During his long life (1872-1970) Bertrand Russell was one of a handful of social thinkers, let alone internationally recognised philosophers, whose views on contemporary issues won for him a devoted and supportive audience on the one hand and a host of vituperative critics on the other. Russell's revolutionary writings frequently placed him in the centre of controversy with conservatives and all those who were unwilling to consider moral questions from a rational rather than an emotional stance. Al Seckel has compiled an exhaustive collection of Russell's very best and most thought-provoking essays on ethics, social morality, happiness, sex, adultery, marriage, and divorce. Often hidden in obscure journals, pamphlets, out-of-print periodicals, and hard-to-find books, the works assembled here comprise a comprehensive volume that is augmented by valuable section introductions and editor's comments. This volume also includes "Morality and Instinct" which is published here for the first time.
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- The Analysis of Mind (Dover Philosophical Classics) by Bertrand Russell in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Bertrand Russell Case (Civil Liberties in American History Series) by John Dewey in Front Matter, page 301, and Back Matter
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- Beyond Good and Evil (Great Books in Philosophy) by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Ethics: Including the Improvement of the Understanding (Great Books in Philosophy) by Benedict de Spinoza in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Theory of Moral Sentiments (Great Books in Philosophy) by Adam Smith in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- The Woman's Bible (Great Minds Series) by Elizabeth Cady Stanton on page 67, and Back Matter
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