How can we know? How can we attain justified belief? These traditional questions in epistemology have inspired philosophers for centuries. Now, in this exceptional work, Alvin Goldman, distinguished scholar and leader in the fields of epistemology and mind, approaches such inquiries as legitimate methods or "pathways" to knowledge. He examines the notion of private and public k...(展开全部)

Taking English culture as its representative sample, The Secret History of Domesticity asks how the modern notion of the public-private relation emerged in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Treating that relation as a crucial instance of the modern division of knowledge, Michael McKeon narrates its pre-history along with that of its essential component, domesticity. T...(展开全部)

Taking English culture as its representative sample, The Secret History of Domesticity asks how the modern notion of the public-private relation emerged in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Treating that relation as a crucial instance of the modern division of knowledge, Michael McKeon narrates its pre-history along with that of its essential component, domesticity. T...(展开全部)

Joseph Campbell is one of this century's great disseminators of the psychological wisdom of mythology. One of the basic functions of myth, he contends, is to help each individual through the journey of life, providing a travel guide to reach fulfillment — a map to discover "bliss." In Pathways to Bliss , Campbell once again draws on his masterful gift of storytelling to apply ...(展开全部)

Why does society oscillate between intense interest in public issues and almost total concentration on private goals? In this classic work, Albert O. Hirschman offers a stimulating social, political, and economic analysis dealing with how and why frustrations of private concerns lead to public involvement and public participation that eventually lead back to those private conce...(展开全部)

Focusing on the Western philosophical tradition and the work of contemporary feminists, Jean Elshtain explores the general tendency to assert the primacy of the public world - the political sphere dominated by men - and to denigrate the private world - the familial sphere dominated by women. She offers her own positive reconstruction of the public and the private in a feminist ...(展开全部)

Praise for Private Equity "Harold Bierman has blended an excellent mix of important principles with real case study examples for a better understanding on a rather sophisticated finance subject." -Edward M. Dudley, Vice President & General Auditor, ABB Americas "The role of private equity firms in financing buyouts as well as providing growth capital has expand...(展开全部)

Praise for Private Equity "Harold Bierman has blended an excellent mix of important principles with real case study examples for a better understanding on a rather sophisticated finance subject." -Edward M. Dudley, Vice President & General Auditor, ABB Americas "The role of private equity firms in financing buyouts as well as providing growth capital has expand...(展开全部)

希赛拉·博克（Sissela Bok），著名哲学家和伦理学家，哈佛大学哲学博士，曾任布兰迪斯大学教授，现为哈佛人口与发展研究所高级研究员，著有《秘密：隐藏与揭露的伦理学》（Secrets: on the Ethics of Concealment and Revelation）、《和平的战略：人类价值与战争威胁》（A Strategy for Peace: Human Values and the Threat of War）、《探究幸福：从亚里士多德到脑科学》（Exploring Happiness: From Aristotle to Brain Science）。 她曾获得1991年的和平修道院良知勇气奖。她的丈夫是哈佛前校长德里克·博克（Derek Bok）。她的父母都是诺贝尔奖得主，母亲是阿尔瓦·米达尔（Alva Myrdal），瑞典社会学...(展开全部)

A thoughtful addition to the growing debate over public and private morality. Looks at lying and deception in law, family, medicine, government.