Ethics and moral philosophy

In an impassioned defence of the importance of our own thoughts, feelings and experiences, the renowned philosopher Mary Midgley shows that there's much more to our selves than a jumble of brain cells.

A balanced and thoughtful analysis of human reproduction issues in the United States with emphasis on the ethical and policy implications of cutting-edge reproductive technologies.

A growing number of animal ethicists defend new omnivorism-the view that it's permissible, if not obligatory, to consume certain kinds of animal flesh and products.

A growing number of animal ethicists defend new omnivorism-the view that it's permissible, if not obligatory, to consume certain kinds of animal flesh and products.

Simone Weil (1909-1943) is one of the most brilliant and unorthodox religious and philosophical minds of the twentieth century.

A new ethics of human finitude developed through three experimental essays.

This book explores an undeveloped area in postmodern thought:  organizational ethics.

Digital technologies, now ubiquitous around the world, can promote positive values, as well as support those that are less socially acceptable.

"e;The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy"e; is a collection of philosophical essays written by William James.

"e;Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking"e; is a philosophical work written by William James and published in 1907.

Updated and expanded to represent the fundamental questions at the heart of philosophical ethics today, the second edition of The Bloomsbury Handbook of Ethics covers the key topics in metaethics and normative ethical theory.

Updated and expanded to represent the fundamental questions at the heart of philosophical ethics today, the second edition of The Bloomsbury Handbook of Ethics covers the key topics in metaethics and normative ethical theory.

Digital technologies, now ubiquitous around the world, can promote positive values, as well as support those that are less socially acceptable.

Simone Weil (1909-1943) is one of the most brilliant and unorthodox religious and philosophical minds of the twentieth century.

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Ten essays on how reading and meaningfully engaging with literature can help us live better, more purposeful lives.

What is forgiveness?

Science and Public Policy: A Philosophical Introduction argues that in order to effectively apply science in any relevant or meaningful way, we must first understand what science is, how it works, and what its limitations are.

The Routledge Handbook of Applied Climate Change Ethics is a powerful reference source for the identification and exploration of the underlying ethical issues in climate change law and policy.

The Routledge Handbook of Applied Climate Change Ethics is a powerful reference source for the identification and exploration of the underlying ethical issues in climate change law and policy.

Our worldview determines our perception of reality and thus shapes our attitude to life and the way we live.

We love to see superheroes fight, whether to protect innocent people from supervillains or to save the world.

This thoroughly updated fourth edition provides a broad introduction to the major theoretical perspectives on the ethics of communication.

Im Anthropozän tritt der Mensch als Naturmacht in Erscheinung, die sich in letzter Konsequenz auch gegen sich selbst wendet: Erste und zweite Natur verschmelzen zur dritten Natur.

This book provides a new framework for conducting qualitative research into Asylum Seeking Refugees based on Emmanuel Levinas' ethic of the face-to-face encounter.

Algorithms: Technology, Culture, Politics develops a relational, situated approach to algorithms.

This thoroughly updated fourth edition provides a broad introduction to the major theoretical perspectives on the ethics of communication.

Algorithms: Technology, Culture, Politics develops a relational, situated approach to algorithms.

This book provides a new framework for conducting qualitative research into Asylum Seeking Refugees based on Emmanuel Levinas' ethic of the face-to-face encounter.

This cultural history of humility reveals this lost virtue as a secret defense against arrogance and incivilityHistory demonstrates that when the virtue of humility is cast aside, excessive individualism follows.

This book offers an ability-based view of mental disorders.

This book explores Aristotelian and Confucian wisdom traditions to understand education and what counts as a good teacher in an embodied dialogic approach.

This book explores Aristotelian and Confucian wisdom traditions to understand education and what counts as a good teacher in an embodied dialogic approach.

Food Ethics: The Basics is a concise yet comprehensive introduction to the ethical dimensions of the production and consumption of food.

Food Ethics: The Basics is a concise yet comprehensive introduction to the ethical dimensions of the production and consumption of food.

A timely dethroning of the human subject and embracing of a new kind of existence, in this book Christine Daigle highlights the affirmative potential of vulnerability amidst unprecedented times of more-than-human crises.

A timely dethroning of the human subject and embracing of a new kind of existence, in this book Christine Daigle highlights the affirmative potential of vulnerability amidst unprecedented times of more-than-human crises.

Mit »Ästhetik in Krisenzeiten« legt Gregory Fuller eine der im deutschen Sprachraum grundlegendsten Bestandsaufnahmen der Gegenwartsästhetik vor.

The possibility of a nuclear war that could destroy civilization has influenced the course of international affairs since 1945, suspended like a sword of Damocles above the heads of the world's leaders.

A groundbreaking history of the ethics of war in the ancient Near EastOrigins of the Just War reveals the incredible richness and complexity of ethical thought about war in the three millennia preceding the Greco-Roman period, establishing the extent to which ancient just war thought prefigured much of what we now consider to be the building blocks of the Western just war tradition.

This title was first published in 2002.

Robert Gibbs radically revises standard interpretations of the two key figures of modern Jewish philosophy--Franz Rosenzweig, author of the monumental Star of Redemption, and Emmanuel Levinas, a major voice in contemporary intellectual life, who has inspired such thinkers as Derrida, Lyotard, Irigaray, and Blanchot.

The mystery and complexity of the great philosopher Hegel, leaving behind a philosophical heritage, have always been difficult to deny its value and its profound impact on the history of human thought.

Was ist gerecht?

Chanakya Neeti is a special treatise in Sanskrit literature which was written for improving human life, instilling high moral values, and giving policy education to kings.

In this book, Spencer Case and Matt Lutz debate whether objective moral facts exist.

Explore Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophical masterpiece, Beyond Good and Evil, with this thought-provoking edition.

Discover the profound wisdom and guidance of Meditations by Marcus Aurelius.