Bøger af Andrew Fiala

This book offers wisdom on the path toward simplicity. Andrew Fiala describes three mountains we must climb, the mountains of simplicity, compassion, and hope. The book is full of beautiful photography and inspiring words. It will provoke, invigorate, and make you wonder.Conceived while backpacking the John Muir Trail through the mountains of California, the book reminds us of the complex history of nature's wonderlands. It encourages us to learn the simple lesson of a well-tended fire, a quiet stream, and a place to call home.Fiala weaves a rainbow of wisdom discovered on the trail with Socrates, Jesus and Lao Tzu. It follows in the footsteps of authors such as: -Henry David Thoreau-John Muir-Gary SnyderAndrew Fiala is a professor of philosophy. He is an expert on ethics and religion, and is a well-known scholar of peace and nonviolence. He is the author or editor of dozens of books, including: -"Transformative Pacifism"-"The Peace of Nature and the Nature of Peace"-"What Would Jesus Really Do."Fiala resides in California's Central Valley in the shadow of the Sierra Nevada, where he hikes, climbs, skis, and wanders. The book features original photography taken in Yosemite, Sequoia, King's Canyon, and other wonderlands.Take this book with you on the trail or wherever you wander, wonder, and play.Excerpt: "In the mountains near here, there are some very old and useless trees. They are older than the Great Wall, older than the trees of Gethsemane. The sequoias grow tall and thick in hidden groves at around 6,000 feet. One April we visited a secret grove that can only be found by hiking for a few days along the Kaweah River. A bear passed through our camp that night. We forded an ice-cold creek and climbed a steep hill. At the top of the hill, the sequoias were standing silently, waiting for us as they have since the time of Socrates..."

This book offers wisdom on the path toward simplicity. Andrew Fiala describes three mountains we must climb, the mountains of simplicity, compassion, and hope. The book is full of beautiful photography and inspiring words. It will provoke, invigorate, and make you wonder.Conceived while backpacking the John Muir Trail through the mountains of California, the book reminds us of the complex history of nature's wonderlands. It encourages us to learn the simple lesson of a well-tended fire, a quiet stream, and a place to call home.Fiala weaves a rainbow of wisdom discovered on the trail with Socrates, Jesus and Lao Tzu. It follows in the footsteps of authors such as: -Henry David Thoreau-John Muir-Gary SnyderAndrew Fiala is a professor of philosophy. He is an expert on ethics and religion, and is a well-known scholar of peace and nonviolence. He is the author or editor of dozens of books, including: -"Transformative Pacifism" -"The Peace of Nature and the Nature of Peace"-"What Would Jesus Really Do." Fiala resides in California's Central Valley in the shadow of the Sierra Nevada, where he hikes, climbs, skis, and wanders. The book features original photography taken in Yosemite, Sequoia, King's Canyon, and other wonderlands. Take this book with you on the trail or wherever you wander, wonder, and play.Excerpt: "In the mountains near here, there are some very old and useless trees. They are older than the Great Wall, older than the trees of Gethsemane. The sequoias grow tall and thick in hidden groves at around 6,000 feet. One April we visited a secret grove that can only be found by hiking for a few days along the Kaweah River. A bear passed through our camp that night. We forded an ice-cold creek and climbed a steep hill. At the top of the hill, the sequoias were standing silently, waiting for us as they have since the time of Socrates..."

Explore the major perspectives in ethical theory and contemporary moral debates using MacKinnon/Fiala's ETHICS: THEORY AND CONTEMPORARY ISSUES, 10th EDITION. Clear writing and organization make complex philosophical concepts reader-friendly. Comprehensive introductions to general and specific areas of ethical debate cover a broad range of theoretical issues and applied topics. Chapters include user-friendly opening vignettes like "What Do You Think?" discussion questions, mid-chapter "Check Your Understanding" quizzes, clear learning outcomes, chapter summaries, and charts and tables of key ideas. Students will be engaged by the way that real world examples and contemporary issues are woven into the text, including extensive treatment of race and gender. The text has a useful glossary and online learning resources.

Power grabs, partisan stand-offs, propaganda, and riots make for tantalizing fiction, but what do we do when that drama becomes a reality all around us? For a country founded as an escape from British tyranny, the United States seems to have devolved into a land where tyrants rise to power, sycophants blindly follow, and the entire nation suffers.As ancient Greek philosophers warned us, chaotic tragedy unfolds in the absence of reason, and the only cure is a return to wisdom and virtue. America's founding fathers knew this lesson all too well and dreamed of an enlightened citizenry guided by better-than-ideological dictators. Using contemporary events to illuminate universal human weaknesses, Andrew Fiala charts the perennial history of tyrannical takeovers and the masses who support them and ultimately suffer under their rule. Ultimately, Fiala also points to a solution. Knowing the cyclical nature of tyranny, we can build safeguards against our worst inclinations and keep alive the freedoms our founding fathers envisioned for this nation.

What Would Jesus Really Do? examines what Jesus says (and doesn't say) about complicated contemporary ethical issues including abortion, euthanasia, the death penalty, war, homosexuality, and the family.

In Against Religion, Wars, and States: The Case for Enlightenment Atheism, Just War Pacifism, and Liberal-Democratic Anarchism, Andrew Fiala argues that, societally, we must radically redefine our goals. A renewed focus on global justice, a heightened criticism of religion and a fuller embrace of enlightened humanism and the sciences are just some of the ways in which we can begin to address some of the problems endemic to our society, and ultimately bring about more lasting peace. Fiala argues both theoretically and empirically, moving from analyses of theology, ethics and political philosophy to case studies and data mined from these respective disciplines, and from the fallout of recent world events involving all three. Fiala attempts to wean us off of our deferral to the oppressive forces that spark movements like Occupy, and the Arab Spring, forces that manifest themselves in the brutal drug wars along our borders, and in the currently fractious and bigoted rhetoric of some of our most powerful political and religious leaders. Against Religion, Wars, and States provides a provocative, unified, and revolutionary critical theory for all who are skeptical of the religious, political, and military powers that be, and points the way towards a more peaceful, just and reasoned future.