Ethics & Moral Philosophy

In Nature Ethics: An Ecofeminist Perspective, Marti Kheel explores the underlying worldview of "nature ethics," offering an alternative ecofeminist perspective. She focuses on four prominent representatives of holist philosophy: two early...

Ecology, Ethics, and Hope explores what hope is, how it operates, and whether or not it is important in our response to ecological challenges like climate change, deforestation, biodiversity loss, and pollution. The book offers an accessible and timely...

Esteemed moral philosopher James Rachels here collects fifteen essays, some classic and others extensively revised, on the nature and limits of moral reasoning. Rachels argues that, rather than simply expressing societal conventions, moral philosophy can...

This is the first book to argue in favor of paying people for their blood plasma. It does not merely argue that offering compensation to plasma donors is morally permissible. It argues that prohibiting donor compensation is morally wrong—and that it is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781498053228Author Jeremy BenthamFormat PaperbackPage Count 372Imprint Literary Licensing, LLCPublisher Literary Licensing, LLCWeight(grams) 494g

Whether in slogans, catchphrases, adages or proverbs, we encounter mottos every day, but we rarely take time to reflect on them. In Of Mottos and Morals: Simple Words for Complex Virtues, Martin explores the possibility that mottos themselves are worthy...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789358813043Author Evangeline BrooksFormat PaperbackPage Count 94Imprint Mindful PagesPublisher Mindful PagesWeight(grams) 150g

Within the United States alone, almost fifteen percent of the population lives in poverty. Ethics in an Age of Savage Inequalities investigates what moral obligations the middle class might have to the poor. While there are no simple ethical...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781618951717Author David HumeFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Bibliotech PressPublisher Bibliotech PressWeight(grams) 186g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781546212058Author Irving VingerFormat PaperbackPage Count 58Imprint AuthorhousePublisher AuthorhouseWeight(grams) 100g

In The Moral and Political Philosophy of Immigration: Liberty, Security, and Equality, Jose Jorge Mendoza argues that the difficulty with resolving the issue of immigration is primarily a conflict over competing moral and political principles and is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781778890536Author Austin MardonFormat PaperbackPage Count 164Imprint Golden Meteorite PressPublisher Golden Meteorite PressWeight(grams) 249g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781497978676Author Inazo NitobeFormat PaperbackPage Count 198Imprint Literary Licensing, LLCPublisher Literary Licensing, LLCWeight(grams) 272g

Jesuits Daniel Harrington and James Keenan have successfully team-taught the content of this landmark study to the delight of students for years. In this book they take the fruits of their own experiences as theologians, writers, teachers, mentors, and...

There have been many books over the past decade, including outstanding collections of essays, on the topic of the ethical virtues and virtue-theoretic approaches in ethics. But the professional journals of philosophy have only recently seen a strong and...

When Stanford M. Lyman authored The Seven Deadly Sins: Society and Evil in 1978 it was hailed by Alasdair MacIntyre as "a book of absorbing interest and importance...[that] places us all in his debt." By Nelson Hart as "a masterful and thought-provoking...

The question, "Why should I obey the law?" introduces a contemporary puzzle that is as old as philosophy itself. The puzzle is especially troublesome if we think of cases in which breaking the law is not otherwise wrongful, and in which the...

In the wake of court rulings that have forced university administrators to reevaluate affirmative action policies, this balanced, thoughtful book examines three typical defenses of those policies: that affirmative action compensates for past...

Sociality and Responsibility develops and extends the application of her plural subject theory of human sociality, first introduced in the earlier works On Social Facts and Living Together. Demonstrating the extensive range and fruitfulness of plural...

Esteemed moral philosopher James Rachels here collects fifteen essays, some classic and others extensively revised, on the nature and limits of moral reasoning. Rachels argues that, rather than simply expressing societal conventions, moral philosophy can...

In Constructics: A Methodology of Theory Construction, author Shokichi Uto introduces a systematic methodology, "Constructics," that enables individuals to create, construct, and effectively establish their own philosophical theory. This theory...

Written as a series of lectures, The Ecological Life offers a humanistic perspective on environmental philosophy that challenges some of the dogmas of deep ecology and radical environmentalism while speaking for their best desires. The book argues that...

In The Other Within, Fredrika Scarth offers a reading of The Second Sex as an ethical text, driven by Beauvoir's preoccupation with what possibilities have been closed off to women by patriarchal structures, oppression and inequality. Scarth offers a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781725273139Author Charles R RingmaFormat HardbackPage Count 118Imprint Resource Publications (CA)Publisher Resource Publications (CA)Weight(grams) 331g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781735645421Author Charles R LanhamFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Deacon's Corner PublishingPublisher Deacon's Corner PublishingWeight(grams) 798g

Responsibility has become the "queen of modern virtues," Winston Davis argues, even if there is no consensus as to what responsibility means. This illuminating collection of essays encompasses conceptions of responsibility around the globe, as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788743027133Author - Le BerthelaineFormat PaperbackPage Count 118Imprint Books on DemandPublisher Books on DemandWeight(grams) 127g

If values conflict and rival human interests clash we often have to weigh them against each other. However, under particular conditions incommensurability prevents the assignment of determinable and impartial weights. In those cases an objective balance...

Who has access, and who is denied access, to food, and why? What are the consequences of food insecurity? What would it take for the food system to be just? Just Food: Philosophy, Justice and Food presents thirteen new philosophical essays that...

Public policy debates often turn on how to get things done once we know our policy objectives. But how do we make appropriate progress when people disagree about what those objectives might be? In this volume, a team of world-renowned scholars introduce...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781666730173Author Wayne Gustave JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Wipf & Stock PublishersPublisher Wipf & Stock PublishersWeight(grams) 272g

Ethics, Literature, and Theory: An Introductory Reader brings together the work of contemporary scholars, teachers, and writers into lively discussion on the moral role of literature and the relationship between aesthetics, art, and ethics. Do the rich...

Ethical Silence: Kierkegaard on Communication, Education, andHumility examines a new area of Kierkegaard scholarship: the ethical value of silence. Through exegesis of Kierkegaard’s later writings, works in what is known as his second authorship, Sergia...

The feeling that one can't get over a moral wrong is challenging even in the best of circumstances. This volume considers challenges to forgiveness in the most difficult circumstances. It explores forgiveness in criminal justice contexts, under...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781387161256Author Maurice T Watson, JrFormat PaperbackPage Count 462Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 531g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780989732345Author Algernon D BlackFormat PaperbackPage Count 76Imprint American Ethical UnionPublisher American Ethical UnionWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781950108183Author Gerard M VerschuurenFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint En Route Books & MediaPublisher En Route Books & MediaWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781725251496Author Michael a MiltonFormat PaperbackPage Count 90Imprint Wipf & Stock PublishersPublisher Wipf & Stock PublishersWeight(grams) 113g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733300421Author Jay AlbaneseFormat PaperbackPage Count 106Imprint McMaster Media PublishingPublisher McMaster Media PublishingWeight(grams) 140g

Respecting Persons in Theory and Practice is a collection of essays of the moral and political philosophy of Jan Narveson. The essays in this collection share a consistent theme running through much of Narveson's moral and political philosophy, namely...