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Covering a wide variety of philosophical disciplines Adler gives precise definitions of key terms such as chance, choice, duty, good, evil, honour, human nature, memory, time, soul and will & sheds light on how they have been interpreted, used or abused.

Axios Press, Mount Jackson, VA : [2012]

What is 'moral' in the modern age? What is truly 'ethical'? Adler skillfully separates 'real' good from 'apparent' good, and shows how excesses--like gluttony, or the lust for power--simply mistake the means for the ends. Drawing on the entire Western philosophical tradition from Plato to Kant, Desires, Right & Wrong: The Ethics of Enough tackles some of the thorniest ethical problems facing the world today and suggests approaches that might help solve them. Adler regards happiness not as an experiential state, but as a well-lived life which attains everything that is really good--and affirms Aristotle's view of the obligations that individuals and societies owe toward justice and love. Clear and straightforward, with concrete examples, this book is for everyone, not just the philosophy student.--Page 4 of cover.

Investigates the art of reading by examining each aspect of reading, problems encountered, and tells how to combat them.

Open Court, Chicago, Ill. : ©2000.

Time magazine called Mortimer J. Adler a philosopher for everyman. In this guide to considering the big questions, Adler addresses the topics all men and women ponder in the course of life, such as What is love?, How do we decide the right thing to do?, and, What does it mean to be good? Drawing on his extensive knowledge of Western literature, history, and philosophy, the author considers what is meant by democracy, law, emotion, language, truth, and other abstract concepts in light of more than two millennia of Western civilization and discours.

Macmillan ; New York : ©1988.

Simon & Schuster, New York : 1997, ©1981.

Discusses complex philosophical problems in concrete language to better understand the eternal concepts that shaped Western culture.

Collier Books ; New York : 1984, ©1981.

Discusses complex philosophical problems in concrete language to better understand the eternal concepts that shaped Western culture.

An illuminating critique of modern thought from America's Philosopher for Everyman (Time). Ten Philosophical Mistakes examines ten errors in modern thought and shows how they have led to serious consequences in our everyday lives. It teaches how they came about, how to avoid them, and how to counter their negative effects.

Touchstone, New York : 1996.

Hauraki Publishing, 2017.

In 1956, a U.S. lawyer-economist, Louis O. Kelso, created the employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) to enable the employees of a closely held newspaper chain to buy out its retiring owners. Two years later, Kelso and his co-author, the philosopher Mortimer J. Adler, explained the macro-economic theory on which the ESOP is based in this best-selling book, The Capitalist Manifesto. When you read this book, you must be prepared for a shock particularly if you are among the millions of Americans who feel complacent about the material well-being that now prevails in this country. THE CAPITALIST MANIFESTO will compel you to examine, reconsider and question many dangerous economic factors and political tendencies you have accepted as inevitable and will show you how you can do something about them. THE CAPITALIST MANIFESTO sets the alarm for all American citizens not simply one group or class. It is for stockholders, workers, labor leaders, corporation executives, investment bankers, taxpayers, small businessmen and industrialists, statesmen, legislators, judges and educators. Its purpose is to arouse us to the real and present dangers we now face, from inflation and from the progressive socialization of our economy. What is the difference between a well-heeled existence in a welfare state and the good life in a free society? THE CAPITALIST MANIFESTO will tell you what that difference is, and why you must be a man of property in order to be a free man. It will explain the meaning of your ever-expanding opportunities for leisure. It will tell you that the goal of an industrial society should not be full employment in the production of wealth, but full enjoyment of the wealth produced. It will tell you how you, as an individual, can best use wealth to further the happiness and well-being of yourself and your fellow men. A revolutionary force in human affairs offering still unplumbed promise for the future. Time Magazine.

Fordham University Press, New York : 1996.

Fordham University Press, New York : 1993.

Ultimately, Adler's work develops an approach to the separation between scientific and philosophical questions which stands as a model of philosophical consideration of new scientific discoveries and their consequences for the human person.

Macmillan ; New York : ©1987.

Discusses the ideas at the core of the Declaration of Independence that form the ideals found in the Preamble to the Constitution.