In this book, Kant raises the issue of the morality of human actions, which have to be brought about by what he calls the “good will” in order to be deemed “good”. He distinguishes action carried out according to the duty and action accomplished by duty. But what are the ends of the action?...

Refreshingly and edgy, Novella Carpenter tells her story about urban agriculture in her work Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer that she experienced in Oakland, California. In order to prove that city life as well as fresh and healthy food are reconcilable, and possible for anyone,...

In Hard Times Charles Dickens profoundly critizes the capitalist and industrial society he lived in at a time when steam power and coal were at the mouth of each manufacturer. Amorality, hardness of feelings and inhumanity are successively attacked in this critic through several portraits of...

1902, London, one adult out of four dies in an asylum. Jack London ventures into the East End, the poorest area of London in which the middle classes don't dare to penetrate. He buys rags and lives in poverty, is confronted with the same difficulties and suffers from the same destitution. This book...

This reading guide reveals how Paul Lafargue unveils the face of capitalist rhetoric, presenting capitalism as a fatality upon workers, which demands huge sacrifices from them. With much irony and sarcasm, Lafargue combines the social criticism of an inequitable economic model with a harsh stance...