Ethical Issues & Debates

This edited collection draws on a range of disciplines in exploring the central place of narrative in social inquiry and understanding the ethical ...

Tommy Kane brings together, for the first time, a collection of contemporary vegan artists whose works grapple with one of the biggest issues of ou...

Never before has so much been known about so many. CCTV cameras, TSA scanners, NSA databases, big data marketers, predator drones, stop and frisk t...

The approach the United States has taken to addressing teen pregnancy a ubiquitous concern in teen education and perennial topic in popular culture...

Former porn star, Christopher Zeischegg (aka Danny Wylde), gathers six years of writing into one definitive collection. A memoir of an adult film c...

Histories of the Second World War have paid scant attention to either conscientious objectors or the North-East of England. This book fills a gap i...

Christine M. Korsgaard presents a compelling new view of humans' moral relationships to the other animals. She defends the claim that we are obliga...

While slavery and secession divided the Union during the American Civil War, they also severed the Northern and Southern dioceses of the Protestant...

The Columbia Journalism Review's Second Read series features distinguished journalists revisiting key works of reportage. Launched in 2004 by John ...

In this groundbreaking work, Kwame Anthony Appiah, hailed as one of the most relevant philosophers today (New York Times Book Review), changes the ...

Amitai Etzioni argues that societies must find a way to balance individual rights and the common good. This point of balance may change as new tech...

Over the course of his distinguished interdisciplinary career, Giles Gunn has sustained his focus on the continuing threats to our collective sense...

This charming allegory, suitable for all age groups, is about a boy called Freedom. Born the son of gipsy tinkers, the boy is left outside a monast...

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''Absorbing, fascinating, arresting'' Observer''Intensely moving, luminous and rather magnificent'' The Times It was one of the most startling mome...

'A visionary look at how quality food should replace money as the new world currency' Tim Spector'Hugely ambitious and beautifully written...destin...

In the 21st century, the life sciences exert a considerable influence on the humanities and social sciences. People around the world pin their hope...

As Brillant-Savarin remarked in 1825 in his classic text Physiologie du Gout, Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you who you are. Philosophers...

Beginning with the Cold War and concluding with the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Hannah Gurman explores the overlooked opposition of U.S. diplomats to Am...

Information, communication and automation technology (ICAT) ethics is the branch of applied ethics and technoethics which investigates the social a...

The revival of Aristotelian virtue ethics can be seen as a response to the modern problem of disenchantment, that is, the perceived loss of meaning...

School of Thought 101 Great Liberal Thinkers profiles the lives and ideas of some of the leading thinkers on individual liberty from ancient time...

The aim of the book is to contribute to the development of Christian bioethics. Particularly, it constitutes a Christian critique of the sovereign...

As discussions about the roles played by information in economic, political, and social arenas continue to evolve, the need for an intellectual pri...

This innovative volume argues that flourishing is achieved when individuals successfully balance their responsiveness to three kinds of normative c...

The legalization of marijuana has spread rapidly throughout the US, from just a handful of states ten years ago to now more than half, as well as t...

The President of Ireland since 2011, when he was elected by a final tally of almost 57% of the votes, Michael D. Higgins has used his time in offic...

Romantic love presents some of life's most challenging questions. Can we choose who to love? Is romantic love rational? Can we love more than one p...

Animal ethics is generating growing interest both within academia and outside it. This book focuses on ethical issues connected to animals who play...