Ethics and moral philosophy Books
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Failure of Philosophical Knowledge
Book SynopsisPhilosophy begins and ends in disagreement. Philosophers disagree among themselves in innumerable ways, and this pervasive and permanent dissent is a sign of their inability to solve philosophical problems and present well-established substantive truths. This raises the question: What should we do with our philosophical beliefs in light of philosophy's epistemic failure? In this open access book, János Tozsér analyzes the possible answers to this question, develops them into comprehensive metaphilosophical visions, and argues that we cannot commit ourselves to any of them in peace, with a clear intellectual conscience, and without self-deception. Tozsér calls this disheartening insight the experience of breakdown, claiming that no matter how we struggle, we are unable to create substantive philosophical knowledge that goes beyond the cost-benefit analysis of philosophical theories. He makes the case that, at the same time, we cannot suspend all of our beliefs about the most fundameTrade ReviewA challenging and delightfully argued work of metaphilosophy – one that is not only astute on the details of particular contemporary arguments but reflects a depth of understanding of philosophy’s history. * Scott Aikin, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Vanderbilt University, USA *János Tozsér offers an uncompromisingly honest assessment of whether philosophy achieves its own stated goals, and answers with an emphatic NO. I won’t give up philosophy after reading the book, and I hope neither will Tozsér, but I will have to rethink what I do when I do philosophy. * Katalin Farkas, Professor of Philosophy, Central European University, Austria *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction Part I 1. Philosophy as an Epistemic Enterprise 2. Philosophy as a Failed Epistemic Enterprise Part II 3. Therapy for Philosophers 4. Philosophy with (Intended-To-Be) Compelling Justification 5. Philosophy without Compelling Justification 6. Meta-skepticism Part III 7. Breakdown Bibliography Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Bloomsbury Handbook of Simone Weil
Book SynopsisExploring the philosophical writings of Simone Weil, this unparalleled reference work documents the key thinkers who influenced her political, philosophical and religious outlook. It also offers a critical analysis of her wide-ranging philosophical concepts through short, accessible essays, showing how they connect throughout her writings to form an organic whole. After outlining her biography, Part I explores Weil's boundary-crossing interests in radical politics, science, mathematics, history, and religious phenomena. Part II traces the intellectual history of Weil's own writings by mapping her most important philosophical influences including Plato, Descartes, Spinoza, Rousseau, Kant, and Marx. The rich landscape of Weil's philosophy receives critical consideration in Part III through the distinctive defining terms that tie her body of thinking together: terms such as amor fati, attention, beauty, force, gravity and grace, receive full explication alongside important themes
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Nietzsche on Women and the EternalFeminine
Book SynopsisBy re-examining Nietzsche''s notion of the eternal-feminine and his views on women and feminism, this volume offers new perspectives on some of his key ideas. It brings together a diverse group of scholars to critically engage with Nietzsche's use of late-19th-century gender stereotypes and the ways in which they served his critique of values, including his use of woman as a trope for truth. Among other subjects, the contributors consider the role of psychology in Nietzsche''s thought, his concern with style, self-creation, and advocacy of perfectionism, his views on romantic love and marriage, and his aim of revaluing all values to instigate a distant philosophy of the future. They investigate parallels between Nietzsche's thought and Shaktism, his relation to Goethe and Stendahl, and his influence on Beauvoir, Butler, and Dohm. With the inclusion of two seminal essays on Nietzsche and women by Lawrence J. Hatab and Kelly Oliver, the volume also illustrates some of the ways in whicTrade ReviewLike Goethe’s expression ‘the Eternal-Feminine’, Nietzsche’s status as a feminist thinker has been perceived as regressive and progressive alike. Michael J. McNeal brings together a thought-provoking set of essays that interrogate the role of the feminine in Nietzsche’s thought in a way that directly addresses our contemporary debate about gender and identity. * Paul Bishop, William Jacks Chair of Modern Languages, University of Glasgow, UK *However controversial Nietzsche’s views on the ‘feminine’ might be, few can deny his importance in identifying sexual difference as a philosophical issue. In this wide-ranging, highly stimulating collection of essays, the importance of Nietzsche as a thinker of the feminine is newly foregrounded and newly invigorated for our times. * Jill Marsden, Professor of Literature and Philosophy, The University of Bolton, UK *Table of ContentsIntroduction by Michael McNeal Part I. Formative Antecedents 1. Nietzsche on Woman (with a new postscript), Lawrence J. Hatab, Old Dominion University (1981) 2. Woman as Truth in Nietzsche’s Writing, Kelly Oliver, Vanderbilt University (1984) Part II. Perfectionism and Psychology 3. Nature’s Motherly Veil – Style in Nietzsche’s Untimely Meditations, Pedro Nagem de Souza, UNICAMP, Brazil 4. Nietzsche and the Psychology of the ‘Eternally Feminine’, Allison Merrick, California State University, USA 5. Nietzsche’s Perfectionism and the Ethics of Care, Justin Remhof, Old Dominion University, USA Part III. Women, Myth, and the Future 6. Shakti Under Erasure: Parallels with Goddess Spirituality in Nietzsche's Thought, Shruti Jain, Jindal Global University, India 7. The Meaning of Ariadne for Nietzsche, Mat Messerschmidt, University of Chicago, USA 8. Nietzsche on Naxos: Seduction, Deification, and the Truth of the Self, Nicholas Low, Harvard University, USA Part IV. Gender, Ressentiment, and the Revaluation of Values 9. Genealogy in Drag: Nietzsche and Butler on Language and Gender, Marta Vero, Italian Institute for Germanic Studies, Italy 10. What if Truth Were a Woman? Metaphors of the Feminine and the Transvaluation of Values in Nietzsche’s Philosophy, Isadora Petry, UNICAMP, Brazil 11. Feminism as Female Slave Morality? An Emancipatory Thesis from Rousseau to Nietzsche, Nina Lex, Friedrich Nietzsche College, Germany 12. Nietzsche on Marriage and the Cultivation of Humanity, Marina García-Granero, University of Valencia, Spain Part V. Nietzschean Engagements and Influences 13. The ‘Eternal-Feminine’ in Nietzsche's Philosophy: On Nietzsche’s Inversion of Goethe's Verse – Ihr ‘Ewig-Weibliches’ zieht uns - hinab!, Vinicius Souza de Paulo, Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil 14. The Nihilism of the Oppressed: Hedwig Dohm’s Feminist Critique of Nietzschean Nihilism, Katie Brennan, Temple University, USA 15. Stendhal, Nietzsche, and Beauvoir on Romantic Love, Lorenzo Serini, University of Warwick, UK Index
£999.99
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Art of Teaching Philosophy
Book SynopsisTeaching is a moral enterprise through which we reflect our most deeply held values. Thoughtful teaching begins before the syllabus is written and continues well beyond the end of the semester. In this book a team of over 30 renowned and innovative US philosophy teachers offer accessible reflections and practical suggestions for constructing a philosophy course. Our classroom can mimic dynamics that emerge in the broader society, or it can teach students new ways of engaging with one another. From syllabus design and classroom management to exercises and assessments, each chapter answers frequently asked questions: How do we balance lecture with discussion? What are our goals? When we're leading a discussion and a student (or several students) say false things, what should we do? What are the costs of correcting them? Here is an in-depth exploration of topics such as content selection, assessment design, mentorship, and making teaching count professionally.Ea
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Edinburgh University Press ZarathustraS Moral Tyranny
Book SynopsisIn this reading of Nietzsche's most elusive work, Francesca Cauchi claims that Thus Spoke Zarathustra is a moral polemic, one grounded in its own set of moral values that posits its own moral goal - the self-overcoming of Christian morality through the creation of new values.Trade Review"Francesca Cauchi's highly original rendition of Zarathustra's doctrine of self-overcoming as the interiorisation of the ontological law of becoming is utterly compelling." -Claus-Artur Scheier, Technische Universit t Braunschweig
£80.75
Edinburgh University Press The Eye of the Cinematograph
Book SynopsisExplores the encounter between Emmanuel Levinas' ethical thought and aesthetic realisms of the bodyTrade Review"Proposing a novel marriage between Bazinian realism and Levinasian philosophy, Keyvan Manafi's The Eye of the Cinematograph compellingly asks us to look closely at the filmed body in all its promises and indeterminacies. This is an elegantly written book that sheds new light on the confluences between film ethics, nonprofessional acting and durational cinema." -Tiago de Luca, University of Warwick
£80.75
Edinburgh University Press Judging Complicity
Book SynopsisTheorises how people can judge and respond to their complicity in injustice and violence
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Edinburgh University Press The Philosophical Correspondence and Unpublished
Book SynopsisThe first ever English translation of Fran ois Hemsterhuis' philosophically ambitious and illuminating fragments, notes and correspondence, making accessible to Anglophone readers some of the most significant texts, for a genuine understanding of his philosophy.
£999.99
Edinburgh University Press Spinozas Geographical Ethics
£81.00
Taylor & Francis Ltd Global Minority Rights
Book SynopsisThis important volume brings together a range of material in different areas of law and the social sciences that address questions concerning the rights of minorities. The discipline is arguably one of the oldest branches of public international law, and owes its heritage to those who struggled to create standards to protect the numerically inferior and non-dominant communities from the excesses of the majority. While reflecting this rich heritage, the works contained in this volume show the extent to which policy constructs (especially in law) have begun to pay heed to the need to include minorities in different domestic settings across the globe. To provide readers with a structured approach to understanding global minority rights law the editor divides the issues into six main headings, namely: Historical Development; Conceptual Development; Contemporary Challenges; Fundamental Norms of Minority Protection; Specific Rights of Minorities; Human Rights and Minority Rights.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction; Part I Historical Development of Minority Rights Law: Historical background: international law moves from protection of particular groups to norms of a universal character, Patrick Thornberry; Minorities and the League of Nations in interwar Europe, Mark Mazower; The internationalization of minority rights, Will Kymlicka. Part II Conceptual Development of Minority Rights Law: The bases of minority identity, Philip Vuciri Ramaga; To bellow like a cow: women, ethnicity and the discourse of rights, Radhika Coomaraswamy; The idea of human rights as perceived in the Ottoman empire, Berdal Aral. Part III Contemporary Challenges of Minority Rights Law: The headscarf affair: the Conseil d'Etat on the role of religion and culture in French society, Elisa T. Beller; Tiptoeing through a constitutional minefield: the great Sharia controversy in Nigeria, Andrew Ubaka Iwobi; The new economic policy and interethnic relations in Malaysia, Jomo K.S. Part IV Fundamental Norms in the Protection of Minorities: Merit principles, Christopher McCrudden; Reversing discrimination, Sandra Fredman; Comprehensive examination of thematic issues relating to the elimination of racial discrimination: the concept and practice of affirmative action, Marc Bossyut. Part V Specific Rights of Minorities: The emerging right to democratic governance, Thomas M. Franck; Justice and reparations, Howard McGary Jr; Multiculturalism and minority rights: West and East, Will Kymlicka; Equality and non-discrimination: fundamental principles of minority language rights, Fernand de Varennes. Part VI Human Rights Law and Minority Rights Law: A critical evaluation of international human rights approaches to racism, Kevin Boyle and Anneliese Baldaccini; Reinforcing marginalized rights in an age of globalization: international mechanisms, non-state actors, and the struggle for peoples' rights in Africa, J. Oloka-Onyango; 'Righting', restructuring, and rejuvenating the postcolonial African state: the case for the establishment of an AU Special Commission on National Minorities, Obiora Chinedu Okafor; Minorities, poverty and the millennium development goals: assessing global issues, Gay McDougall; Name index.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Justice and the Capabilities Approach
Book SynopsisThe capabilities approach is a widely influential alternative theory of justice, popularized by Nobel Prize winner Amartya Sen and also by Martha Nussbaum. Justice and the Capabilities Approach is the first work of its kind to publish in one place the most influential essays in the field covering a number of topics, including constitutional law, cosmopolitanism, distributive justice, the family, feminism, global justice, human rights, poverty, and social justice. The collection should help inform both scholars and students coming to the study of the capabilities approach for the first time of both the importance and complexity of the wider debate, as well as shed light on how the approach might be further improved and applied.Trade Review’...a fine collection of essays.' Journal of Human Development and CapabilitiesTable of ContentsContents: Introduction; Part I Distributive Justice: Well-being, agency, and freedom: the Dewey lectures 1984, Amartya Sen; Equality of welfare, Ronald Dworkin; Equality of resources, Ronald Dworkin. Part II Human Rights: Capabilities, entitlements, rights: supplementation and critique, Martha C. Nussbaum; Rights, capabilities, and the good society, Robin West; Elements of a theory of human rights, Amartya Sen. Part III Constitutional Law: The Supreme Court 2006 Term - foreword: constitutions and capabilities: 'perception' against lofty formalism, Martha C. Nussbaum; Constitutions and capabilities: a (necessarily) pragmatic approach, Diane P. Wood. Part IV The Family: The problem with polygamy, Thom Brooks; Who secures women's capabilities in Martha Nussbaum's quest for social justice?, Amrita Basu. Part V Cosmopolitanism and Global Justice: Assessing global poverty and inequality: income, resources, and capabilities, Ingrid Robeyns; Cosmopolitan law?, Noah Feldman; Name index.
£266.00
Taylor & Francis Ltd Rights Concepts and Contexts
Book SynopsisRights: Concepts and Contexts contains the central works of recent scholarship on the nature of rights, with contributions by some of the most prominent contemporary theorists in moral, legal, and political philosophy, including Joseph Raz, Robert Alexy, Jeremy Waldron, Morton Horwitz, Stephen Darwall, Margaret Gilbert, David Lyons, and Aharon Barak. With approaches ranging from the political to the historical, and from the analytical to the critical, this collection touches on the major conceptual and practical questions of this important field: what is the nature and grounding of human rights? How should conflicts of rights best be analyzed? Are rights best understood in terms of choice, benefits, or some hybrid of the two? What are the connections between rights and duties, and between rights and justice? The collection also offers useful introductions to emerging issues in rights theory such as the purported bipolarity of rights.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction; Part I Rights in Context: Natural law and natural rights, Morton J. Horwitz; 'Protestant' political theory and the significance of rights, Sean Coyle; Human rights in the emerging world order, Joseph Raz; Humanist and political perspectives on human rights, Pablo Gilabert. Part II Concepts of Rights: Are there still any natural rights?, Hillel Steiner; Value pluralism and the two concepts of rights, Horacio Spector; The analytical foundations of justice, N.E. Simmonds; Fundamental legal conceptions reconsidered, Andrew Halpin; Ross and Olivecrona on rights, Brian H. Bix; A right to do wrong? Two conceptions of moral rights, William A. Edmundson; The nature of rights, Leif Wenar; Theories of rights: is there a third way?, Matthew H. Kramer and Hillel Steiner. Part III Bipolarity of Rights: Bipolar obligation, Stephen Darwall; Giving claim-rights their due, Margaret Gilbert; The nature of rights debate rests on a mistake, Siegfried van Duffel; Duties and their direction, Gopal Sreenivasan. Part IV Rights and Reasons: What demands are rights? An investigation into the relation between rights and reasons, Alon Harel; Rights and recognition, David Lyons; The rights recognition thesis: defending and extending Green, Gerald F. Gaus. Part V Conflicts of Rights: On conflicts between rights, Christopher Heath Wellman; American balancing and German proportionality: the historical origins, Moshe Cohen-Eliya and Iddo Porat; Security and liberty: the image of balance, Jeremy Waldron; Proportionality stricto sensu (balancing), Aharon Barak; The weight formula, Robert Alexy; On Robert Alexy's weight formula for weighing and balancing, Lars Lindahl; Name index.
£308.75
Taylor & Francis Ltd Emergency Ethics
Book SynopsisEmergencies are extreme events which threaten to cause massive disruption to society and negatively affect the physical and psychological well-being of its members. They raise important practical and theoretical questions about how we should treat each other in times of 'crisis'. The articles selected for this volume focus on the nature and significance of emergencies; ethical issues in emergency public policy and law; war, terrorism and supreme emergencies; and public health and humanitarian emergencies. Together they demonstrate the normative implications of emergencies and provide multi-disciplinary perspectives on the ethics of emergency response.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction; Part I The Nature and Significance of Emergency: Definition of sovereignty, Carl Schmitt; Morality and emergency, Tom Sorell; Making sense of ’public’ emergencies, François Tanguay-Renaud. Part II Ethical Issues in Emergency: Lifeboat ethics and disaster: should we blow up the fat man?, Naomi Zack; The moral black hole, Per Sandin and Misse Wester; Disappearing without a moral trace? Rights and compensation during times of emergency, Simon Wigley; Deontology at the threshold, Larry Alexander; A first-order ethic of solidarity and reciprocity, David Wiggins; The ethics of emergencies, Ayn Rand. Part III Ethical Issues in Emergency Public Policy and Law: Specifying rights out of necessity, John Oberdiek; 'Necessity knows no law': on extreme cases and uncodifiable necessities, Alon Harel and Assaf Sharon; In extremis, Arthur Ripstein; Law, looting and lawlessness, Stuart P. Green; The ethics of price gouging, Matt Zwolinski. Part IV War, Terrorism and Supreme Emergencies: The ethics of emergency, Michael Ignatieff; Emergency ethics, Michael Walzer; Terrorism, morality and supreme emergency, C.A.J. Coady; Supreme emergencies revisited, Daniel Statman; Supreme emergencies without the bad guys, Per Sandin. Part V Public Health and Humanitarian Emergencies: Is human rights prepared? Risk, rights and public health emergencies, Thérèse Murphy and Noel Whitty; Ethics and global climate change, Stephen M. Gardiner; Living on a lifeboat, Garrett Hardin; Lifeboat Earth, Onora O'Neill; Famine, affluence and morality, Peter Singer; Distribution and emergency, Jennifer Rubenstein; Name index.
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Simon & Schuster The Moral Landscape
Book SynopsisNew York Times bestselling author Sam Harris's first book, The End of Faith, ignited a worldwide debate about the validity of religion. In the aftermath, Harris discovered that most peoplefrom religious fundamentalists to non-believing scientistsagree on one point: science has nothing to say on the subject of human values. Indeed, our failure to address questions of meaning and morality through science has now become the primary justification for religious faith.In this highly controversial book, Sam Harris seeks to link morality to the rest of human knowledge. Defining morality in terms of human and animal well-being, Harris argues that science can do more than tell how we are; it can, in principle, tell us how we ought to be. In his view, moral relativism is simply falseand comes at an increasing cost to humanity. And the intrusions of religion into the sphere of human values can be finally repelled: for just as there is no such thing as Christian physics
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Rowman & Littlefield How to Build a Better Human
Book SynopsisMedicine has recently discovered spectacular tools for human enhancement. Yet to date, it has failed to use them well, in part because of ethical objections. Meanwhile, covert attempts flourish to enhance with steroids, mind-enhancing drugs, and cosmetic surgeryall largely unstudied scientifically. The little success to date has been sporadic and financed privately. In How to Build a Better Human, prominent bioethicist Gregory E. Pence argues that people, if we are careful and ethical, can use genetics, biotechnology, and medicine to improve ourselves, and that we should publicly study what people are doing covertly. Pence believes that we need to transcend the two common frame stories of bioethics: bioconservative alarmism and uncritical enthusiasm, and that bioethics should become part of the solutionnot the problemin making better humans.Trade ReviewHuman enhancement is an important topic. However, too many authors dwell on improbable scenarios, such as genetic engineering of super-babies. By contrast, this book tackles the real ethical dilemmas that our society faces today. Is it wrong for healthy college students to boost academic performance with Ritalin and similar drugs? Is increased longevity a bane or a boon? How can simple interventions like good nutrition and vaccinations produce children who are not only healthier but smarter? Professor Gregory Pence uses science, logic, and ethics to analyze these and many other topics. Along the way, he explains why we need not fear designer babies and other Brave New World scenarios. Legislators and other policymakers should read this timely and fascinating book so that they will know what to regulate—and what to leave alone -- Kerry Lynn Macintosh, Santa Clara UniversityFrom Frankenstein to GATTACA innovative biomedical technologies have been portrayed as bogeymen and dystopias. Bringing commonsense to bear on subjects often misrepresented by enthusiasts and alarmists, bioethics professor Gregory Pence, author of Whose Afraid of Human Cloning, clarifies the science and dispels the hype and paranoia surrounding the bioethics of everyday life. He offered reasonable answers to such questions as: Should I use life extending medical or mind enhancing drugs? Is there anything wrong with extending peoples' lives? Should I vaccinate my children? Is it OK to take anti-depressants? Is there something to fear from the new genetics or from stem cell research? How to Build a Better Human provides astute and invaluable advice on these issues and is without a doubt the best "How To" book ever published in bioethics. -- Robert Baker, Union Graduate College, FiT PublishingGregory E. Pence has managed to wed nuance, rigor and wit in the service of one of the thorniest issues in bioethics. The debate over human enhancement is too often shaped by ideologues and zealots – and too infrequently informed by the kind of thoughtful and enjoyable analysis found in How to Build a Better Human. -- Kenneth W. Goodman, University of MiamiTable of ContentsPreface Part I—Competent Adults Chapter 1: What if Your Virtual Life Surpasses Your Real Life? Chapter 2: Lessons from Bioethics’ History Chapter 3: Expanding the Mind with Drugs Chapter 4: Building Better Female Bodies Chapter 5: Building Better Male Bodies Chapter 6: Is it Moral to Feel Better than Well? Chapter 7: Practical Ways to Build a Longer Life Chapter 8: Is It Wrong to Live to a Hundred? Chapter 9: Personalized Genomics: Caveat Emptor! Part II—Choosing Better, Future Children Chapter 10: Choosing a Better Embryo Chapter 11: Eugenic Abortions? Chapter 12: Building Better Fetuses in Utero Chapter 13: Building Better Kids at Birth: Vaccinations Chapter 14: Building Better Minds of Children: Ritalin and Adderal Part III—Changing Human Nature? Chapter 15: How Not to think about Genetic Enhancement Chapter 16: Human Enhancement; Six Psychosocial Objections Chapter 17: Overview: Cloning, Primordial Cells & Enhancement Chapter 18: Conclusions and Six Practical Proposals Acknowledgments
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Rowman & Littlefield University Ethics
Book SynopsisStories about ethical issues at universities make headlines every day. From sexual violence to racial conflict, from the treatment of adjuncts to cheating, students, professors, and administrators face countless ethical trials. And yet, very few resources exist to assist universities in developing an ethical culture. University Ethics addresses this challenge. Each chapter studies a facet of university lifeincluding athletics, gender, faculty accountability, and morehighlights the ethical hotspots, explains why they occur, and proposes best practices.Professional ethics are a key component of training for numerous other fields, such as business management, medicine, law, and journalism, but there is no prescribed course of study for the academy. Professors and administrators are not trained in standards for evaluating papers, colleagues, boundaries, or contracts. University Ethics not only examines the ethical problems that colleges face one by one but proposes creating an integrated cTrade ReviewKeenan, who has written/edited some 16 books on theology and ethics, claims that the absence of an institutional ethical culture facilitates aberrant behaviors in US higher education. Universities offer courses in ethics but not in ethics as related to higher education institutions. Keenan considers ethical concerns with contingent versus tenure-line faculty; marginalization of university students and employees; dishonesty on the parts of students, faculty, and administrators; undergraduate carousing practices and violence; male-female inequities; disinterest in (or insensitivity to) differences; and the situation of international students. He points out that institutional levels are responsible for specific aspects of university life; accordingly, faculty, staff, students, and administrators remain unaware of one another’s struggles. And he argues that a prevailing culture of consumerism and consumption is largely responsible for condoning, even promoting, unethical behaviors. Keenan concludes with a call for collaboration among all involved with higher education to actively advance ethical behavior in their institutions. Providing just enough historical context, Keenan uses a narrative reporting style, interweaving research and relevant literature, scholarship, and media reports to develop his story and support his assertions. Summing Up: Recommended. All levels. * CHOICE *The book covers a number of issues, including gender inequity, sexual assault, racial discrimination, financial mismanagement, lack of access to college for poor students, and the skewing of priorities toward too-powerful sports programs. Keenan places a discussion of student behavior—drinking, harassing, and cheating—in the middle of the book. These are not simply problems for the students. They are problems for their universities. . . .Keenan has provided a roadmap for the challenging but necessary work of making a moral community. This matters for everyone who studies or works at a university. It matters for the 65 percent of U.S. students who just graduated from high school and have enrolled in college this fall. It matters for the half a million part-time faculty earning, on average, less than $3,000 per course. The work of making a moral community also matters for American society because, like churches, universities could reclaim their role as moral exemplars. All they have to do is practice what they preach. * Commonweal Magazine *Keenan, a well-published ethicist, has researched his topic thoroughly. The book is replete with references to the works of other experts; this alone makes it a valuable asset for those interested in higher education. In straightforward prose, Keenan begins with the adjunct faculty whose situation is one that ethically should embarrass both tenured faculty and administrators. Cheating, gender, racism, classism, fraternities, and student misbehavior are among the other issues explored. Before you conclude that all these have been discussed ad nauseam in recent years, I invite you to read Keenan’s analysis of, and suggested solutions for, their amelioration. * U.S. Catholic *Keenan’s work is multilayered, analytically sharp and engaging, and demonstrates not just the depth of his research but his own personal experience as a university professor. . . . If you have anything to do with the life of a university, even if you are simply a concerned alumnus, get this book. * America: The Jesuit Review of Faith & Culture *University Ethics is a powerful and empowering book in the right hands. Higher education administration could use Keenan’s insights to shape new strategic planning.This is apparent, but Keenan appears to have another primary audience in mind. The book addresses faculty members more than anyone else, putting us on notice of our responsibilities and capabilities to be influential agents of a culture of ethics on our campuses. This book comes at the right time as faculty across the spectrum are asking about our role in a dynamically changing landscape. We can either get carried away by the floodwaters of change or assert ourselves using valuable and well-thought out tools like University Ethics to re-center higher education in these exigent times. * Collegium: A Colloquy of Faith and Intellectual Life *James Keenan’s latest book compellingly argues that American universities (including Catholic universities) are failing to take ethics seriously within the confines of their own institutions. * Theological Studies *James Keenan has not only written the first sustained discussion of university ethics, but he has done it in a superb manner. For the good of the university, which needs to have an ethical culture at its core, I hope that many others will learn from Keenan and continue the important work that he has so well begun. -- Charles E. Curran, Scurlock University Professor of Human Values, Southern Methodist UniversityUniversity Ethics is a highly original take on a festering problem in higher education. Every university employee should engage it, though it may not be a pleasant read. Keenan diagnoses the causes and intersections of multiple trouble spots in university culture. This book will uniquely position university leaders to take action, and it will inspire new leadership across universities as a whole. -- Lisa Sowle Cahill, Boston CollegeJames F. Keenan, SJ, has written an outstanding book filled with examples and details that could improve daily life within higher education for faculty members and students. Building a culture of ethics in higher education is rarely developed as a scholarly topic, and this book fills an important role. I highly recommend this book. -- Elaine E. Englehardt, Distinguished Professor of Ethics, Utah Valley University; co-editor of The Ethical Challenges of Academic AdministrationWhile many universities do an excellent job of teaching ethics to future lawyers, doctors, and business executives, professional ethics for higher education remains underdeveloped. University Ethics provides the resources for a comprehensive approach to this important topic. Keenan’s book addresses not only familiar problems of cheating, student behavior, and faculty culture but also the issues that arise where race, gender, and economic interests intersect with the purposes of higher education. This is a book that should be read and discussed by faculty and administrators who care about the integrity of their profession and their institutions. -- Robin W. Lovin, Cary M. Maguire University Professor of Ethics Emeritus, Southern Methodist UniversityAs the author of five books concerned with hazing as a dangerous and repugnant practice, I applaud the mission of James F. Keenan to assess and to eliminate a wide swath of civility failures on college campuses. He is absolutely on target to see such abuses as ethical failures. University Ethics belongs in the libraries of all colleges as a sort-of GPS guide for student affairs professionals, behavior experts and administrators. Personally, I'd recommend it as well for parents of present and future college students. Here's hoping Keenan's suggestions for change [will] lead to a paradigm shift to end abuses ranging everywhere from cheating to alcohol abuse...and, of course, to deadly hazing practices. -- Hank Nuwer, author of The Hazing Reader, Wrongs of Passage, and Sons of the DawnKeenan’s book does raise important questions, for ethical good practice in education matters.... If he is anywhere near correct about US universities, they face substantial challenges to their very being as universities. * Studies in Christian Ethics *Table of Contents1: The Absence of Ethics at American Universities 2: EthicsToward a History of University Ethics 3: The Adjunct Faculty 4: The Cultural Landscape of the University without Ethics 5: Cheating 6: Undergraduates Behaving Badly 7: Gender 8: Diversity and Race 9: Commodification A Conclusion: Class, Athletics, and Other University Matters
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Rowman & Littlefield The Good Life
Book SynopsisIntended for use in the introduction to ethics course, The Good Life: Options in Ethics, Fifth Edition is designed to engage today''s practical-minded student in more fundamental questions. The book ranges from ideals in living (the good) to contemporary moral problems (the right), exploring and analyzing both areas in order to stimulate deeper reflection. The first section of the book clears away the obstacles to pursuing ethical understanding - relativism, determinism, and egoism. Then traditional definitions of the good life are discussed, theories such as hedonism, self-realization, duty, evolutionism, religious ethics, and virtue ethic. The final section addresses today''s social problems including abortion, euthanasia, animal welfare, capital punishment, and sexual morality.New to the Fifth Edition:Chapter 6, Following Nature, has been eliminated, and its contents have been integrated into appropriate chaptersNew section entitled Contemporary Moral Issues includes new chapters onTrade Review“Much more than a standard text on normative theories, this book lends itself to a thorough introductory examination of the field of ethics. . . . In particular, the evaluation discussions are excellent, as they draw attention to problems in the theories and arguments in a way that aids in teaching students to craft arguments themselves. Too many students think it is sufficient to disagree. The evaluation sections help focus how to critically examine a theory.” -- Stevens F. Wandmacher, University of Michigan-Flint“The writing style of the text is, I think, appropriate for undergraduates as well as most graduate students. The style is clear, crisp, and avoids unnecessary and misleading verbiage. . . . [A] logically organized sequence of ‘obstructions’ to ethical theory by presenting the notions of egoism, determinism, and relativism early in the text.” -- Joseph F. Marino, Hofstra UniversityTable of ContentsTable of Contents Preface About the Author Introduction The Nature of Ethics The Standard of Reasonableness 1. Putting Ethics in Its Place The Role of Ethics within Philosophy Relationships to Other Branches Ethics and Science The Naturalistic Fallacy Ethics and Religion Plato’s Euthyphro Ethics and Psychology Psychological Egoism Review Questions 2. Free Will and Determinism Do We Have Free Choice? Fatalism and Predestination Social Scientific Determinism The Compelling Factors The Libertarian Reply Arguments for Free Will Hard and Soft Determinism The Individual in the Causal Chain Review Questions 3. The Challenge of Relativism Are Values Relative to Our Society? Ethics as Subjective and Cultural Sources of Relativism Social Science and Multiculturalism Objectivism The Counter Arguments Are Some Actions Intrinsically Valuable? The Universal Declaration of Human Rights Review Questions II. Ideals in Living 4. Hedonism as the Good Ethical Hedonism Pursuing Pleasure or Happiness Individualistic Hedonism The Cyrenaics and Epicureans Universalistic Hedonism – Utilitarianism Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill A Critical Assessment The Value of Happiness Review Questions 5. Self-Realization Developing Our Potentialities Becoming Fully Actualized Defining the Self in Time and Space Flaws and Weaknesses Realizing Ourselves as Human Beings Is Human Nature Good? Aristotle The Golden Mean Review Questions 6. Evolutionism The Meaning of Evolution Evolution and Religion Social Darwinism The Fittest and the Best Spencer’s Evolutionary Ethic The Breadth of Life A Critical Appraisal Evaluating Evolutionism Overall Review Questions 7. The Ethic of Duty Judging the Worth of Conduct The Right and the Good Deontology vs. Teleology Intention Behind Action The Kantian Ethic Following Principles The Categorical and Practical Imperatives Are There Universal Values? Review Questions 8. The Teachings of Religion Judaism – The Old Testament Divine Commands Christianity – The New Testament Concepts of Love and Justice Islam The Five Pillars of Faith Buddhism The Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path Review Questions 9. Virtue Ethics Ancient Greece The Noble Person Medieval Purity Cardinal Virtues and Deadly Sins The Modern Perspective Character and Moral Sentiments Feminist Virtue Ethics Personal Caring Rather Than Moral Rules Review Questions 10. Existentialism The Human Condition Anxiety and Alienation Existence Precedes Essence Phenomenology The Seminal Figures Nietzsche and Kierkegaard Modern Existentialism Jean-Paul Sartre Review Questions III. Contemporary Moral Issues 11. Contraception and Abortion Artificial Contraceptives The Conflict over Abortion When Does the Fetus Become a Person? Pro-Life v. Pro-Choice Review Questions 12. Punishment and the Death Penalty Personal Responsibility Mass Incarceration Rival Theories of Punishment Arguments Surrounding Capital Punishment Review Questions 13. Sexual Ethics Does Consent Legitimize Any Private Act? Moral and Immoral Sex The Homosexuality Controversy Are Gay Sexual Relations Wrong? Review Questions 14. The Natural Environment Is Nature Good? Our Relationship to the Natural World Animal Welfare Using Animals for Food, Testing, Clothing, and Entertainment Review Questions 15. Racism and Sexism Should We Ever Generalize About People? The Remedy of Affirmative Action Discrimination Based On Sex Forms of Abuse Review Questions Afterword Glossary of Philosophic Terms Notes Index
£60.00
John Murray Press Ethics for Life
Book SynopsisWe all face questions on an almost daily basis related to truth and post-truth, particularly in the political sphere, terrorism, globalization, immigration and asylum, social responsibility, media and social-media ethics, and gender and LGBT issues. So how do you navigate this minefield? Ethics for Life is an accessible introduction to all the key theories and thinkers. It shows the relevance of ethical ideas and theories to everyday life, emphasizing the way our view of ourselves and the societies we live in is shaped by our moral values and the arguments they are based on.With contemporary examples and discussion of current debates including terrorism, genetics and the media, Ethics for Life will help you grasp how ethics applies to life today.Table of Contents : Introduction: The Art of Living : What makes something moral? : What is the point of ethics? : At what price is integrity? : Rights and responsibilities : The art of living : Free to choose? : What kind of freedom? : Free will : Determinism : Reductionism : How much freedom does morality need? : Freedom and the state : What do we mean? : Three kinds of language : Defining key terms : Some theories : ‘Is’ and ‘ought’ : Is it natural? : Does it have a ‘final cause’? : Some features of ‘natural law’ : How do you decide what is ‘natural’? : Applying ‘natural law’ : Are we naturally good or bad? : Evolution, change and the natural law : Looking for results : Egoistic hedonism : Utilitarianism : Forms of utilitarianism : Sex and utilitarianism : General criticisms of utilitarianism : The experience of moral choice : Conscience : The categorial imperative : The creative response : Determined and yet free? : Personal development and virtue : Altruism? : Nietzsche : Virture ethics : Existentialism : Humankind, Marx and Freud : Law and order : Society and moral choice : In whose interest? : Is equality possible? : Social rules : Crime and punishment : Capital punishment : In self-defence? : Civil disobedience : If Nietzsche were a civil servant… : Religion and moral values : How are religion and morality related? : Judaism : Christianity : Islam : Hinduism : Buddhism : Sikhism : Religious values and society : Should religious freedom be restricted? : Scepticism and relativism : Nietzsche and Machiavelli : Philosophers or politicians? : Relativism and moral absolutes : Situation ethics : Applied ethics : The natural environment : Animal rights : International issues : Poverty and international aid : War and peace : Feminist issues : Some issues in medical ethics : The beginning and end of life : Genetics : Media issues : Business issues : Some conclusions : Moral progress: can people change? : A better world: illusion or essential hope? : So where does this leave us? : Taking it further : Further reading : Websites : Glossary : Index
£14.24
Edinburgh University Press Cinema of the Dark Side
Book SynopsisExplores how contemporary cinema treats state-sponsored atrocity, evoking multiple landscapes of state terror. Investigating the ethical potential of cinematic atrocity images, this book argues that while films help to create and confirm normative perceptions about atrocities, they can also disrupt those perceptions and build alternatives.
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Edinburgh University Press Levinas Ethics and Law
Book SynopsisMatthew Stone asks what unites apparently disparate applications of Levinas' ideas about law and explores the ethical challenge of law's relationship with 'the Other'. Ultimately, he is sceptical that Levinasian ethics can be invested in legal institutions and instead proposes that it should be embodied in the perpetual critique of law.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements; Part I: The Importance of Ethics; 1. Introduction: The Law's Other; 2. The Ethics of Emmanuel Levinas; Part II: Ethics and Law; 3. Can Law Be Ethical?; 4. Adjudication, Obligation, and Human Rights: Applying Levinas's Ethics; Part III: Ethics Against the Law; 5. The Law of the Same: Levinas and the Biopolitical Limits of Liberalism; 6. Law, Ethics, and Political Subjectivity; Bibliography; Index.
£94.50
Edinburgh University Press Towards a Feminist Cinematic Ethics
Book SynopsisTowards a Feminist Cinematic Ethics develops an account of non-normative ethics that can be used to think about filmmaking and viewing, using two philosopher - Emmanuel Levinas and Jean-Luc Nancy, and the work of filmmaker Claire Denis. It offers new readings of Denis' films, situating them within larger feminist, postcolonial and queer debates.Trade Review"Attuned to what Kristin Hole describes as Denis's cinema of affective reorientation and 'shared vulnerability and responsibility, Towards a Feminist Cinematic Ethics offers fascinating reflections on connections between Denis, Nancy and Levinas, while drawing productively on contemporary feminist philosophies of ethics, co-existence and the body. An insightful, imaginative and lucid study." -- Laura McMahon, Gonville & Caius College, University of Cambridge "A wondrous journey through the work of Denis, moving toward the cinematic ethics of its title in different ways in each chapter." -- Sarah Cooper, King's College London, Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy
£85.50
Edinburgh University Press Global Ethics and Climate Change
Book SynopsisWorld Ethics and Climate Change combines the science of climate change with ethical critique to expose its impact, the increasing intensity of dangerous trends, particularly growing global affluence, material consumption and pollution and the intensifying moral dimensions of changes to the environment.Table of ContentsPreface; Introduction; Part I: The Challenge; 1. Global Climate Change; 2. Justice in a Changing World; Part II: International Justice; 3. International Environmental Justice; 4. International Justice and Climate Change; Part III: Global Justice; 5. Cosmopolitan Ethics and Justice; 6. Affluence, Consumption and Atmospheric Pollution; 7. Cosmopolitan Diplomacy and Climate Policy; 8. The Unavoidability of Global Justice; References, Index.
£22.79
Edinburgh University Press The Practices of Global Ethics
Book SynopsisThis book examines the historical development of global ethics in practice since WWII, looking at its philosophical and historical significance, and the contemporary challenges it faces.Table of ContentsPreface, List of Abbreviations; Introduction: The Practices of Global Ethics; PART I: Developing Common Grounds; 1. Human Rights and Globalization; 2. The Earth Charter; 3. Three Visionary Declarations; PART II: Addressing Global Ethical Issues; 4. Practicing Global Environmental Ethics; 5. Religion, Politics, and Genocide; 6. Elements of a Global Ethic with Respect to Armed Conflict; 7. The Practices of Global Ethics with Respect to Poverty; 8. The Globalization of Business Ethics; PART III: Religions, Religious Issues, and The Practices of Global Ethics; 9. The Interfaith Movement: Global and Local Dimensions; 10. The Ethics of Proselytizing and Religious Freedom; 11. Towards a Global Ethics for Education about Religions and Beliefs in Public Schools; Conclusion: The Practices of Global Ethics, History, and Hope; Bibliography, Index.
£27.54
Edinburgh University Press DeleuzeS Kantian Ethos
Book SynopsisExplores the potential for an original ethics based on Deleuze's unique interpretation and use of Kantian critique
£94.50
Edinburgh University Press On the Idea of Potency
Book SynopsisEmanuele Castrucci bridges the two seemingly unrelated worlds of classical Greek philosophy and Jewish biblical exegesis. He connects them through the historical nexus of Christianity, which has marked the destiny of Western philosophy across the political, philosophical and jurisprudential horizons.
£22.79
Edinburgh University Press The Politics of Repressed Guilt
Book SynopsisDrawing on the work of Hannah Arendt and Theodor W. Adorno, Claudia Leeb discusses guilt and democracy in the case of Austrian Nazi perpetrators and recent public controversies surrounding Austria's involvement in the Nazi atrocities. She shows us that only by guilt can individuals and nations take responsibility for their past crimes.
£90.25
Edinburgh University Press Adam Ferguson and the Idea of Civil Society
Book SynopsisAn introduction to the history of English morphology.
£94.50
Edinburgh University Press The Harvard Lectures of Alfred North Whitehead
Book SynopsisThis second volume in the critical edition reproduces more than 170 lectures delivered by Alfred North Whitehead at Harvard during his second and third years.
£153.00
Edinburgh University Press Agonistic Mourning
Book SynopsisAthena Athanasiou departs from recent discussions of mourning, including in the work of Judith Butler, by raising an altogether original question which both challenges and extends the current orthodoxy: what would it be like to mourn the dead of the enemy?
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Edinburgh University Press A Guide to Ethics and Moral Philosophy
Book SynopsisBrent Adkins traces the history of ethics and morality by examining six thinkers: Aristotle, Spinoza, Kant, Mill, Nietzsche and Levinas. You'll learn what the philosophers actually said about how to live the best kind of life and, more importantly, why.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction: Three Questions I: Ethics: Aristotle and Spinoza; 1. Aristotle: Happiness is the Good; 2. Aristotle: Virtue and the Highest Happiness; 3. Spinoza:The Universe and Power; 4. Spinoza: Emotions and Freedom II: Morality: Kant and Mill; 5. Kant: Happiness is not the Good; 6. Kant: The Categorical Imperative; 7. Mill: Happiness is Pleasure; 8. Mill: The Greatest Happiness for the Greatest Number III: Beyond: Nietzsche and Levinas; 9. Nietzsche: These are the Wrong Questions; 10. Nietzsche: Morality and Power; 11. Levinas: Philosophy and Appropriation 12. Levinas: Ethics and the Other Conclusion: Beyond Beyond Timeline; Suggestions for Further Reading; Glossary; Bibliography; Notes; Index.
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Edinburgh University Press The Perfectionist Turn
Book SynopsisContemporary political philosophy e.g. Martha Nussbaum, John Rawls and Amartya Sen tries to separate itself from other philosophical positions and frameworks. Now, Den Uyl and Rasmussen challenge this trend by moving away liberalism to what they call `individualistic perfectionism , creating a powerful new way to think about ethics.
£27.54
Edinburgh University Press Rethinking Political Judgement
Book SynopsisHow can we reinvigorate the human capacity for political judgement in our uncertain post-foundational world? This book takes up the challenge by calling on 20th-century existentialism, in particular the works of Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Camus and Hannah Arendt.
£85.50
Edinburgh University Press Posthuman Space in Samuel Becketts Short Prose
Book SynopsisJonathan Boulter offers the reader a way of understanding Beckett's presentation of the human, more precisely, posthuman, subject in his short prose.
£90.25
Edinburgh University Press NietzscheS the AntiChrist
Book SynopsisPresupposing no prior knowledge of Nietzsche or the text, nor with Christian beliefs or doctrines, Paul Bishop carefully guides students through The Anti-Christ section by section. Bishop unpacks the difficulties that many readers face when dealing with Nietzsche's rhetoric.
£94.50
Edinburgh University Press NietzscheS Beyond Good and Evil
Book SynopsisA critical introduction and guide to one of the most clearly developed statements of Nietzsche's mature philosophy Beyond Good and Evil (1886) offers an excellent, albeit challenging, introduction to the philosophical concerns of the Nietzsche's post-Zarathustran work. It is also exemplary of Nietzsche's period of greatest clarity and sophistication. Adopting an interpretative approach throughout, Daniel Conway assumes no previous knowledge of the text. He treats it as a coherent, unified and carefully crafted complete text. When read in this way, Beyond Good and Evil reveals itself as a guide to the education that Nietzsche prescribes for his best readers, at the brink of the new, post-moral era. Conway makes sense of the overarching aims and structure of the book while providing a broader context for Nietzsche's arguments and positions. As you progress through the text, you will be rewarded with a more developed reading of the distinctly political agenda that emerges in the second ha
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Edinburgh University Press Experience and Eternity in Spinoza
Book SynopsisThrough a detailed study of Spinoza's concept of 'experience', Moreau shows how Spinoza extends the power of reason to capture the singularity of individuals: their lives, languages, passions and societies.
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Edinburgh University Press Experience and Eternity in Spinoza
Book SynopsisThrough a detailed study of Spinoza's concept of 'experience', Moreau shows how Spinoza extends the power of reason to capture the singularity of individuals: their lives, languages, passions and societies.Trade Review"An accessible, engaging translation of a fascinating treatment of some of Spinoza's most tantalising themes. On Moreau's highly original reading, Spinoza's affirmation of reason is inter-connected with serious attention to ordinary" experience: a sense of the mind being itself "eternal" is at the heart of human experience of finitude."" -Genevieve Lloyd, Emeritus Professor in Philosophy, University of New South Wales
£29.45
Edinburgh University Press Politics Ontology and Ethics in Spinoza
Book SynopsisAlexandre Matheron is considered one of the most important interpreters of Spinoza's philosophy in the 20th century. These 20 essays, translated into English for the first time,focus on ontology, knowledge, politics and ethics in Spinoza, his predecessors and his contemporaries.
£90.25
Edinburgh University Press Obligation and the Fact of Sense
Book SynopsisStaging a fruitful dialogue between the analytic and Continental philosophy, and reflecting specifically on the work of Hegel, Merleau-Ponty, Serres and Nancy, Lueck offers a creative new approach to the problem of moral obligation. Lueck builds on Immanuel Kant's fact of reason to give us a fresh rethinking of morality and wellbeing.
£20.89
Edinburgh University Press The Labour of Laziness in TwentiethCentury
Book SynopsisThis book argues that major twentieth-century American writers such as Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway, John Barth, Donald Barthelme and David Foster Wallace provocatively challenge the ethos of productivity by filtering their ethical interventions through culturally stigmatised imagery of laziness.
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Edinburgh University Press The Labour of Laziness in TwentiethCentury
Book SynopsisThis book argues that major twentieth-century American writers such as Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway, John Barth, Donald Barthelme and David Foster Wallace provocatively challenge the ethos of productivity by filtering their ethical interventions through culturally stigmatised imagery of laziness.
£20.89
Edinburgh University Press Performing Ethics Through Film Style
Book SynopsisProposing a relationship between Levinasian ethics and film style, and bringing it into a productive dialogue with theories of performativity, this book explores this influence through three directorial bodies of work: those of Barbet Schroeder, Paul Schrader and the Dardenne Brothers.
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Edinburgh University Press Gilles Deleuzes Luminous Philosophy
Book SynopsisEngaging the whole body of Deleuze's work, including less rehearsed texts such as The Actual and the Virtual, Lucretius and the Simulacrum and his lectures on Spinoza, Hanjo Berressem traces the 'line of light' that runs through Deleuze's thought.
£94.50
Edinburgh University Press Adam Smith and Rousseau
Book SynopsisThis collection brings together an international and interdisciplinary group of Adam Smith and Jean-Jacques Rousseau scholars to explore the key shared concerns of these two great thinkers in politics, philosophy, economics, history and literature.
£27.54
Edinburgh University Press Thomas Reid and the Defence of Duty
Book SynopsisBrings Thomas Reid into conversation with contemporary moral philosophy
£76.50
Edinburgh University Press DeleuzeS Kantian Ethos
Book SynopsisCheri Lynne Carr explores the very real potential of Deleuze's clandestine use of Kantian critique for developing a new ethical practice. This new practice is built on an idea implicit in much of Deleuzian thought: the idea of critique as a way of life.
£22.79
Edinburgh University Press The Ideas in Stories
Book SynopsisArgues against the repeated emphasis on literary form and for the artistic importance of literary content
£90.25
Edinburgh University Press Big Data and Democracy
Book SynopsisWhat's wrong with targeted advertising in political campaigns? Are echo chambers a matter of genuine concern? How does data collection impact on trust in society? As decision-making becomes increasingly automated, how can decision-makers be held to account? This collection consider potential solutions to these challenges.
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