

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1984

©1984

ISBN

1-280-52313-1

0-19-802046-5

9786610523139

0-19-536492-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (258 p. ) : tables

Disciplina

322/.3/0973

Soggetti

Corporations - Political activity - United States

Corporations - Political activity - Great Britain

Big business - United States

Big business - Great Britain

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.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides a sophisticated and informative analysis of the 'inner circle' of top American executives who play a leading role in the international corporate network by promoting a political environment favourable to all business. This paperback edition is a reissue of the prizewinning hardback volume which appeared in 1984.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910781985903321

Autore

Howson Colin

Titolo

Objecting to God / / Colin Howson [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011

ISBN

1-107-21780-6

1-139-12452-8

1-283-29844-9

9786613298447

1-139-12287-8

0-511-81247-7

1-139-11713-0

1-139-12779-9

1-139-11277-5

1-139-11496-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 220 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Classificazione

REL051000

Disciplina

211/.7

Soggetti

God - Proof

Religion

Religion and science

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Of human bondage -- 2. God unlimited -- 3. How to reason if you must -- 4. The well-tempered universe -- 5. What does it all mean? -- 6. Moral equilibrium -- 7. What is life without thee? -- 8. It necessarily ain't so.

Sommario/riassunto

The growth of science and a correspondingly scientific way of looking at evidence have for the last three centuries slowly been gaining ground over religious explanations of the cosmos and mankind's place in it. However, not only is secularism now under renewed attack from religious fundamentalism, but it has also been widely claimed that the scientific evidence itself points strongly to a universe deliberately fine-tuned for life to evolve in it. In addition, certain aspects of human life, like consciousness and the ability to recognise the existence of



universal moral standards, seem completely resistant to evolutionary explanation. In this book Colin Howson analyses in detail the evidence which is claimed to support belief in God's existence and argues that the claim is not well-founded. Moreover, there is very compelling evidence that an all-powerful, all-knowing God not only does not exist but cannot exist, a conclusion both surprising and provocative.