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1	Choosing to Die: Elective Death and Multiculturalism more books like this by C G Prado add to wishlist In this book, C. G. Prado addresses the difficult question of when and whether it is rational to end one's life in order to escape devastating terminal illness. He specifically considers this question in light of the impact of multiculturalism on perceptions and judgements about what is right and wrong, permissible and impermissible. Prado ... see all copies from $3.78! new only from $3.78! \| SVS
2	Searle and Foucault on Truth more books like this by C G Prado add to wishlist This book compares John Searle and Michel Foucault's radically opposed views on truth in order to demonstrate the need for invigorating cross-fertilization between the analytic and Continental philosophical traditions. By pressing beyond familiar cliches about analytic philosophy and postmodernism, a surprising convergence of Searle and Foucault's ... see all copies from $13.00! new only from $13.58!
3	Assisted Suicide more books like this by C G Prado, S J Taylor add to wishlist Court cases in the United States and Canada, and attendant media coverage, have transformed assisted suicide from an unspoken practice to a pressing social issue. Assisted suicide has joined abortion as one of the major and most intractable issues of our time. Behind the rhetoric of public debate, the truly important questions are whether assisted ... see all copies from $2.80! new only from $3.13!
4	Last Choice: Preemptive Suicide in Advanced Age, Second Edition more books like this by C G Prado add to wishlist The aim of this book is to establish the rationality of electing to commit suicide in order to avoid the degeneration that can occur in advanced age, especially when one is suffering from a terminal disease. As well as discussing the philosophical questions the book offers some practical advice. see all copies from $18.53! new only from $27.42! \| SVS
5	Choosing to Die more books like this by C G Prado add to wishlist In this book, C. G. Prado addresses the difficult question of when and whether it is rational to end one's life in order to escape devastating terminal illness. He specifically considers this question in light of the impact of multiculturalism on perceptions and judgements about what is right and wrong, permissible and impermissible. Prado ... see all copies from $9.50! new only from $71.50!
6	The Last Choice more books like this by C G Prado add to wishlist The aim of this book is to establish the rationality of electing to commit suicide in order to avoid the degeneration that can occur in advanced age, especially when one is suffering from a terminal disease. As well as discussing the philosophical questions the book offers some practical advice. see all copies from $36.41! new only from $118.25! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Foucault's Legacy more books like this by C G Prado (Editor) add to wishlist This is an important collection of essays examining and promoting Foucault's influence on present-day philosophy, in both the analytic and Continental philosophical traditions."Foucault's Legacy" brings together the work of eight Foucault specialists in an important collection of essays marking the 25th anniversary of Foucault's death. Focusing on ... see all copies from $107.12! new only from $107.12! \| SVS
8	Starting with Foucault: An Introduction to Genealogy more books like this by C G Prado add to wishlist In this clear, straightforward introduction to Foucaults thought, Prado focuses on Discipline and Punish and the first volume of The History of Sexuality, in which Foucault most clearly comes to grips with the historicization of truth and knowledge and the formation of subjectivity. This sympathetic but critical introduction is especially suited ... see all copies from $12.75!
9	A House Divided: Comparing Analytic and Continental Philosophy more books like this by C G Prado (Editor) add to wishlist For more than seven decades there has been a broad gap between how philosophy is conceived and practised. Two ill-defined but well-recognised traditions have developed - the "analytic" and "Continental" schools of philosophy. The aim of this collection is to reconsider the often facile characterisation of major thinkers as belonging to either one ... see all copies from $31.80! new only from $31.80!
10	Starting with Foucault: An Introduction to Geneaology more books like this by C G Prado add to wishlist Michel Foucault had a great influence upon a wide range of disciplines, and his work has been widely interpreted and is frequently referred to, but it is often difficult for beginners to find their way into the complexities of his thought. This is especially true for readers whose background is Anglo-American or "analytic" philosophy. C. G. ... see all copies from $24.25! new only from $34.16! \| SVS
11 view cover	Descartes and Foucault: A Constrastive Introduction to Philosophy more books like this by C G Prado add to wishlist see all copies from $17.00! first editions
12 view cover	Making Believe: Philosophical Reflections on Fiction more books like this by C G Prado add to wishlist see all copies from $61.20! first editions
13 view cover	Assisted Suicide Canadian Pers more books like this by C G Prado (Editor), University of Ottawa Press (Editor) add to wishlist When it became possible to extend the dying process, it became necessary to decide when to stop doing so because of the enormous personal and social costs. But perspectives on "assisted suicide" vary greatly. Physicians see it as a medical issue, jurists as a legal issue, philosophers as a moral issue and the media as a political issue. These ... see all copies from $8.20! new only from $124.89!
14 view cover	Rethinking How We Age: A New View of the Aging Mind more books like this by C G Prado add to wishlist "Using a crisp and economical style, Prado (Queen's University, Ontario) argues for a new way of conceptualizing aging and a revised vocabulary in speaking about aging. In the spirit of R. Rorty--bypassing the correspondists and referentialists--Prado suggests not a new theory but an innovative pragmatic approach. He challenges as prejudicial--and ... see all copies from $16.42!
15	The Limits of Pragmatism more books like this by C G Prado add to wishlist see all copies from $34.59!
16 view cover	Starting with Descartes more books like this by C G Prado add to wishlist This book offers a new introduction, guiding the student through the key concepts of Descartes' work by examining the overall development of his ideas. Rene Descartes was the founding father of modern Western philosophy and a pivotal thinker in the history of this fascinating subject. The history of philosophy since his time cannot be adequately ... see all copies from $14.51! new only from $14.51! \| SVS
17	Illusions of Faith: A Critique of Non-Credal Religion more books like this by Carlos G. Prado add to wishlist see all copies from $5.00! signed copies
18	The Last Choice: Preemptive Suicide in Advanced Age more books like this by C G Prado add to wishlist The aim of this book is to establish the rationality of electing to commit suicide in order to avoid the degeneration that can occur in advanced age, especially when one is suffering from a terminal disease. As well as discussing the philosophical questions the book offers some practical advice. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
19	Assisted Suicide: Theory and Practice in Elective Death more books like this by C G Prado, S J Taylor add to wishlist Prado and Taylor aim to enable compromise between ethical theoreticians and clinicians about the provision of assisted suicide by clarifying what is most at issue in their argument. see all copies from $15.00!

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