Ethics and moral philosophy Books
Princeton University Press Perfect Me
Book SynopsisTrade Review"One of The Atlantic's Best Books of 2018"
£22.50
Princeton University Press Aporophobia
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Cortina has written a significant work of social philosophy that deserves close attention in the Anglophone world. Aporophobia is a provocative book that will stimulate discussion, argument and investigation."---Nick Haslam, The Conversation
£20.90
Princeton University Press Dark Matters
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year 2021""Honorable Mention for the Journal of the History of Philosophy Book Prize""Van der Lugt succeeds brilliantly in her aim of setting aside the arid technical disputes in which philosophy often seems (at least to the layman) to be enmeshed, and applying it with compelling urgency to perennial and fundamental moral questions."---Ritchie Robertson, Times Literary Supplement"This is a highly readable, elegantly written and sophisticated study that even non-philosophers will find accessible and illuminating, and perhaps also inspiring."---Steven Nadler, Literary Review"Engaged and engaging."---Julian Young, Society"Reading this book is a rare event and something of an adventure in that it is as solidly argued as it is eloquent and as learned as it is moving. Those who feel philosophers no longer care to address truly vital issues are especially in for a treat."---Wiep van Bunge, British Journal for the History of Philosophy"[Van der Lugt] handles these ‘dark matters’—evil, suffering, suicide—with admirable delicacy. As such her book is an invaluable source for anyone interested in the history of human thinking about evil and suffering, hope and consolation."---Maikki Aakko, Heythrop Journal"Prospective readers of Dark Matters should come to this work first of all for van der Lugt’s masterclass in exegesis of Enlightenment philosophy and cultural criticism. Readers should stay for her personal insights into the problem of suffering and her ingenious insistence on pessimism as a moral source. Don’t be fooled by its somber title; Dark Matters is a treasure-trove of moral argument and inspired philosophical insights that left this reader consoled and hopeful."---David Greder, Reading Religion"A monumental achievement." * The Philosopher *
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Princeton University Press Parfit
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A Seminary Co-Op Notable Book of the Year""A Prospect Book of the Year: Lives""A FiveBooks Best Philosophy Book of the Year""Offering more than a thinker’s life and career, Parfit is a crash course in the evolution of moral philosophy, and the best account I have read of what “doing philosophy” entails. . . . Superb."---Heller McAlpin, Wall Street Journal"Parfit is written engagingly, ably balancing philosophy and biography. Readers outside the field will find Edmonds’s descriptions of Parfit’s philosophical contributions fascinating and clear. . . . Parfit’s philosophy was philosophy at its best and Parfit is an excellent introduction to that philosophy and the life in which it grew to occupy such a central role."---Oliver Traldi, Washington Post"The best intellectual biography I’ve ever read."---Paul Bloom, author of The Sweet Spot"Edmonds has pulled it off, and few could be better suited to the task. . . . He writes stylishly, with a light touch. The book is packed with anecdotes that leaven the discussion of Parfit’s weighty professional output."---Sarah Richmond, Times Literary Supplement"Parfit made contributions to questions about identity, future generations, and freedom, but his central project was to argue for the objective nature of morality. Edmonds’s companionable biography tracks this work while assembling a portrait of how Parfit grew from a young boy with strong moral intuitions to a kind, perfectionistic man who believed that the stakes of his mission were so high that he should devote almost all of his waking hours to it." * New Yorker *"A lively new biography." * The Economist *"[Edmonds] manages to make Parfit’s cloistered, eccentric life of the mind a source of endless astonishment. . . .It is surely the best biography of a philosopher since Ray Monk’s hitherto peerless Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius."---Julian Baggini, Prospect"This fascinating biography. . .combines lucid philosophical exegesis with astute psychological analysis. Edmonds clearly loves his subject. . . and he documents his life with exhaustive honesty."---Jane O’Grady, Literary Review"This is both a fabulous book and a necessary biography of a significant Oxford academic who a lot of people have sort of heard of but can’t quite place. . . . It will be a curiously dull reader to complete this volume and not be affected by some of the powerful ideas that are raised along the way."---Richard Lofthouse, QUAD"A fascinating and important person. I do highly recommend the biography."---Diane Coyle, Enlightened Economist"Very readable."---Nigel Warburton, The New European"Rich and dense. . . . Parfit is a tremendous fabric of stories, memories, references, personal testimonies, research material and original quotations, and it is an equally, tremendously, heartfelt invitation to feel and engage with the rhythm and presence of a life. It is absorbing, fascinating, replete with occasions for pause and reflection, full of echoes of lives past, lives lived, lives almost obsessively examined."---Mika Provata-Carlone, Bookanista"[A] gripping biography."---Joe Humphreys, The Irish Times"Superb, terrific. . . [Edmonds] reconstructs a whole new world."---Cass Sunstein"It’s hard to imagine a more sympathetic, fair-minded, and appropriately skilled biographer for Parfit than David Edmonds. . . . [An] excellent biography."---Frank B. Farrell, Commonweal Magazine"David Edmonds has written an exemplary biography. It is thorough, revealing, and yet sympathetic, and written by someone who admires the life of someone he nevertheless confesses to find a very puzzling subject."---Simon Blackburn, Society"A sharp and sympathetic biography."---Michael Gibson, City Journal"Dave Edmonds is an adept populariser of recondite ideas and his book about Derek Parfit, the mysterious and reclusive philosopher who spent most of his adult life at All Souls College, is essential reading."---Jason Cowley, The Times "David Edmonds, himself philosophically trained, is a very engaging writer on the subject of philosophers’ lives. . . . He treats his reader with respect, but knows that a spoonful of gossip, or biography, helps the philosophy go down. I recommend [Parfit] highly."---Theodore Dalrymple, The Lamp
£25.20
Princeton University Press The Internet Is Not What You Think It Is
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Smith has given readers a fresh interpretation of the history of technology . . . and a keen sense that we don’t always know what the internet is doing to us."---Christine Rosen, Wall Street Journal"Smith traces the early internet through the outlandish ideas of Renaissance inventors, ill-fated fraudsters and forgotten polymaths. It’s a provocative reframing of the internet, a lament for what might have been, and a fresh way of thinking about what we’re doing when we spend endless hours scrolling online. . . . Smith avoids offering easy solutions to the current crisis but suggests that we might be able to reach back into the past in order to reorient the internet towards a more meaningful end."---Joshua Gabert-Doyon, Financial Times"This heady, unusual book sets out to view the internet—idealistic experiment, revolutionary communication tool, repository of amusing cat memes—through a longer conceptual history. Instead of the expected trips to research laboratories and US university campuses, there are detours via Buddhist thought and a 19th-century hoax involving a ‘snail telegraph.’ Idiosyncratic, fascinating stuff."---Rhiannon Davies and Matt Elton, BBC History Magazine"The Internet Is Not What You Think It Is begins as a negative critique of online life. . . . But the book’s second half progresses into deeper philosophical inquiries. . . . [Smith] ends by recognizing that the interface of the Internet, and the keyboard that gives him access to it, is less an external device than an extension of his questing mind."---Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker"While Smith addresses what is wrong with the web—especially compelling is his exploration of how it affects our attention and how it encourages us to trade our sense of self for 'an algorithmically plottable profile'—he is also offering a big picture vision of this machine-assisted communication as an extension of all forms of communication in nature."---Cameron Woodhead and Fiona Capp, Sydney Morning Herald"Smith wants to make us think differently about the internet and much of his book is spent explaining that many of the ideas behind its uses are, in fact, ancient, and he gives myriad fascinating examples."---Peter Neville-Hadley, South China Morning Post"Smith examines the alarming problems of the Internet in its contemporary incarnation and insightfully explores some of the historical antecedents of this technology."---Harvey Freedenberg, Shelf Awareness"In a book that meditates upon networks, webs, and connections, Smith’s astounding range becomes something of a method for revealing the interconnectedness of everything between stars and modems."---Trevor Quirk, Bookforum"[Smith] draws on centuries’ worth of philosophy to examine the pervasive reach of the internet in this enlightening survey. . . . A capable guide to why what’s online is there, and how it came to be." * Publishers Weekly *"Thoughtful. . . . A worthy critique of a technology in need of rethinking—and human control that seeks to free and not enchain." * Kirkus Reviews *"An accessible philosophy of the internet, taking stock along the way of the faults and dangers resulting from the internet's invasion into people's lives. Whatever one’s preconceptions about the internet, Smith makes a convincing case that the internet is something more than what one might have thought." * Choice *"One of the pleasures of Smith’s philosophical tour is to note how frequently the implementation of ideas and their consequences jump domains. . . . One of the great achievements of Smith’s book is to permit us to honor [Ada Lovelace’s] legacy, ambition, and achievement. . . while buttressing a healthy and necessary skepticism toward the claims of tech transcendence and the uniqueness of our moment."---Eric Banks, 4Columns"Smith wants to show that the internet is not new, it is just a refinement in the gossamer of perceptual probing that our species has woven into the world’s fabric to make near the distant. This arresting thesis is aided by the excellent writing. . . . The book is mostly enchantment."---Graham McAleer, Law & Liberty"Fascinating. . . .The book is an impressive and necessary reality check that situates the Internet in a historical context."---David Lorimer, Paradigm Explorer
£13.29
Princeton University Press Philosophy and Real Politics
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Stanford University Press Of Hospitality Cultural Memory in the Present
Book SynopsisConsisting of two texts on facing pages, the form of this presentation of two 1996 lectures on hospitality by Jacques Derrida is a self-conscious enactment of its content. Invitation by Anne Dufourmantelle appears on the left (an invitation that of course originates a response), clarifying and inflecting Derrida's "response" on the right.Trade Review"Of Hospitality provides us with a glimpse of Jacques Derrida as not only the brilliant thinker and writer readers have long admired but as the masterful lecturer and pedagogue his students have long known. . . . Of Hospitality should find a welcome audience not only among faithful readers of Derrida but among all those who are open enough to hear the knock at their borders or their doors."—L'Esprit Créateur"Both lectures [in the book] deserve credit not only for representing a significant step in Derrida's reflection on ethics and politics but also for prompting us to begin our own deconstructive work and rethink our identity."—Symploke"The book clearly shows the political and ethical seriousness of Derrida's philosophical thought, and it is an important work for anyone who is working with those notions in light of thought about 'the other.'"—Religious Studies ReviewTable of ContentsTranslator's note 1. Invitation Anne Dufourmantelle 2. Foreigner question Jacques Derrida 3. Step of hospitality/no hospitality Jacques Derrida Notes.
£18.89
Fordham University Press Ordinary Ethics
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This book is a major contribution that has about it the excitement that comes with addressing genuinely fresh issues. Examining the ethics of everyday life as they are embodied in speech and other kinds of action, its contributors stake out an important new area of research. Certain to have a great impact on anthropology, this is book that should also be widely read by those in all fields who take ethics to be an important topic of study." -- -Joel Robbins University of California, San Diego "A forceful demonstration of what anthropology has to contribute to debates about ethics within moral philosophy." -- -Charles Hirschkind University of California, Berkeley
£33.25
Zone Books Expressionism in Philosophy
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£27.00
Stanford University Press Unpublished Fragments from the Period of Human,
Book SynopsisThis volume in The Complete Works presents the first English translations of Nietzsche's unpublished notebooks from Winter 1874/1875 through 1878, the period in which he developed the mixed aphoristic-essayistic mode that continued across the rest of his career. These notebooks comprise a range of different materials, including early drafts and near-final versions of aphorisms that would appear in both volumes of Human, All Too Human. Additionally, there are extensive notes for a never-completed Unfashionable Observation that was to be titled "We Philologists," early drafts for the final sections of "Richard Wagner in Bayreuth," plans for other possible publications, and detailed reading notes on philologists, philosophers, and historians of his era, including Friedrich August Wolf, Eugen Dühring, and Jacob Burckhardt. Through this volume, readers gain insight into Nietzsche's emerging sense of himself as a composer of complexly orchestrated, stylistically innovative philosophical meditations—influenced by, but moving well beyond, the modes used by aphoristic precursors such as Goethe, La Rochefoucauld, Vauvenargues, and Schopenhauer. Further, these notebooks allow readers to trace more closely Nietzsche's development of ideas that remain central to his mature philosophy, such as the contrast between free and constrained spirits, the interplay of national, supra-national, and personal identities, and the cultural centrality of the process of Bildung as formation, education, and cultivation. With this latest book in the series, Stanford continues its English-language publication of the famed Colli-Montinari edition of Nietzsche's complete works, which include the philosopher's notebooks and early unpublished writings. Scrupulously edited so as to establish a new standard for the field, each volume includes an Afterword that presents and contextualizes the material it contains.
£23.39
Columbia University Press Dark Ecology
Book SynopsisTimothy Morton explores the foundations of the ecological crisis to reestablish our ties to nonhuman beings and rediscover playfulness and joy. Dark ecology puts us in an uncanny position of radical self-knowledge, illuminating our place in the biosphere and our belonging to a species in a sense that is far less obvious than we like to think.Trade ReviewIn often witty and humorous language, Timothy Morton provides a kind of affective atlas for the human era. The book calls for scholars to recognize the structures of entwinement between (the human) species and ecological phenomena and to develop modes of thought for accommodating them. -- Kate Marshall, University of Notre DameDark Ecology is a brave, brilliant interrogation of the presumptions that have driven our approach to the ecological and environmental challenges of our era. Anyone who is willing to ride the rollercoaster of ideas on which Morton takes us will reach the end brimming with new conceptual and intellectual energies with which to face up to our present limits and failures and to shape an alive and joyful future. -- Imre Szeman, University of AlbertaMorton is a master of philosophical enigma. In Dark Ecology he treats us to an obscure ecognosis, the essentially unsolvable riddle of ecological being. Prepare to be endarkened! -- Michael Marder, author of The Philosopher's Plant and PyropoliticsMorton commands readers' attention with his free-form style.... [Dark Ecology] extends his previous work to offer a seismically different vision of the future of ecology and humankind. * Publishers Weekly *With touches of humor, bits of information drawn from literature (ancient Latin and Greek), and plenty of philosophy, Morton takes readers on a strongly philosophical and semantic tour of 'the darkness and light' of human interrelatedness with the biosphere. * Choice *A playful, poetic parsing of our era's environmental crisis. * Rice Magazine *A rewarding hike. * Library Journal *Timothy Morton's new work by turns fascinates, mystifies, stuns, confuses, and excites...Readers who seek new vocabularies for thinking about the Anthropocene and the vexed relation between human society and biological life will find a lot to work with. * British Society for Literature and Science *[A] radical vision of what ecological thought can be. * Los Angeles Review of Books *Morton’s provocative book urges the reader to braid, to twist, or to play cat’s cradle with its looping logic. * Critical Inquiry *Morton disrupts the customary assumption that industrialization is the root cause of ecological crisis, such crisis being already contained in the agrilogistic drawing of a sharp boundary between human and nonhuman worlds. -- Charlene Elsby * The Canadian Society for Continental Philosophy *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsBeginning After the EndThe First ThreadThe Second ThreadThe Third ThreadEnding Before the BeginningNotesIndex
£18.00
Harvard University Press Making Monsters
Book SynopsisIt is tempting to believe that dehumanization is an excess of rhetoric—that no one thinks his foe is truly monstrous. David Livingstone Smith argues otherwise, showing that when we dehumanize our enemies, we consider them both human and not. Dehumanization is a genuine psychological response to political manipulation, with harrowing consequences.Trade ReviewNo one is doing better work on the psychology of dehumanization than David Livingstone Smith, and he brings to bear an impressive depth and breadth of knowledge in psychology, philosophy, history, and anthropology. Making Monsters is a landmark achievement which will frame all future work on the psychology of dehumanization. -- Eric Schwitzgebel, author of A Theory of Jerks and Other Philosophical MisadventuresA fascinating and rich book that combines philosophical and historical sophistication. Even—indeed especially—those who disagree markedly with Smith’s views about dehumanization, like me, will benefit from wrestling with his lucid, important arguments. -- Kate Manne, author of Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts WomenMaking Monsters is a wonderful book in so many ways. It is thoughtful, scholarly, and accessible, comprehensive and compelling—a tremendous accomplishment that will enrich our understanding of some of the darker part of our human condition. -- Lori Gruen, author of Entangled EmpathyMaking Monsters is a historically informed and theoretically rich exploration of how and why we dehumanize one another. Scientifically sophisticated and interdisciplinary in scope, Smith’s vivid use of examples transforms his book from a valuable scholarly treatise into an urgent and timely manifesto. -- Charlotte Witt, author of The Metaphysics of GenderIf you’ve ever wondered “How could they?” David Livingstone Smith’s brilliant Making Monsters will help you understand the callous brutality of race crimes and the psychology of dehumanization. With a steady hand, Smith leads us through a wide swath of the worst of human crimes and distills into his own insightful account the research explaining the social and psychological mechanisms that enable ordinary people to do monstrous deeds. This illuminating book is a major contribution to the urgent project of understanding the psychology of dehumanization in the hope of preventing future atrocities. -- Lynne Tirrell, University of ConnecticutIlluminating…It is cutting insights…along with thoughtful speculations on how dehumanization is nurtured—through racism, ideology, and the power of hierarchical structures—that makes this such an invaluable study, particularly at this time. -- Bill Marx * Arts Fuse *In this book, David Livingstone Smith’s concern is how human beings can come to conceive of other human beings ‘as subhuman creatures’—a phenomenon that is not limited to a single culture or a specific, isolated historical period…A very worthwhile read. -- Linda Roland Danil * Human Rights Quarterly *
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Oxford University Press Whats Wrong with Rights
Book SynopsisAre natural rights ''nonsense on stilts'', as Jeremy Bentham memorably put it? Must the very notion of a right be individualistic, subverting the common good? Should the right against torture be absolute, even though the heavens fall? Are human rights universal or merely expressions of Western neo-imperial arrogance? Are rights ethically fundamental, proudly impervious to changing circumstances? Should judges strive to extend the reach of rights from civil Hamburg to anarchical Basra? Should judicial oligarchies, rather than legislatures, decide controversial ethical issues by inventing novel rights? Ought human rights advocates learn greater sympathy for the dilemmas facing those burdened with government?These are the questions that What''s Wrong with Rights? addresses. In doing so, it draws upon resources in intellectual history, legal philosophy, moral philosophy, moral theology, human rights literature, and the judgments of courts. It ranges from debates about property in medieval Christendom, through Confucian rights-scepticism, to contemporary discussions about the remedy for global hunger and the justification of killing. And it straddles assisted dying in Canada, the military occupation of Iraq, and genocide in Rwanda.What''s Wrong with Rights? concludes that much contemporary rights-talk obscures the importance of fostering civic virtue, corrodes military effectiveness, subverts the democratic legitimacy of law, proliferates publicly onerous rights, and undermines their authority and credibility. The solution to these problems lies in the abandonment of rights-fundamentalism and the recovery of a richer public discourse about ethics, one that includes talk about the duty and virtue of rights-holders.Trade Reviewa welcomed addition to the current discussion. Biggar's previous work on the ethics of war gives him a unique angle to approach cases of rights talk, focusing on specific instances such as torture and killing in war. He makes a strong case for making rights the conclusion of a process of moral consideration rather than a foundational starting point to which everything else must yield. * Todd A. Scacewater, Journal of Language, Culture, and Religion *This is a scholarly book worth reading and a critique worth constructively engaging with. * Ethna Regan, Studies in Christian Ethics *Courageous ... What's Wrong With Rights? is a rich and challenging book. Not everyone will agree with Biggar's views, but anyone writing about human rights who wishes to be taken seriously will need to engage with his arguments. * Jonathan Sumption, The Times *I...commend this book for its clarity of reasoning and its engagement with fundamental issues with which we should all be discussing. * John Duddington, Law and Justice *A brilliant, provocative and intelligent book. * Simon Heffer, The Daily Telegraph *A thought-provoking work of scholarship... [a] compelling challenge to sloppy rights-thinking. * Craig Purshouse, Times Literary Supplement *This encyclopaedic study provides a marvellous survey of the complex field of rights and raises important questions as to the growing use of rights language. * R. Dean Drayton, International Journal of Public Theology *...A powerfully reasoned intellectual history of the sceptical tradition from the 1780s to the present day. [Biggar is] a discriminating guide rather than an anti-rights ideologist, and his analysis of these traditions is intricate, exacting and fair. While clearly Christian in his perspective, he keeps claims from authority, especially divine authority, firmly in their place * Michael Ignatieff, Literary Review *It is a rigorously reasoned argument and ... Biggar succeeds brilliantly in deflating the inordinate claims made for rights today...Along with being a profound study in moral and political philosophy, this is also a devastating and highly topical attack on the belief that ethical dilemmas can be resolved by 'an oligarchy of judges' expanding existing rights and conjuring up new ones...Over the past two decades, Biggar has produced a body of work of the highest intellectual quality which has made him one of the leading living Western ethicists. * John Gray, New Statesman *Quietly, cautiously, and with careful scholarly integrity, Professor Biggar has derailed a gravy train. Should the UK withdraw from the jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights? Should it repeal or redraft the Human Rights Act 1998 and the Equality Act 2010? The result would surely be petitions, denunciations, hostile crowds, the toppling of statues, the banning of speakers, self-righteous lawyers. But all this happens already; what is there to lose? Thanks to Biggar, we see how much there is to gain. It is time for philosophical arguments, won in the pages of this important book, to be translated into legislation. * Jonathan Clark, The Critic *This scholarly, but nonetheless most readable, book makes an important contribution to the debate about to be had when the UK Government takes forward its promised (some would say threatened) new Commission on the Constitution, Democracy and Human Rights. No stranger to controversy, Professor Biggar argues in effect that the assertion of human rights has got out of hand. He pulls no punches and takes no prisoners. This is a penetrating examination of the relationship between rights and responsibilities and reflects many of the concerns expressed in Jonathan Sumption's 2019 Reith Lectures. * Lord Simon Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood *What's Wrong With Rights? isone of the most remarkable scholarly achievements I know of:it deftly addresses a wide variety of theoretical and practical problems of great normative importance; it engages with a vast and complex legal, philosophical, and theological literature about the morality of rights; it articulates plausible assessments of the most important contributions to that literature; and perhaps most importantly, the topics it addresses are at the very heart of political discourse in contemporary liberal polities. I cannot recommend it more highly. * Christopher Eberle, Professor of Philosophy at the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis *With the noble post-World War II human rights project increasingly imperiled by misunderstanding and manipulation, Nigel Biggar's new book is a major contribution to clear thinking about what we mean when we speak of rights. Whether or not they agree with his conclusions, friends of human rights everywhere should welcome this timely and informative analysis of what's wrong with rights and what needs to be done to put them right. * Mary Ann Glendon, Learned Hand Professor of Law at Harvard University and author of Rights Talk (1991) *Despite its eye-catching title, this book is neither a rejection of rights as such nor of natural morality, but a keen-eyed critique of natural rights in particular. In a discussion both dazzlingly wide-ranging and compellingly concrete, Nigel Biggar shows how natural rights talk undermines appropriate acknowledgement of the contingent, circumstantial character of political and ethical judgments. We do well to recognize that rights are paradigmatically legal and enrich ethical discourse by attending to virtues and duties as much as to rights. What's Wrong with Rights is the most significant Christian ethical contribution to reflection on rights since Nicholas Wolterstorff's Justice: Rights and Wrongs. * Jennifer Herdt, Gilbert L. Stark Professor of Christian Ethicsat Yale Divinity School *What's Wrong With Rights? is magisterial, combining theology, intellectual history, and detailed attention to particular cases and examples. Biggar is not afraid of making controversial judgements and works towards them in a manner that is honest and transparent, always commanding respect. At a deeper level, his book invites the reader to engage in debates about rights, maybe to disagree, but to do so from within a richer moral tradition, which gives more opportunity for insight, nuance, and dissent. The possibility arises of not only better judgements, but better disagreements. Both robust and generous, this landmark book represents a leading theological ethicist writing at the height of his powers. * Christopher Insole, Professor of Philosophical Theology and Ethics at Durham University *Rights talk has dominated public discourse for the past seventy years. But our political disagreements are worse than ever. Nigel Biggar not only explains what happened, he also proposes a comprehensive way forward. We need to move beyond "rights fundamentalism", and retrieve a richer public discourse that emphasizes duty, virtue, and the concrete challenges facing a political community. Crossing the boundaries of theology, philosophy, history, and law, Biggar's incisive analysis shows why talking about "natural rights" isn't helpful: defining, defending, and balancing rights always requires well-functioning legal institutions. * Cathleen Kaveny, Darald and Juliet Libby Professor of Law and Theology at Boston College *What's Wrong with Rights?is a finely crafted review of the history of rights and an insightful assessment of contemporary discussions across a range of disciplines and contexts. Nigel Biggar raises important basic questions for theology, ethics, and law, and this book will reshape our ways of thinking about rights in all three fields. * Robin W. Lovin, Cary M. Maguire University Professor Emeritus of Ethics at Southern Methodist University, Dallas *This is a critique of one of most fashionable and incoherent notions of our time, the idea that there are enforceable rights, 'natural' or 'human', that exist independently of collective human choice. It is original, thought-provoking, and carefully reasoned. Such rights have many supporters, and always will have. But they should not be taken seriously unless they are willing to engage with the ideas in this impressive book. * Lord Jonathan Sumption, QC, former Justice of the Supreme Court of the UK *What's Wong With Rights? is a timely, wide-ranging, and historically informed book that subjects the prevailing human rights culture, in its various manifestations, to a strong dose of Burkean scepticism. Philosophers will be provoked by his thesis that rights are paradigmatically the creatures of law and form no part of natural morality. Lawyers will be challenged by the vigorous criticisms of what Biggar views as the illegitimate employment of rights vocabulary as a mean of enforcing the moral and political views of an "oligarchy of judges". This is an iconoclastic book that deserves to be reckoned with in the serious conversation about the nature and limits of rights that we desperately need. * John Tasioulas, Yeoh Professor of Politics, Philosophy, and Law at King's College London *This is a cleverly titled, crisply written, and largely clear-eyed engagement with the history, concept, and limits of rights and right talk in the Western tradition and beyond.Nigel Biggar brings a big analytical mind and deft pen to the task — and a pair of sharp elbows too. He engages a substantial library of human rights scholarship and case law with critical acuity and philosophical originality, concluding with a cautious and conditional endorsement of rights. * John Witte, Jr, Robert W. Woodruff Professor of Law and McDonald Distinguished Professor, Emory University School of Law, and Director of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion, Emory University *Biggar's method in discussing the intellectual history of rights is to distil the most notable expressions of the 200-year-old British tradition of scepticism about natural rights into a set of main objections. * Esther D. Reed, University of Exeter, Modern Believing *Biggar's method in discussing the intellectual history of rights is to distil the most notable expressions of the 200-year-old British tradition of scepticism about natural rights into a set of main objections. * Esther D. Reed, University of Exeter, Modern Believing *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction 1: Are there Natural Rights? 1: The Sceptical Tradition 2: Are there Natural Rights? 2: The Sceptical Critique and Rights before 1776 3: Are there Natural Rights? 3: The Sceptical Critique and Rights after 1776 4: Are there Natural Rights? 4: The Sceptical Critique and the modern Roman Catholic Tradition 5: Are there Natural Rights? 5: The Sceptical Critique and Contemporary Theories 6: What's Wrong with Subjective Rights? 7: Are there Absolute Rights? 8: Are Human Rights Universal? 9: What's Wrong with Rights in Ethics? 10: What's Wrong with (some) Judges? 1: Al-Skeini, Al-Jedda, Smith, and the Fog of War 11: What's Wrong with (some) Judges? 2: Carter and the Invention of a Right to 'Physician-assisted Dying' 12: What's Wrong with (some) Human Rights Lawyers? Conclusion Bibliography
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Princeton University Press How to Be Free
Book SynopsisTrade Review"One of Michael Dirda's Best Books of 2018""Princeton University Press’s new edition of Epictetus’s Encheiridion and selected Discourses, titled How to Be Free: An Ancient Guide to the Stoic Life, is the latest entry in a wave of works, both popular and scholarly, on Stoicism. . . . How to Be Free seeks to bridge the worlds of both kinds of readers. Translated and introduced by Long, a renowned scholar of Stoicism and classics professor at UC Berkeley, the work presents the Greek text and English translation on facing pages. While the original text is, well, Greek to me, Long’s translation is sharp and straightforward — qualities always associated with Epictetus’s teachings."---Robert Zaretsky, Los Angeles Review of Books"A remarkable insight."---Ryan Holiday, Medium"Anybody who is about to go into a party or pool with people that are likely to try our patience can benefit from reading a couple of paragraphs from this book to reaffirm one’s determination to remain stoic in this disheveled wilderness." * Pennsylvania Literary Journal *"Any book that offers Stoic wisdom, whether diluted or updated, translated or condensed into bullet points, is meeting a perennial human need."---Rachel Hadas, Hudson Review
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Princeton University Press The Tyranny of Guilt
Book SynopsisFascism, communism, genocide, slavery, racism, and imperialism - the West has no shortage of reasons for guilt. And, indeed, since the Holocaust and the end of World War II, Europeans in particular have been consumed by remorse. This title argues that obsessive guilt has obscured important realities.Trade Review"The Tyranny of Guilt is one of the landmark books of our time. With humour, depth, breadth, restraint and great insight Bruckner diagnoses an infuriating era... Pascal Bruckner's short book is one of the most vital published in recent years. If the civilisation which it explains survives then I suspect his book will have played as important a part as any piece of writing could in determining that outcome."--Douglas Murray, Literary Review "That Bruckner's talents defy classification might help to account for the relatively understated reception of his work on this side of the Atlantic. This situation is likely to change soon: along with The Tyranny of Guilt, Princeton University Press will also publish Perpetual Euphoria... Bruckner is a bold and eloquent and important thinker."--Richard Wolin, New Republic "[The Tyranny of Guilt] is a work of bracing lucidity and exhilarating perception... Europe needs to rethink its attitude towards its past if it is to build a more inclusive and dynamic future. As this exceptional book so emphatically shows, guilt is a luxury we can no longer afford."--Andrew Anthony, The Observer "When it comes to the sweaty metabolism of guilt, Bruckner is perhaps the most accomplished anatomist since Nietzsche. (He is also, like Nietzsche, an extraordinary stylist, commanding a sinewy, memorably epigrammatic prose.) ... Ferociously intelligent, passionately argued, stylistically brilliant."--Roger Kimball, National Review "As a result of his literary background and immersion in the fiery French essayist tradition, he writes in a sparkling prose, captured well here by his translator, Steven Rendall. The resulting tone is redolent for Anglo-Saxon readers of an earlier era, when social critics like Marx or Nietzsche conveyed their ideas with combative gravitas. Beneath Bruckner's eloquence is a serious message: we remain prisoners of a white guilt whose victim is its supposed beneficiary... [T]his is a stirring and important book."--Eric Kaufmann, Prospect "Mr. Bruckner cites literary figures, journalists and intellectuals throughout the Western world making the case that whatever punishment the West has been made to suffer--e.g., the horrors of 9/11--are merely well deserved."--Wall Street Journal "Bruckner's book is controversial at times, but he does a wonderful job of combining passionate writing with a well-argued critique of modern Europe."--Library Journal "[Pascal Bruckner's] angry book could change a whole civilization's opinion, if only that civilization had sense enough to pay attention."--Robert Fulford, National Post "In the end, Bruckner's real theme is something deeper and broader: Western guilt and the resulting lack of self-belief. Again, he sees the origins of this in a guilty conscience, and there is an echo here of debates sixty or more years ago over Communism."--Geoffrey Wheatcroft, National Interest "[M]agnificent."--Standpoint Magazine "These provocative statements undergird Bruckner's brilliant polemic arguing that European remorse for the sins of imperialism, fascism, and racism has gripped the continent to the point of stifling its creativity, destroying its self-confidence, and depleting its optimism."--Daniel Pipes, National Review Online "Bruckner shows how selective we are about teaching history and how our media is obsessed with only one struggle (Israel/Palestine) while ignoring others (Sudan/Darfur). The essay, translated into clear American English, is provocative, scholarly and accessible."--Julia Pascal, The Independent "In Pascal Bruckner's recent essay The Tyranny of Guilt, we finally get an argument that should move those ready away from the masochistic acceptance of blame for every bad thing in the world."--Stanley Crouch, Daily Beast "Bruckner's originality lies in taking the narcissism of Western guilt and using the old distinction between repentance, where one resolves to find absolution by doing better, and remorse, where one wallows in perpetual penitence, to create a synthesis of great explanatory power."--Nick Cohen, The Australian "As the Obama administration and congressional Democrats work to make the United States a more European-style society, The Tyranny of Guilt arrives at the right time (and kudos to Princeton University Press for publishing such a bracing, politically incorrect book). Pascal Bruckner, who remains a man of the left in some sense, recognizes the true genius of the West--and the capacity of its brightest minds to forget that genius or, worse, condemn it."--Brian Anderson, New Criterion "[Bruckner's] basic thesis is that the entire western world is addicted to wallowing in guilt about the past, and that the root of it all is roughly religious--stemming from the notion of original sin. Bruckner's most vivid illustration of our addiction to guilt is that so many thinkers and commentators could greet the murder of 3,000 people on September 11, 2001, with cries of 'we had it coming.'"--Irish Independent "Bruckner, a French intellectual, argues brilliantly if controversially it's high time the West lighten up, bring historical perspective to itself, celebrate its more prosperous institutions, and stop hamstringing its relations with other groups."--Miriam Cosic, Australian "It's no put-down of Pascal Bruckner's latest book to say I enjoyed it in the same way I enjoyed the Daily Express, although his canvas is bigger and his style more literary and erudite... In this work, [Bruckner] has many shrewd insights into contemporary Europe."--Tara McCormack, Spiked "Pascal Bruckner has written a passionate meditation that many, especially on the Left, will find provocative. One might even hope that this little book will awaken European thinkers from their dogmatic slumber and lead them to consider the advantages and disadvantages of history for European civic life."--Daniel DiSalvo, SocietyTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 Chapter One: Guilt Peddlers 5 The Irremediable and Despondency 6 The Ideology That Stammers 9 The Self-Flagellants of the Western World 13 A Thirst for Punishment 22 Chapter Two: The Pathologies of Debt 27 Placing the Enemy in One's Heart 28 The Vanities of Self-Hatred 33 One-Way Repentance 40 The False Quarrel over Islamophobia 47 Chapter Three: Innocence Recovered 57 How Central Is the Near East? 59 "Zionism, the Criminal DNA of Humanity" 62 Unmasking the Usurper 67 A Delicate Arbitrage 74 America Doubly Damned 80 Chapter Four: The Fanaticism of Modesty 87 A Tardy Conversion to Virtue 88 The Empire of Emptiness 90 The Pacification of the Past 93 The Guilty Imagination 96 Recovering Self-Esteem 100 The Twofold Lesson 106 Chapter Five: The Second Golgotha 111 Misinterpretations of Auschwitz 113 Hitlerizing History 117 The Twofold Colonial Nostalgia 127 Chapter Six: Listen to My Suffering 139 On Victimization as a Career 140 Protect Minorities or Emancipate the Individual? 148 What Duty of Memory? 157 Chapter Seven: Depression in Paradise: France, a Symptom and Caricature of Europe 167 A Universal Victim? 168 The Wild Ass's Skin 176 Who Are the Reactionaries? 179 The Triumph of Fear 183 Metamorphosis or Decline? 186 Chapter Eight: Doubt and Faith: The Quarrel between Europe and the United States 193 To Be or to Have 194 The Troublemakers in History 199 The Archaism of the Soldier 203 The Swaggering Colossus 207 Conclusion 215 Postscript to the English Translation 223 Index 229
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Penguin Books Ltd How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life
Book Synopsis''A fun, fascinating, and original book that will challenge you to become a better version of yourself''Daniel H. Pink, author of DriveWhat does it take to be truly happy? Should we pursue fame and fortune or the respect of our friends and family? How can we make the world a better place? Two hundred and fifty years ago, Adam Smith addressed these fundamental questions in his life-long project, The Theory of Modern Sentiments.Dwarfed by the success of Smith''s masterpiece The Wealth of Nations, The Theory of Modern Sentiments has been virtually forgotten. But when Russ Roberts finally picked up the epic tome, he realized he''d stumbled upon the greatest self-help book that almost no one has read.In How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life, Roberts reinvigorates the neglected classic to unearth a treasure trove of timeless, practical wisdom that cuts to the core of what it means to be human. It will challenge you to think about the way you treat others, the decisions you make in pursuit of happiness, and your place in the world.Trade ReviewRoberts whisks the reader through Smith's "hidden gem" and skilfully blends modern examples with Smith's original, leaving you wanting to tackle his masterpiece * Financial Times *[Adam Smith's] moral values are rather neglected ... Happily, Russ Roberts has digested, condensed and commented upon Smith's theories of the good life ... the pursuit of happiness is not the pursuit of money * The Times *A great book. Makes you feel better about life, humanity, and yourself. Like having a conversation and a scotch with Adam Smith, or even better, Russ Roberts -- Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of The Black Swan'Can economists teach us how to live a good life? When the economists in question are Adam Smith and Russ Roberts, the answer is a definitive yes. Roberts shines a fresh light on Smith's ideas about morality and human nature and finds they hold up remarkably well in the 21st century. A fun, fascinating, and original book that will challenge you to become a better version of yourself' -- Daniel H. Pink, author of DriveAdam Smith was not just an economist; he had penetrating insights into human nature that informed his rich, subtle, and revolutionary approach to moral philosophy. Russ Roberts combines a deep understanding of what Smith was on about with a fluent writing style to bring out the surprisingly modern implications of Smith's thinking -- Matt Ridley, author of The Rational Optimist'Russ Roberts has taken a brilliant but difficult classic - Smith's Theory of Moral Sentiments - and written an engaging and inspiring meditation on virtue, friendship, and happiness. The result is a wonderful guide to living a good life' -- Jonathan Haidt, author of The Righteous Mind
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Oxford University Press Inc Born Free and Equal
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Princeton University Press On Human Nature
Book SynopsisTrade Review"One of Blackwell’s Best of Non-Fiction 2017"
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc A Study of Spinozas Ethics
Book SynopsisExpounds, compares, and criticises Spinoza's theses.Trade ReviewWith an astonishing erudition . . . and in a direct no-nonsense style, Bennett expounds, compares, and criticizes Spinoza's theses. . . . No one can fail to profit from it. Bennett has succeeded in making Spinoza a philosopher of our time. --W. N. A. Klever, Studia Spinoza
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Liberty Fund Inc Enforcement of Morals
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Princeton University Press How to Be a Leader
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Nuggets of wisdom for the budding leader . . . glimmer through an anthology that sometimes feels like a mashup of Polonius’s TED talk to Laertes and the epistolary musings of an aging historian."---Jonathan W. Jordan, Wall Street Journal"[How to Be a Leader is] one of the best leadership books I've read in a very long time—and not surprisingly, it was written a very long time ago. There's a reason Plutarch has been a favorite of thinkers and doers since the days of Ancient Rome. He's insightful. He's funny. He's a great story teller. He wasn't just a writer either, but like the best historians and philosophers, a practitioner of what he talked about. Highly recommend."---Ryan Holiday, Ryan Holiday Reading List Newsletter"In How to Be a Leader, Beneker provides fresh translations of Plutarch’s three most important political essays . . . Beneker’s book delivers on its promises. With regard to its aim—making the practical wisdom of the ancient world accessible for modern life—the book is a success."---Thierry V. Oppeneer, Bryn Mawr Classical Review"It is refreshing to see such public-facing editions undertaken by noted scholars."---Kristine M. Trego, Classical Review"Jeffrey Beneker's is a fresh, clear and accurate translation. . . . we cannot help but saying that the excellent material and graphical conditions of its printing make this book a definite “keeper” in any bibliophile's library."---Stefan Teodor, Classica et Christiana
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Animal Mind
Book SynopsisThe philosophy of animal minds addresses profound questions about the nature of mind and the relationships between humans and other animals.In this fully revised and updated introductory text, Kristin Andrews introduces and assesses the essential topics, problems, and debates as they cut across animal cognition and philosophy of mind, citing historical and cutting-edge empirical data and case studies throughout.The second edition includes a new chapter on animal culture. There are also new sections on the evolution of consciousness and tool use in animals, as well as substantially revised sections on mental representation, belief, communication, theory of mind, animal ethics, and moral psychology.Further features such as chapter summaries, annotated further reading, and a glossary make The Animal Mind an indispensable introduction to those teaching philosophy of mind, philosophy of animal minds or animal cognition. It will also be an Trade Review"Essential for anyone interested in the philosophy of animal cognition. Andrews expertly combines science and philosophy to show how rich, complex, and varied animal minds can be. She also shows how the study of animal minds can improve our understanding of consciousness, language, reason, culture, morality, human nature, and more. If you want a new appreciation of the many animals you share the world with, as well as of yourself, you should read this book." - Jeff Sebo, New York University, USAPraise for the first edition:"… Andrews explores the philosophy of animal cognition fairly thoroughly and clearly, including ideas, claims, and counterclaims. … The Animal Mind is not for skimming; it should be read slowly, a section at a time, digested, and read again. However, the knowledge gained is worth the time invested. … Summing Up: Recommended." - CHOICE"Andrews does not merely present the major theories and latest research into animal cognition. She also evaluates the quality of that research and the arguments advanced by notable philosophers, psychologists, ethologists and biologists. For readers unfamiliar with the terminology frequently used by specialists in those fields, Andrews includes a clear glossary. Likewise, the entire book is written in an engaging style, avoiding the mind-numbing tendencies that introductory textbooks can produce." - Philosophy in Review"Andrews is terrifically knowledgeable about both the philosophy and science of animal minds and is not above coaxing the rest of us into this notoriously difficult subject with the judicious use of anecdotes and stories. This is the best introduction to the subject currently available." - Dale Jamieson, New York University, USA"An outstanding, highly readable, and carefully argued introduction to a variety of increasingly important topics in philosophy. I can think of no better way to get philosophers and cognitive scientists up to speed on the issues, and I look forward to teaching this book in my own courses on animal minds." - Bryce Huebner, Georgetown University, USA"This thoughtful and well-informed book is a very useful guide to the philosophical and empirical literatures on animal minds. It is accessibly written and well-pitched for students." - José Luis Bermúdez, Texas A&M University, USA"The Animal Mind is an ideal text for introductory classes in the growing field of the philosophy of cognitive ethology. It is also an excellent work of philosophy—one that challenges received wisdom and speculates about future lines of research. As interest in animals grows among philosophers and psychologists, this book provides stimulating reading for students and scholars alike." - Edward Minar, University of Arkansas, USATable of ContentsPreface to the second edition Acknowledgments, first edition Introduction 1. Other minds 2. Understanding animal behavior 3. The science of other minds 4. Consciousness 5. Can animals think? 6. Communication 7. Social knowledge 8. Culture 9. Moral minds. Glossary Bibliography Index
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Vintage Publishing Five Moral Pieces
Book SynopsisEmbracing the web of multi-culturalism that has become a fact of contemporary life from New York to New Delhi, Eco argues that we are more connected to people of other traditions and customs than ever before, making tolerance the ultimate value in today''s world. What good, he asks in a talk delivered during the Gulf War, does war do in a world where the flow of goods, services, and information is unstoppable, and the enemy is always behind the lines? What makes news today, who decides how it will be presented and how does the way it is disseminated contribute to the widespread disillusionment with politics in general? In one of the most personal of the essays, Eco recalls experiencing liberation from fascism in Italy as a boy, and examines the various historical forms of fascism, always with an eye toward such ugly manifestations today. And finally, in an intensely personal open letter to an Italian Cardinal, Eco reflects on a question underlying all the reflections in the Trade ReviewA big hitter takes on big ethical issues... Eco sits himself down in the modern marketplace and notices what is really going on * The Times *For the sheer depth and clarity of his learning and wisdom, Eco has no living rival * Harpers & Queen *Eco is one of the most influential thinkers of our time * Los Angeles Times *Cogently argued and periodically sparkles with the kind of wit and insight that readers have come to expect from one of Italy's brightest minds * Library Journal *
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Oxford University Press Inc An Invitation to Feminist Ethics
Trade ReviewHilde Lindemann has updated her classic, readable text with timely new sections on currently pressing topics and concepts such as intersectionality, sexual harassment, and microaggressions. Lindemann continues to be one of the most engaging voices in feminist philosophy. This new edition is an ideal text for today's students of feminist philosophy, as well as an important contribution to the field in its own right. * Rebecca Kukla, Georgetown University *Outstanding! With characteristic clarity and insight Lindemann provides a valuable introduction to feminist ethics which is both rigorous and highly accessible. * Marya Schechtman, University of Chicago at Illinois *
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Oxford University Press Music and Social Justice A Guide for Elementary
Book SynopsisIn this book author Cathy Benedict offers practical suggestions to help elementary and middle school teachers and students think critically about the world around them, by engaging with themes such as friendship, racism, poverty, religion, and class.Trade ReviewBenedict thoughtfully includes potential lessons and questioning strategies to engage students critically. She outlines the opportunities for student voices to be heard and notes the potential pitfalls along the way ... Overall, this book is effective in questioning existing practices and pointing to some directions forward for music education, particularly at the elementary and middle school levels. * B. Haskett, CHOICE *In Music and Social Justice, Cathy Benedict carefully challenges our commonly held assumptions about enacting child-centered, inclusive, and socially just practices in the music classroom. This book is more than a guide, it is a philosophical meditation in action written by an inspired music educator who makes visible the thinking that informs action and the action that informs thinking. Benedict inspires us to think differently, to observe closely, and act more mindfully. * Carlos R. Abril, Professor of Music Education, University of Miami *Cathy Benedict's book comes at a most needed time in our educational and political history. She provides resources for opening up topics of race, gender, socioeconomics, bullying and religion in music and across school classrooms. Benedict's book offers many practical strategies for teaching social justice in K-8 music and beyond. This book might make teachers uncomfortable, but in a very welcoming way. * Maud Hickey, author of Music Outside the Lines: Ideas for Composing in K-12 Music Classrooms *Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1 - Listening and Responding: Dialogue in Practice Chapter 2 - Communicating Justice and Equity: Meeting the Other Chapter 3 - Friendship and Bullying: Interrogating Forced Narratives Chapter 4 - Soundscapes: Listening for Meaningful Relationships - In Conversation with Kelly Bylica Chapter 5 - Educating for Intelligent Belief or Unbelief Chapter 6 - Politics of Song Chapter 7 - Policy and Teaching: Establishing Change - In Conversation with Patrick Schmidt Afterword Index
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Oxford University Press Inc Of Mice and Primates
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Oxford University Press Inc Biopolitical Ethics in Global Cinema
Book SynopsisGlobal Cinema takes a new approach to world cinema through critical theory. Instead of taking a world tour of national cinemas or displaying their transnational exchanges, Seung-hoon Jeong here sheds light on contemporary films' reflections of global phenomena related to conflicting biopolitical and ethical facets of globalization.Trade ReviewFinally, a 'Global Cinema' book that has a point of view and a point to make— a powerful point that is driven home through ingenious analyses of films that have been harbingers of our recent dark past. This most intelligent, unblinking exploration of popular as well as art films radiates confidence in the cinema that walks with us, and, better, a belief in the world. * Dudley Andrew, Yale University *This is a most fascinating study of what world cinema reveals about our globalized world. This exceptionally comprehensive book provides insightful analysis of a wide variety of the most high-profile films from both Global Hollywood and Global Auteurs. From Skyfall to Jia Zhangke there is something here for anybody curious about how cinema illuminates the global nature of contemporary everyday life. Most crucially, Jeong expertly uncovers how an "abject agency" is revealed on screen which may yet gesture towards a hopeful and inclusive politics even for catastrophic times. * David Martin-Jones, University of Glasgow *Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Introduction: World Cinema in a Global Frame Part I. Abjection and Agency Chapter 1. Multicultural Conflicts in Post-Political Double Ethics Chapter 2. The Narrative of Double Death with Abject Agency Chapter 3. Sovereign Agents' Biopolitical Abjection in the Spy Film Part II. Catastrophe and Revelation Chapter 4. Law, Divine Violence, and the Sanctity of Life Chapter 5. From the Disaster Genre to the Cinema of Catastrophe Chapter 6. Human History in (Post-)Apocalyptic Cinema Chapter 7. The Time Loop of Catastrophe in the Mind-Game Film Part III. Community and Network Chapter 8. Narrative Formations of Community and Network Chapter 9. Nation, Transnationality, and Global Community as Totalized Network Part IV. Gift and Atopia Chapter 10. Alternative Ethics through the Paradox of the Gift Chapter 11. The Abject as Neighbor beyond Cultural Mediation Chapter 12. Atopian Networking and Positive Nihilism References Index
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Oxford University Press Inc Down Girl
Book SynopsisMisogyny is a hot topic, yet it''s often misunderstood. What is misogyny, exactly? Who deserves to be called a misogynist? How does misogyny contrast with sexism, and why is it prone to persist - or increase - even when sexist gender roles are waning? This book is an exploration of misogyny in public life and politics, by the moral philosopher and writer Kate Manne. It argues that misogyny should not be understood primarily in terms of the hatred or hostility some men feel toward all or most women. Rather, it''s primarily about controlling, policing, punishing, and exiling the bad women who challenge male dominance. And it''s compatible with rewarding the good ones, and singling out other women to serve as warnings to those who are out of order. It''s also common for women to serve as scapegoats, be burned as witches, and treated as pariahs.Manne examines recent and current events such as the Isla Vista killings by Elliot Rodger, the case of the convicted serial rapist Daniel Holtzclaw, who preyed on African-American women as a police officer in Oklahoma City, Rush Limbaugh''s diatribe against Sandra Fluke, and the misogyny speech of Julia Gillard, then Prime Minister of Australia, which went viral on YouTube. The book shows how these events, among others, set the stage for the 2016 US presidential election. Not only was the misogyny leveled against Hillary Clinton predictable in both quantity and quality, Manne argues it was predictable that many people would be prepared to forgive and forget regarding Donald Trump''s history of sexual assault and harassment. For this, Manne argues, is misogyny''s oft-overlooked and equally pernicious underbelly: exonerating or showing himpathy for the comparatively privileged men who dominate, threaten, and silence women.Trade ReviewKate Manne's Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny combines traditional conceptual analysis and feminist conceptual engineering with critical exploration of cases drawn from popular culture and current events in order to produce an ameliorative account of misogyny, that is, one that will help address the problems of misogyny in the actual world. The result is a timely, engaging, and relatively accessible account of a phenomenon that, in a variety of ways, structures the lives of millions. * Nora Berenstain, Mind *Manne's elucidation of misogyny's logic is interesting and illuminating ... [her] extensive use of real-world examples to illustrate and argue for her understanding of misogyny is laudable and exemplary of good philosophising. * Mari Mikkola, Australasian Journal of Philosophy *In Down Girl, Kate Manne does a jaw-droppingly brilliant job of explaining gender and power dynamics which have always been purposefully muddied, but which shape how and to whom sympathy and presumptions of full humanity accrue. Manne's work has been invaluable to me and so many others fighting to make sense of the world and who has power within it. You will understand our current moment far better and more easily after having read Down Girl. Perceptive, bold, stylishly written and bracingly clear eyed, Down Girl is one of the best books I have ever read on gender and power; I will never stop learning from it. * Rebecca Traister, author of Good and Mad *Down Girl leaves the reader wanting more, and Manne eagerly invites both scholars and her general audience to fill in those gaps. Rich conversations and literatures will surely follow in this book's wake. * Thomas E. Randall, Hypatia Reviews *Manne's book is a forensic and clever analysis which provides the cogs and wheels of how the system of patriarchal policing works, in our minds, as well as in our world. ... For the ordinary thinker concerned about societal oppression, Down Girl offers a sharply cut prism through which to view our everyday experience. * Afua Hirsch, Times Literary Supplement *Kate Manne has written a deeply moving and powerful book. It is politically engaged philosophical analysis at its best. * Sarah Song, University of California, Berkeley *Persuasively defining "misogyny" as hostile, demeaning, shaming, and punitive treatment of women, Down Girl brings out the misogynist logic of contemporary culture with wit and urgency. In this book "misogyny" emerges as the law enforcement branch of patriarchy, and thus as a concept that fully deserves a place alongside "patriarchy" and "sexism" as a fundamental tool for feminist analysis. Combining conceptual clarity with passionate commitment, Down Girl is indispensable reading for anyone who wishes to understand the ugly strand of hostility to women that has surfaced in recent years in our so-called advanced Western societies. * Toril Moi, Duke University *Despite its somber topic, Kate Manne's Down Girl made me very happy, exhilarated indeed by its insight, analytical clarity, and committed engagement with a major issue of justice. I've been thinking and teaching about sexism and misogyny for a long time, but this book opened up fresh perspectives, for example in its convincing distinction between sexism as a set of beliefs and misogyny as an enforcement strategy. Each thoughtful person will have her own sense of where to locate the root of injustice to women, but Manne's cogent argument that misogyny is primarily about the demand that women give support, service, and care is surely at least one big part of the story of our turbulent times. * Martha C. Nussbaum, University of Chicago *Kate Manne's brilliant Down Girl is a welcome antidote to the view that philosophy is - or should be - detached and otherworldly. In it, philosophy meets reality and the stakes are nothing less than life and death. Drawing on literature, television, film, social media, current events, and scientific research, Manne's unflinching and bracingly original account defines misogyny in terms of what it does: it polices and punishes women for not fulfilling their time-honored role of catering to men's needs and desires. Among its many other virtues, her analysis explains why, even as women are achieving greater equality, misogyny's stranglehold doesnt show signs of loosening anytime soon. A must-read for all who struggle to make sense of contemporary culture and politics. * Susan J. Brison, Dartmouth College *Manne's important new book deploys the tools of analytic moral philosophy to construct an arresting account of the logic of misogyny. It is sure to become a key reference point for future discussions of this vital, but hitherto sadly neglected, topic. * John Tasioulas, King's College London *Manne offers us a deep, insightful, and thought-provoking - if depressing - account of misogyny in America. This is a path-breaking book. It couldn't come at a more auspicious time. * Ruth Chang, Rutgers University *Manne's Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny is excruciatingly well-timed, providing a theoretical framework for a phenomenon baring itself before us, perverse and pervasive... Down Girl reminds us that while revealing individual misogynists is hard, uprooting misogyny is much harder. * Carlos Lozada, The Washington Post *Manne brings a fresh analysis to our assumed understanding of misogyny and the related term sexism. As a feminist and moral philosopher... not a single book or article-length treatment [in the field] had been devoted to unpacking what it is and how it works. Historians, pay attention. Manne has stepped up to fill this gap... Manne as a feminist philosopher breaks new ground in a field that is in need of new perspectives...Having fought for recognition for the legitimacy of their method, feminist philosophers are firmly committed to excavating the political, epistemological, and moral aspects of gender relations. Down Girl should encourage historians who trace changes in the meaning and the context of language to revisit some of the old standby terms of feminism. * Lilian Calles Barger, Society for US Intellectual History *Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny by feminist philosopher Kate Manne... argues that misogyny pits women against each other: the good wife vs. "feminazis." At a time when high-profile sexual predators have been exposed, I can't imagine a more relevant read. * Carrie Tirado Bramen, Times Higher Education *Kate Manne's Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny provides an important and compelling analysis of a phenomenon that's everywhere. Out of Manne's thoughtful analysis, of not just much-debated high-profile events but also everyday experiences, emerge insight after insight into the what, why, when, and how of misogyny. Manne also gifts us a marvelous neologism to capture the exculpatory and even empathic attitudes sometimes expressed towards misogynistic men: "himpathy." * Cordelia Fine, The Big Issue *This new book from Kate Manne, a professor of philosophy at Cornell University, makes a compelling argument for treating misogyny as a culture-wide system, not just a matter of individual bigotry. * Max Fisher and Amanda Taub, The New York Times' The Interpreter Newsletter *It is difficult to imagine a more timely moment for Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny. Manne is a professor of philosophy at Cornell University, and she uses the abstract tools of her discipline to parse current events. Her guiding question is as troubling as it is straightforward-to quote the comedian John Oliver: "Why is misogyny still a thing?" Within the parameters that Down Girl sets for itself, the account of misogyny it provides is compelling. * Moira Weigel, The Guardian *Cornell University philosophy professor Kate Manne is on a mission to define "misogyny." While we're culturally familiar with sexism, Manne argues in her forthcoming book Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny that misogyny has been woefully conflated with sexism though they have different uses. Misogyny, in Manne's estimation, is about "controlling, policing, punishing, and exiling the 'bad' women who challenge male dominance." Through the lens of the 2016 election as well as the 2014 Isla Vista killings, the case of serial rapist Daniel Holtzclaw, Rush Limbaugh's "slut" rant against Sandra Fluke, and other news events, Manne outlines the danger of misogyny, and explains how we can collectively resist it. * Evette Dionne, Bitch Magazine *Down Girl is a must-read and should be in every feminist's library...[L]ong after reading it, I've found myself going back to it, quoting from it and rereading sections. Her analogies used to explain misogyny's many forms, provide much needed clarity; Manne also parses the difference between sexism vs. misogyny. In my opinion Down Girl is destined to become a feminist literary classic alongside the likes of The Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf or Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique. * Jennifer Taylor Skinner, The Electorette podcast *In her new book, Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny, Kate Manne examines an unfortunately ubiquitous reality through an intriguing lens. Manne, who teaches philosophy at Cornell, looks at misogyny from the perspective of power: rather than focus on whether individual men are misogynists or feel deep hatred for women, we would do well to spend more time wrestling with the power structures that not only allow for endless sympathy and space for men's poor behavior, but also-most crucially-help teach men that women are supposed to behave in certain ways. * Isaac Chotiner, "Punishment is Not Enough," Slate *What We're Reading: A compelling conversation [by Isaac Chotiner, Slate, see above] with Kate Manne, a professor of philosophy at Cornell University and the author of a new book on structural misogyny, may change the way you think about the #MeToo moment. She makes a case for treating the wave of revelations as an opportunity to re-examine a culture-wide system of discrimination, not just individual instances of bigotry and harassment. * Amanda Taub, The New York Times *What is misogyny? How is it different from sexism? And why does the male-dominated status quo seem to persist? A new book by Cornell philosophy professor Kate Manne has answers. She argues that misogyny is not about male hostility or hatred toward women-instead, it's about controlling and punishing women who challenge male dominance. Misogyny rewards women who reinforce the status quo and punishes those who don't...This book calls attention to the roles we all play in society, roles that we're assigned at birth and rarely question, and how we punish people-especially women-when they defy those roles. * Sean Illing, Vox *In the fiercely argued and timely study Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny (Oxford), the philosopher Kate Manne makes a consonant argument [with anthropologist Alan Fiske and psychologist Tage Rai] about sexual violence. "The idea of rapists as monsters exonerates by caricature," she writes, urging us to recognize "the banality of misogyny," the disturbing possibility that "people may know full well that those they treat in brutally degrading and inhuman ways are fellow human beings, underneath a more or less thin veneer of false consciousness...There has always been something optimistic about the idea that our worst acts of inhumanity are based on confusion. It suggests that we could make the world better simply by having a clearer grasp of reality... The truth may be harder to accept: that our best and our worst tendencies arise precisely from seeing others as human. * Paul Bloom, The New Yorker *Kate Manne has written an urgently relevant, brilliant but accessible analysis of how patriarchy functions within our context...Brilliant discussions of "himpathy," victim blaming, and other related subjects follow...Manne's analysis is unflinching and, as things stand right now, there is little room for hope that the big picture is going to improve any time soon. This is very highly recommended reading. Hands down, one of the best books of the year. * Journeying with Those in Exile *This timely work of practical philosophy argues that misogyny is not defined by any private emotion or motivation-such as hostility or hatred toward women-but rather by a social function-controlling and punishing women who challenge male dominance while rewarding women who reinforce the status quo. * Adil Ahmad Haque, Just Security *Kate Manne's Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny is the most important book I've read this year... While Manne doesn't solve the problem or give us a neat or hopeful answer, understanding misogyny is an important first step, so we can recognize it and break the silence that enables it. * Skye Cleary, The Reading Lists *Manne is a superb philosopher. Her feminist critiques are not just compelling but plainly stated. In this study, which I've been eagerly waiting for all year, she analyzes the systematic misogyny and sexism built into our culture and politics. It is a vital work demonstrating just how women are policed and silenced...it is one of the best books I've read this year. * Misanthropester *A big, ambitious and engrossing book, Down Girl raises the questions we should all be asking...Manne's equanimity and epistemological delicacy further the debate, closing in on predators such as Weinstein and bullies such as Trump with more than good intent. She comes at the problem of misogyny from all angles, tearing it apart. * The Australian *This is the type of book that should be required reading for everyone. It uses historical and statistical evidence to prove that misogyny has woven its way into the very thread of society. The book illustrates how it's so ingrained in our culture that people of both genders rarely seem aware of it, much less critical of it. Often, it becomes such a norm in our society, that we fail to recognize its extensive effects on our everyday lives. Which is exactly why this book is so needed...if you're looking for a book to start off your year with, "Down Girl" is an awesome choice. It's informative, eye-opening, and necessary. Leave 2017 behind. Take on 2018 head first with a real knowledge of how our world is currently working, and a better understanding of what you can do to change that. * Lipstick & Politics *Table of ContentsPreface: Wronging Him Introduction: (Eating) Her Words Chapter 1: Threatening Women Chapter 2: Ameliorating Misogyny Chapter 3: Discriminating Sexism Chapter 4: Taking His (Out) Chapter 5: Humanizing Hatred Chapter 6: Exonerating Men Chapter 7: Suspecting Victims Chapter 8: Losing (To) Misogynists Conclusion: The Giving She
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Oxford University Press Inc Poverty Solidarity and PoorLed Social Movements
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewIn this volume, Deveaux challenges the all-too-common assumption that poor people are not at the forefront of movements for social change ... She insightfully writes about specific examples in various parts of the world in which those in poor-run movements employ inventive strategies. * A. Kolin, CHOICE *Monique Deveaux makes a compelling case that perspectives of the global poor have been neglected in ways that define, frame, and present misguided solutions to the relevant issues. Recognizing the moral and political agency of the poor is not just a missed opportunity. It is an important corrective to a field that has gotten off track. This book is important reading and its theses highly plausible. * Gillian Brock, Professor of Philosophy and Ethics, University of Auckland *By recognizing poor-led groups as agents of justice and acknowledging their central importance for challenging the institutional structures that keep some people subordinated in conditions of poverty, Monique Deveaux takes a significant step forward in advancing a transformative antipoverty agenda. This compelling book makes an important contribution to both political and normative discussions of responsibility and poverty while providing insights into the current struggles and capacities of specific poor-led social movements. * Violetta Igenski, Associate Professor of Philosophy, McMaster University *Poverty, Solidarity, and Poor-Led Social Movements takes up the question – what would a theory of global justice look like if we took seriously the agency and insights of people in poverty. She finds that they are not merely resisting their circumstances and advocating for other political actors to help them, but rather developing and strengthening their political capacities within political community and across solidarity networks in order to bring about change locally, nationally, and transnationally. As a matter of normative theory, paying attention to their politicization of poverty, Deveaux argues, leads to different responsibilities for those with means, power, and privilege than those which are familiar in global justice theory .... Deveaux offers an important contribution to global justice theory and a model of how to do grounded normative theory without fieldwork. * Brooke Ackerly, Professor of Political Science, Vanderbilt University *This book will act as a blueprint for future scholarly attempts to engage in these oft-overlooked nonideal questions, especially given the way it is able to combine relatively abstract political theorizing so successfully with empirical work from critical development scholars and social movement researchers. * Cain Shelley, Goethe University Frankfurt, Ethics *This book will act as a blueprint for future scholarly attempts to engage in these oft-overlooked nonideal questions, especially given the way it is able to combine relatively abstract political theorizing so successfully with empirical work from critical development scholars and social movement researchers. * Ethics *Table of ContentsChapter 1. The Missing Agents of Global Justice Chapter 2. Philosophical Misframings of Poverty Chapter 3. Toward a Relational Approach to Poverty Chapter 4. Politicizing Poverty Chapter 5. How Poor-Led Movements Build Collective Capabilities Chapter 6. Conclusion: Political Solidarity and Poor-Led Social Movements
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Oxford University Press Inc The Evolution of Moral Progress
Book SynopsisIn The Evolution of Moral Progress, Allen Buchanan and Russell Powell resurrect the project of explaining moral progress. They avoid the errors of earlier attempts by drawing on a wide range of disciplines including moral and political philosophy, evolutionary biology, evolutionary psychology, anthropology, history, and sociology. Their focus is on one especially important type of moral progress: gains in inclusivity. They develop a framework to explain progress in inclusivity to also illuminate moral regression--the return to exclusivist and tribalistic moral beliefs and attitudes. Buchanan and Powell argue those tribalistic moral responses are not hard-wired by evolution in human nature. Rather, human beings have an evolved adaptively plastic capacity for both inclusion and exclusion, depending on environmental conditions. Moral progress in the dimension of inclusivity is possible, but only to the extent that human beings can create environments conducive to extending moral standing to all human beings and even to some animals. Buchanan and Powell take biological evolution seriously, but with a critical eye, while simultaneously recognizing the crucial role of culture in creating environments in which moral progress can occur. The book avoids both biological and cultural determinism. Unlike earlier theories of moral progress, their theory provides a naturalistic account that is grounded in the best empirical work, and unlike earlier theories it does not present moral progress as inevitable or as occurring in definite stages; but rather it recognizes the highly contingent and fragile character of moral improvement.Trade ReviewHighly recommended. * J.H. Barker, CHOICE *This is a well-written book in which a novel and insightful theory of moral progress is developed. The analysis is rich and the research on which it rests is extensive. This will be of interest to students and researchers concerned with the interface of ethics and evolution, philosophy of biology, evolutionary psychology, and the importance of moral progress. * R. Paul Thompson, The Quarterly Review of Biology *Buchanan and Powell's rich book will justly be of interest to a broad variety of readers, philosophers as well as non-philosophers ... an illuminating book on a vitally important and intriguing topic. * Toni Rønnow-Rasmussen, Metascience *It seems that the book discussed might be regarded as obligatory reading for everyone interested in the idea of moral progress, but also for those who as-sume that the evolutionary past strongly affects - usually in a negative way - our current moral intuitions and patterns. * Konrad Szocik, European Society for the Study of Science and Theology *an illuminating book on a vitally important and intriguing topic. * Toni Ronnow-Rasmussen, Metascience *This book is neither about Marx nor Marxism, yet it will be of interest to any reader who, like Marx, is interested in the phenomenon of progress, and the material conditions that underlie it. Allen Buchanan and Russell Powell, philosophers with respective specializations in the fields of ethics and the philosophy of biology, offer a novel 'biocultural' theory of the conditions amenable to moral progress, and take issue with so-called 'evoconservative' views according to which our evolved psychology imposes severe constraints on the possibility of progress [...] Especially illuminating about Buchanan and Powell's biocultural theory is their analysis of the conditions that are likely to lead to an inclusivist moral response, and those likely to lead to moral exclusivism. * Jeroen Hopster, Utrecht University, Marx & Philosophy Review of Books *A compelling, well-researched, and timely book. It articulates arguably the most persuasive naturalistic theory of moral progress to date, and lays the groundwork for important and impactful research. * Michael Brownstein and Daniel Kelly, The British Journal of Philosophy of Science *This is a marvelous book...none of my worries about how to develop their proposals further lessen to any substantial degree my enthusiasm for their book [which] is remarkable in bringing us as I hope closer to a point where we can sketch and begin to confirm the kind of account they seek. * Allan Gibbard, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Why a Theory of Moral Progress is Needed Part One: What is Moral Progress? Chapter 1: A Typology of Moral Progress Chapter 2: Contemporary Accounts of Moral Progress Chapter 3: A Pluralistic, Dynamic Conception of Moral Progress Part Two: Evolution and the Possibility of Moral Progress Chapter 4: Is Evolved Human Nature an Obstacle to Moral Progress? Chapter 5: The Inclusivist Anomaly and the Limits of Evolutionary Explanation Chapter 6: Toward a Naturalistic Theory of Inclusivist Moral Progress Chapter 7: Naturalizing Moral Regression: A Biocultural Account Chapter 8: De-Moralization and the Evolution of Invalid Moral Norms Part Three: The Path Traveled and the Way Forward Chapter 9: Improvements in Moral Understanding and the Human Rights Movement Chapter 10: Human Rights Naturalized Chapter 11: Biomedical Moral Enhancement and Moral Progress Conclusion: The Future of Human Morality Appendix: Topics for Further Research
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Oxford University Press Inc Mobilizing Hope Climate Change and Global Poverty
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewClimate change is occurring in a radically unjust world in which nearly 700 million people live in extreme poverty. Most people who write about climate change know this, but Moellendorf feels it. While insisting on hope, he does not traffic in false optimism. * Dale Jamieson, Professor of Environmental Studies and Philosophy, New York University *In this compelling book, Darrel Moellendorf paints a picture of mass mobilization as a potent route out of the climate crisis. He argues for a hopeful vision combining prosperity and sustainability to guide this mobilisation and finds 'hope-makers' in youth climate activism. * Catriona McKinnon, Professor of Political Theory, University of Exeter *Moblizing Hope is an illuminating, accessible, innovative response to the moral problems posed by the morally urgent task of limiting global warming and its harms... [It] is an outstanding example of how moral philosophy can advance a politics of hope in the face of a uniquely fearsome global danger. * Richard W. Miller, Hutchinson Professor in Ethics and Public Life Emeritus, Cornell University *Mobilizing Hope: Climate Change and Global Poverty is both a learned treatise and a highly accessible and inspiring assessment as to what we, the human race, need to accomplish, starting right now, to create a just and sustainable present and future for ourselves and generations to come. * Robert Pollin, Distinguished University Professor of Economics and Co-Director, Political Economy Research Institute (PERI),University of Massachusetts Amherst *This valuable book's exceptionally wide range includes imaginative explorations of the implications of Martin Luther King Jr.'s theory of mass movements for challenging the political entrenchment of the fossil fuel industry, the technological assumptions of net zero carbon, and the meaning and grounds of hope in our current situation. * Henry Shue, Senior Research Fellow, University of Oxford *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction Chapter 1: Hope for a Warming Planet Chapter 2: Uncertainty and Precaution Chapter 3: Intergenerational Justice Chapter 4: Global Poverty and Responsibility for Climate Change Mitigation Policy Chapter 5: Justice and Adaptation Chapter 6: Hope for the Paris Agreement Chapter 7: Supplementing Mitigation: A Pro-Poor Approach Chapter 8: Hope for the Anthropocene
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Oxford University Press A Perfectionist Theory of Justice
Book SynopsisMany liberal political philosophers hold that the state should not impose or even promote any particular conception of the good life or human flourishing. It should not, for instance, enact laws and policies designed to elevate citizens'' tastes, to refine their sensibilities or to perfect their characters. Instead, the state should restrict itself to maintaining a fair framework of rights and opportunities within which all citizens can pursue their own beliefs about what constitutes a good life.Against this backdrop, Collis Tahzib develops a version of perfectionist political philosophy. Whereas previous perfectionists have argued that the promotion of flourishing ways of life is permissible or legitimate, Tahzib casts perfectionism as a doctrine of justice. On this view, the implementation of laws and policies designed to promote sound ideals of the good lifeideals such as moral, intellectual and artistic excellenceis not merely a legitimate complement to justice but an essential constituent of justice.Over the years, perfectionism has faced various objections: that it is premised on values and judgements that are controversial within modern pluralistic societies; that it is unduly restrictive of freedom or autonomy; that it treats citizens as if they are children, unable to run their own lives; that it expresses the meddlesome mentality of a village busybody; that it mistakenly assumes that there are objective truths about human flourishing; and that it risks the abuse of power by incompetent, overzealous or corrupt state officials. These ideas represent some of the deepest, most vibrant and most powerful strains in liberal thought. In defending perfectionism against these charges, the arguments in A Perfectionist Theory of Justice make a novel and important contribution to longstanding debates about the philosophical foundations of liberalism.
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Oxford University Press Objective Imperatives An Exploration of Kants
Book SynopsisObjective Imperatives defends the validity of Kant's Categorical Imperative as an account of objective moral imperatives. Ralph C. S. Walker argues that most of the common objections can be shown to be due to misunderstandings.Trade ReviewAiming at a succinct yet wide-ranging reconsideration of Kant's moral theory. * Choice *
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Oxford University Press Essays on Longtermism
Book SynopsisEssays on Longtermism brings together leading scholars to address questions raised by the longtermist approach to ethical issues. The volume addresses the viability of longtermism, the possibility of predicting and control the far future, and the consequences of longtermist thinking on current political and moral problems.
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Oxford University Press The Monarchy of Fear
Book Synopsis''A manifesto for hope''Literary ReviewFrom one of the world''s most celebrated moral philosophers comes a thorough examination of the current political crisis and recommendations for how to mend a divided country.For decades, Martha C. Nussbaum has been an acclaimed scholar and humanist, earning dozens of honours for her books and essays. In The Monarchy of Fear she turns her attention to the current political crisis that has polarized America since the 2016 election.Although today''s atmosphere is marked by partisanship, divisive rhetoric, and the inability of two halves of the country to communicate with one another, Nussbaum focuses on what so many pollsters and pundits have overlooked. She sees a simple truth at the heart of the problem: the political is always emotional. Globalization has produced feelings of powerlessness in millions of people in the West. That sense of powerlessness bubbles into resentment and blame. Blame of immigrants. Blame of Muslims. Blame of other races. Trade ReviewReview from previous edition Nussbaum develops her analysis of fear, anger, disgust and envy with a rich array of examples from literature and the law (two longstanding areas of interest for her). And the results are illuminating. * Jonathan Derbyshire, Financial Times *ambitious new book ... Nussbaum's fundamental idealism is undiminished by the coarseness of our time. * Charles Kaiser, The Guardian *One of the virtues of this slender volume is how gradually and scrupulously it moves, as Nussbaum pushes you to slow down, think harder and revisit your knee-jerk assumptions. * New York Times *A fascinating book ... boy, does Nussbaum write well. It's incredibly readable. * John Shand, Times Higher Education *New readers get what amounts to a vivid introduction to a lot of [Nussbaum's] recent work ... A manifesto for hope and mutual sympathy is a welcome change from the dystopian tone of much contemporary political commentary. * Alan Ryan, Literary Review *[Nussbaum's] writing over 30 years has done so much to bring human impulses into the realm of political discourse. When she argues that we can reduce social envy by increasing what is constituted as a universal 'right' ... or connects Nelson Mandela's magnanimous treatment of his enemies to his freedom from bodily disgust ... it's clear that she has given more thought to such processes than virtually anyone else alive. * Leo Robson, New Statesman *Nussbaum is one of the most accomplished political and moral philosophers of our time...there is almost no domain of political and moral life and thought that her work and apparently endless curiosity have not explored. * William Adams, chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts *Nussbaum is an elegant and lyrical writer, and she movingly describes the pain of recognizing one's vulnerability... * Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker *A philosopher considers Trumpism through the lens of history, classical thought, and a bit of Hamilton. Like any clearheaded thinker, Nussbaum was unsettled by Trump's election, but she's troubled also by the way people of all political persuasions have succumbed to fear and mindless fear-slinging. She tries to keep Trump at arm's length and focus instead on what philosophers and psychologists going back to antiquity have had to say about fear...its role in stoking anger, disgust, and envy, and how those emotions in turn perpetuate divisive politics (sexism and misogyny especially). That approach gives this important book both up-to-the-moment relevance and long-view gravitas...An engaging and inviting study of humanity's long-standing fear of the other. * Kirkus Reviews *Table of ContentsPreface 1: Introduction 2: Fear, Early and Powerful 3: Anger, Child of Fear 4: Fear-Driven Disgust: The Politics of Exclusion 5: Envy's Empire 6: A Toxic Brew: Sexism And Misogyny 7: Hope, Love, Vision Acknowledgments
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Oxford University Press Freedom and Equality
Book SynopsisShould the state recognise gender? Can a liberal state discourage traditional family structures? Is women''s sport compatible with equality of opportunity? Should feminists defend women''s freedom to choose cosmetic surgery? Is genital cutting always wrong, or is it only wrong for girls?Freedom and Equality investigates the contours of feminist liberalism: a philosophical approach that is appealing but elusive. Its hallmark is a liberalism that prioritises equality and individual autonomy, while offering a rigorous critique of using individuals'' choices as the measure of justice. Liberalism without feminism prioritises individual choice, a strategy that has played a crucial role in the liberal defence of freedom against authoritarianism and conformity. However, as feminism shows, relying on individual choice is insufficient to render an outcome just, because people often choose things that harm or disadvantage themselves. From beauty norms to the gendered division of labour, from marr
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Oxford University Press Perfectionism
Book SynopsisPerfectionism is one of the great moralities of the Western tradition. It holds that certain states of humans, such as knowledge, achievement, and friendship, are good apart from any pleasure they may bring, and that the morally right act is always the one that most promotes these states. Defined more narrowly, perfectionism identifies the human good by reference to human nature: if knowledge and achievement are good, it is because they realize aspects of human nature. This book gives an account of perfectionism, first in the narrower sense, analysing its central concepts and defending a theory of human nature in which rationality plays a central role. It then uses this theory to construct an elaborate account of the intrinsic value of beliefs and actions that embody rationality, and applies this account to political questions about liberty and equality. The book attempts to formulate the most defensible version of perfectionism, using contemporary analytic techniques. It aims both to Trade Review"Hurka's book is a clear formulation of perfectionism. It is historically informed and philosophically sophisticated. All readers will benefit."--Canadian Philosophical Reviews"Readers accustomed to the high conceptual and argumentative standards characteristic of analytic philosophy at its best will not be disappointed by Hurka's discussions. In every case, whether or not his arguments win conviction in the end, they invariably illuminate and leave the impression that the issues have been explored in a fair and even-handed way. Hurka's conclusions are also often becoming in their tentativeness and modesty: where he can find no definitive resolution of a question he has the candor to say so....Hurka has done a remarkable job of building an elegant and attractive version of perfectionism. Written with admirable rigor and clarity, his book will surely remain the definitive treatment of the theory by an analytic philosopher for a very long while. By presenting perfectionism in the best possible light he has done a great service to the theory's supporters and critics alike."--The Philosophical Review"This is a brilliant book....I know of no other discussion of human and moral good that is so rewarding....Highly original and deeply insightful."--Philosophical BooksIt is most welcome to have a hard-headed and carefully argued defence of perfectionism ... This book contains many tracts of careful, exact, and economic argument in support of its main position ... This book is to be recommended to those interested in political and moral philosophy ... stimulating, interesting and very much to be welcomed. * Utilitas *
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OUP USA The Oxford Handbook of Ethical Theory
Book SynopsisThe Oxford Handbook of Ethical Theory is a major new reference work in ethical theory consisting of commissioned essays by leading moral philosophers. Ethical theories have always been of central importance to philosophy, and remain so; ethical theory is one of the most active areas of philosophical research and teaching today. Courses in ethics are taught in colleges and universities at all levels, and ethical theory is the organizing principle for all of them. The Handbook is divided into two parts, mirroring the field. The first part treats meta-ethical theory, which deals with theoretical questions about morality and moral judgment, including questions about moral language, the epistemology of moral belief, the truth aptness of moral claims, and so forth. The second part addresses normative theory, which deals with general moral issues, including the plausibility of various ethical theories and abstract principles of behavior. Examples of such theories are consequentialism and virtue theory. As with other Oxford Handbooks, the twenty-five contributors cover the field in a comprehensive and highly accessible way, while achieving three goals: exposition of central ideas, criticism of other approaches, and putting forth a distinct viewpoint.Table of ContentsPART I: META-ETHICS; PART II: NORMATIVE ETHICAL THEORY
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Oxford University Press Inc No Refuge
Book SynopsisSyrians crossing the Mediterranean in ramshackle boats bound for Europe; Sudanese refugees, their belongings on their backs, fleeing overland into neighboring countries; children separated from their parents at the US/Mexico border--these are the images that the Global Refugee Crisis conjures to many. In the news we often see photos of people in transit, suffering untold deprivations in desperate bids to escape their countries and find safety. But behind these images, there is a second crisis--a crisis of arrival. Refugees in the 21st century have only three real options--urban slums, squalid refugee camps, or dangerous journeys to seek asylum--and none provide genuine refuge. In No Refuge, political philosopher Serena Parekh calls this the second refugee crisis: the crisis of the millions of people who, having fled their homes, are stuck for decades in the dehumanizing and hopeless limbo of refugees camps and informal urban spaces, most of which are in the Global South. Ninety-nine percent of these refugees are never resettled in other countries. Their suffering only begins when they leave their war-torn homes. As Parekh urgently argues by drawing from numerous first-person accounts, conditions in many refugee camps and urban slums are so bleak that to make people live in them for prolonged periods of time is to deny them human dignity. It''s no wonder that refugees increasingly risk their lives to seek asylum directly in the West.Drawing from extensive first-hand accounts of life as a refugee with nowhere to go, Parekh argues that we need a moral response to these crises--one that assumes the humanity of refugees in addition to the challenges that states have when they accept refugees. Only once we grasp that the global refugee crisis has these two dimensions--the asylum crisis for Western states and the crisis for refugees who cannot find refuge--can we reckon with a response proportionate to the complexities we face. Countries and citizens have a moral obligation to address the structures that unjustly prevent refugees from accessing the minimum conditions of human dignity. As Parekh shows, there are ways we as citizens can respond to the global refugee crisis, and indeed we are morally obligated to do so.Trade ReviewParekh...provides a valuable introduction to contemporary refugee issues, avoiding the jargon of the international refugee regime in favor of an informal, almost conversational approach...Her argument is indeed a moral one, that everyone must help ensure 'minimum conditions of human dignity' for all people. Since refugees are outside their own origin country, it falls to the more economically developed countries in the world to ensure those minimum conditions for them. The developed countries, she points out, 'are in a position to easily help,' as she calmly debunks the supposed dangers that refugees bring, whether in monetary costs, human security, or cultural coherence. Her description of the hazards in seeking asylum, the 'last hope' for many refugees, is appropriately grueling. Importantly, her discussion includes vivid case examples from the journalistic literature that underscore the pain, loss, and uncertainty of being a refugee...Highly recommended. * CHOICE *...[Q]uietly potent... The moral case for helping the worlds refugees, solidly grounded in facts. * Kirkus *This is an excellent book, accessible to ordinary citizens and valuable for philosophers as well. It provides a clear overview of the moral questions raised by refugees and explains effectively why it is important not to view this topic solely through the lens of immigration to Western states. It links this philosophical analysis to compelling narratives about the lives of refugees. No Refuge shows why all of us are responsible for the plight of refugees, why we have a duty to address this issue, and what we can do about it. * Joseph H. Carens, University of Toronto *In this must-read book addressing one of the most urgent injustices of our age, Serena Parekh offers an empirically-grounded philosophical exploration of responsibilities towards refugees. Written with great clarity and sensitivity, this is real world philosophy at its finest. Now, more than ever, we need work like No Refuge. It demands a place on everyone's reading list. * Sarah Fine, King's College London *No Refuge is an important contribution by a leading theorist on the pressing topic of displaced persons. Everyone from concerned laypeople to scholars who study the global refugee crisis will profit from Serena Parekh's excellent book. * Christopher Heath Wellman, Washington University in St. Louis *Table of ContentsPreface: Turbulence Introduction: A Tale of Two Refugee Crises Part I: The First Crisis - The Crisis for Western Countries Chapter 1: Understanding Refugees Chapter 2: Moral Obligations Or Why We Should Help People Even if We Don't Like Them Chapter 3: Reasons For and Against Accepting Refugees: A Philosophical Overview Part II: The Second Crisis - The Crisis for Refugees Chapter 4: Refugee Camps and Urban Settlements - The Problem We Have Created Chapter 5: The Price We Demand for Asylum Chapter 6: Structural Injustice Conclusion: What Should I Do? What Should We Do?
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Oxford University Press Inc The Voice of Virtue
Book SynopsisThe Voice of Virtue illuminates the musical practices at the heart of the Neostoic movement that spread across French lands during the Wars of Religion in the latter half of the sixteenth century. Guided by twin reparative traditions granting music and philosophy therapeutic power, composers and performers across the embattled Catholic and Protestant confessions turned to moral song as a means of repairing personal and collective virtue damaged by the ongoing conflict. Moral song collections enlarged interest in Stoic philosophy by circulating its ethical program to a broader audience through attractive paraphrases of Stoic maxims set to music. Even more importantly, this skillfully composed repertoire of polyphonic song offered a multi-sensory moral practice that would have resonated powerfully for those well-versed in the paradoxes of the Stoic tradition. Bringing together a repertoire of little-known music prints, a rich visual culture, and an impressive body of literary and philosoTrade ReviewThis vividly-written and strikingly original study shows how song could act as a crucial tool for individual and collective moral repair at a time when France was riven by war and religious dispute. Through a meticulously researched exploration of Stoic currents in musical culture, Latour convincingly argues that moral song became a significant mode of informal philosophy as early modern French people sought to live well, to cultivate virtue, and to face adversity. * Jeanice Brooks, Professor of Music, University of Southampton *The Voice of Virtue is a superb study of the French poetry and music that Melinda Latour aptly calls 'singing Stoicism.' With impeccable scholarship and infectious enthusiasm, she illuminates an unfamiliar and remarkable phase of Neostoic thought * A.A. Long, Professor Emeritus of Classics at the University of California, Berkeley, and author of Hellenistic Philosophy and Stoic Studies *Can music make us better people? In this fascinating and groundbreaking book, Melinda Latour demonstrates how the understudied genre of moral song in the late French Renaissance created a distinctive Stoic sonic world to repair religious conflict and civil strife. The Voice of Virtue makes important links between late Renaissance moral philosophy, devotional poetry, painting, and musical expression. With its wide range of musical illustrations and online links it enables us to appreciate for the first time the intimate beauty of a body of music that has so often been overlooked, and to understand its serious purpose. * Mark Greengrass, Centre Roland Mousnier, Sorbonne Université *Table of ContentsList of Tables, Figures, and Examples List of Web Examples Preface Introduction Chapter 1: Neostoic Remedies Chapter 2: Imprinting Virtue Chapter 3: The Exercise of Harmony Chapter 4: Musical Paradoxes Chapter 5: Sensing Beauty Chapter 6: Sound Judgment Chapter 7: Moral Ordering Chapter 8: Rehearsing Death Conclusion: Suspensions of Desire Appendix Select Bibliography
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Oxford University Press Inc Choosing Freedom A Kantian Guide to Life Guides
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewIn this accessible and compelling book, Karen Stohr captures the beauty, elegance, and wisdom of Kants system of moral philosophy without sacrificing its complexity. Emphasizing the importance of understanding our all-too-human fallibilities, Stohrs Kant shows us how to engage in honest self-assessment, avoid the temptations of self-deception, and do the hard but necessary work required to become a better person. * Carol Hay, author of Think Like a Feminist: The Philosophy Behind the Revolution *Choosing Freedom is about doing what we can to be better persons. What are the vicious attitudes we must try to avoid, and what kind of character and social relationships should we try to develop? Karen Stohr explains Kant's ideas on these matters in a remarkably engaging, informal style, making them accessible to beginning students and other non-specialists. She does not hesitate to criticize and reject Kant's cultural biases (for example, on race), but she provides a well-informed, richly illustrated, and wise commentary on positive features of Kant's advice. The book should be welcomed by any students, teachers, and general readers who want a plain explanation of basic points of Kantian moral theory and its practical relevance to their lives.Karen Stohr has accomplished an amazing thing: she has given us an introduction to Kant's ethics that is accessible and lively, without sacrificing any accuracy. She deftly explains the attractive moral concepts and ideals at the heart of Kant's view and demonstrates the practical relevance of the theory with a wealth of contemporary examples. Along the way she combats some of the persistent misconceptions that continue to plague the reception of Kant's moral theory. The book is perfect for introductory ethics courses or for any curious reader. * Kyla Ebels-Duggan, Philosophy, Northwestern University *Instead of looking down on us from the heavens of abstraction, Karen Stohr's Kant spends most of his time addressing how we might live more morally in our daily lives. Stohr turns from the major texts to Kant's essays and lectures, finding nuggets of wisdom ranging from ways to overcome self-conceit to how to organize a dinner party. A clear, enjoyable, and engaging introduction to a thinker who too often inspires fear, confusion, and a desire to curl up in a fetal position. * Todd May, Philosophical Advisor to "The Good Place" *Table of ContentsPart One: Kantian Basics Chapter 1 - Getting to Know Kant Chapter 2 - Freedom Chapter 3 - Human Nature Chapter 4 - Moral Commitment Chapter 5 - The Categorical Imperative: Equality Chapter 6 - The Categorical Imperative: Dignity Chapter 7 - The Categorical Imperative: Community Chapter 8 - Love and Respect Chapter 9 - Kantian Duties Part Two: Moral Assessment Chapter 10 - Knowing Ourselves Chapter 11 - Judging Ourselves Chapter 12 - Judging Others Part Three: Kantian Vices Chapter 13 - Servility: Acting Like a Doormat Chapter 14 - Arrogance: Being Full of Ourselves Chapter 15 - Contempt: Looking Down on People Chapter 16 - Defamation: Spreading Gossip Chapter 17 - Mockery: Making Fun of Others Chapter 18 - Deceitfulness: Bending the Truth Chapter 19 - Drunkenness: Losing Our Grip on Reason Part Four: Kantian Life Goals Chapter 20 - Personal Development: Making Something of Ourselves Chapter 21 - Stoic Cheerfulness: Learning to Grin and Bear It Chapter 22 - Judicious Reserve: Knowing When to Shut Up Chapter 23 - Useful Beneficence: Lending a Genuinely Helpful Hand Chapter 24 - Heartfelt Gratitude: Acknowledging Our Debts Part Five: Socializing, Kantian-Style Chapter 25 - Friends and Frenemies Chapter 26 - A Kantian Love Life Chapter 27 - Good Manners Chapter 28 - Dinner Parties without Drama Part Six: Looking Forward Chapter 29 - Staying Hopeful Chapter 30 - Kant as a Guide to Life Bibliograhy
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Oxford University Press Inc We Together
Book SynopsisWho are we and what do we do as agents living together?In We, Together, Hans Bernhard Schmid argues, first, that our living together is a joint activity. Joint activities involve shared intentions, and shared intentions have plural intentional subjects. We are, thus, the plural subjects of our shared intentions in the same way as we are the singular subjects of our individual intentions: through pre-reflective self-awareness. Just as there is no substantive, singular self, I, or ego, there is no substantive we. In order to understand who we are, together, it is important to see that intentional subjects are a feature of intentionality.Schmid continues with the assertion that the social worlds of roles and statuses, norms and structures, institutions and artifacts are our ways of living together. As such, the social worlds are determined neither by Nature nor Gods, but by us. What can be harmful, Schmid writes, is our frequent and systematic failure to understand our own place as both creatures and creators of social worlds. This brings We, Together back to our existence as plural intentional subjects. How we live together is up to us, together. The book suggests that understanding this might enable us to do better--to live well, better, together.Table of ContentsContents Preface: We who? Introduction: Fundamental Social Ontology I. Acting Together 1) Living Together 2) What's Shared in Shared Intention? 3) The Content of Shared Intention 4) The Subject of Shared Intention 5) The Mode of Shared Intention 6) So Who's "the We"? II. We as Plural Subjects 7) What is an Intentional Subject? 8) The Case for Singularism 9) Why Pluralism? 10) Plural Self-Identification 11) We who? Kita! 12) Plural Self-Validation 13) Plural Self-Commitment 14) Plural Self-Authorization 15) Plural Intentional Subjects III. Conceiving of Ourselves 16) Socialization: Joining in 17) Community: Being Together 18) Social Norms: Doing it Our Way 19) Society: Playing our Roles 20) Politics: Achieving Autonomy 21) Ethics: Owning up to Ourselves Postscript: Philosophizing Together References
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Oxford University Press Inc Political Corruption The Internal Enemy of Public
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis timely, wonderful book illuminates the many faces of political corruption, from the 'bad apple' to the dysfunctional institution, through the unified framework of a public ethics of office. Emanuela Ceva and Maria Paola Ferretti's incisive philosophical analysis of political corruption as a deficit of office accountability reconciles the phenomenon's individual and institutional dimensions. The authors elucidate the deontic wrong of political corruption in terms of an 'interactive injustice,' which consists of officeholders' violation of their duty of office accountability, and identify the practice of answerability as the key to fostering an organizational culture of anticorruption. Political Corruption's deeply significant contribution to political theory and public ethics is needed now more than ever. * Candice Delmas, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Political Science, Northeastern University *Political Corruption: The Internal Enemy of Public Institutions offers an original account of political corruption which aims to understand how political corruption works and what is wrong with it. Restoring office accountability serves as a key focus which can help reorient anti-corruption efforts. This impressive work is essential reading for theorists interested in understanding why political corruption is problematic and how we might aim to combat it. * Gillian Brock, Professor of Philosophy, University of Auckland, New Zealand *In this highly original study of political corruption, Ceva and Ferretti ask us to reflect on the wrong of corruption by looking beyond both individualist and structural accounts of institutional responsibility. Their analysis of corruption as an unaccountable use of the power conferred by holding public office is a crucial inter-disciplinary intervention. The book is essential reading for both an adequate diagnosis of the phenomenon, and identifying appropriate responses to it. * Lea Ypi, Professor of Political Theory, London School of Economics *Ceva and Ferretti have written an important book on how we should understand political corruption. * Paul M. Heywood, Review of Politics *Ceva and Ferretti provide rich, comprehensive, and thought-provoking answers to the question of what political corruption-understood as corruption that occurs in public institutions-is and when and why it is morally wrong. * Alice el-Wakil, Review of Politics *Ceva and Ferretti's book offers an innovative account of political corruption as "a form of unaccountable use of entrusted power". * Chiara Destri, Review of Politics *Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: What Political Corruption is Chapter 2: Political Corruption: Individual or Institutional? Chapter 3: How is Political Corruption Wrong? Chapter 4: Responsibility for Political Corruption Chapter 5: Opposing Political Corruption Conclusion References
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Oxford University Press Inc Private Censorship
Book SynopsisConcerns about censorship have once again reached a fever pitch across the liberal West. In other historical periods, such concerns may have marked reactions to book bans and burnings. Often, they followed prosecutions and subsequent jailtime for things spoken or written. During the Red Scare, they were the hushed response to chilling state-sponsored watch-lists and employer-supported blacklists designed to ensure victory against communism. Against this history, complaints about the new censorship appear differently. With respect to the new censorship, there are no books burnings, no prosecutions, no laws or committees. Indeed, there is no coercive state involvement at all. With a few notable exceptions, complaints about censorship in the 21st-century West are complaints about the behavior of private parties: social groups, employers, media conglomerates, social media platforms, and search engines. To better understand the concerns surrounding nonstate interference with speech, PrivateTrade ReviewJ.P. Messina's Private Censorship is the rare book that's both a groundbreaking work of scholarship and a genuine page-turner. Deftly weaving together insights from history, philosophy, psychology, and economics, Messina resists the easy answers that tempt partisans but do little to satisfactorily address the hard questions about censorship by non-state actors. Not only does this book offer wise and nuanced advice for policymakers, it will help you level up your own contribution to public discourse. Read it and become a better citizen. * Chris Freiman, William & Mary *In this valuable new book, J. P. Messina examines choices made by private actors that shape the contemporary speech environment. He deftly illuminates the tensions between freedom of speech and other personal liberties, such as our right to disassociate from those who engage in problematic speech. Messina's argument against using the state to resolve these tensions must be taken seriously by those, from both the left and the right, who hope to remedy the many ills affecting civil discourse. * Linda Radzik, author of The Ethics of Social Punishment *As concerns about censorship focus increasingly on private, non-governmental powers, Messina's Private Censorship is essential reading. Recognizing the potential dangers of both unfettered speech and speech restrictions alike, Messina encourages us to foster a culture that is conducive to free speech and democratic values while also protecting a diverse and independent private sphere. This readable and timely book will enhance the ongoing public debates about these critical issues. * Nadine Strossen, author of Free Speech: What Everyone Needs to Know *Table of ContentsPreface 1. Free Speech and Non-State Censors 2. Self-Censorship, Self-Restraint, and the Ethics of Conversation 3. Censorship and the Workplace 4. The 'Old' Media: Censorship and Press Freedom 5. The New (Social) Media 6. Search and Monopoly 7. (Not So) Final Thoughts References Index
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Oxford University Press Inc Cultivating Virtue in the University
Book SynopsisAcross the globe, educators are grappling with how best to prepare a new generation to engage the challenges and opportunities of the twenty-first century. Along with knowledge and skills, many are now emphasizing the importance of character. Yet, while there has been a robust movement to educate character among children and adolescents, much less attention has been given to the ethical formation of college and university students. What is the role of colleges and universities in educating the character of students? Should universities even attempt to cultivate virtue? If so, how can they do so effectively in a pluralistic context? Cultivating Virtue in the University seeks to answer these questions by gathering diverse perspectives on character education within twenty-first century universities. With essays from some of the world''s leading scholars, this volume catalyzes a critical debate about the possibilities and limits of character education in the university while offering theoretical and practical perspectives on what such education could look like in increasingly global and intercultural institutions. By engaging insights from education, history, literature, philosophy, psychology, sociology, and theology, the volume encourages scholars and educators to embrace the opportunities and challenges of cultivating virtue in the university.Trade ReviewThis volume is indispensable to anyone interested in making virtue central to a good education. * Good Read *This book brings together a series of insightful chapters about the emerging topic of character education in the university ... by reuniting multiple perspectives from the fields of education, philosophy, and psychology, the authors contribute to a growing movement aimed to recover and reimagine character education in universities. * Jorge L. Villacís, British Journal of Educational Studies *Table of ContentsI. Introduction 1. Should Universities Cultivate Virtue?: A Case for Character in Higher Education Edward Brooks, Michael Lamb, and Jonathan Brant II. The University as a Context for Cultivating Virtue 2. Virtue and the History of the Modern American University Julie Reuben 3. Virtue, the German University, and the Limits of Critique Chad Wellmon 4. Developing Virtue in Emerging Adulthood: Perspectives from Neuroscience, Psychology, and Sociology Brian A. Williams III. Institutional and Cultural Barriers to Cultivating Virtue 5. The Eclipse of Virtue in the University and Wider Society Onora O'Neill 6. Can Theology Help? Nigel Biggar IV. How to Cultivate Virtue in the University 7. Seven Strategies for Cultivating Virtue in the University Michael Lamb, Jonathan Brant, and Edward Brooks 8. Closing the Character Gap: Cultivating Honesty in the University Christian Miller 9. The Beneficial Effects of Cultivating Gratitude in the University Blaire Morgan and Liz Gulliford 10. Forming Virtuous Character: Psychology in Dialogue with Theology Joanna Collicutt 11. Cultivating Virtue by Reading Jane Austen Jessica Richard 12. The Decolonial Virtues of Ethnospeculative Fiction Paula M. L. Moya and Lesley Larkin V. Conclusion 13. Character Education in the University: Opportunities and Challenges Michael Lamb, Edward Brooks, and Jonathan Brant
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Oxford University Press Inc Philosophy and Human Flourishing The Humanities
Book SynopsisWhat is a thriving, meaningful, and flourishing human life? What practices, associations, policies, and institutions support flourishing lives?These questions are not new ones. Philosophers from Buddha and Socrates onward have stressed that love of wisdom is demonstrated by living well--not by thought or theory alone but by action and practice. In light of new developments in positive psychology, psychiatry, evolutionary biology, cognitive science, and behavioral economics, these questions can be addressed with fresh insight rooted in both theory and practice. This new perspective is further supported by recent research in feminist theory, critical race studies, philosophical psychology, neuro-ethics, and more. Philosophy and Human Flourishing both draws on and charts new directions for philosophy and humanistic thought aimed at human flourishing.To reflect the fact that human lives and cultures differ, the perspectives here are refreshingly pluralistic, a commitment evident in the breTable of ContentsEditor's Introduction Philosophy and Human Flourishing: Good Lives and How to Lead Them Part I: Meanings of Human Flourishing Chapter 1: The Conatus Project: Mattering and Morality by Rebecca Newberger Goldstein Chapter 2: Flourishing in the Flesh by Mark Johnson Chapter 3: Pragmatic Stories of Selves and Their Flourishing by Jessica Wahman Chapter 4: Well-Being: Taking Our Selves Seriously by Daniel M. Haybron Chapter 5: Hybrid Subjectivism about Well-Being by Valerie Tiberius Chapter 6: The Allure of the All by John Lachs Part II: Human Flourishing in Practice Chapter 7: Pragmatism About Flourishing: Conceptual Clarity and Practical Genius by John J. Stuhr Chapter 8: Navigating Irreconcilable Conflicts: Philosophical Thinking for Better Lives in Unjust Contexts by Lori Gallegos de Castillo Chapter 9: Relational Insensitivity: Social Deadening and the Interdependence of Flourishing and Withering by José Medina Chapter 10: Values Literacy and Citizenship by John Z. Sadler Chapter 11: Teaching Philosophy: The Love of Wisdom and the Cultivation of Human Flourishing by James Pawelski Chapter 12: Cultivating Autotelic Activities and Freedom to Flourish by Jennifer Hansen Chapter 13: Philosophy and the Art of Human Flourishing by Michele Moody-Adams
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Oxford University Press Inc Survival of the Virtuous The Evolution of Moral
Book SynopsisThis book examines how virtuous behaviors evolved in humans and other species by looking at the adaptive functions moral traits served in early human environments and how they are influenced by social learning, culture, and strategic social interactions in the modern world. This book illuminates how "new brain" mechanisms work in conjunction with "old brain" mechanisms as we make moral choices.Table of ContentsPreface and Overview Chapter 1: The Puzzle of Morality Chapter 2: What is a Moral Animal? PART I: THE EVOLUTION OF MORALITY Chapter 3: Why We are not Selfish by Nature: The Function of Morality Chapter 4: The Evolution of Complex Moral Strategies and Maladaptive Mistakes Chapter 5: The Emergence of Morality Through Strategic Interaction Chapter 6: Primate Morality and the Evolution of Moral Norms Chapter 7: The Cultural Evolution of Morality PART II: PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO MORALITY Chapter 8: Psychological Accounts of Morality Chapter 9: Reframing Psychological Theories of Morality PART III: PSYCHOLOGICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SOURCES OF VIRTUE Chapter 10: Self Control Chapter 11: Purity Chapter 12: Respect for Authority Chapter 13: Fairness and Honesty Chapter 14: A Sense of Justice Chapter 15: Biological Sources of Altruism Chapter 16: Psychological Sources of Altruism and Loyalty Chapter 17: Empathy and Altruism Chapter 18: Human Nature and the Nature of Morality
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Oxford University Press The Fruitfulness of Normative Concepts
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