Ethics and moral philosophy

This book argues that philosophy is as practical as plumbing and what we need right now is what philosophers can offer as philosophers to help us all, our species, and beyond, through this ecological emergency, this climate change, this anthropocene.

In 1948 the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which declared that every human being, without distinction of any kind, possesses a set of morally authoritative rights and fundamental freedoms that ought to be socially guaranteed.

This textbook examines the ethical, social, and policy challenges arising from our rapidly and continuously evolving computing technology-ranging from the Internet, over to the cross-platforms consisting of ubiquitous portable and wearable devices to the eagerly anticipated metaverse-and how we can responsibly access and use these spaces.

Dieses Studienbuch bietet eine soziologische Einführung in die konfliktreiche Welt der Menschenwürde.

This textbook examines the ethical, social, and policy challenges arising from our rapidly and continuously evolving computing technology-ranging from the Internet, over to the cross-platforms consisting of ubiquitous portable and wearable devices to the eagerly anticipated metaverse-and how we can responsibly access and use these spaces.

This collection draws on research in educational areas displaying best practice pedagogy, theoretical and practical, underpinned by philosophy, empirical science, and neuroscience, among other disciplines.

Cuando intentamos abordar su difícil encuentro, la ética suele hacer su aparición como remedio contra los defectos de una política imperfecta que siempre la rechaza.

Agent Relative Ethics asks what the world would look like if we adopted agent relativity wholeheartedly, clinging to no shred of absolute morality.

Agent Relative Ethics asks what the world would look like if we adopted agent relativity wholeheartedly, clinging to no shred of absolute morality.

The perceived value of philosophy to medical education is increasing.

This edited collection explores our often-surprising modes of co-inhabiting the cultural and aerial worlds of birds.

In the light of intense international focus on ongoing forms of world poverty, this book examines the potential of the concept of recognition in contemporary political philosophy to respond morally to this dire condition.

Irracionalidad es un relato ambicioso y cautivante que echa luz sobre la sinrazón en un momento en que el mundo parece haberse vuelto loco.

This book engages with the ethics and practices of identity formation in a world experiencing identity stress.

This edited collection explores our often-surprising modes of co-inhabiting the cultural and aerial worlds of birds.

This book engages with the ethics and practices of identity formation in a world experiencing identity stress.

Del Propio Ser al Propio Querer es una dialéctica que pone en juego la tensión que se genera en el desarrollo de la vida entre el deber, que dicta una moral ciega y seductora con su saber listo y terminado, y el querer, que, con su incertidumbre socrática, busca el conocimiento délfico que rompe todas las cadenas del corazón.

Written from the perspective of a philosopher and African immigrant, this book makes a forceful moral argument for the need for a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in the United States to address the long history of injustice to African-Americans.

In the light of intense international focus on ongoing forms of world poverty, this book examines the potential of the concept of recognition in contemporary political philosophy to respond morally to this dire condition.

Written from the perspective of a philosopher and African immigrant, this book makes a forceful moral argument for the need for a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in the United States to address the long history of injustice to African-Americans.

"e;A book to enjoy and savour.

This first book-length story and study of philosopher, activist, inventor, and philanthropist Lewis Gompertz--co-founder of both the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (1824, ousted in 1832) and the Animals' Friend Society (1832-52)--charts his struggle against likely and unlikely enemies on behalf of other species, women, the poor, apprentices, prisoners, and slaves.

The idea that wealthy people use their money to influence things, including politics, law, and media will surprise very few people.

Ein Grundkurs hat die Aufgabe, philosophisches Basiswissen zu vermitteln, mit dessen Hilfe die Studierenden sich in der gegenwärtigen Diskussion orientieren können.

Gerechtigkeit gilt als Kardinaltugend für ein gutes und richtiges Leben.

Based on the ethical thinking of the pre-Qin Dynasty, this book discusses the formation and development of traditional Chinese ethics, the refinement of the Confucian ethical normative system and the establishment of its orthodoxy, as well as the deepening and maturation of feudal ethics.

Aufgabe der Angewandten Ethik ist es, in privaten und öffentlichen Problemlagen konkrete Hilfestellung für eine ausgewogene Beurteilung der Situation und das moralisch richtige Verhalten zu geben.

Bei der Kinder- und Jugendhilfe handelt es sich um das immer bedeutsamer werdende Handlungsfeld der öffentlichen Verantwortung für das Aufwachsen von Kindern und Jugendlichen in unserer Gesellschaft mit stetig zunehmenden ethischen Konfliktfeldern.

Sovereign is who decides; and who decides is responsible.

Based on the ethical thinking of the pre-Qin Dynasty, this book discusses the formation and development of traditional Chinese ethics, the refinement of the Confucian ethical normative system and the establishment of its orthodoxy, as well as the deepening and maturation of feudal ethics.

The book brings together diverse views from around the world and provides a comprehensive overview of the subject, beginning with different definitions of academic integrity through how to create the ethical academy.

Aufgabe der Angewandten Ethik ist es, in privaten und öffentlichen Problemlagen konkrete Hilfestellung für eine ausgewogene Beurteilung der Situation und das moralisch richtige Verhalten zu geben.

A testament to what it means to be liberal by one of the most prominent political philosophers of our era "e;Walzer is perhaps our foremost pilot on these rocky shoals.

Comprising 45 chapters, written especially for this volume by an international team of leading experts, The Routledge Companion to the Philosophies of Painting and Sculpture is the first handbook of its kind.

Comprising 45 chapters, written especially for this volume by an international team of leading experts, The Routledge Companion to the Philosophies of Painting and Sculpture is the first handbook of its kind.

'New materialisms' refers to a broad, contemporary, and significant movement of thought across the social sciences and cultural studies which attempts to (re)turn to, renew, or create alternative philosophies of matter.

This volume brings together accounts from facilitating or 'brokering' researchers in three settings afflicted by armed conflict, including DR Congo, Sierra Leone and Jharkhand, India.

'New materialisms' refers to a broad, contemporary, and significant movement of thought across the social sciences and cultural studies which attempts to (re)turn to, renew, or create alternative philosophies of matter.

This book proposes a new theoretical framework for approaching the causes and effects that digital technologies and the imaginaries related to them have on the processes of self-interpretation and subjectivation.

This book proposes a new theoretical framework for approaching the causes and effects that digital technologies and the imaginaries related to them have on the processes of self-interpretation and subjectivation.

Vermutlich sind sich Technik und Mensch nirgendwo so nahe, sind auf intime und verbindliche Weise miteinander verschränkt, wie in den Bereichen von Medizin, Therapie und Pflege.

Have you thought of how it feels to be an AI brain in the world of humans?

This book critically examines the manifest and latent practices of surveillance in the southern African region, using case studies from South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Namibia, Botswana and Mozambique.

The Anthropocene presents theology, and especially theological anthropology, with unprecedented challenges.

This textbook takes a new approach to economics by taking into account behavioral sciences and ethics.

Aristotle's essential guide to human flourishing-the Nicomachean Ethics-in a lively new abridged translationAristotle's Nicomachean Ethics is one of the greatest guides to human flourishing ever written, but its length and style have left many readers languishing.

Have you thought of how it feels to be an AI brain in the world of humans?

In this expanded and revised edition of a fresh and original case-study textbook on environmental ethics, Christine Gudorf and James Huchingson continue to explore the line that separates the current state of the environment from what it should be in the future.