Joseph Heath: 8 books
Following the Rules
Practical Reasoning and Deontic Constraint
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2008
For centuries, philosophers have been puzzled by the fact that people often respect moral obligations as a matter of principle, setting aside considerations of self-interest. In more recent years, social scientists have been puzzled by the more general phenomenon of rule-following, the fact that people...
The Efficient Society
Why Canada Is As Close To Utopia As It Gets
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2002
In this fascinating account of what makes Canada such a successful society, Joseph Heath celebrates the much-maligned value of efficiency and asks some searching questions about the forces that threaten to undermine our quality of life. Canada is an efficient society, much more efficient than our...
Economics Without Illusions
Debunking the Myths of Modern Capitalism
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2010
"Economics is haunted by more fallacies than any other study known to man." -- Henry Hazlitt, Economics in One Lesson (1946)
Every day economic claims are used by the media or in conversation to support social and political positions. Those on the left tend to distrust economists, seeing them...
by Joseph Heath
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
The co-author of the internationally bestselling The Rebel Sell brings us "slow politics": promoting slow thought, slow deliberation and slow debate.
Over the last twenty years, the political systems of the western world have become increasingly divided--not between right and left...
The Princess and the Pterodactyls
A Weird/Funny Novella
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2017
In a vaguely medieval setting, a hardboiled and bookish young princess dreams of a daring escape from her stupid wedding. The plan involves precision timing, punching, and of course, a swarm of pterodactyls. A heartwarmingly ridiculous story of revenge, weird cults, temporal anomalies, warrior ghosts,...
I Walked With Giants
The Autobiography of Jimmy Heath
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2010
Composer of more than 100 jazz pieces, three-time Grammy nominee, and performer on more than 125 albums, Jimmy Heath has earned a place of honor in the history of jazz. Over his long career, Heath knew many jazz giants such as Charlie Parker and played with other innovators including John Coltrane,...
Beyond Collapse
Archaeological Perspectives on Resilience, Revitalization, and Transformation in Complex Societies
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2015
The Maya. The Romans. The great dynasties of ancient China. It is generally believed that these once mighty empires eventually crumbled and disappeared. A recent trend in archaeology, however, focusing on what happened during and after the decline of once powerful societies has found social resilience...
Masculindians
Conversations about Indigenous Manhood
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2014
What does it mean to be an Indigenous man today? Between October 2010 and May 2013, Sam McKegney conducted interviews with leading Indigenous artists, critics, activists, and elders on the subject of Indigenous manhood. In offices, kitchens, and coffee shops, and once in a car driving down the 401,...