Ethical Issues & Debates

Is it ever morally right to procure an abortion, to help procure one, or to perform one? Patrick Lee surveys the main philosophical arguments in fa...

Today's lifestyles do not provide us with the foundations for true, long-term happiness. The causes of our problems are clearly identified, with ac...

Should you read your teenagers diary?Would you return the extra change?What are the ethics of social media?Is buying organic food and products a mo...

In An American Brothel, Amanda Boczar considers sexual encounters between American servicemen and civilians throughout the Vietnam War, and she pla...

Truth in Public Life explores the difficulty in defining truth, its critical importance in civilised society and the challenges and threats to tell...

Dr Mukwege, you are a warrior for peace - Oprah Winfrey Nobel laureate, world-renowned doctor and human rights activist, Dr Mukwege has dedicated h...

This book examines key issues surrounding ethnicity and human rights in our country. It asks: How do we account for the persistence of racism in th...

The Big Idea shortlisted for series design in the British Design and Production AwardsAs concern grows over the environmental costs and ethical imp...

Facing an unintended pregnancy? How can you make your own choice? Would abortion be a safe and sound solution now and in the future? This handbook,...

The Arab Spring uprisings were not about gender; these were uprisings demanding rights for all. Yet, they presented a rare opportunity for women to...

With events and movements such as #MeToo, the Gender Equality UN Sustainable Development Goal, the Irish and Chilean abortion policy changes, and t...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A Times and Sunday Times Book of the Year Updated with a new afterword by the author 'Douglas Murray fights the goo...

In 2010, a patient died under his care in a private hospital. There followed a sequence of extraordinary events that led to David being prosecuted ...

Waris Dirie, the Somalia nomad who became a supermodel, and an anti-FGM activist, first came to the world's attention with the publication of her a...

Abortion remains legal in the US, but access has been slowly eroded since prohibition was ruled unconstitutional nearly fifty years ago. Simultaneo...

This book presents an interdisciplinary approach to definition of torture by bringing together behavioral science and international law perspective...

This handbook is a much-needed and in-depth review of the distinctive set of ethical considerations which accompanies qualitative research. This is...

Bribery is perhaps the most visible and most frequently studied form of corruption. Very little research, however, examines the individual decision...

An expose on the fashion industry written by the Observer's 'Ethical Living' columnist, examining the inhumane and environmentally devastating stor...

Traditional Jewish family law has persevered for hundreds of years and rules covering marriage, the raising of children, and divorce are well estab...

Life in Aotearoa New Zealand in the early twenty-first century presents us with many controversial ethical issues: abortion, poverty, online behavi...

The 2014 Supreme Court ruling on McCullen v. Coakley striking down a Massachusetts law regulating anti-abortion activism marked the reengagement of...

In Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court determined that the Constitution protects a woman''''s decision whether or not to terminate her pregnancy. I...

Good Catholics tells the story of the remarkable individuals who have engaged in a nearly fifty-year struggle to assert the moral legitimacy of a p...

Is travel inherently beneficial to human character?Does it automatically educate and enlighten while also promoting tolerance, peace, and understan...

How understanding the signaling within social networks can change the way we make decisions, work with others, and manage organizations. How can...

Americans have a deeply ambivalent relationship to guns. The United States leads all nations in rates of private gun ownership, yet stories of gun ...

An award-winner when first published, this book has become a classic text for health activists and feminists interested in the complexities of how ...

Animal testing is a controversy that has raged for hundreds of years. Some people view experiments on dogs as necessary for human medical progre...

''These women are each a light and an inspiration, demonstrating how the best instincts of humanity - to love, to share, to protect others - can tr...

Koa Beck writes with passion and insight about the knotted history of racism within womens movements and feminist culture, past and present. Curiou...