This book brings together the relevant interdisciplinary and method elements needed to form a conceptual framework that is both pragmatic and rigorous. By using the best and often the latest, work in thanatology, psychology, neuroscience, sociology, physics, philosophy and ethics, it develops a framework for understanding both what death is – which requires a great deal of time spent developing definitions of the various types of identity-in-the-moment and identity-over-time – and the valu...

Most philosophers still like to feel that they have a special subject matter, well insulated from anything that the social scientists, and scientists in general, have to tell them. That is not healthy for philosophy; and it is all too likely to lead to an ethics that continues, as of old, to plead for its ultimates-the fact that one is totally ineffectual being decently concealed by an impressive terminology. (Stevenson 1963, pp. 114–5) Many so-called moral theories do not even attempt to ...

For the living, death has a moral dimension. When we confront death and dying in our own lives and in the lives of others, we ask questions aboutthe good, right, and fitting as they relate to our experiences of human mortality. When others die, the living are left with moral questionsquestions that often generate personal inquiry as to whether a particular death was good or whether it was tragic, terrifying, or peaceful.InThe Ethics of Death,the authors, one a phil...

The Cooley kids have just started a new grade and they've been given a special assignment like no other: they have to solve a mystery that will not only affect their class, it will affect all of Mapleville.This book is filled with mystery, adventure, teamwork and fun. Adventures of the Cooley Kids Mystery In Mapleville is a book all ages can enjoy."Adventures of the Cooley Kids is reminiscent of my favorite childhood books, and something I can enjoy with my own children. If...

Gnomes have invaded Mapleville. Are these mysterious sightings from actors playing a role to fool the townsfolk? Or could it be that gnomes really do exist? Their cousin Moxie, her yellow labrador retriever Sammie and her family move to Mapleville. Now there are six Cooley kids and three friends that make up the Cooley Kids Crew. They are determined to discover the truth behind this mystery.The nine kids must put their brilliant minds together to separate facts fro...

One book was not enough! With over 50,000 copies sold of the first Heroes of the Bible Devotional **, enjoy 100 MORE heroic devotions for kids ages 8–12. ** In the same time-tested format as the bestselling first Heroes of the Bible Devotional, this second installment, Heroes of the Bible Devotional 2, presents 90 more devotions of Bible characters plus 10 key members of the early church.  These devotionals for k...

The body may be feared. It may be a site of philosophic and theological weakness, a place of fear and contamination. The body may be weak. It is ephemeral and impure compared to what is supposed in an abstracted world of pure intellect. The body may be an obsession, a material concern taken up to the detriment of all else. The body may be a challenge to overcome, an enemy to silence.In this book, dennis cooley sympathizes with the body. These poems celebrate the yearning, laughing,...

Policing in Canada is in the process of change: similar to other nations in the western world, many of the policing services that were provided by public forces in the past are being gradually handed over to private security agencies.Complex networks of policing that reflect a mix of public and private security providers are emerging, and this transformation has serious implications for how Canadians interact with one another. For instance, if residents of a gated community or memb...

A gibbous moon arrives in shadow and light. First at waxing then at waning, two moons in one cycle just shy of full. Poet Dennis Cooleys eloquent words merge with photographer/composer Michael Matthews decadent abstract photographs. These two celebrated artists draw connections and parallels to each others masterful art forms, tying the two together seamlessly. The antecedent and subsequent illuminate the night sky with their dance; the shadows and the light taking turns at showing us t...

The Muse Sings and the poet sings songs of love and longing from states of joy, self-doubt, vexation, curiosity, affection, observation, mock-indignation…The poems speak for themselves and sometimes “they talk all at once.” In seductive acts of language itself, they invoke and embrace the Muses as much as they do the writers who would become muses, from ancient Homer and Shakespeare to poets of contemporary time.These poems are the seasoned work of a trickster poet...

This anthology of hard-to-find primary documents provides a solid overview of the foundations of American media studies. Focusing on mass communication and society and how this research fits into larger patterns of social thought, this valuable collection features key texts covering the media studies traditions of the Chicago school, the effects tradition, the critical theory of the Frankfurt school, and mass society theory. Where possible, articles are reproduced in their entirety to pres...

Passing/Out adopts an inter-generational, inter-disciplinary, and inter-subjective approach to the closeting and revelation of sexual identity, exploring questions of embodiment, ethics and identity in relation to 'passing' or being 'out'. Presenting the latest theoretical and empirical work from scholars working across a range of disciplines including sociology, cultural and media studies, philosophy, gender studies, literary studies and history, this book discusses the nature and history...