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In 1986, Elie Wiesel received the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of his victory over \"the powers of death and degradation, and to support the struggle of good against evil in the world.\" Soon after, he and his wife, Marion, created the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity. A project at the heart of the Foundation's mission is its Ethics Prize, an essay writing contest through which thousands of students from colleges across the country are encouraged to confront ethical issues of personal significance. The Ethics Prize has grown exponentially over the past twenty years. \"Of all the projects our Foundation has been involved in, none has been more exciting than this opportunity to inspire young students to examine the ethical aspect of what they have learned in their personal lives and from their teachers in the classroom,\" writes Elie Wiesel. Readers will find essays on Bosnia, the genocide in Rwanda, sweatshops and globalization, and the political obligations of the mothers of Argentina's Disappeared. Other essays tell of a white student who joins a black gospel choir, a young woman who learns to share in Ladakh, and the outsize implications of reporting on something as small as a cracked windshield. Readers will be fascinated by the ways in which essays on conflict, conscience, memory, illness (Rachel Maddow's essay on AIDS appears), and God overlap and resonate with one another. These essays reflect those who are \"sensitive to the sufferings and defects that confront a society yearning for guidance and eager to hear ethical voices,\" writes Elie Wiesel. \"And they are a beacon for what our schools must realize as an essential component of a true education.\"

Burton Porter likes to make people think. His book The Still Center: A Philosophy for Our Time offers an insightful guide to navigating the complexities of modern life in pursuit of a truly fulfilling existence. This is a rich, nuanced analysis for people asking how to find purpose, set meaningful goals, and cultivate a deeper sense of meaning, even as we face the constant changes and challenges of contemporary society. Burton Porter's work is a profound examination of the values and attitudes that define our age, offering readers practical guidance on aligning their lives with deeper philosophical insights. This makes it an essential read for those seeking to enrich their understanding of themselves and the world around them. A senior Philosophy professor, Porter skillfully blends a diverse range of philosophical traditions and ethical theories, offering a comprehensive framework for personal development and self-fulfillment. He draws on an array of poetic and literary perspectives, weaving them seamlessly into profound philosophical concepts. This multidisciplinary approach deepens readers' understanding of philosophy while providing practical strategies for living a meaningful life, even amidst societal upheavals and uncertainties. Readers are encouraged to reflect on their own lives and values and to consider how philosophical wisdom can be applied to the challenges they face daily. One of the key strengths of The Still Center is Porter's ability to make complex philosophical concepts relatable to modern life. He delves into critical areas of philosophical thought, including pragmatism, formalism, relativism, and postmodernism, showing how these ideas are not just relevant but crucial to understanding contemporary issues. Porter's analysis covers the works of significant Western philosophers, ranging from the Ancient Greeks, like Plato and Aristotle, to modern thinkers such as Nietzsche, Sartre, and Foucault. Porter also tackles the fundamental questions of ethics and morality, examining how these concepts intersect with our daily lives and influence our decisions and behaviors. He emphasizes the importance of understanding various moral theories-such as utilitarianism, deontology, and virtue ethics-and explores their implications for both personal and societal conduct. Porter's clear and concise writing makes these complex ideas accessible, allowing readers to engage deeply with the material and apply it to their lives. Whether you are new to philosophy or well-versed in it, The Still Center provides valuable insights into how ethical considerations can guide us in navigating the moral complexities of the modern world. In addition to its philosophical insights, The Still Center also serves as a call to action, urging readers to take responsibility for their own lives and engage actively with the world around them. Porter challenges readers to consider how they can contribute to the betterment of society-both through their personal actions and by engaging with broader social and political issues. He emphasizes the importance of living authentically and with integrity, offering practical advice on how to align our lives with our deepest values and beliefs. In summary, Burton Porter's book is a masterful exploration of the philosophical principles that can guide us in creating a life of meaning, purpose, and fulfillment. Combining deep philosophical insight with practical advice and engaging writing, this book is an invaluable resource for anyone seeking to navigate the complexities of modern life and find their own still center in a chaotic and unpredictable world.

Posthuman theory asks in various ways what it means to be human in a time when philosophy has become suspicious of claims about human subjectivity. Those subjects who were historically considered aberrant, and our future lives becoming increasingly hybrid show we have always been and are continuously transforming into posthumans. What are the ethical considerations of thinking the posthuman? Posthuman Ethics asks not what the posthuman is, but how posthuman theory creates new, imaginative ways of understanding relations between lives. Ethics is a practice of activist, adaptive and creative interaction which avoids claims of overarching moral structures. Inherent in thinking posthuman ethics is the status of bodies as the site of lives inextricable from philosophy, thought, experiments in being and fantasies of the future. Posthuman Ethics explores certain kinds of bodies to think new relations that offer liberty and a contemplation of the practices of power which have been exerted upon bodies. The tattooed and modified body, the body made ecstatic through art, the body of the animal as a strategy for abolitionist animal rights, the monstrous body from teratology to fabulations, queer bodies becoming angelic, the bodies of the nation of the dead and the radical ways in which we might contemplate human extinction are the bodies which populate this book creating joyous political tactics toward posthuman ethics.

Global capitalism is effecting changes in human life as momentous as those that occurred during the Neolithic Revolution, the Axial Age (700-300 BC), and the modern era post-1500, when industrial capitalism, state power, and science reshaped the civilized world. The transformation is paradoxical, however. Science and technology ensure material progress but the market promotes cultural obsolescence and erodes belief in the Enlightenment ideals that inspired the quest for progress. In Western democracies, liberty and equality are proving irreconcilable, citizens becoming demoralized, fraternity fractured; meanwhile despotic Eurasian states are recycling old faiths and concocting neo-imperialist ideologies. These contradictions must be confronted if the cultural values that sustain civilized life are to be conserved.

Written from the perspective of a practising artist, this book proposes that, against a groundswell of historians, museums and commentators claiming to speak on behalf of art, it is artists alone who may define what art really is. Jelinek contends that while there are objects called 'art' in museums from deep into human history and from around the globe - from Hans Sloane's collection, which became the foundation of the British Museum, to Alfred Barr's inclusion of 'primitive art' within the walls of MoMA, the Museum of Modern Art - only those that have been made with the knowledge and discipline of art should rightly be termed as such. Policing the definition of art in this way is not to entrench it as an elitist occupation, but in order to focus on its liberal democratic potential. Between Discipline and a Hard Place describes the value of art outside the current preoccupation with economic considerations yet without resorting to a range of stereotypical and ultimately instrumentalist political or social goods, such as social inclusion or education. A wider argument is also made for disciplinarity, as Jelinek discusses the great potential as well as the pitfalls of interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary working, particularly with the so-called 'creative' arts. A passionate treatise arguing for a new way of understanding art that forefronts the role of the artist and the importance of inclusion within both the concept of art and the art world.