Ethical Issues & Debates

In the nineteenth century, state policy towards prostitution was primarily shaped by an assessment of its role in spreading venereal diseases. In t...

This book presents a collection of studies by top scholars on leading cases from twelve different jurisdictions defining the legal status of unborn...

The 1960s (a.k.a. the 60s) remains a terrain of contemporary politicswith the values of the period embraced or rejected, as well as differently int...

In the first systematic account of judicial rulings striking down cyberbullying laws in the United States and Canada, Sympathy for the Cyberbully o...

In the first systematic account of judicial rulings striking down cyberbullying laws in the United States and Canada, Sympathy for the Cyberbully o...

Much of the drama, theological paradox, and interpretive interest in the Book of Samuel derives from instances of God's violence in the story. The ...

Much of the drama, theological paradox, and interpretive interest in the Book of Samuel derives from instances of God's violence in the story. The ...

This book evaluates some of the most common ethical issues confronted by reproductive endocrinologists, embryologists, and their teams. The authors...

In the wake of Texas enacting a bill to deny abortions after 6 weeks, Loved and Wanted shines a light on motherhood and the right to choose. For re...

In the wake of Texas enacting a bill to deny abortions after 6 weeks, Loved and Wanted shines a light on motherhood and the right to choose. For re...

Reproductive health care is choreographically deliveredan intricate collection of seemingly disparate but deftly balanced elements all come togethe...

Bertrand Russell: The Colours of Pacifism analyzes the tenacious commitment of one of the twentieth centurys most extraordinary intellectuals to th...

Unmasking the lies behind the selling of porn as just a bit of fun Big Porn Inc reveals the shocking truths of an industry that trades in violence,...

The threat of social-environmental destruction is a fundamental challenge for those who are interested in creating and maintaining liveable worlds....

The threat of social-environmental destruction is a fundamental challenge for those who are interested in creating and maintaining liveable worlds....

The mother discipline of organisational behaviour has deep roots in psychology, particularly industrial and organisational psychology. It comes a...

The trafficking of individuals within U.S borders is commonly referred to as domestic human trafficking, and it occurs in every state of the nation...

Drawing on years of research with activists around the world, sociologist Naomi Braine describes the strategies, politics, and tactics of direct ac...

A devastating portrait of the cultures and logics underlying big tech. Rushkoff is going to make you mad enough to fight back. A vital, lucid, and ...

With debates about the decriminalization of drugs on the rise, an exploration of drug maps is long overdue. Narcotic Cities traces the complex enta...

The book dives into the history of sedition and censorship in colonial India. Closely examining 100 texts that the British Empire banned, censored ...

Sex Work in Popular Culture delves into provocative movies, TV shows, and documentaries about sex work produced in the last fifteen years a period...

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Presss mission to seek out and cultivate the b...

This comparative historical study explores the broad sociocultural factors at play in the relationships among U.S. obscenity laws and literary mode...

Climate change impacts-more heat, drought, extreme rainfall, and stronger storms-have already harmed communities around the globe. Even if the worl...

W. T. Stead (1849-1912) was a newspaper editor, author, social reformer, advocate for women rights, peace campaigner, spiritualist, and one of the ...

Cynicism is usually seen as a provocative mode of dissent from conventional moral thought, casting doubt on the motives that guide right conduct. W...

The New England Watch and Ward Society provides a new window into the history of the Protestant establishment's prominent role in late nineteenth-c...

Art is continuously subjected to insidious forms of censorship. This may be by the Church to guard against moral degeneration, by the State to prom...