Ethics Moral Philosophy category: 4789 books
by John Stuart Mill
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2019
John Stuart Mill's "Utilitarianism" is a philosophical defense of utilitarianism in ethics. The essay first appeared in 1861.
"Utilitarianism" is an essay written to provide support for the value of utilitarianism as a moral theory, and to respond to misconceptions about...
Ethics without Morals
In Defence of Amorality
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
In this volume, Marks offers a defense of amorality as both philosophically justified and practicably livable. In so doing, the book marks a radical departure from both the new atheism and the mainstream of modern ethical philosophy. While in synch with their underlying aim of grounding human existence...
The Language of Conscience
Using Enlightened Conservatism to Build Cooperative Capital and Character
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2010
Description of Enlightened Conservatism as the creation of an environment where conscience predominates over convenience to bring character and ethics. Philosophical analysis of the cultural values and areas of power affected and how nonprofit institutions give advantage to the development of an environment of conscience. A 2003 Finalist for ForeWord Magazine's Philosophy Book of the Year.
On Being Awesome
A Unified Theory of How Not to Suck
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2017
In this lively treatise, pro-skater-turned-philosopher Nick Riggle presents a theory of awesomeness (and its opposite, suckiness) that’s both sharply illuminating and more timely than ever
“Nick Riggle’s fun book is ‘awesome’ by its own definition. But don’t miss its profound ambition,...
Economic Imperatives and Ethical Values in Global Business
The South African Experience and International Codes Today
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
religious values at the office door. Apartheid was an evil, and business had great power in South Africa. Where there is power, there is also responsibil ity. I prayed about this long and hard. I pushed the companies as much as I thought I could. There were advances and there were setbacks, but...
Why Some Things Should Not Be for Sale
The Moral Limits of Markets
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2010
What's wrong with markets in everything? Markets today are widely recognized as the most efficient way in general to organize production and distribution in a complex economy. And with the collapse of communism and rise of globalization, it's no surprise that markets and the political theories supporting...
The Essentials of The Language of Conscience
A Summarization and Guide to The Language of Conscience Series
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2010
Building a Modern Decision Matrix on Ethics to Avoid Moral Hazard in Public Policy and Create an "Educated Citizen" of Responsibility.
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Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2009
Ideal for professors who want to provide a comprehensive set of the most important readings in the philosophy of technology, from foundational to the cutting edge, this book introduces students to the various ways in which societies, technologies, and environments shape one another. The readings examine...
by Raymond Geuss
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2008
Many contemporary political thinkers are gripped by the belief that their task is to develop an ideal theory of rights or justice for guiding and judging political actions. But in Philosophy and Real Politics, Raymond Geuss argues that philosophers should first try to understand why real political...
Environmental Philosophy
From Theory to Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2011
The first comprehensive treatment of environmental philosophy, going beyond ethics to address the philosophical concepts that underlie environmental thinking and policy-making today
Encompasses all of environmental philosophy, including conservation biology, restoration ecology, sustainability,...
by Troy Jollimore
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2011
Love often seems uncontrollable and irrational, but we just as frequently appear to have reasons for loving the people we do. In Love's Vision, Troy Jollimore offers a new way of understanding love that accommodates both of these facts, arguing that love is guided by reason even as it resists and...
Intellectual Virtues
An Essay in Regulative Epistemology
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2007
Out of the ferment of recent debates about the intellectual virtues, Roberts and Wood have developed an approach they call 'regulative epistemology'. This is partly a return to classical and medieval traditions, partly in the spirit of Locke's and Descartes's concern for intellectual formation, partly...
Afflicted
How Vulnerability Can Heal Medical Education and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2018
How medical education and practice can move beyond a narrow focus on biological intervention to recognize the lived experiences of illness, suffering, and death.
In Afflicted, Nicole Piemonte examines the preoccupation in medicine with cure over care, arguing that the traditional focus on biological...
Animal Liberation
The Definitive Classic of the Animal Movement
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2015
The groundbreaking and “important” book about animal rights by the author of Ethics in the Real World—including a new preface (Chicago Tribune).
First published in 1975, Animal Liberation created a sensation upon its release, shaking the world’s philosophical and animal-protection circles...