Ethics and moral philosophy

It is often said that bioethics emerged from theology in the 1960s, and that since then it has grown into a secular enterprise, yielding to other disciplines and professions such as philosophy and law.

In this original book, Robert Elliott Allinson asserts that philosophers have been lulled into a dogmatic sleep by Immanuel Kant, the slayer of metaphysics, who has convinced them (and the rest of humanity) that we can never know Reality.

Most people are too busy to keep up with all the good movies they'd like to see, so why should anyone spend their precious time watching the bad ones?

This book contains some of the papers which were presented at the NATO Science, Environmental Security, Advanced Research Workshop on "e;Implementing Ecological Integrity: Restoring Regional and Global Environmental and Human Health"e; held in Budapest from June 26 to July 1, 1999.

What is goodness?

The contributors ask the following questions: What are the different rhetorical strategies employed by writers, artists, filmmakers, and activists to react to the degradation of life and climate change?

Get ready for the new three R's: Resist, Revolt, Rewild More than ever, people are longing for deep and meaningful change.

In Nietzsche's first book The Birth of Tragedy (1872), cultural renewal is paramount among his concerns.

With a new Introduction by the author'An elegant and sane little book.

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Moral systems, like normative systems more broadly, involve complex mental representations.

Philosophical interest in forgiveness has seen a resurgence.

This book explores how different corporate governance strategies affect community mobilization and the scope for influence when an area's population is faced with the arrival of the extraction industry.

Spiritual Traditions and the Virtues develops a philosophical appreciation of the spiritual life.

The revised second edition of the accessible guide to contemporary ethical issues that are at the intersection of religion and morality The updated second edition of Do Morals Matter?

The theory of action underlying Immanuel Kant's ethical theory is the subject of this book.

Fredrik Svenaeus' book is a delight to read.

Global Justice: The Basics is a straightforward and engaging introduction to the theoretical study and practice of global justice.

What is death?

There is widespread agreement that something must be done to combat anthropogenic climate change.

Much of what we take to be meaningful and significant in life is inextricably linked with our capacity to experience emotions.

Most philosophers and political scientists readily admit that Thomas Hobbes is a significant figure in the history of political thought.

Proceeds in a logical fashion to show how, when thinking morally, a man can be both free and rational.

Marchetti offers a revisionist account of James's contribution to moral thought in the light of his pragmatic conception of philosophical activity.

This work raises for the contemporary reader the ancient and abiding question of the nature and meaning of human virtue.

If a competent adult refuses medical treatment, physicians and public officials must respect her decision.

Der Bedarf an ethischer Orientierung ist durch den enormen wissenschaftlich-technischen Fortschritt im 20.

'China, by her resources and her population, is capable of being the greatest power in the world after the United States.

This volume collects recent essays and reviews by Thomas Nagel in three subject areas.

Race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, gender, sexuality: in the past couple of decades, a great deal of attention has been paid to such collective identities.

Fred Beiser, renowned as one of the world's leading historians of German philosophy, presents a brilliant new study of Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805), rehabilitating him as a philosopher worthy of serious attention.

This book addresses a growing need in apologetic literature.

Ever since Plato expelled the poets from his ideal state, the ethics of art has had to confront philosophy’s denial of art’s morality.

Living with Animals brings a pragmatist ecofeminist perspective to discussions around animal rights, animal welfare, and animal ethics to move the conversation beyond simple use or non-use decisions.

E-mail and Ethics explores the ways in which interpersonal relations are affected by being conducted via computer-mediated communication.

Anlass für dieses Buchs sind die zunehmende Kälte im Umgang der Bürger miteinander und ihre mangelnde Empathie: normenverletzendes Handeln zulasten der Mitmenschen, Hassausbrüche in sozialen Netzen, Übergriffigkeiten jeder Art.

A compelling look at the problem of evil in modern thought, from the Inquisition to global terrorismEvil threatens human reason, for it challenges our hope that the world makes sense.

In this original study, Jamie Mayerfeld undertakes a careful inquiry into the meaning and moral significance of suffering.

This book provides an account of the ethics of chronic illness.

This book claims that artificial intelligence (AI) may affect our freedom at work, in our daily life, and in the political sphere.

This volume suggests alternative ethical frameworks and models of regulation relating to the governance of genetic information.

Die Frage nach dem Sinn des Lebens sieht aus wie eine ganz normale Frage, nur ihr Gegenstand scheint von besonderer Wichtigkeit zu sein.

Dieses Buch dokumentiert den Stand der Diskussion um wissenschaftliche Konzepte im Umgang mit Technikfolgen.

The concept of religious freedom is the favoured modern human rights concept, with which the modern world hopes to tackle the phenomenon of religious pluralism, as our modern existence in an electronically shrinking globe comes to be increasingly characterised by this phenomenon.

Drink, 'the curse of Britain', was sweeping the land, or so it seemed to many Englishmen in the early decades of the nineteenth century.