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by Kieran Setiya
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2009
Modern philosophy has been vexed by the question "Why should I be moral?" and by doubts about the rational authority of moral virtue. In Reasons without Rationalism, Kieran Setiya shows that these doubts rest on a mistake. The "should" of practical reason cannot be understood apart...
Understand Ethics: Teach Yourself
Making Sense of the Morals of Everyday Living
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2018
We all face questions on an almost daily basis related to truth and post-truth, particularly in the political sphere, terrorism, globalization, immigration and asylum, social responsibility, media and social-media ethics, and gender and LGBT issues. So how do you navigate this minefield?
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Giving Well
The Ethics of Philanthropy
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2011
So long as large segments of humanity are suffering chronic poverty and are dying from treatable diseases, organized giving can save or enhance millions of lives. With the law providing little guidance, ethics has a crucial role to play in ensuring that the philanthropic practices of individuals,...
In Pursuit of the Good
Intellect and Action in Aristotle's Ethics
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015
"Where does happiness lie?" "What is the best life?" Aristotle ponders these abiding questions in his Nicomachean Ethics—a work which has profoundly influenced Western thinking on ethical matters. A book of apparent obviousness, the Ethics possesses a depth and complexity that...
by Martin Calkins
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2014
Casuistry, Virtue and Business Ethics brings together three important processes for business ethics: casuistry, virtue ethics and the business case method. In doing so, it considers the overlap and synergy of casuistry and virtue ethics, the similarities and differences of casuistry and the business...
by Harry J. Gensler
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2016
Many people question whether God is the source of morality. Under divine command theory, God's will creates the moral order, and therefore ethical truths are true because of God's will. Under natural law, on the other hand, some ethical truths do not depend on God's will, and yet perhaps they depend...
Ethics and Self-Knowledge
Respect for Self-Interpreting Agents
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2011
This book explores the theoretical basis of our ethical obligations to others as self-knowing beings - this task being envisaged as an essential supplement to a traditional ethic of respect for persons. Authoritative knowledge of others brings with it certain obligations, which are reflected in (inter...
by David Anthony Matthews
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2018
Is your mind your own?
How do ideologies, religions, governments and other authorities in your life dictate what you believe and feel? Are you in control of your own moral well-being? Is morality objective or relative to contexts?
Author, David Matthews presents the answers to these...
by Michelle Kosch
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2018
One of Fichte's most important ideas - that nature can place limits on our ability to govern ourselves, and that anyone who values autonomy is thereby committed to the value of basic research and of the development of autonomy-enhancing technologies - has received little attention in the interpretative...
Acting on Principle
An Essay on Kantian Ethics
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2013
'Two things', wrote Kant, 'fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe: the starry heavens above and the moral law within'. Many would argue that since Kant's day, the study of the starry heavens has advanced while ethics has stagnated, and in particular that Kant's ethics offers...
French Philosophy and Social Theory
A Perspective for Ethics and Philosophy of Management
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2014
This book demonstrates how the conceptual resources of contemporary French philosophy from the early 20thCentury to the present day can be applied to give us new perspectives on business ethics and the ethics of organizations. In providing an overview of possible applications, the book covers a wide...
by John Laird
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2014
First published in 1935, this book compares and examines what John Laird termed the ‘three most important notions in ethical science’: the concepts of virtue, duty and well-being. Laird poses the question of whether any one of these three concepts is capable of being the foundation of ethics and...
Science and the Self
Animals, Evolution, and Ethics: Essays in Honour of Mary Midgley
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2015
Mary Midgley is one of the most important moral philosophers working today. Over the last thirty years, her writings have informed debates concerning animals, the environment and evolutionary theory. The invited essays in this volume offer critical reflections upon Midgley’s work and further developments...
Biomedical Research and Beyond
Expanding the Ethics of Inquiry
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2008
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 guidance is essential for all forms of inquiry, including biomedical and scientific research. By addressing...