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Re:Cambridge University Press make their books free until May by skissane on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @09:04PM (#22612527)
Not all books, only some.

I remember one of their books [1], it was available for free PDF download for a few months. I downloaded the PDF, then later wanted to read it again and discovered I'd somehow misplaced the PDF. And now it isn't available for free download any more. I was hoping it might be included in this, but it isn't.

[1] https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/atheism-and-agnostic...

Re:Cambridge University Press make their books free until May by throw0101a on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @06:53AM (#22615261)
This is by Graham Oppy. He and Edward Feser, a Cahtholic philosopher / philosophy professor, recent had two online discussions on theology. YouTube links on Feser's site:

* https://edwardfeser.blogspot.com/2019/07/debate-with-graham-...

* https://edwardfeser.blogspot.com/2020/02/discussion-with-gra...

There's a lot of 'bad atheism' out there: folks who attack straw man arguments and get basic things wrong (most of the "New Atheists" fall into this camp). Oppy does not seem to be one of those.

Another good site is "History for Atheists": someone who goes after his fellow atheists for "the misuse of history and the use of biased, erroneous or distorted pseudo history by anti-theistic atheists":

* https://HistoryForAtheists.com

Atheists can be crackpots as much as theists can be.

Re:Cambridge University Press make their books free until May by lostinroutine on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @11:04PM (#22613211)
Here you go: https://b-ok.cc/book/5260524/55d50b . Z-lib (above) and Libgen are usually my go-to if I'm not sure I want to (or can't) purchase a book.
Re:Cambridge University Press make their books free until May by llvim on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @01:05AM (#22613801)
is this legal?
Re:Cambridge University Press make their books free until May by lalaland1125 on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @01:14AM (#22613831)
No. But not all illegal things are immoral.
Re:Cambridge University Press make their books free until May by degski on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @06:49AM (#22615246)
Limiting the acquisition of knowledge to people with sufficient economic means is immoral, because it means that more than half the worlds population has no means to move forward, even if they are motivated and intelligent.
Re:Cambridge University Press make their books free until May by dredmorbius on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @09:27AM (#22616369)
Though discussing Sci-Hub and scientific articles, much of this argument applies as well to textbooks and publishing generally:

What the academic publishing industry calls "theft" the world calls "research": Why Sci-Hub is so popular

https://old.reddit.com/r/dredmorbius/comments/4p2rwk/what_th...