Ethics & Moral Philosophy 42

The Pivot of Civilization was published in 1922. It contains Margaret Sanger's belief that civilization rises or falls on how it views the 'people problem.' It wasn't simply the fact that there were……続きを見る

"As organisms are what evolve in the biological phase of evolution, so cultures are what evolve in its psychosocial or human phase." --Julian Huxley (1958). Dominant Species examines the most import……続きを見る

This Brief sheds light on the motivation of humanitarian intervention from a theoretical and empirical point of view. An in-depth analysis of the theoretical arguments surrounding the issue of a leg……続きを見る

How did one group of indigenous societies, on the Northwest Coast of North America, manage to live sustainably with their ecosystems for over two thousand years? Can the answer to this question info……続きを見る

Medicine in the twenty-first century is increasingly reliant on research to guarantee the safety and efficacy of medical interventions. As a result, the need to understand the ethical issues that re……続きを見る

What would you do if a difficult period in your life became compounded by an additional, unbearable ordeal? When everything you've been taught as right and wrong is challenged by the person who taug……続きを見る

How will sport keep pace with current scientific and biological advances? Is the possibility of the 'bionic athlete' that far away and is this notion as bad as it might first appear? Is our fascinat……続きを見る

Welcome inside the heart and mind of The Messenger. I have a word for everyone- and I aim to share my journeys and life's lessons with those who have been blessed to possess this book. I have came a……続きを見る

The ideas of C. D. Broad have affected the work of moral philosophers throughout the twentieth century to the present day. First published in 1971, this edited volume contains Broad’s best essays on……続きを見る

In the pages of this slim, powerful book Rob Riemen argues with passion that nobility of spirit” is the quintessence of a civilized world. It is, as Thomas Mann believed, the sole corrective for hu……続きを見る

Human beings necessarily understand their social worlds in moral terms, orienting their lives, relationships, and activities around socially-produced notions of right and wrong. Morality is sociolog……続きを見る

Cet ouvrage propose une analyse pas à pas et mot à mot de la cérémonie d'initiation. Chaque phrase du rituel est commentée, replacée dans son contexte, anal……続きを見る

Kant infamously claimed that all human beings, without exception, are evil by nature. This collection of essays critically examines and elucidates what he must have meant by this indictment. It show……続きを見る

Thomas Aquinas devoted a substantial proportion of his greatest works to the virtues. Yet, despite the availability of these texts (and centuries of commentary), Aquinas’s virtue ethics remains myst……続きを見る

The first book from the renowned philosopher investigates the flip side of economic self-interest: the interest of the greater good. Best known for his revolutionary free-market economics treatise T……続きを見る

Is it ever all right to lie? A philosopher looks at lying and deception in public and private lifeーin government, medicine, law, academia, journalism, in the family and between friends. Lying is a ……続きを見る

What is the relationship between scientific research and ethics? Some think that science should be free from ethical and political considerations. Biomedical Research and Beyond argues that ethical ……続きを見る

Socrates encounters Euthyphro outside the court of Athens. Socrates has been called to court on charges of impiety by Meletus, and Euthyphro has come to prosecute his own father for having unintenti……続きを見る

Events such as Trafigura's illegal dumping of toxic waste in Côte d’Ivoire and BP's environmentally disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico have highlighted ethical issues in international busine……続きを見る

Sports have long played an important role in society. By exploring the evolving link between sporting behaviour and the prevailing ethics of the time this comprehensive and wide-ranging study illumi……続きを見る

Warm, sensitive, creative, outgoing, cheeky, creepy. Scan any personal ads page and it's clear that to get a life you need a personality first. It is also a notion with a long and often bizarre hist……続きを見る

Plutarch's Parallel Lives, written at the beginning of the second century A.D., form a brilliant social history of the ancient world. They were originally presented in a series of books that gave an……続きを見る

This is one of the most respected books on Marx's philosophical thought. Wood explains Marx's views from a philosophical standpoint and defends him against common misunderstandings and criticisms. A……続きを見る

We call many things sacred, from cows, churches and paintings to flags and burial grounds. Is it still meaningful to talk of things being sacred, or is the idea merely a relic of a bygone religious ……続きを見る

This new edition of The Life of Adam Smith remains the only book to give a full account of Smith's life whilst also placing his work into the context of his life and times. Updated to include new sc……続きを見る

Aristotle considered ethics to be a practical science, i.e., one mastered by doing rather than merely reasoning. Further, Aristotle believed that ethical knowledge is not certain knowledge (like met……続きを見る

The author of Lying shows how the ethical issues raised by secrets and secrecy in our careers or private lives take us to the heart of the critical questions of private and public morality. 続きを見る

The capabilities approach to equality, developed by Amartyr Sen and Martha Nussbaum, seeks to answer the question: what is a proper measure of a person's condition for the purposes of determining wh……続きを見る

One of the UK's foremost moral philosophers, Mary Midgley recounts her remarkable story in this elegiac and moving account of friendships found and lost, bitter philosophical battles and of a profou……続きを見る

El derecho radical a ser persona que debe ejercer la familia -nacer, crecer y morir como tal- se ve disminuido, falto de atención. Y aunque parezca una perogrullada, la dignidad de la persona se exp……続きを見る