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  • Nobody Owns the Moon

    The Ethics of Space Exploitation

    by Tony Milligan ...
    Space exploration and off-world commercial activity engage the attention of both enthusiasts and skeptics. Despite differing opinions, what does seem clear is that such activity has increased and is set to expand further--and dramatically so--during the present century.This book explores some of the ethical issues of the emerging space frontier and evaluates the prospects for the medium-range ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • The Next Democracy?

    The Possibility of Popular Control

    by Tony Milligan ...
    Representative democracy has long been problematic and subject to erosion through the introduction of components of direct democracy (referenda, voter initiatives and systems of recall). Following the increase of direct action across the world, through the Occupy movement and the rise of new populist parties championing greater citizen inclusion in decision making, many are considering whether the ... Read more

    $61.99 CAD

  • The Ethics of Political Dissent

    by Tony Milligan ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Applied Ethics
    A broadly liberal politics requires political compassion, not simply in the sense of compassion for the victims of injustice but also for opponents confronted through political protest and (more broadly) dissent. There are times when, out of a sense of compassion, a just cause should not be pressed.There are times when we need to accommodate the dreadfulness of loss for opponents, even when the ... Read more

    $85.99 CAD

  • Love

    by Tony Milligan ...
    Series series The Art of Living
    What is love? What is it to be loved? Can we trust love? Is it overrated?These are just some of the questions Tony Milligan pursues in his novel exploration of a subject that has occupied philosophers since the time of Plato. Tackling the mood of pessimism about the nature of love that reaches back through Schopenhauer and Kierkegaard, he examines the links between love and grief, love and nature, ... Read more

    $83.99 CAD

  • Astrobiology and Society in Europe Today

    Edited by Klara Anna Capova, Erik Persson, Tony Milligan, David Dunér ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    This White Paper describes the state of astrobiology in Europe today and its relation to the European society at large. With contributions from authors in twenty countries and over thirty scientific institutions worldwide, the document illustrates the societal implications of astrobiology and the positive contribution that astrobiology can make to European society.The White paper has two main ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Beyond Animal Rights

    Food, Pets and Ethics

    by Dr Tony Milligan ...
    Series series Think Now
    Issues to do with animal ethics remain at the heart of public debate. In Beyond Animal Rights, Tony Milligan goes beyond standard discussions of animal ethics to explore the ways in which we personally relate to other creatures through our diet, as pet owners and as beneficiaries of experimentation. The book connects with our duty to act and considers why previous discussions have failed to result ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD

  • The Ethics of Space Exploration

    Edited by James S.J. Schwartz, Tony Milligan ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This book aims to contribute significantly to the understanding of issues of value (including the ultimate value of space-related activities) which repeatedly emerge in interdisciplinary discussions on space and society. Although a recurring feature of discussions about space in the humanities, the treatment of value questions has tended to be patchy, of uneven quality and even, on occasion, ... Read more

    $141.99 CAD

  • Life Beyond Us

    An Original Anthology of SF Stories and Science Essays

    by Stephen Baxter, Mary Robinette Kowal, Premee Mohamed, Peter Watts, Eugen Bacon, Tobias S. Buckell, Eric Choi, Julie E. Czerneda, Julie Nováková, Lucas K. Law, Susan Forest, Gregory Benford, Geoffrey A. Landis, Rich Larson, Malka Older, G. David Nordley, Renan Bernardo, Jana Bianchi, Tessa Fisher, Simone Heller, Valentin D. Ivanov, Lisa Jenny Krieg, Liu Yang, Lucie Lukačovičová, Deji Bryce Olukotun, Tomáš Petrásek, Brian Rappatta, Arula Ratnakar, D.A. Xiaolin Spires, Bogi Takács, B. Zelkovich, Jacques Arnould, William Bains, José A. Caballero, Dimitra Demertzi, Martina Dimoska, Dennis Höning, Fabian Klenner, Nina Kopacz, Natuschka Lee, Ania Losiak, Stephen Francis Mann, Connor Martini, Tony Milligan, Philippe Nauny, Erik Persson, Joanna Piotrowska, Giovanni Poggiali, Amedeo Romagnolo, Stefano Sandrelli ...
    Series series European Astrobiology Institute Presents
    How would first contact—on earth, in space, on another planet—transform our understandings of technology, philosophy, and what it means to be human? What kind of cognitive dissonance would society experience, if we discovered a previously unrecognized sentience on Earth?What would life be like if it originated in a frigid ocean beneath an impenetrable shell of ice? Or on a world whose haze ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

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  • The Disordered Cosmos

    A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred

    by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein ...
    From a star astrophysicist and author of the national bestseller The Edge of Space Time**, a journey into the world of particle physics and the cosmos – and a call for a more just, inclusive practice of science.****“A love letter to the wonderous universe we call home, and an urge to think critically about how we explore its depths” –**Smithsonian MagazineIn The Disordered Cosmos, Dr. Chanda Presc ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

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  • Human Caused Global Warming

    by Tim Ball PhD ...
    This book examines the claims of human induced global warming made by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) using proper journalistic and investigative techniques. It explains how it was a premeditated, orchestrated deception, using science to impose a political agenda. It fooled a majority including most scientists. They assumed that other scientists would not produce science for a ... Read more

    $7.00 CAD

  • Why Information Grows

    The Evolution of Order, from Atoms to Economies

    by Cesar Hidalgo ...
    "Hidalgo has made a bold attempt to synthesize a large body of cutting-edge work into a readable, slender volume. This is the future of growth theory." -- Financial TimesWhat is economic growth? And why, historically, has it occurred in only a few places? Previous efforts to answer these questions have focused on institutions, geography, finances, and psychology. But according to MIT's ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Critical Mass

    How One Thing Leads to Another

    by Philip Ball ...
    "A wide-ranging and dazzlingly informed book about the science of interactions. I can promise you'll be amazed." —Bill Bryson, chair of the 2005 Aventis General Prize Judging PanelWinner of the Aventis Prize for Science BooksAre there any "laws of nature" that influence the ways in which humans behave and organize themselves? In the seventeenth century, tired of the civil war ravaging England, ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD