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Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy
For many individuals, pornography is a troubling and problematic
issue. Regardless of how the public views this topic, one thing is
clear: Pornography is as prevalent and accessible as smartphones
and laptop computers. Indeed, beyond traditional hardcore material,
a pornographic sensibility can be seen permeating all aspects of
culture from tween and young teen fashions to television and
commercially successful films. In fact, pornography is so
widespread that more often than not it is taken as a given in our
modern social space. We assume all people look at or know about
pornography, but to some, the thought of engaging in intellectual
discussions about the topic strikes many particularly scholars as
beneath them. And yet something this impactful, this definitive of
modern culture, needs to be laid open to scrutiny. In The
Philosophy of Pornography: Contemporary Perspectives, Lindsay
Coleman and Jacob M. Held offer a collection of essays covering a
wide range of viewpoints from issues of free speech and porn s role
in discrimination to the impact of porn on sexuality. These essays
investigate the philosophical implications of pornography as a part
of how we now seek to conceive and express our sexuality in
contemporary life. Contributors to this volume discuss:
.pornography as a component of gender and sexual socialization
.ecological understandings of sexually explicit media
.subordination, sexualization, and speech .feminism and pornography
.pornography s depiction of love and friendship .black women and
pornography .playfulness, creativity, and porn s possibilities
Because its subject matter sex, gender, interpersonal
relationships, and even love is reflective of who we are and what
kind of society we want to create, pornography demands serious
treatment. So whether one chooses to accept pornography as a fact
of modern culture or not, this collection of timely essays
represents a variety of voices in the ongoing debate. As such, The
Philosophy of Pornography will be of interest to not only those who
are engaged in porn studies but also to an audience educated in and
conversant with recent trends in philosophy."
In Morality and Ethics of War, which includes a foreword by Major
General Susan Coyle, ethicist Deane-Peter Baker goes beyond
existing treatments of military ethics to address a fundamental
problem: the yawning gap between the diverse moral frameworks
defining personal identity on the one hand, and the professional
military ethic on the other. Baker argues that overcoming this
chasm is essential to minimising the ethical risks that can lead to
operational and strategic failure for military forces engaged in
today's complex conflict environment. He contends that spanning the
gap is vital in preventing moral injury from befalling the nation's
uniformed servants. Drawing on a revised account of what he calls
'the Just War Continuum', Baker develops a bridging framework that
combines conceptual clarity and rigour with insights from cutting
edge psychological research and creates a practical means for
military leaders to negotiate the moral chasm in military affairs.
In a world riven with conflict, violence and war, this book
proposes a philosophical defense of pacifism. It argues that there
is a moral presumption against war and unless that presumption is
defeated, war is unjustified. Leading philosopher of nonviolence
Robert Holmes contends that neither just war theory nor the
rationales for recent wars (Vietnam, the Gulf War, the Iraq and
Afghanistan Wars) defeat that presumption, hence that war in the
modern world is morally unjustified. A detailed, comprehensive and
elegantly argued text which guides both students and scholars
through the main debates (Just War Theory and double effect to name
a few) clearly but without oversimplifying the complexities of the
issues or historical examples.
Ethical discourse is commonly not a priority in a conventional
finance syllabus. Moral sentiments often take a back seat to market
sentiments, even in shaping the direction of ethical finance
business. This anomaly persists despite growing interest in ethical
finance. Taking an interdisciplinary and diverse perspective, this
book enriches the evolving definition and scope of ethical finance
literature by focusing on actors, products and regulation that
shape markets. Considering the gap between theory and practice,
this book bridges academic and professional knowledge in unpacking
ethical and governance issues in the financial industry. In an
effort to include as many viewpoints as possible, regardless of
popularity or who holds them, the book editors gathered thoughts
from diverse fields, including accounting, economics, ethics,
finance, governance, law, management, philosophy and religion.
Appealing to academic and non-academic stakeholders with an
interest in ethics and finance, this book is the result of and a
testament to a distinct educational and public engagement project
that included different generations and communities, for future
reference.
While large bodies of scholarship exist on the plays of Shakespeare
and the philosophy of Heidegger, this book is the first to read
these two influential figures alongside one another, and to reveal
how they can help us develop a creative and contemplative sense of
ethics, or an 'ethical imagination'. Following the increased
interest in reading Shakespeare philosophically, it seems only
fitting that an encounter take place between the English language's
most prominent poet and the philosopher widely considered to be
central to continental philosophy. Interpreting the plays of
Shakespeare through the writings of Heidegger and vice versa, each
chapter pairs a select play with a select work of philosophy. In
these pairings the themes, events, and arguments of each work are
first carefully unpacked, and then key passages and concepts are
taken up and read against and through one another. As these
hermeneutic engagements and cross-readings unfold we find that the
words and deeds of Shakespeare's characters uniquely illuminate,
and are uniquely illuminated by, Heidegger's phenomenological
analyses of being, language, and art.
Caspar Hare presents a novel approach to questions of what we ought
to do, and why we ought to do it. The traditional way to approach
this subject is to begin by supposing a foundational principle, and
then work out its implications. Consequentialists say that we ought
to make the world impersonally better, for instance, while Kantian
deontologists say that we ought to act on universalizable maxims.
And contractualists say that we ought to act in accordance with the
terms of certain hypothetical contracts. These principles are all
grand and controversial. The motivating idea behind The Limits of
Kindness is that we can tackle some of the most difficult problems
in normative ethics by starting with a principle that is humble and
uncontroversial. Being moral involves wanting particular other
people to be better off. From these innocuous beginnings, Hare
leads us to surprising conclusions about how we ought to resolve
conflicts of interest, whether we ought to create some people
rather than others, what we ought to want in an infinite world,
when we ought to make sacrifices for the sake of needy strangers,
and why we cannot, on pain of irrationality, attribute great
importance to the boundaries between people.
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