Ethical Issues & Debates

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,...

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 Pornographic films are also historical document...

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 Pornographic films are also historical document...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...

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...

Sex Matters addresses a cluster of related questions that arise from the conflict of interests between rights based on sex and rights based on gend...

Books on aspects of Islamophobia have been proliferating in the past decade but so are the instances of this phenomenon worldwide. The diverse aspe...

Plant-based and cell-cultured meat, milk, and egg producers aim to replace industrial food production with animal-free fare that tastes better, cos...

Plant-based and cell-cultured meat, milk, and egg producers aim to replace industrial food production with animal-free fare that tastes better, cos...

Shaheed Nick Mohammed's Communication and the Globalization of Culture: Beyond Tradition and Borders provides a unique perspective on the concept o...

Since the Chinese were officially plugged into the virtual community in 1994, the usage of the internet in the country has developed at an incredib...

Empathy is a term used increasingly both in moral theory and animal ethics, with the suggestion that empathy enhances our moral ability and agency....

Although nudity is something that everyone has experience with, public nudity is still largely considered taboo. Public Nudity and the Rhetoric of ...

In recent years hundreds of high-profile ‘free speech’ incidents have rocked US college campuses. Jordan Peterson, Ben Shapiro, Ann Coulter and oth...

This edited volume brings together scholars positioned in and outside of China, including former Chinese journalists, in a comprehensive and in-dep...

This book examines the intersection and interplay between Progressive-Era rhetoric regarding commercialized vice and the realities of prostitution ...

This edited volume illuminates critical research issues through the particular lens of homelessness, bringing together some of the leading scholars...

Doing without Free Will: Spinoza and Contemporary Moral Problems introduces Spinoza into the contemporary discussion on free will and on moral prob...

The City and Sex examines American political sex scandals at the national level. Studying these events over time with an emphasis on the evolving r...

Books on aspects of Islamophobia have been proliferating in the past decade but so are the instances of this phenomenon worldwide. The diverse aspe...

Bioethics tells a heroic story about its origins and purpose. The impetus for its contemporary development can be traced to concern about widesprea...