迈克尔沃尔泽（Michael Walzer）是当代美国著名的政治哲学家，曾在哈佛任教十年，现在是普林斯顿高级研究院社会科学专任教授。沃尔泽活跃于西方学术界四十多年，研究论述领域涵盖了战争伦理、分配正义、政治义务、身份认同、政治哲学方法论、社会批评理论以及社群主义和自由主义的论战等诸多方面，对许多问题都提出了独创性的见解。著有《正义诸领域》、《论宽容》《圣徒的革命》、《义务》、《政治行动》、《弑君与革命》、《正义与非正义战争》等。

This is a classic treatise on the ethics of war - now with a new preface addressing the war in Iraq. This classic work examines the issues surrounding military theory, war crimes and the spoils of war from the Athenian attack on Melos to the My Lai massacre. Subsequent editions have commented on more recent conflicts including the Balkans war and the first Iraq war. "Just and U...(展开全部)

In Thick and Thin, Walzer extends this argument by posing the existence of two moral languages, one based on simplicity, the other on complexity. The latter, which he calls "thick," is rooted in local conditions and circumstances. It asks: what do I owe to those around me, those whose history, language, and culture are similar to mine? Thin morality, by contrast, is universal, ...(展开全部)

In Thick and Thin, Walzer extends this argument by posing the existence of two moral languages, one based on simplicity, the other on complexity. The latter, which he calls "thick," is rooted in local conditions and circumstances. It asks: what do I owe to those around me, those whose history, language, and culture are similar to mine? Thin morality, by contrast, is universal, ...(展开全部)

布莱恩·巴利（1936—2009），当代知名政治哲学家，早年在牛津师从20世纪分析法学宗师哈特，曾在牛津大学、哥伦比亚大学和伦敦政治经济学院等多所顶尖大学任教，1978年当选为美国艺术与科学院院士。布莱恩·巴利以把分析哲学和政治科学融合在一起而著称于世，作为一个广义的社会科学家，他还致力于融汇政治理论和社会选择理论，并且是当代甚为流行的公共选择理论的坚定批评者。巴利出版了“正义理论三部曲”，即《正义诸理论》《作为公道的正义》《社会正义论》，以及《社会学家、经济学家和民主》《文化与平等》等多部著作。

布莱恩·巴利（1936—2009），当代知名政治哲学家，早年在牛津师从20世纪分析法学宗师哈特，曾在牛津大学、哥伦比亚大学和伦敦政治经济学院等多所顶尖大学任教，1978年当选为美国艺术与科学院院士。布莱恩·巴利以把分析哲学和政治科学融合在一起而著称于世，作为一个广义的社会科学家，他还致力于融汇政治理论和社会选择理论，并且是当代甚为流行的公共选择理论的坚定批评者。巴利出版了“正义理论三部曲”，即《正义诸理论》《作为公道的正义》《社会正义论》，以及《社会学家、经济学家和民主》《文化与平等》等多部著作。

A revision of a much-admired text distinguished by the exceptional prose and historical/mathematical context that have made Simmons' books classics. The Second Edition includes expanded coverage of Laplace transforms and partial differential equations as well as a new chapter on numerical methods.

A revision of a much-admired text distinguished by the exceptional prose and historical/mathematical context that have made Simmons' books classics. The Second Edition includes expanded coverage of Laplace transforms and partial differential equations as well as a new chapter on numerical methods.

Fads are as common in mathematics as in any other human activity, and it is always difficult to separate the enduring from the ephemeral in the achievements of one’s own time. An unfortunate effect of the predominance of fads is that if a student doesn’t learn about such worthwhile topics as the wave equation, Gauss’s hypergeometric function, the gamma function, and the basic p...(展开全部)

Brian Leiter defends a set of radical ideas from Nietzsche: there is no objectively true morality, there is no free will, no one is ever morally responsible, and our conscious thoughts and reasoning play almost no significant role in our actions and how our lives unfold. Leiter presents a new interpretation of main themes of Nietzsche's moral psychology, including his anti-real...(展开全部)