books by Hackett Pub Co

books by Hackett Pub Co

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Anthony Weston

Hackett Pub Co, 2008

A definite basic read for those that are starting a research project
I always like to read these types of basic books on logical arguments as they remind us of exactly what biased arguments look like and how to break them down. Truly for anyone in research, it is important to review assumptions inherent in the formulation of a statement ...

Basic Political Writings

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Hackett Pub Co, 1987

Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains
Jean Jacques Rousseau born (1712-1778), in Geneva mother dies in childbirth, he was an engravers apprentice. Stayed out too late one night and locked out of the city, knew he would get in trouble for it so he takes off for France, and meets Madame De Warrens becomes ...

Plato Complete Works

Plato, John M. Cooper, ...

Hackett Pub Co, 1997

Plato at his readable best
Very readable and for most people who think that they dislike philosophy, this is an enjoyable read. You may not want to put it down. Good scholarship. This work prompts a lot of pondering and rumination on the simplest yet most profound subjects. To study the birth of ...

The Trial and Death of Socrates

Plato

Hackett Pub Co Inc, 2001

The Trial and Death of Socrates
This is a must for anyone who is interested in the writings of Plato and what little we know about Socrates. The footnotes provide excellent refrences to phrases, gods and place names that the average reader may not be familiar with.

Utilitarianism

John Stuart Mill

Hackett Pub Co, 2002

Timeless, Visionary, Short
"Utilitarianism" gets assigned in freshman philosophy classes because it's short, well-written, and hugely influential. What else does one need to say? Perhaps only this: For sure, Mill's argument has holes. (Basically, he argues that maximizing the sum of ...

Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals: With on a Supposed Right to Lie Because of Philanthropic Concerns

Immanuel Kant

Hackett Pub Co, 1993

Which translation of the Grundlegung is right for you?
There is no doubt that Kant's Grundlegung zur Metaphysik der Sitten is one of the three or four most important texts of modern moral philosophy. The only question is, if you have to rely on an English translation, which translation is best? I think that depends on ...

Leviathan: With Selected Variants from the Latin Edition of 1668

Thomas Hobbes

Hackett Pub Co Inc, 1994

Excellent edition
There are lots of editions of Leviathan around, so why buy this one? The things the editor, Ed Curley, has done to make this edition accessible yet scholarly, like: 1. Updated spelling and punctuation. Although I personally miss Hobbes' original spelling (see the ...

Walden Two

B. F. Skinner

Hackett Pub Co Inc, 2005

Not a reader, but this is good!
I'm not a big reader (of anything but textbooks!) but this has been a really entertaining book to read. Maybe that's because it is within my field of interest, but it makes some interesting points.

Iliad

Homer, Stanley Lombardo

Hackett Pub Co, 1997

Wonderful Readable Iliad
Lomadardo's translation is amazing. I last tackled Homer's Iliad a quarter of a century ago during my undergraduate studies. This time through, I read for my personal pleasure and Homer as translated by this author, did not disappoint. I would highly recommend to all, ...

Second Treatise of Government

John Locke

Hackett Pub Co, 1980

Most Representative Thinker in Anglo-American Tradition
John Locke (1632-1704) wrote "Second Treatise of Government" in 1690, it was the main political philosophical source that our "Founding Fathers" went to in writing the "Declaration of Independence" and in forming our government. I think you should know something of ...

Perpetual Peace, and Other Essays on Politics, History, and Morals (HPC Classics Series)

Immanuel Kant

Hackett Pub Co, 1983

Nice, affordable edition
It is very useful to have a Kant's shorter essays on political philosophy and the philosophy of history collected in a single volume. While a larger, more comprehensive collection, edited by Hans Reiss, is published by Cambridge Univ. Press under the title *Kant: ...

Symposium

Plato

Hackett Pub Co Inc, 1989

Drinking and talking in ancient Greece
I guess that, when someone wants to buy works of Plato, one wants to know few things about translation, existence of commentaries, foreword author and all about the presence of academic apparatus behind the book. All that comes from long centuries of research, studies ...

Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy, 4th Ed.

Rene Descartes

Hackett Pub Co, 1999

Relavant. Tho Written During the Enlightenment, Could Help You Rethink.
So why do I say relevant? I sat through all of public school and mostly kept quiet feeling that most endeavors were either necessary but absurd or absurd & unnecessary. And why is this? Some of us just can't find adequate teachers early enough or even know that we need ...

Paradise Lost

John Milton, David Scott Kastan, ...

Hackett Pub Co, 2005

Rise and fall!
First off, let me say that we're not talking here about the famous Qi gong instructor named John Milton. We're talking about the famous 17th-century English poet who wrote _Paradise Lost_ and _Paradise Regained_, two of the most wonderfully overlong Christian poems in ...

The Prince

Niccolo Machiavelli

Hackett Pub Co, 1995

Machiavelli's The Prince
Machiavelli's work came about after the end of his diplomatic career. The contents lay out his reflections on how to rule. He includes such wisdom such as: It is better to be feared than to be loved. He notes two different types of leaders--lions and foxes, and speaks ...