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For the last 20 years, John Corvino - widely known as the author of the weekly column "The Gay Moralist" - has traversed the country responding to moral and religious arguments against same-sex relationships. In this timely audiobook, he shares that experience - addressing the standard objections to homosexuality and offering insight into the culture wars more generally. Is homosexuality unnatural? Does the Bible condemn it? Are people born gay (and should it matter either way)? Corvino approaches such questions with precision, sensitivity, and good humor.

At the core of our being lies the heart. The heart is what contains human emotion, including love and compassion. Though humanity wants world peace, we can’t seem to live peacefully among one another. Religious institutions, schools and educational systems, military and governments have done little to nothing to end the violence. Love is the solution, yet we continue to justify the violence.

The Fall of Lucifer or the Origin of Evil by E.T. Smets is a poem which typifies perfectly the concept of religious and philosophical freedom and a verse to rival even the the darkest works by Edgar Allen Poe. Although because of the subject matter, it was very rarely recited in public during the latter part of the 19th century or first half of the 20th century. Instead it became classed as a work of demonology and neglected by the poet societies of the time. 

 Lo Impensable es para José Benegas que el liberalismo pueda confundirse con el nacionalismo, la xenofobia, el racismo y el proteccionismo. Sin embargo, tal parece que el miedo a los planteos de la izquierda sobre el multicultralismo, la intromisión en las elecciones privadas por medio de las políticas de “discriminación positiva”, el miedo a la “invasión islámica” y otros elementos combinados, han producido una extraña mutación, que mezcla el agua y el aceite, las ideas de la libertad individual, con el integrismo religioso, el fascismo cultural y muchas otras viejas rémoras de la llamada ultra derecha del pasado. 

Bhagavad Gita distilled. Authentic, unbiased, and thorough. One hundred percent spiritual. Zero percent religion. Includes the recitation of Sanskrit Slokas. Secrets for success, happiness, abundance, peace, and liberation from material bondage. Authentic, spiritual, and scientific. Nothing religious about it. Expect to receive divine love and God's grace, and prepare yourself for a total and positive life transformation.

I am an anarchist. All good men are Anarchists. All cultured, kindly men; all gentlemen; all just men are anarchists. Jesus was an anarchist.

New formatted edition of Immanuel Kant's Metaphysics of Morals, republished by the MSAC Philosophy Group.

Educational facilities, social media, mainstream media, the Internet, and smart phones serve to enlighten the world with information. An enlightened society is supposed to result in a better, more cohesive world. A world that is trending towards conservation of the planet, and peace between governments and their citizens. A world that is able to transition research and development in every field of endeavor into meaningful employment, better health, and happiness for man.

"I drink, I hurt myself and the people around me, and then I write." Brett is in Central America, away from her husband, when she begins a love affair with his friend, Eduard. Tragedy and comedy are properly joined at the hip in this loosely autobiographical book about infidelity, drinking, and the postponing of repercussions under the sun. Though coming undone is something we all try to avoid, Martin reminds us that going off the rails is sometimes a part of the ride.

Do we choose our values or do our values choose us?

This work is an assessment of Hedonism (one's sole moral obligation is to enjoy oneself), Egoism (one's sole obligation is to maximize one's own welfare), Consequentialism (the ends justify the means), and Deontology (the ends do not justify the means).

Scholars and laymen generally assume that emotions are not judgments - that whereas judgments are expressions of rationality, emotions are expressions of irrationality. In this concise volume, it is shown that emotions are in fact judgments, with the qualification that emotions are hewed to egocentric frame of reference, whereas garden-variety judgments are hewed to a non-egocentric frame of reference.

Plato imagines a dinner party - a symposium - held in the Athens of the late fifth century BC. He invites seven important historical figures including the philosopher Socrates, the comic playwright Aristophanes, and the notorious military general Alcibiades. As entertainment, each guest gives a speech praising eros (human love or erotic desire). Plato then "collects" these seven speeches into Symposium.

What is the nature of benevolence toward other people? How does it differ from altruism? Is it a major or minor virtue? How does it relate to the benevolent sense of life? David Kelley answers these questions in a groundbreaking work. Unrugged Individualism is the first philosophical analysis of benevolence from the Objectivist point of view, a major addition to the Objectivist ethics, and a convincing demonstration of the fertility of the system of ideas originated by Ayn Rand.

This essay explores the political theory of Ayn Rand, a topic that catapulted to the national stage during the last presidential election following the nomination of Rep. Paul Ryan (a self-described enthusiast of Rand's ideas and novels) to the Romney ticket. Ayn Rand's ideas continue to generate public debate in political and cultural circles, but those ideas are frequently misunderstood and misrepresented. This book provides a succinct summary of key aspects of her thought, enabling you to intelligently discuss Rand's ideas with others.

Philosophy professor and entrepreneur Stephen Hicks takes a critical look at unquestioned assumptions in the arena of business ethics.

This audiobook is a study of the phenomena known as demonic possession. Subjects include: The Problem of Demonic Possession.

We follow the Socker family through many adventures, from encountering the slobbery mouth of the family dog to meeting Santa as he comes down the chimney on Christmas Eve to helping a fireman save a baby to the most shy Socker going to the school dance for the first time. Thanks to the time-travel opportunities afforded by the spin cycle of the washer, they learn about some of the most important humans in the world.

At the beginning of the Cold War, Humphrey left a teaching position at MIT to help lead the struggle against Communism. Finding that US education was contributing to rather than reducing American overseas problems, he developed a new leadership approach that overcame "ugly American" syndrome among hundreds of thousands in crucial third world areas. More recently his methodology won commendations for educating the alleged uneducable....

What are personal values? How do we decide what they are? What are the alternatives? Seventy-eight value systems are featured in this audiobook, which has been used at Harvard and around the world.