Bøger af Michael Boylan

Buy a ticket for voyage to Latin America to watch barnstorming baseball the way it used to be played. Skip forward to the training camp of the Chicago Cubs. Can they really make it to the World Series this time? Find how these two stories come together in an atmosphere of political corruption and danger. One man is there to stand up to it all. Can he do it?

This volume concludes the murder mystery that is at the heart of Georgia--A Trilogy: Part Three. This trilogy is a literary philosophical novel that examines racial identity and freedom in the context of the state of Georgia between 1900 and 1930.

This philosophical novel explores the lives of three generations of an immigrant family over 150 years in their struggles to take control and fashion their lives in America.

T-Rx is a political organizer for causes ranging from the War in Vietnam to Civil Rights in the "1960s." However, the world of protest for progressive causes can have snares of its own. T-Rx is faced with powerful forces that threaten his life's mission and his personal safety. How will he make it through? The answer is as relevant to our time as it was to his.

There is a secret back door to the Ivory Tower. Andrew Viam makes his escape and it takes him to places and people that threaten his very existence. Follow Andrew's odyssey to see whether he has what it takes to survive.

This is the fourth volume of the Archē series which explores various structures in which a novel might present itself. This novel examines a hypothetical 2nd gunman behind the grassy knoll who shot at John Kennedy in Dallas in 1963, It details how his personal struggles mirror the larger themes of individual liberty and perceived government/social oppression. The novel is told via the presentation mode of discontinuous narrative. The overarching philosophical position concerns the dialectical interactions between the role of a given individual and the society at large. How do these interactions affect free will and determinism? How strong are environmental factors in shaping us?

A spirited rifle shooting contest and a horse race are the highlights of the Bella County fair, 1929. Victor Stuart and John Dow are in heated competition with each other as they try to impress Julia Vanderkamp. This animosity is fueled by criminal interests afoot in the background. When things go a muck a lynch mob is formed and John Dow is running for his life. Will philosopher Jefferson John Brown (Estate Steward and amateur detective) be able to solve the case? Time is running out.

What are the limits to Forgiveness? Moses Levi is pushing the envelope. He's gotten a big company off for an environmental disaster that could have been avoided. And Moses has betrayed his college roommate. Is there any hope for Moses? He's a hated man and sometimes hated men end up dead. That's when the FBI stepped in.

This book contains original essays that look at contagious/infectious disease pandemics and the ethical public policy and administration  these have entailed. In particular, the pandemics of the 1918 flu pandemic, HIV in the 1990s, SARS in 2003, Ebola from 2014-2016 and the novel COVID-19 in 2020 are highlighted. The contributions in this work offer the reader insights in these and several other recent pandemics that present differently-either via contagion or mortality rate-and how each should be addressed by countries of various sorts. This book is a must for the ongoing debate on how we should treat public health crises, such as the one we have all just encountered in the novel COVID-19 pandemic.

Philosophy: An Innovative Introduction features a unique, engaging approach to introduce students to philosophy. The book makes innovative use of compelling short stories from two writers who have prominently combined philosophy and fiction in their work.

An engaging resource for all students of philosophy and politics, The Morality and Global Justice Reader not only offers an essential foundation of global justice and its policy implications, but also aims to inspire readers to positive action for change.

This informative book is a necessary companion for anyone seeking to uncover the secret of successful persuasion: to organize, construct, and communicate arguments. It is at once comprehensive and accessible, an authoritative guide to logical thinking and effective communication.

In this concise, single-authored text, renowned scholar and professor Michael Boylan examines the moral justifications underlying key global justice issues and provides students with the analytical tools to approach those issues critically.

This book offers a unique method for teaching ethics and social/political philosophy by combining primary texts and resource material along with three philosophical novels so that students can apply the abstract principles to real-life situations.

Specially invited essays by an international team of authors, addressing principles, theories, and applications of morality and justice within a global perspective

This book offers a unique method for teaching ethics and social/political philosophy by combining primary texts and resource material along with three philosophical novels so that students can apply the abstract principles to real-life situations.

Written by well-known professor and author Michael Boylan, Morality and Global Justice is an accessible examination of the moral and normative underpinnings of issues in global ethics, with the conceptual tools for thinking critically about those issues.

Philosopher Michael Boylan and theologian James A. Donahue provide a framework_compatible with humanist and theist beliefs_that will enable college and university professors to address a full range of ethical issues as they arise in classroom discussion, both in the academic disciplines and in professional education.

Public Health Policy and Ethics brings together philosophers and practitioners to address the foundations and principles upon which public health policy may be advanced - especially in the international arena.

A succinct handbook on reading and responding critically to argumentative texts, suitable alike for courses in informal logic and the argumentative/persuasive essay.

An innovative introductory philosophy text that combines traditional readings and writing exercises with fictive narratives about central figures in the history of philosophy.