Ethical philosophy has a long and distinguished history, but how can you apply it to your life? This Practical Guide explores the alternative ethical philosophies and how we can all use these to aid us with everyday dilemmas. Introducing Ethics for Everyday Life provides advice on whether human beings really are selfish and greedy, why you might want to be a good person, and how to pick an ethical philosophy that works for you. Free of jargon but full of straightforward advice, case studie...

Our knowledge comes primarily from experience – what our senses tell us. But is experience really what it seems?The experimental breakthroughs in 17th-century science of Kepler, Galileo and Newton informed the great British empiricist tradition, which accepts a 'common-sense' view of the world – and yet concludes that all we can ever know are 'ideas'.In Introducing Empiricism: A Graphic Guide, Dave Robinson - with the aid of Bill Mayblin's brilliant ...

Illustrated guide to the crucial French philosopher who denied bring a philosopher at all. 'I am like no one else in the whole world ...' Thus begins Jean-Jacques Rousseau's defiant Confessions - an autobiography of astounding psychological insight. Musician, poet, novelist and botanist, but above all, a philosopher who firmly denied being one, Rousseau was the first to ask: "What is the value of civilization?" His answer - that civilization corrupts natural goodness and increases social i...

René Descartes is famous as the philosopher who was prepared to doubt everything- even his own physical existence. Most people know that he said 'I think, therefore I am', even if they are not always sure what he really meant by it.Introducing Descartes explains what Descartes doubted, and why he is usually called the father of modern philosophy. It is a clear and accessible guide to all the puzzling questions he asked about human beings and their place in...

"Introducing Plato" begins by explaining how philosophers like Socrates and Pythagoras influenced Plato's thought. It provides a clear account of Plato's puzzling theory of knowledge, and explains how this theory then directed his provocative views on politics, ethics and individual liberty. It offers detailed critical commentaries on all of the key doctrines of Platonism, especially the very odd theory of Forms, and concludes by revealing how Plato's philosophy stimulated the work of impo...

Welcome to a world of pulp super-science, talking gorillas, and rocket-powered Zeppelins. This is the world of Doc Vandal and his crew. Followed by Gus, the gorilla polymath, and Vic, the expatriate Russian countess, Doc is the foremost scientific adventurer of the age. Follow the team around the world and into the depths of space itself as they battle everyone from Nazis to utopian cultists.Thrill as Doc Vandal and the crew find themselves up against:Giant Robots battling ...

Father of existentialism or the Eeyore of philosophy?Known as the first modern theologian, SørenKierkegaard was a prolific writer of the Danish 'golden age'. A philosopher,poet and social critic, his key concepts of angst, despair, and theimportance of the individual, influenced many 20th-century philosophers andliterature throughout Europe.Dave Robinson and Oscar Zarate's brilliant graphicguide explains what Kierkegaard means by 'anti-philo...

When Vic’s cousin appears on Doc’s doorstep, it’s not long before the team is plunged into an adventure that will take them half way around the world on a mission of life and death.Vic’s reaction to a strange alien mineral has made her the strongest being on Earth. It’s also killing her. Her only hope lies underneath a Soviet labor camp deep in the Siberian wilderness. Driven by a need she cannot comprehend Vic leads the team into a war zone with the fate of the very planet on the ...

The Imperium is on the brink of annihilation, and only one person can save it.After centuries of peace, the Enemy has returned, and the only one who can unlock the Imperium's last line of defense is the rightful emperor. Unfortunately, the throne has been empty for a decade.The sole remaining heir is rumored to be on a backwater planet where no one has heard of the Imperium. Can he be found before the Imperial system is dissolved and the ships of the Imperial Guard are sent...

Disaster Preparedness is often considered complicated and expensive. The author dissects topics into bite-sized pieces showing how the average person can be prepared for a disaster with minimal expense and a little ingenuity. This easy-to-read guide is sprinkled with humorous wisdom and a few lessons, the kind gained only by experience. You will learn who the REAL First Responders are and how you can become an asset to your community, rather than a liability, during a disaster.You ...

When Doc Vandal's cousin is murdered with a bowl of poisonous fish soup, it's not long before Doc and the team are thrown on a collision course with the Air Pirates of Krakatoa!After Vic escapes a deadly drone attack on the streets of New York City, all clues point to the coffee plantations of Java.Doc and the team have to fight their way past the Air Pirates' deadly flying wing to get to the root of the mystery. It's a story of international conspiracies, giant robots, and...

When the Christmas ball they are attending is thrown into chaos by the attack of power-armored Nazis, Doc and the team find themselves thrown into an adventure that will rewrite everything they know about human origins. Everything leads to the Great Ziggurat of Ur, where a column of fire reaches all the way to space. Will they find the answer before the world is destroyed?Sharks in the desert, winged aliens, robot skeletons, and biblical spaceships! It's all there in the sixth Doc ...