Topics in philosophy

Politicians invoke grand ideas: social justice, democracy, liberty, equality, community.

The planet is sick.

This classic book by Theodor W.

Evil is not confined to war or to circumstances in which people are acting under extreme duress.

'Greed' is a visceral insult.

Democracy and democratization are now high on the political agenda, but there is growing indifference to the gap between rich and poor.

This new introduction to ethics is written for students who are approaching philosophy for the first time.

This is one of the first systematic discussions of the nature of trust as a means of social cohesion, discussing the works of leading social theorists on the issue of social solidarity.

This book is an original discussion of key problems in moral theory.

Michael Dummett stands out among his generation as the only British philosopher of language to rival in stature the Americans, Davidson and Quine.

This exciting new book is the first comprehensive and critical study of the relationship between the Pragmatist tradition and political theory.

Jerry Fodor is one of the most important philosophers of mind in recent decades.

In this major new work, Bernstein explores the ethical and political dimensions of the modernity/post-modernity debate.

Focusing on contemporary debates in moral and political theory, Situating the Self argues that a non-relative ethics, binding on us in virtue of out humanity, is still a philosophically viable project.

All major western countries today contain groups that differ in their religious beliefs, customary practices or ideas about the right way in which to live.

Paradoxes are arguments that lead from apparently true premises, via apparently uncontroversial reasoning, to a false or even contradictory conclusion.

In this engaging and wide-ranging new book, Nikk Effingham provides an introduction to contemporary ontology - the study of what exists - and its importance for philosophy today.

Recent years have seen an enormous amount of philosophical research into the emotions and the imagination, but as yet little work has been done to connect the two.

Saul Kripke has been a major influence on analytic philosophy and allied fields for a half-century and more.

Plato's Republic is one of the most well-known and widely discussed texts in the history of philosophy, but how might we get to the heart of this work today, 2500 years after it was originally composed?

Since the publication of her landmark book In a Different Voice, Carol Gilligan has transformed the way we think about women and men and the relations between them.

This is the first comprehensive study of the core philosophical questions posed by terrorism such as: How should we define it?

Confucian political philosophy has recently emerged as a vibrant area of thought both in China and around the globe.

Introductions to the theory of knowledge are plentiful, but none introduce students to the most recent debates that exercise contemporary philosophers.

Thomas Hobbes was the first great English political philosopher.

In The Excessive Subject: A New Theory of Social Change, Molly Anne Rothenberg uncovers an innovative theory of social change implicit in the writings of radical social theorists, such as Pierre Bourdieu, Michel de Certeau, Judith Butler, Ernesto Laclau, and Slavoj ?

The global financial crisis has shattered the illusion that all was well with capitalism and forced us to confront the great challenges we face today with a new sense of urgency.

Until recently, struggles for justice proceeded against the background of a taken-for-granted frame: the bounded territorial state.

Should governments give special rights to ethnic and cultural minorities?

In this new book, Bauman examines how we have moved away from a 'heavy' and 'solid', hardware-focused modernity to a 'light' and 'liquid', software-based modernity.

When Freud wrote his classic Civilization and its Discontents, he was concerned with repression.

In this lively and accessible book, Matt Matravers considers the role of responsibility in politics, morality and the law.

Worldwide, human lives are rapidly improving.

This book offers a clear and highly readable introduction to the ethical and social-political philosophy of John Stuart Mill.

Normativity is what gives reasons their force, makes words meaningful, and makes rules and laws binding.

Since 9/11 politicians, preachers, conservatives and the media are all speaking about evil.

How adequate are our theories of globalisation for analysing the worlds we share with others?

What is free will?

Wars throughout history have been fought in the name of ideology, religion and the pursuit of peace.

This carefully crafted ebook: "e;THE BIRTH OF TRAGEDY"e; is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.

How the rabbis of the Talmud transformed everything into a legal question-and Jewish law into a way of thinking and talking about everythingThough typically translated as "e;Jewish law,"e; the term halakhah is not an easy match for what is usually thought of as law.

The problem of justifying legal punishment has been at the heart of legal and social philosophy from the very earliest recorded philosophical texts.

Why most modern revolutions have ended in bloodshed and failure-and what lessons they hold for today's world of growing extremismWhy have so many of the iconic revolutions of modern times ended in bloody tragedies?

An engaging and illuminating exploration of grief-and why, despite its intense pain, it can also help us growExperiencing grief at the death of a person we love or who matters to us-as universal as it is painful-is central to the human condition.

The troubling ethics and politics of philanthropyIs philanthropy, by its very nature, a threat to today's democracy?

Why does identity demand a choice between black and white?

Corrosive, mad and frequently fatal, indignation is a great destructive force in human affairs, and just as often a wellspring of mirth and merriment.

Australia's much-loved author David Malouf presents a dazzling and illuminating personal essay on the power of imagination-and its effects on the life of a writer-in this first instalment of a collectible new series.

In On Beauty Susan Johnson explores the role of beauty in our lives, and in her life in particular: 'Sometimes I think my whole life has been one long search for beauty.

How can you be sure you're doing the right thing?