Ethical Issues & Debates

In his 1862 eulogy for Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson reflected that his friend dedicated his genius with such entire love to the fields,...

Stem cell research has been a problematic endeavour. For the past twenty years it has attracted moral controversies in both the public and the prof...

At a time when far, radical, and extreme-right politics are becoming increasingly mainstream globally sometimes with deadly consequences research...

A TIMES BEST CURRENT AFFAIRS BOOK OF THE YEARThe award-winning Financial Times columnist exposes the threat that Big Tech poses to our democracies,...

This book offers a unique insight into the moral politics behind human trafficking policy in Australia and the USA, including rare interviews with ...

Benjamin K. Sovacool applies concepts from justice and ethics theory to contemporary energy problems, and illustrates particular solutions to those...

Benjamin K. Sovacool applies concepts from justice and ethics theory to contemporary energy problems, and illustrates particular solutions to those...

Focusing on the phenomena of the Surveillance School, Taylor examines the increased presence of surveillance technologies and practices which ident...

The brutal murders of young Devon and Damon Routier in the early morning hours of June 6, 1996, put their motherDarlie Routierat the heart of one o...

This collection explores whether and how religious and secular worldviews and political ideologies held by scientists, citizens, decision-makers an...

This collection demonstrates a constructive potential in reimagining with doctrines, which unlocks them from centuries of patriarchal constraint. I...

An American Dilemma examines the issue of capital punishment in the United States as it conflicts with the nation's obligations under the 1963 Vien...

This book focuses on human trafficking in Europe for labour and sexual exploitation. It includes empirical work on trafficking throughout Europe, i...

Masculine Identities and Male Sex Work Between East Java and Bali introduces the reader to the stories of young male sex workers in South Bali. The...

It is a book made up of questions, some without certain answers, that attempts to open the reader's mind to new and, perhaps, futuristic scenarios....

What would it mean to get over slavery? Is such a thing possible? Is it even desirable? Should we perceive the psychic hold of slavery as a set of ...

A Radio 4 Book of the Week'Jon Ronson meets Louis Theroux in the style of Joan Didion' - Telegraph'Jaw-droppingly illuminating' - inewsWe say that ...

How do we talk about porn? Why it is that when we do talk about porn, we tend to retreat into the abstract? How do we have meaningful conversations...

Human enhancement has become a major concern in debates about the future of contemporary societies. This interdisciplinary book is devoted to clari...

Countering recent hype around technology, a leading expert argues that the endurance of dictatorship in China owes less to facial recognition AI an...