books by Ross Harrison

books by Ross Harrison

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Ross Harrison

Star Wars Dark Times Volume 2: Parallels (Star Wars: Dark Times)
Mick Harrison, Dave Ross, ...

Dark Horse, 2008

At the dawn of the Galactic Empire, two beings a galaxy apart will do the unthinkable to save those in their care, only to risk losing themselves in the process. After "Order 66" forces Jedi Master K'Kruhk to take desperate measures in defense of some Padawan younglings, he believes he has found them a peaceful oasis in an oppressed galaxy. But ...

Hobbes, Locke, and Confusion's Masterpiece: An Examination of Seventeenth-Century Political Philosophy

Ross Harrison

Cambridge University Press, 2002

Best comparison of Hobbes and Locke I've read
Harrison does a great job of putting Hobbes and Locke into comparative perspective. This makes it easier to understand both philosophers' concept of the state of nature and the social contract. Moreover, the book adds in material about contemporaries such as Filmer, ...

The Circus Is In Town A Counting Book
Harrison

Western Publishing Company, Inc., 1978

Adorable counting book of circus animals and acts. Including "One gay Clown" through "Ten Tall camels. "

Selected Writings on Utilitarianism (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature) (Wordsworth Classics of World ...

Jeremy Bentham

Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 2000

Orgasm of the mind
Are you kidding me? I am the first person to rate this masterpiece? What can I say? This book is indispensable for those interested in Philosophy, Political Science, and just about anything you can think of.

Star Wars: Vector Volume 1
John Jackson Miller, Mick Harrison, ...

Dark Horse, 2009

In Chapter 1: Knights of the Old Republic Volume 5, a terrible vision reaching far into the future alerts the secret Jedi Covenant to the importance of Taris, and they activate operative Celeste Morne. She encounters a monstrous threat, an ancient Sith artifact, an army of Mandalorians, and Zayne Carrick, the Padawan accused of killing his fellow ...

Democracy (Problems of Philosophy (Routledge (Firm)))
Ross Harrison

Routledge, 1995

At a time when liberal democracy is the universally accepted and paradigmatic means of political participation, no better a book has emerged to assess democracy's heritage. Drawing upon democracy's history as both an idea and political act, Ross Harrison considers its importance by examining the works of Plato, Aristotle, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, ...

World, Mind, and Ethics: Essays on the Ethical Philosophy of Bernard Williams

Cambridge University Press, 1995

Bernard Williams is one of the most influential figures in recent ethical theory, where he has set a considerable part of the current agenda. In this collection, a distinguished international team of philosophers who have been stimulated by Williams' work give new responses to it. The topics covered include equality, consistency, comparisons ...

Bentham: A Fragment on Government (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought)
Jeremy Bentham

Cambridge University Press, 1988

This volume makes available one of the central texts in the development of utilitarian tradition, in the authoritative 1977 edition prepared by Professors Burns and Hart as part of Bentham's Collected Works. Certain that history was on his side, Bentham sought to rid the world of the hideous mess wrought by legal obfuscation and confusion, and ...