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  • CELEBRITY MORALS AND THE LOSS OF RELIGIOUS AUTHORITY
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    CELEBRITY MORALS AND THE LOSS OF RELIGIOUS AUTHORITY
    JOHN PORTMANN
    This book examines American popular culture to demonstrate that celebrities have superseded religious figures as moral authorities. As trust in religious institutions has waned over recent decades, the once frivolous entertainment fringe has become the moral center. Young people and voters increasingly take cues from actors and athletes. The book begins by offering a definition...

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  • THE ETHICS OF SEX AND ALZHEIMER'S
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    THE ETHICS OF SEX AND ALZHEIMER'S
    JOHN PORTMANN
    A growing epidemic, Alzheimer’s punishes not only its victims but also those married to them. This book analyzes how Alzheimer’s is quietly transforming the way we think about love today. Without meaning to become rebels, many people who find themselves "married to Alzheimer’s" deflate the predominant notion of a conventional marriage. By falling in love again before their ill ...

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  • WHEN BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO OTHER PEOPLE
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    WHEN BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO OTHER PEOPLE
    JOHN PORTMANN
    Although many of us deny it, it is not uncommon to feel pleasure over the suffering of others, particularly when we feel that suffering has been deserved. The German word for this concept-Schadenfreude-has become universal in its expression of this feeling. Drawing on the teachings of history's most prominent philosophers, John Portmann explores the concept of Schadenfreude in ...

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