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Self Defense: A Philosophy of Violence by Elsa Dorlin 9781839761058
RRP: £17.99£15.94Is violent self-defense ethical? In the history of colonialism, racism, sexism, capitalism, there has long been a dividing line between bodies "worthy of defending" and those who have been disarmed and rendered defenseless. In 1685, for example, ... -
Thinking of Answers: Questions in the Philosophy of Everyday Life by A. C. Grayling 9781408809532
RRP: £16.99£12.28Thought-provoking short essays by Britain's leading public philosopher that show us how to discover our own answers to life's challenges 'While most philosophy is written in abstruse and ponderous prose, Grayling's is a model of clarity and elegance'... -
Bushido: The Soul Of Japan by Inazo Nitobe 9781568364407
RRP: £19.00£12.75A century ago, when Japan was transforming itself from an isolated feudal society into a modern nation, a Japanese educator queried about the ethos of his people composed this seminal work, which with his numerous other writings in English made him the... -
The Robust Demands of the Good: Ethics with Attachment, Virtue, and Respect by Philip Pettit 9780198801306
£29.72Philip Pettit offers a new insight into moral psychology. He shows that attachments such as love, and certain virtues such as honesty, require not only their characteristic positive behaviours in the actual world (i.e. as things are), but preservation of... -
Overcoming Epistemic Injustice: Social and Psychological Perspectives by Benjamin R. Sherman 9781786607065
RRP: £39.00£36.07Prejudice influences people's thoughts and behaviors in many ways; it can lead people to underestimate others' credibility, to read anger or hysteria into their words, or to expect knowledge and truth to 'sound' a certain way-or to come from a certain... -
Derrida in 90 Minutes: Philosophers in 90 Minutes by Paul Strathern 9781566633291
RRP: £5.99£5.41"Each of these little books is witty and dramatic and creates a sense of time, place, and character....I cannot think of a better way to introduce oneself and one's friends to Western civilization."-Katherine A. Powers, Boston Globe. "Well-written, clear... -
Living High and Letting Die: Our Illusion of Innocence by Peter Unger 9780195108590
RRP: £32.99£22.37By contributing a few hundred dollars to a charity like UNICEF, a prosperous person can ensure that fewer poor children die, and that more will live reasonably long, worthwhile lives. Even when knowing this, however, most people send nothing, and almost... -
Writings on an Ethical Life by Peter Singer 9780060007447
RRP: £16.99£12.98Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060007447Author Peter SingerFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)... -
Rawls: A Beginner's Guide by Paul Graham 9781780748115
RRP: £9.99£6.41'The principles of justice are chosen behind a veil of ignorance' - John Rawls, A Theory of Justice What is justice? How can we know it? How can we make our society more just? The most significant political philosopher since John Stuart Mill, John... -
Liam O'Flaherty: the Collected Stories, Volume 1 by Na Na
RRP: £89.99£81.01These long-awaited volumes bring together, for the first time ever, the complete short stories of Ireland's master storyteller, Liam O'Flaherty - from great classics like "The Sniper" to previously unpublished originals. These 182 stories include all... -
The Geography of Morals: Varieties of Moral Possibility by Owen Flanagan 9780190942861
RRP: £19.49£13.73The Geography of Morals is a work of extraordinary ambition: an indictment of the parochialism of Western philosophy, a comprehensive dialogue between anthropology, empirical moral psychology, behavioral economics, and cross-cultural philosophy, and a... -
The Character Gap: How Good Are We? by Christian Miller
£22.26We like to think of ourselves, our friends, and our families as decent people. We may not be saints, but we are still honest, relatively kind, and mostly trustworthy. Miller argues here that we are badly mistaken in thinking this. Hundreds of recent... -
Joseph Butler: Fifteen Sermons and other writings on ethics by David McNaughton 9780199657568
£31.27Joseph Butler's Fifteen Sermons (1726) is a classic work of moral philosophy, widely influential ever since. The topics Butler discusses include the role of conscience in human nature, self-love and egoism, compassion, resentment and forgiveness, love of... -
The Cambridge Companion to Virtue Ethics by Daniel C. Russell
RRP: £30.99£25.23Virtue ethics has emerged from a rich history, in which both Aristotle and Aquinas have played an important role, to become one of the fastest-growing fields in contemporary ethics. In this volume of newly commissioned essays, leading moral philosophers... -
The Distressed Body: Rethinking Illness, Imprisonment, and Healing by Drew Leder 9780226396101
RRP: £26.00£24.85Bodily pain and distress come in many forms. They can well up from within at times of serious illness, but the body can also be subjected to harsh treatment from outside. The medical system is often cold and depersonalized, and much worse are conditions... -
Explaining Value: and Other Essays in Moral Philosophy by Gilbert Harman
£42.24Explaining Value is a selection of the best of Gilbert Harman's shorter writings in moral philosophy. The thirteen essays, originally published between 1967 and 1999, are divided into four sections, which focus in turn on moral relativism, values and... -
Getting Our Act Together: A Theory of Collective Moral Obligations by Anne Schwenkenbecher
RRP: £39.99£35.06Winner of the 2022 North American Society for Social Philosophy Book Award Together we can often achieve things that are impossible to do on our own. We can prevent something bad from happening, or we can produce something good, even if none of us could... -
Beyond Selflessness: Reading Nietzsche's Genealogy by Christopher Janaway 9780199570850
RRP: £41.49£33.44Christopher Janaway presents a full commentary on Nietzsche's most studied work, On the Genealogy of Morality, and combines close reading of key passages with an overview of Nietzsche's wider aims. Arguing that Nietzsche's goal is to pursue psychological... -
Bioethics: A Philosophical Introduction by Stephen Holland 9780745690605
RRP: £18.99£16.87This book provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to contemporary bioethics. It also presents provocative, philosophically informed arguments on current bioethical issues. Holland engages with debates ranging from the more familiar such as... -
What is this thing called Metaethics? by Matthew Chrisman 9781032072005
RRP: £35.99£31.69What makes something morally right? Where do our ethical standards come from? Are they relative to cultures or timeless and universal? Are there any objective moral facts? What is goodness? If there are moral facts, how do we learn about them? What do we... -
The Transparency of Evil: Essays on Extreme Phenomena by Jean Baudrillard
£16.88The renowned postmodernist philosopher's tour-de-force contemplation of sex, technology, politics and disease in Western culture after the revolutionary 'orgy' of the 1960s.Sex, technology, politics and disease in Western culture, after the 'orgy' of the... -
Forgiveness and Love by Glen Pettigrove
RRP: £32.99£30.24What is forgiveness? When is it appropriate? How is it encouraged or inhibited? Answering these questions one way rather than another can alter our lives and our relationships in dramatic ways. If we think that forgiveness is or involves a passion that... -
The Ethics of Capitalism by Daniel Halliday 9780190096212
£28.22Can capitalism have moral foundations? Though this question may seem strange in today's world of vast economic disparities and widespread poverty, discussions originating with the birth of capitalism add a critical perspective to the current debate on... -
Thinking Like a Planet: The Land Ethic and the Earth Ethic by J. Baird Callicott 9780199324897
RRP: £59.00£35.21Bringing together ecology, evolutionary moral psychology, and environmental ethics, J. Baird Callicott counters the narrative of blame and despair that prevails in contemporary discussions of climate ethics and offers a fresh, more optimistic approach... -
Beyond Roe: Why Abortion Should be Legal-Even if the Fetus is a Person by David Boonin 9780190904845
RRP: £20.99£20.87Most arguments for or against abortion focus on one question: is the fetus a person? In this provocative and important book, David Boonin defends the claim that even if the fetus is a person with the same right to life you and I have, abortion should... -
Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy: An Edinburgh Philosophical Guide by Kurt Brandhorst
RRP: £20.99£19.25Descartes' Meditations is one of the first texts that a philosophy student will study, and one that many come back to time and again. Rather than simply telling the reader what to think, Meditations invites us to take a philosophical journey. This book... -
Atheist Manifesto: The Case Against Christianity, Judaism, and Islam by Michel Onfray 9781611450088
RRP: £14.95£9.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611450088Author Michel OnfrayFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Arcade PublishingPublisher Skyhorse PublishingWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 233mm *... -
Refutation of Moral Relativism: Interviews with an Absolutist by Peter J. Kreeft 9780898707311
RRP: £13.99£13.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780898707311Author Peter J. KreeftFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Ignatius PressPublisher Ignatius Press -
How to Be Content: An Ancient Poet's Guide for an Age of Excess by Horace
RRP: £14.99£11.61What the Roman poet Horace can teach us about how to live a life of contentment What are the secrets to a contented life? One of Rome's greatest and most influential poets, Horace (65-8 BCE) has been cherished by readers for more than two thousand years... -
Utilitarianism and On Liberty: Including Mill's 'Essay on Bentham' and Selections from the Writings of Jeremy Bentham and John Austin by John Stuart Mill
RRP: £10.95£9.74Including three of his most famous and important essays, Utilitarianism, On Liberty, and Essay on Bentham, along with formative selections from Jeremy Bentham and John Austin, this volume provides a uniquely perspicuous view of Mill's ethical and... -
Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle 9781420926002
RRP: £8.99£8.15Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781420926002Author AristotleFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Digireads.comPublisher Digireads.comWeight(grams) 200gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 8mm -
The Minority Body: A Theory of Disability by Elizabeth Barnes 9780198822417
RRP: £13.49£11.87Elizabeth Barnes argues compellingly that disability is primarily a social phenomenon-a way of being a minority, a way of facing social oppression, but not a way of being inherently or intrinsically worse off. This is how disability is understood in the... -
Becoming Someone New: Essays on Transformative Experience, Choice, and Change by Enoch Lambert 9780198823735
£89.34Suppose you're offered an opportunity to experience something that is unlike anything you have ever encountered, but that's all you know--aside from the fact that the experience is physically safe and morally acceptable. How do you decide whether to take... -
The Christian Moral Life: Directions for the Journey to Happiness by John Rziha 9780268101824
RRP: £39.00£30.29To take a journey, travelers must know where they are, where they are going, and how to get there. Moral theology examines the same three truths. The Christian Moral Life is a handbook for moral theology that uses the theme of a journey to explain its... -
Does Ethics Have a Chance in a World of Consumers? by Zygmunt Bauman
RRP: £26.95£21.41Zygmunt Bauman is one of the most admired social thinkers of our time. Once a Marxist sociologist, he has surrendered the narrowness of both Marxism and sociology, and dares to write in language that ordinary people can understand-about problems they... -
Unfit for the Future: The Need for Moral Enhancement by Ingmar Persson
RRP: £28.99£22.91Unfit for the Future argues that the future of our species depends on our urgently finding ways to bring about radical enhancement of the moral aspects of our own human nature. We have rewritten our own moral agenda by the drastic changes we have made to... -
The Trolley Problem Mysteries by F.M. Kamm 9780190949112
RRP: £19.49£14.75Suppose you can stop a trolley from killing five people, but only by turning it onto a side track where it will kill one. May you turn the trolley? What if the only way to rescue the five is to topple a bystander in front of the trolley so that his body... -
The Pivotal Generation: Why We Have a Moral Responsibility to Slow Climate Change Right Now by Henry Shue
RRP: £35.00£21.19An eminent philosopher explains why we owe it to future generations to take immediate action on global warmingClimate change is the supreme challenge of our time. Yet despite growing international recognition of the unfolding catastrophe, global carbon... -
Theories of Ethics by Philippa Foot 9780198750055
RRP: £38.49£35.64Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780198750055Author Philippa FootFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Oxford University PressPublisher Oxford University PressWeight(grams) 232g -
Illogical Stories: how to change minds in an unreasonable world by Eleanor Gordon-Smith
RRP: £9.99£7.11An entertaining guide to human nature that reveals how people really make big choices. What makes somebody change their world view completely? Why do some people refuse to alter their perceptions, despite prevailing evidence that says they should?...