Ethics & Moral Philosophy 97

This book presents Giovanni Gentile’s actual idealism as a radical constructivist doctrine for use in moral theory. The first half describes the moral theory that Gentile explicitly identifies with ……続きを見る

Virginia Held assesses the ethics of care as a promising alternative to the familiar moral theories that serve so inadequately to guide our lives. The ethics of care is only a few decades old, yet i……続きを見る

Every year around the world 13.3 million boys and 2 million girls have part or all of their external sex organs cut off. Doctors, parents, and politicians have been misled into thinking that these m……続きを見る

The Antichrist (German: Der Antichrist ) is a novel by the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, originally published in 1895. Although it was written in 1888, its controversial content made Franz Overb……続きを見る

Progress in biomedical science has called for an international discussion of the medical, ethical, and legal problems that confront physicians, medical researchers, infertile couples, pregnant women……続きを見る

Much of contemporary philosophy, political theory, and social thought has been shaped directly or indirectly by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, though there is considerable disagreement about how his……続きを見る

A World in Transition, Humankind and Nature is appropriately entitled after its aim for an intrinsic property of reality: change. Of major concern, in this era of transformation, is the extensive an……続きを見る

Extrait :  2. Qu’est-ce qu’un bouddhiste ? C’est un homme qui vénère le Bouddha comme la Lumière du monde, comme le maître et le guide suprême de tous les &ecir……続きを見る

A Scottish historian, philosopher, economist, diplomat and essayist known today especially for his radical philosophical empiricism and scepticism. He wrote The History of England which became a be……続きを見る

Lawrence Schmidt and Scott Marratto challenge modern liberal ethics, arguing that there is no consistent ethical framework to deal with the long-range negative consequences of certain technological ……続きを見る

Stephen Ward argues that present media practices are narrowly based within the borders of single country and thus unable to successfully inform the public about a globalized world. Presenting an eth……続きを見る

This magisterial work is the first comprehensive study of the ethics of killing, where the moral status of the individual killed is uncertain. Drawing on philosophical notions of personal identity a……続きを見る

We live in a moral world in which reasons come in different kinds as well as different weights, so that the claims of one reason upon us are often different from but no greater than the claims of so……続きを見る

Religious world-views reserve a central and prominent place for human moral action, yet they must also contend with the reality of human moral failings. Is it possible to anchor moral knowledge and ……続きを見る

What form, or forms, might ethical knowledge take? In particular, can ethical knowledge take the form either of moral theory, or of moral intuition? If it can, should it? These are central questions……続きを見る

All contentious moral issues--from gay marriage to abortion and affirmative action--raise difficult questions about the justification of moral beliefs. How can we be justified in holding on to our o……続きを見る

This book is the culmination of over 15 years of research on terrorism, secession, and related concepts such as the obligation to obey the law, pacifism, civil disobedience, non-violent direct actio……続きを見る

The Dutch experience has influenced the debate on euthanasia and death with dignity around the globe, especially with regard to whether physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia should be legitimize……続きを見る

nology in New Zealand. Angeles Tan Alora reports on the Code of Pharmaceutical Marketmg Practices developed by the Pharmaceutical and Health Care Association of the Philippines. Ruud ter Meulen and ……続きを見る

Ethical Problems in Dialysis and Transplantation presents an overview of issues with which nephrologists and decision makers are confronted in their daily practice. The search for a universal system……続きを見る

MORAL RESPONSIBILITY AND THE HUMAN GENOME PROJECT The Human Genome Project (HGP) is now almost completed. A draft of the full DNA sequence of the human genome has recently been published (lnt. Hum. ……続きを見る

This volume explores Confucian views regarding the human body, health, virtue, suffering, suicide, euthanasia, `human drugs,' human experimentation, and justice in health care distribution. These vi……続きを見る

In A Child Sees God, Howard Worsley explores how we can all learn from a child's perspective of the world and shows how a child's eye view of the Bible reveals many interesting ideas about ethics an……続きを見る

Lautor daquest llibre, que ha dedicat bona part del seu temps a escriure aventures, còmics i històries amb la intenció de fer més suportable la vida als més joves, és un àvid lector de diaris que no……続きを見る

"Qué hay que enseñar a los hijos" no es ni un tratado de pedagogía ni uno de los muchos libros de autoayuda que pretenden dar recetas para ir resolviendo los problemas de cada día. La dificultad de ……続きを見る

L'ètica és útil quan s'apropa a la realitat, quan desdevé instrument per a la presa de decisions i pot ser aplicada. La bioètica, l'ètica mediambiental, l'ètica de la sexualitat són modalitats d´èti……続きを見る

René Descartes és un dels pensadors més importants de la Història de la Filosofia universal i una de les figures indiscutibles per entendre el pensament europeu del segle XVII. Les seves obres sobre……続きを見る

James Garvey nos confronta a uno de los mayores retos de nuestra generación: el cambio climático provocado por la acción del ser humano sobre el medio ambiente. Para el autor, la dimensión ética del……続きを見る

"De tot el que la saviesa procura al conjunt de la vida de plena felicitat, el més important, de molt, és el benefici de l'amistat"続きを見る

"Kant y el chimpancé" aborda un tema crucial: cuánto persiste de animal en nuestra naturaleza. Los seres humanos oscilamos entre la animalidad primaria de un chimpancé y la excelencia intelectual de……続きを見る