Georgetown University Press: 313 books
The Quest for Moral Foundations
An Introduction to Ethics
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 1996
A concise, yet engaging introduction to the field of ethics, this volume offers a systematic study of the foundations of moral responsibility. Montague Brown guides the reader on an examination of a wide range of ethical positions, including relativism, emotivism, egoism, utilitarianism, Kantian formalism,...
Arab Fall
How the Muslim Brotherhood Won and Lost Egypt in 891 Days
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
How did Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood win power so quickly after the dramatic “Arab Spring” uprising that ended President Hosni Mubarak’s thirty-year reign in February 2011? And why did the Brotherhood fall from power even more quickly, culminating with the popular “rebellion” and military coup...
The Image of the Enemy
Intelligence Analysis of Adversaries since 1945
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
Intelligence agencies spend huge sums of money to collect and analyze vast quantities of national security data for their political leaders. How well is this intelligence analyzed, how often is it acted on by policymakers, and does it have a positive or negative effect on decision making? Drawing on...
From Many, One
Readings in American Political and Social Thought
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 1996
Unique among readers in American political and social thought, From Many, One is a broad and balanced anthology that explores the problem of diversity and American political identity throughout American history. From the classic texts of the American political tradition to diverse minority writings,...
Reverse Mission
Transnational Religious Communities and the Making of US Foreign Policy
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2011
Many Catholic priests, nuns, and brothers in the United States take a strong interest in US policies that affect their "brothers and sisters" abroad. In fact, when the policies of their native government pose significant dangers to their people internationally, these US citizens engage actively in a...
by Charles E. Curran
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2005
Pope John Paul II is the second longest serving pope in history and the longest serving pope of the last century. His presence has thrown a long shadow across our time, and his influence on Catholics and non-Catholics throughout the world cannot be denied. Much has been written about this pope, but until...
by Charles E. Curran
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2008
In this magisterial volume Charles E. Curran surveys the historical development of Catholic moral theology in the United States from its 19th century roots to the present day. He begins by tracing the development of pre-Vatican II moral theology that, with the exception of social ethics, had the limited...
The Development of Moral Theology
Five Strands
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2013
Charles Curran in his newest book The Development of Moral Theology: Five Strands, brings a unique historical and critical analysis to the five strands that differentiate Catholic moral theology from other approaches to Christian ethics—sin and the manuals of moral theology, the teaching of Thomas...
Catholic Social Teaching, 1891-Present
A Historical, Theological, and Ethical Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2002
Charles E. Curran offers the first comprehensive analysis and criticism of the development of modern Catholic social teaching from the perspective of theology, ethics, and church history. Curran studies the methodology and content of the documents of Catholic social teaching, generally understood as...
by Charles E. Curran
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2019
In Charles E. Curran’s latest book, Diverse Voices in Modern US Moral Theology, he presents the diverse voices of US Catholic moral theologians from the mid-twentieth century to the present. The book discusses eleven key individuals in the development and evolution of moral theology as well as the...
by Joseph J. Kotva Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1996
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1996
Despite the growing interest among philosophers and theologians in virtue ethics, its proponents have done little to suggest why Christians in particular find virtue ethics attractive. Joseph J. Kotva, Jr., addresses this question in The Christian Case for Virtue Ethics, showing that virtue theory offers...
Qatar
A Modern History, Updated Edition
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
What role does Qatar play in the Middle East, and how does it differ from the other Gulf states? How has the ruling Al-Thani family shaped Qatar from a traditional tribal society and British protectorate to a modern state? How has Qatar become an economic superpower with one of the highest per-capita...
Cases in Public Policy Analysis
, Third Edition
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2011
Combining the insights of an economist and a political scientist, this new third edition of Cases in Public Policy Analysis offers real world cases to provide students with the institutional and political dimensions of policy problems as well as easily understood principles and methods for analyzing...
by Leisha DeHart-Davis
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2017
The creation of rules that govern processes or behavior is essential to any organization, but these rules are often maligned for creating inefficiencies. This book provides the first comprehensive portrait of rules in public organizations and seeks to find the balance between rules that create red tape...