Ethical Issues & Debates

The Internet was supposed to be an antidote to authoritarianism. It can enable citizens to express themselves freely and organize outside state con...

In The Case Against the New Censorship: Protecting Free Speech from Big Tech, Progressives, and Universities​, Alan Dershowitz—New York Times bests...

In this edited collection, contributors analyze how the media is navigating Africa's most populous nation, Nigeria, and its mediated democracy. Des...

Debating civilisations offers an up-to-date evaluation of the re-emerging field of civilisational analysis, tracing its main currents and comparing...

Is parents’ power over their children legitimate? And what role does theoretical analysis play when we make such normative evaluations? While this ...

Killing Times begins with the deceptively simple observation—made by Jacques Derrida in his seminars on the topic—that the death penalty mechanical...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERYou may know Jimmy Failla as the best dressed man in cable news. A force multiplier of positive energy on the radi...

Reinventing Licentiousness navigates an overlooked history of representation during the transition from the Qing Empire to the Chinese Republic—a t...

Throughout Western history, there have been those who felt compelled to share a dissenting opinion on public matters, while still hoping to avoid t...

We are often expected to trust technologies, and how they are used, even if we have good reason not to. There is no room to mistrust. Exploring rel...

Distinguished by its readability and scope, Moral Reasons explains how to think critically about issues in ethics and political philosophy. After a...

In the face of an uncertain and dangerous world, Americans yearn for a firm moral compass, a clear set of ethical guidelines. But as history shows,...

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The Quest for Press Freedom is a book about press development and freedom in Ethiopia, with a focus on the state media. It examines the building of...

Hardcore pornographic films combine fantasy and real sex to create a unique genre of entertainment. Pornographic films are also historical document...

Germany has been infamously dubbed the "Brothel of Europe," but how does legalized prostitution actually work? Is it empowering or victimizing, rea...

This volume, published as a special issue from "OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying" presents a number of theoretical and empirical articles on the ...

*Winner of the James S. Donnelly, Sr. Prize 2022* In Ireland, 2018, a constitutional ban that equated the life of a woman to the life of a fertili...

At the heart of the current debate over abortion is the question of what is at stake: for the liberal feminist group it is the woman's autonomy ove...

How digital media are transforming Arab culture, literature, and politicsIn recent years, Arab activists have confronted authoritarian regimes both...

The unquenchable thirst of Dracula. The animal lust of Mr. Hyde. The acquiescence of Lewis Carroll's Alice. Victorian literature--with its overtone...

During the early twentieth century, a diverse group of African American women carved out unique niches for themselves within New York City's expans...