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Philosophical Perspectives on Moral and Civic Education
Shaping Citizens and Their Schools
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2019
Many people place great stock in the importance of civic virtue to the success of democratic communities. Is this hope well-grounded? The fundamental question is whether it is even possible to cultivate ethical and civic virtues in the first place. Taking for granted that it is possible, at least...
Moral Psychology of Confucian Shame
Shame of Shamelessness
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2017
Early Confucian philosophers (notably Confucius and Mencius) emphasized moral significance of shame in self-cultivation and learning. In their discussion, shame is not just a painful sense of moral failure or transgression but also a moral disposition and a form of moral excellence (i.e., virtue)...
Collectivity
Ontology, Ethics, and Social Justice
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2018
Collectivity: Ontology, Ethics, and Social Justice brings new voices and new approaches to under-developed areas in the philosophical literature on collectives and collective action. The essays in this volume introduce and explore a range of topics that fall under the more general concept of collectivity,...
Earth's Insights
A Multicultural Survey of Ecological Ethics from the Mediterranean Basin to the Australian Outback
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 1994
The environmental crisis is global in scope, yet contemporary environmental ethics is centered predominantly in Western philosophy and religion. Earth's Insights widens the scope of environmental ethics to include the ecological teachings embedded in non-Western worldviews. J. Baird Callicott ranges...
Moral Matters
A Philosophy of Homecoming
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2015
Moral Matters: A Philosophy of Homecoming is Mark Dooley's attempt to offer an alternative to 'Cyberia'. It is a book about home, memory and identity. At a time when people are rapidly disengaging from those forms of life which once bound them together, it can be argued that our happiness depends...
The Different Faces of Autonomy
Patient Autonomy in Ethical Theory and Hospital Practice
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
Patient autonomy is a much discussed and debated subject in medical ethics, as well as in healthcare practice, medical law, and healthcare policy. This book provides a detailed and nuanced analysis of both the concept of autonomy and the principle of respect for autonomy, in an accessible style. The...
Spinoza's 'Ethics'
A Reader's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2007
The Ethics is one of the undisputed masterworks of early modern philosophy. In this single volume Spinoza offers the reader an unorthodox account of God, a novel version of the mind-body relation, a systematic theory of the emotions and a detailed prescription for human virtue and blessedness. Too...
by Carl Wellman
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2010
Many books on human rights either concentrate on human rights as fundamental moral rights with little attention to international human rights, or discount moral human rights and focus on international human rights. The Moral Dimensions of Human Rights takes a broad approach by discussing all three...
by Patrici Calvo
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2018
This book proposes, from a civil perspective —such as that developed by Stefano Zamagni— and a cordial perspective —such as that developed by Adela Cortina—, orientations to design an economy in tune with what the historical moment demands. Among other things, this comes from encouraging institutions,...
Ownership of the Human Body
Philosophical Considerations on the Use of the Human Body and its Parts in Healthcare
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2013
This is the first book in healthcare ethics addressing the moral issues regarding ownership of the human body. Modern medicine increasingly transforms the body and makes use of body parts for diagnostic, therapeutic and preventive purposes. The book analyzes the concept of body ownership. It also...
Oxford Studies in Agency and Responsibility Volume 5
Themes from the Philosophy of Gary Watson
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2019
Oxford Studies in Agency and Responsibility is a series of volumes presenting outstanding new work on a set of connected themes, investigating such questions as: · What does it mean to be an agent? · What is the nature of moral responsibility? Of criminal responsibility? What is the relation between...
by Henry Martyn Lloyd
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2018
This book connects the philosophy of the Marquis de Sade—one of the most notorious, iconic, and yet poorly-understood figures within the history of European thought—with the broader themes of the Enlightenment. Rather than seeing himself as a mere pornographer, Sade understood himself as continuing...
by Helen Frowe
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2014
Most people believe that it is sometimes morally permissible for a person to use force to defend herself or others against harm. In Defensive Killing, Helen Frowe offers a detailed exploration of when and why the use of such force is permissible. She begins by considering the use of force between...
Ways to be Blameworthy
Rightness, Wrongness, and Responsibility
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2019
There must be some connection between our deontic notions, rightness and wrongness, and our responsibility notions, praise- and blameworthiness. Yet traditional approaches to each set of concepts tend to take the other set for granted. This book takes an integrated approach to these questions, drawing...