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The A-Z of PSE
"The A-Z of PSE" supports the widely used BBC school television series, "Lifeschool", as each topic in the book is easily cross-referenced to the appropriate "Lifeschool" programme. This highly colourful and stimulating textbook will help motivate and engage pupil interest in these important issues, and encourage them to participate. Teachers can extend the learning in each unit by using the wide range of differentiated types of activities and questions provided within each topic. Teachers will find the resource accessible and flexible, enabling them to use the text in whole class teaching. A wide range of thought provoking issues, challenging comments and stimulating illustrations combine to make this a valuable resource for PSE teachers. The content list Addiction; Body; Celebrity; Drugs; Environment; Family; Genetics; HIV; Information; Justice; Kill; Love; Media; Nuclear; Old; Poverty; Quality; Racism; Sexism; Taboo; Unemployment; Violence; War; X-Rated; and Youth; Zero.
144 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 1999
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About the author
Bernard Williams
101 books141 followersSir Bernard Arthur Owen Williams was an English moral philosopher. His publications include Problems of the Self (1973), Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy (1985), Shame and Necessity (1993), and Truth and Truthfulness (2002). He was knighted in 1999.
As Knightbridge Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge and Deutsch Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley, Williams became known for his efforts to reorient the study of moral philosophy to psychology, history, and in particular to the Greeks. Described by Colin McGinn as an "analytical philosopher with the soul of a general humanist," he was sceptical about attempts to create a foundation for moral philosophy. Martha Nussbaum wrote that he demanded of philosophy that it "come to terms with, and contain, the difficulty and complexity of human life."
Williams was a strong supporter of women in academia; according to Nussbaum, he was "as close to being a feminist as a powerful man of his generation could be." He was also famously sharp in conversation. Gilbert Ryle, one of Williams's mentors at Oxford, said that he "understands what you're going to say better than you understand it yourself, and sees all the possible objections to it, and all the possible answers to all the possible objections, before you've got to the end of your own sentence."
As Knightbridge Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge and Deutsch Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley, Williams became known for his efforts to reorient the study of moral philosophy to psychology, history, and in particular to the Greeks. Described by Colin McGinn as an "analytical philosopher with the soul of a general humanist," he was sceptical about attempts to create a foundation for moral philosophy. Martha Nussbaum wrote that he demanded of philosophy that it "come to terms with, and contain, the difficulty and complexity of human life."
Williams was a strong supporter of women in academia; according to Nussbaum, he was "as close to being a feminist as a powerful man of his generation could be." He was also famously sharp in conversation. Gilbert Ryle, one of Williams's mentors at Oxford, said that he "understands what you're going to say better than you understand it yourself, and sees all the possible objections to it, and all the possible answers to all the possible objections, before you've got to the end of your own sentence."
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