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Philosophy and Real Politics
A trenchant critique of established ideas in political philosophy and a provocative call for change Many contemporary political thinkers are gripped by the belief that their task is to develop an ideal theory of rights or justice for guiding and judging political actions. But in Philosophy and Real Politics, Raymond Geuss argues that philosophers should first try to understand why real political actors behave as they actually do. Far from being applied ethics, politics is a skill that allows people to survive and pursue their goals. To understand politics is to understand the powers, motives, and concepts that people have and that shape how they deal with the problems they face in their particular historical situations. Philosophy and Real Politics both outlines a historically oriented, realistic political philosophy and criticizes liberal political philosophies based on abstract conceptions of rights and justice.
Michiganensian
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Reckoning with Racism
In 1997, complacency about the racial neutrality of a predominantly white judiciary was shattered as the Supreme Court of Canada considered a complaint of judicial racial bias for the first time. The judge in question was Corrine Sparks, the country’s first Black female judge. Reckoning with Racism considers the RDS case. A white Halifax police officer had arrested a Black teenager, placed him in a choke hold, and charged him with assaulting an officer and obstructing arrest. In acquitting the teen, Judge Sparks remarked that police sometimes overreacted when dealing with non-white youth. The acquittal held, but most of the white appeal judges critiqued her comments, based on the tradition that the legal system was non-racist unless proven otherwise. That became a matter of wide debate. This book assesses the case of alleged anti-white judicial bias, the surrounding excitement, the dramatic effects on those involved, and the significance for the Canadian legal system.
Sesame and Lilies
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Die Schlotterbeck-Chroniken
Witz trifft Action: Erlebe einen herrlich komischen Abenteuerroman ab 11 Jahren aus einer so noch nie da gewesenen Gruselwelt. Julius Schlotterbeck steht vor einer fast unmöglichen Aufgabe: Bis Ferienende muss er, der unbeliebte und unsichere Vampir, drei Freunde finden. Notgedrungen begibt er sich in das Übel und stolpert dabei in ein Duell mit dem großen Zauberer Donatus, tritt sein erstes Ram-Bot-Tsu-Turnier an und schmuggelt sich in das gefährliche Institut Schockzahn. Zunächst nur begleitet von seiner treuen Fledermaus Flap, findet Julius bald Unterstützung von ganz unerwarteter Stelle. Abenteuer pur mit einem alles anderen als perfekten Helden über magische Videospieltuniere, gruselige Bösewichte und wahre Freundschaft!
