Ethics and moral philosophy

In 1687 Isaac Newton ushered in a new scientific era in which laws of nature could be used to predict the movements of matter with almost perfect precision.

Technological innovations have advanced at an incredible speed since the introduction of the computer that it has altered the fabric of our society.

Although, initially, dealing with specifically pedagogical issues arising out of debates within the philosophy of education, the main thrust of this book tackles the more fundamental questions concerning communication, dialogue and solitude.

An accessible investigation of the importance of Cavell''s most famous work for modern and contemporary philosophy and literature.

Die Rede von Kohärenz ist in der Ethik populär.

Why efforts to create a scientific basis of morality are neither scientific nor moral: “Important and timely.

The conference on which this volume is based was one of a series of symposia initiated by the Department of Psychology at the University of Hawaii at Manoa on the theory and research surrounding topics of interest to the faculty and germane to the Hawaiian community.

The Ethics of Pregnancy, Abortion and Childbirth addresses the unique moral questions raised by pregnancy and its intimate bodily nature.

This book is the first comprehensive, in-depth English language study of the animals that were left behind in the exclusion zone in the wake of the nuclear meltdown of three of the four reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in March 2011, triggered by the Great East Japan Earthquake of magnitude 9.

We are currently in a period of rapid global change that is of profound importance, but the nature of which is difficult to comprehend.

Explores the problem of blame in moral philosophy, setting out a new theory of blame, free will, and moral responsibility.

I Several years ago, when the Carter administration announced that it would support congressional action to end the public fund- ing of abortions, the President was asked at a press conference whether he thought that such a policy was unfair; he responded, "e;Life is unfair.

This volume examines the views of seven prominent ethical traditions on the making and unmaking of boundaries.

New scientific and technological developments challenge us to reconsider our moral world order.

Perhaps more than any other scholar, Michael Moore has argued that there are deep and necessary connections between metaphysics, morality, and law.

Originally published in 1983 Social Work Values is a sustained enquiry about the present situation of social work.

"e;Morten: And what are we going to do, when you have made liberal-minded and high-minded men of us?

What are epistemic reasons?

This book defends an event-causal theory of libertarian free will and argues that the belief in such free will plays an important, if not essential, role in supporting certain important values.

This 2006 volume provides the broadest and deepest introduction to Kant currently available.

A new account of a vital period in the history of ethics, focusing on the content of morality.

The Stoics on Determinism and Compatibilism is an important book which reconstructs the arguments deployed by the Stoics in favour of the view that everything is necessary and examines the development of the different arguments given by the Stoics that this is compatible with moral responsibility and desert.

So long as large segments of humanity are suffering chronic poverty and are dying from treatable diseases, organized giving can save or enhance millions of lives.

Research on self-control in both philosophy and psychology is thriving.

Rich Murphy's Practitioner Joy is the poet's confrontation with his practice as a poet and, at least in part, his inevitable death.

Environmental crime is one of the most profitable and fastest growing areas of international criminal activity.

This book assesses the ethical implications of using armed unmanned aerial vehicles ('hunter-killer drones') in contemporary conflicts.

This dramatic re-evaluation of Sartres ethical theory establishes its author as a leading American exponent of phenomenology and wins many new followers for Sartre in the English-speaking world.

How do we perceive evil?

First published in 1998, this scope of this volume is limited to an exegetical and critical study of the methods or means by which Moore tried to render answers to philosophical questions and solutions to philosophical puzzles, rather than any discussion of his metaphysical, epistemological, ethical, and religious views.

The North American Wildlife Conservation Model (NAM) is the driver of a strong anthropocentric stance, which has legalized an ongoing, annual exploitation of hundreds of millions of wild animals, who are killed in the United States through trapping, hunting and other lethal practices.

In this provocative new book, renowned educator and philosopher Nel Noddings extends her influential work on the ethics of care toward a compelling objective-global peace and justice.

This book is Volume I of a two-volume set on antitrust policy, analyzing the economic efficiency and moral desirability of various tests for antitrust legality, including those promulgated by US and EU antitrust law.

This volume celebrates the work of Hans-Johann Glock, a philosopher renowned for both his exegesis of Wittgenstein and his many contributions to debates in contemporary philosophy.

What does it mean to win a moral victory?

This book links game theory to business ethics by applying the classic Four Temperaments approach to a wide range of moral emotions, and offers academics and students of game theory a perspective that covers social preferences in a nontraditional way.

Henry West has written the most up-to-date and user-friendly introduction to utilitarianism available.

A balanced, thoughtful discussion of the globalization of the economy and the ethical considerations it has prompted.

First published in 2004.

What kind of knowledge is medical knowledge?

Exposing a fundamental but forgotten capacity to sense with others, this fresh approach to ethics centers on expressive, moving bodies in everyday affective encounters.

This book explores how the ethical treatment and status of other-than-human animals influence pedagogy, teaching, and learning in general, aiming to fill what has been a gap in the philosophy of education.

The central topic for this book is the ethics of treating individuals as though they are members of groups.

Behaving presents an overview of the recent history and methodology of behavioral genetics and psychiatric genetics, informed by a philosophical perspective.

The Ethics of Survival in Contemporary Literature and Culture delves into the complex problems involved in all attempts to survive.

Ethics seeks answers to questions about the moral status of human actions and human lives.

A provocative new history of liberalism that also provides a road map for today's liberalsFreedom from Fear offers a striking new account of the dominant political and social theory of our time: liberalism.