Kant, Fichte, and the Legacy of Transcendental Idealism contains ten new essays by leading and rising scholars from the United States, Europe, and Asia who explore the historical development and conceptual contours of Kantian and post-Kantian philosophy. The collection begins with a set of comparative essays centered on Kant’s transcendental idealism, placing special stress on the essentials of Kant’s moral theory, the metaphysical outlook bound up with it, and the conception of the legiti...

The concept of community plays a central role in Kant's theoretical philosophy, his practical philosophy, his aesthetics, and his religious thought. Kant uses community in many philosophical contexts: the category of community introduced in his table of categories in the Critique of Pure Reason; the community of substances in the third analogy; the realm of ends as an ethical community; the state and the public sphere as political communities; the sensus communis of the

The Rhetoric of Official Apologies: Critical Essays focuses on the many challenges associated with performing a speech act on behalf of a collective and the concomitant issues of rhetorically tackling the multiple political, social, and philosophical issues at stake when a collective issues an official apology to a group of victims. Contributors address questions of whether collective remorse is possible or credible, how official apologies can be evaluated, who can issue apologies on behal...

Everyone knew Jeffrey Epstein was a billionaire. The problem? He probably wasn't.For decades, Jeffrey Epstein operated as a phantom financier—a man whose wealth was legendary but whose actual sources of income remained invisible. While prosecutors pursued him for sex crimes, the more sinister question went largely unexplored: Where did the money really come from, and what did it buy?The Money Illusion follows the paper trail that Epstein spent his ...

From the award-winning developers of Factory Physics—a powerful leadership guide for breakthrough performanceA comprehensive guide that cuts through the hodgepodge of copycat initiatives, overblown buzzwords, confusing mathematics, and misguided software, Factory Physics for Managers is a breath of fresh air for operations managers and executives.Written by the leaders and experts behind the bestselling Factory Physics, it’s a brilliant crash course in the practi...

Issue framing is the way that people, especially politicians, get other people to view a particular problem or issue. By framing the issue in a particular way, the goal is to get people to think about the issue, to believe that an action is required and, most importantly, to believe that a particular action (the one being proposed by the framer) is the right one. The use of language and imagery is an essential part of issue framing and has been an integral part of the presidency since our ...

Presidential campaigns are our national conversations – the widespread and complex communication of issues, images, social reality, and personas. Political communication specialists break down the 2012 presidential campaign and go beyond the quantitative facts, electoral counts, and poll results of the election, to make sense of the “political bits” of communication that comprise our voting choices. The contributors look at the early campaign period, the nomination process and conventions,...

Few English monarchs had to fight harder for the right to rule than King Edward IV – Shakespeare’s glorious son of York. Cast in the true Plantagenet mould, over six feet tall, he was a naturally charismatic leader. Edward had the knack of seizing the initiative and winning battles and is free from the unflattering characterisations that plagued his brother, Richard III, having been portrayed as a good-looking and formidable military tactician. Described sometimes as reckless and profligat...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.What happens when power protects predators instead of victims?Jeffrey Epstein wasn't born into wealth. He wasn't a genius financier. But he understood something far more valuable than money—he understood influence.From his unlikely beginnings as a math teacher to his transformation into a billionaire with access to presidents, princes, and Nobel Prize winners, Epstein built an empire designed for one pur...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Everyone knew Jeffrey Epstein was a billionaire. The problem? He probably wasn't.For decades, Jeffrey Epstein operated as a phantom financier—a man whose wealth was legendary but whose actual sources of income remained invisible. While prosecutors pursued him for sex crimes, the more sinister question went largely unexplored: Where did the money really come from, and what did it buy?The Money Illusio...

What happens when power protects predators instead of victims?Jeffrey Epstein wasn't born into wealth. He wasn't a genius financier. But he understood something far more valuable than money—he understood influence.From his unlikely beginnings as a math teacher to his transformation into a billionaire with access to presidents, princes, and Nobel Prize winners, Epstein built an empire designed for one purpose: to satisfy his darkest impulses while remaining ...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.What really happened in Cell 2806?On August 10, 2019, Jeffrey Epstein—billionaire financier, convicted sex offender, and confidant to presidents and princes—was found dead in his maximum-security cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center. The official ruling: suicide. But the evidence tells a far more disturbing story.Security cameras malfunctioned. Guards falsified records. His cellmate was mysteriou...