Describes the functions of a jury and the selection, duties, and privileges of a juror

Edmund de Beauchamps, a captured Christian knight turned powerful warlord under Kubilai Khan, rises to further glory as a prince of the kingdom of Champa

This volume is a revised, enlarged, and broadened version of Gert's classic 1970 book, The Moral Rules. Advocating an approach he terms "morality as impartial rationality," Gert here presents a full discussion of his moral theory, adding a wealth of new illuminating detail to his analysis of the concepts--rationality/irrationality, good/evil, and impartiality--by which he defines morality. He constructs a "moral system" that includes rules prohibiting the kinds of actions that cause evil, procedures for determining when violation of the rules is permitted, and ideals which encourage actions that prevent or relieve suffering. To be valid, Gert argues, any such system must be "a public system that applies to all rational persons." The book concludes with a discussion of medical ethics, demonstrating the link between moral theory and its application to real moral problems.

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When he is hired by one of the rich and powerful to find an elusive serial killer called Cain, professional bogeyman Jack Strait becomes trapped in a web of designer drugs, revenge, and murder where he discovers that he has been set up. Original.

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