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Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General

Life Science Ethics (Hardcover, 2nd ed. 2010): Gary L. Comstock Life Science Ethics (Hardcover, 2nd ed. 2010)
Gary L. Comstock
R2,218 Discovery Miles 22 180 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Does nature have intrinsic value? Should we be doing more to save wilderness and ocean ecosystems? What are our duties to future generations of humans? Do animals have rights? This revised edition of "Life Science Ethics" introduces these questions using narrative case studies on genetically modified foods, use of animals in research, nanotechnology, and global climate change, and then explores them in detail using essays written by nationally-recognized experts in the ethics field.

Part I introduces ethics, the relationship of religion to ethics, how we assess ethical arguments, and a method ethicists use to reason about ethical theories. Part II demonstrates the relevance of ethical reasoning to the environment, land, farms, food, biotechnology, genetically modified foods, animals in agriculture and research, climate change, and nanotechnology. Part III presents case studies for the topics found in Part II.

The Moral Equality of Humans and Animals (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2015): Mark H. Bernstein The Moral Equality of Humans and Animals (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2015)
Mark H. Bernstein
R3,182 Discovery Miles 31 820 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Received opinion has it that humans are morally superior to non-human animals; human interests matter more than the like interests of animals and the value of human lives is alleged to be greater than the value of nonhuman animal lives. Since this belief causes mayhem and murder, its de-mythologizing requires urgent attention.

Bioethics with Liberty and Justice - Themes in the Work of Joseph M. Boyle (Hardcover, 2011 ed.): Christopher Tollefsen Bioethics with Liberty and Justice - Themes in the Work of Joseph M. Boyle (Hardcover, 2011 ed.)
Christopher Tollefsen
R2,941 Discovery Miles 29 410 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Joseph M. Boyle Jr. has been a major contributor to the development of Catholic bioethics over the past thirty five years. Boyle's contribution has had an impact on philosophers, theologians, and medical practitioners, and his work has in many ways come to be synonymous with analytically rigorous philosophical bioethics done in the Catholic intellectual tradition. Four main themes stand out as central to Boyle's contribution: the sanctity of life and bioethics: Boyle has elaborated a view of the ethics of killing at odds with central tenets of the euthanasia mentality, double effect and bioethics: Boyle is among the pre-eminent defenders of a role for double effect in medical decision making and morality, the right to health care: Boyle has moved beyond the rhetoric of social justice to provide a natural law grounding for a political right to health care; and the role of natural law and the natural law tradition in bioethics: Boyle's arguments have been grounded in a particularly fruitful approach to natural law ethics, the so-called New Natural Law theory. The contributors to BIOETHICS WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE: THEMES IN THE WORK OF JOSEPH M. BOYLE discuss, criticize, and in many cases extend the Boyle's advances in these areas with rigor and sophistication. It will be of interest to Catholic and philosophical bioethicists alike.

Sustaining Surveillance:  The Importance of Information  for Public Health (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021): John G. Francis, Leslie... Sustaining Surveillance: The Importance of Information for Public Health (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
John G. Francis, Leslie P. Francis
R2,981 Discovery Miles 29 810 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book presents a comprehensive theory of the ethics and political philosophy of public health surveillance based on reciprocal obligations among surveillers, those under surveillance, and others potentially affected by surveillance practices. Public health surveillance aims to identify emerging health trends, population health trends, treatment efficacy, and methods of health promotion--all apparently laudatory goals. Nonetheless, as with anti-terrorism surveillance, public health surveillance raises complex questions about privacy, political liberty, and justice both of and in data use. Individuals and groups can be chilled in their personal lives, stigmatized or threatened, and used for the benefit of others when health information is wrongfully collected or used. Transparency and openness about data use, public involvement in decisions, and just distribution of the benefits of surveillance are core elements in the justification of surveillance practices. Understanding health surveillance practices, the concerns it raises, and how to respond to them is critical not only to ethical and trustworthy but also to publicly acceptable and ultimately sustainable surveillance practices. The book is of interest to scholars and practitioners of the ethics and politics of public health, bioethics, privacy and data technology, and health policy. These issues are ever more pressing in pandemic times, where misinformation can travel quickly and suspicions about disease spread, treatment efficacy, and vaccine safety can have devastating public health effects.

Phanomene Der Wirklichkeit - Okkulte Und Naturwissenschaftliche Weltbilder (English, German, Hardcover): Gerhard Fasching, G... Phanomene Der Wirklichkeit - Okkulte Und Naturwissenschaftliche Weltbilder (English, German, Hardcover)
Gerhard Fasching, G Fasching
R1,651 R1,301 Discovery Miles 13 010 Save R350 (21%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

1. Paradigmatische Konstruktionen.- Unser heutiges Wirklichkeits-Verstandnis.- Wirklichkeits-Pluralismus.- Entstehen von Wirklichkeiten.- Lebendiger Vollzug von Wirklichkeiten.- Fruchtbare Vielfalt.- Simultane und sequenzielle Wirklichkeiten in der Lebenswelt.- Okkulte Wirklichkeiten und andere Geheimlehren.- Gefahrliche Verabsolutierungen.- 2. Farbe als Wirklichkeit.- Goethes Farbenlehre.- Physiologische Farben.- Farblose Bilder.- Farbige Bilder.- Farbige Schatten.- Schwach wirkende Lichter, subjektive Hoefe, pathologische Farben.- Physische Farben.- Dioptrische Farben der 1. Klasse.- Dioptrische Farben der 2. Klasse.- Das Phanomen der Refraktion.- Refraktion ohne Farberscheinung.- Farberscheinungen bei Linsen.- Grundzuge refraktionsbedingter Farberscheinungen.- Farberscheinungen bei Prismen.- Farberscheinungen an gro?en und kleinen wei?en Bildern.- Farberscheinungen an gro en und kleinen schwarzen Bildern.- Farberscheinungen sind nie statisch.- Zum Wesen von Licht und Farbe aus Goetheseher Sieht.- Wichtige, ganz allgemeine Begriffe.- Die Polaritat.- Die Steigerung.- Phanomen und Urphanomen.- Farbenkreis und Spektrogramm.- Newtons Farben des Liehts.- Newtons Experimente.- 1. Experiment.- 2. Experiment.- 3. Experiment.- 4. Experiment.- 5. Experiment.- Das We sen der Farbe.- Einfache Farbmetrik.- Das Auge.- Der Spektralfarbenzug.- Zwei Wirklichkeiten.- 3. Heilkundliche Wirkliehkeiten.- Chinesische Lebenswirkliehkeit.- Das Schafgarbenorakel.- Das Yin-Yang-Prinzip.- Shen und Kuei. Qi und Jing.- Die funf Elemente.- Chinesische Medizin.- Yin-Yang-Theorie.- Lebenssubstanzen.- Qi.- Blut und Safte.- Jing.- Shen.- Die Funktion der inneren Organe.- Die Leitbahnen oder die Meridiane.- Wie kommt es zur Disharmonie?.- Die Sechs UEbel.- Die sieben Emotionen.- Die Lebensweise.- Das Dishannoniemuster.- Ein Beispiel.- Ein simultanes Massenphanomen.- 4. Mikro-Wirklichkeiten.- Spiele als Mikro-Wirklichkeiten.- Definition des Spielbegriffes.- Die Vielfalt der Spiele.- Mikro-Wirklichkeiten im weiteren Sinn.- 5. Wirklichkeit eines Verbrechens.- Ein Beispiel aus der japanischen Literatur.- Eine neue Erzlihlung des Rashomon-Textes.- Die Aussage eines Holzfallers.- Die Aussage eines Wandergeistlichen.- Die Aussage eines Gerichtsdieners.- Die Aussage einer alten Frau.- Das Gestandnis des Raubers.- Die Aussage eines Gefahrten des Raubers.- Bericht eines Waldbewohners.- Die Beichte der Ehefrau in einem Kloster.- Der Geist des Toten spricht durch den Mund einer Wahrsagerin.- Vergewaltigung und Tod.- 6. Verwandlung von Wirklichkeiten.- Siddhartha. Eine indische Dichtung.- Die Brahmana-Welt.- Die Samana-Welt.- Die Buddha-Welt.- Die Menschenkinder-Welt.- Am Flu?.- 7. Magie und Damonie.- Weissagung.- Wirksarnkeit von Weissagungen.- Kassandra.- Die delphische Seherin.- Andere Fonnen der Weissagung.- Zauber und Damonen.- Magische Praktikep in der Volkskunst.- Magische Praktiken' der Antike.- Kirke verzaubert Manner.- Hexen morden Knaben.- Fluche verandern das Leben.- Fluchtafeln.- Ovids Ibis.- Schamanen.- Spuren des Schamanismus in der Neuzeit.- Antike Schamanen.- Orpheus.- Pythagoras.- Empedokles.- Vespasian.- Nekromantie.- Die Macht des Okkulten.- Magie und Damonie als Wirklichkeit?.- 8. Totalitare Wirklichkeiten.- Wahnsinn als totalitare Wirklichkeit.- Das Entstehen eines Wahnes.- Der logische Zusammenhang von Wahnideen.- Die weitgehende Unkorrigierbarkeit.- Gro?en und Verfolgungswahn.- Groe?enwahn.- Verfolgungswahn.- Paranoia erotica.- Eifersuchtsparanoia.- Religioeser Wahn mit erotischer Komponente.- Kraftentfaltung in totalitaren Wirklichkeiten.- Der Kriegstanz der Maori.- Atomare Bedrohung.- Extremsituationen in totalitaren Wirklichkeiten.- Der Tag des Blutes.- Der spontane Volkszorn.- Entgleisung einer Hochtechnologie.- Die Eigendynamik und die Hilflosigkeit.- 9. Chance und Bedrangnis.- Wirklichkeit ist eine Konstruktion. Der Urgrund ist ohne Eigenschaften.- Wirklichkeiten als Gewordenes.- Die Lebenswirklichkeit als Ausgangsbasi

Harming Future Persons - Ethics, Genetics and the Nonidentity Problem (Hardcover, 2009 ed.): Melinda A. Roberts, David T.... Harming Future Persons - Ethics, Genetics and the Nonidentity Problem (Hardcover, 2009 ed.)
Melinda A. Roberts, David T. Wasserman
R4,344 Discovery Miles 43 440 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Melinda A. Roberts and David T. Wasserman 1 Purpose of this Collection What are our obligations with respect to persons who have not yet, and may not ever, come into existence? Few of us believe that we can wrong those whom we leave out of existence altogether-that is, merely possible persons. We may think as well that the directive to be "fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth" 1 does not hold up to close scrutiny. How can it be wrong to decline to bring ever more people into existence? At the same time, we think we are clearly ob- gated to treat future persons-persons who don't yet but will exist-in accordance with certain stringent standards. Bringing a person into an existence that is truly awful-not worth having-can be wrong, and so can bringing a person into an existence that is worth having when we had the alternative of bringing that same person into an existence that is substantially better. We may think as well that our obligations with respect to future persons are triggered well before the point at which those persons commence their existence. We think it would be wrong, for example, to choose today to turn the Earth of the future into a miserable place even if the victims of that choice do not yet exist.

My Brain Made Me Do it - The Rise of Neuroscience and the Threat to Moral Responsibility (Paperback): Eliezer J. Sternberg My Brain Made Me Do it - The Rise of Neuroscience and the Threat to Moral Responsibility (Paperback)
Eliezer J. Sternberg
R382 Discovery Miles 3 820 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

As scientists continue to explore how the brain works, using ever more sophisticated technology, it seems likely that new findings will radically alter the traditional understanding of human nature. One aspect of human nature that is already being questioned by recent developments in neuroscience is free will. Do our decisions arise from purely mechanistic processes? Is our feeling of self-control merely an illusion created by our brains? If so, what will become of free will and moral responsibility? These thorny questions and many more are examined with great clarity and insight in this engaging exploration of neuroscience's potential impact on moral responsibility. The author delves into a host of fascinating topics, including:
-the parts of the brain that scientists believe are involved in the exercise of will
-what Parkinson's, Tourette's, and schizophrenia reveal about our ability to control our actions
-whether a future of criminal behavior is determined by brain chemistry
-how self-reflective consciousness may have evolved from a largely deterministic brain
Using illustrative examples from philosophy, mythology, history, and criminology, and with thorough discussions of actual scientific experiments, the author explores the threat of neuroscience to moral responsibility as he attempts to answer the question: Are we truly in control of our actions?

The Evolution of Ethics - Human Sociality and the Emergence of Ethical Mindedness (Hardcover): B Fowers The Evolution of Ethics - Human Sociality and the Emergence of Ethical Mindedness (Hardcover)
B Fowers
R2,429 R1,958 Discovery Miles 19 580 Save R471 (19%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In this ground-breaking book, Aristotelian and evolutionary understandings of human social nature are brought together to provide an integrative, psychological account of human ethics. The book emphasizes the profound ways that human identity and action are immersed in an ongoing social world.

The Oxford Handbook of Business Ethics (Hardcover): George G. Brenkert, Tom L. Beauchamp The Oxford Handbook of Business Ethics (Hardcover)
George G. Brenkert, Tom L. Beauchamp
R4,145 Discovery Miles 41 450 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Business ethics raises many important philosophical issues. A first set of issues concerns the methodology of business ethics. What is the role of ethical theory in business ethics? To what extent, if at all, can thinking in business ethics be enhanced by philosophy, so as to provide real moral guidance? Another set of issues involves questions regarding markets, capitalism, and economic justice. There are related concerns about the nature of business organizations and the responsibilities they have to their members, owners, and society.
The Oxford Handbook of Business Ethics is a comprehensive treatment of the field of business ethics as seen from a philosophical approach. The volume consists of 24 essays that survey the field of business ethics in a broad and accessible manner, covering all major topics about the relationship between ethical theory and business ethics. The chapters are written by accomplished philosophers who offer a systematic interpretation of their topics and discuss various moral controversies and dilemmas that plague business relationships and government-business relationships. Readers are thus presented with the major views that define the topic of the essay with critical discussions of those views, as well as topical bibliographies that identify key works in the field. In addition to philosophers who work in this area, the volume will be of interest to those in business and society seeking an up-to-date resource on this vital field.
"This book is intended to provide an overview of the state of the field of philosophical business ethics. And Brenkert and Beauchamp are to be commended for having put together a collection of contributors and topics that is well-suited for this goal. The contributors are all first-rate scholars who have made important contributions to business ethics or cognate fields. They are also admirably diverse in age, ideology, and methodological approach, thus providing readers with a good glimpse into the wide range of scholarship that characterizes the field. The book will obviously be of interest to those for whom philosophical business ethics is a main area of interest. But the entries are clear and accessible enough to make the book of special value to at least two other groups: those whose approach to business ethics is not primarily philosophical will find here a useful 'crash course' in an alternative methodological approach to their own subject, and those philosophers who are not primarily interested in business ethics will be treated to a volume that makes clear the connection between business ethics and more standard philosophical subjects, and that will almost certainly provide them with new ways of thinking about both business ethics and other topics in value theory and political philosophy that are connected with business ethics in ways they might not have previously recognized. The selection of topics is also admirably comprehensive." - Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

Why It's OK to Not Be Monogamous (Paperback): Justin L. Clardy Why It's OK to Not Be Monogamous (Paperback)
Justin L. Clardy
R607 Discovery Miles 6 070 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The downsides of monogamy are felt by most people engaged in long-term relationships, including restrictions on self-discovery, limits on friendship, sexual boredom, and a circumscribed understanding of intimacy. Yet, a "happily ever after" monogamy is assumed to be the ideal form of romantic love in many modern societies: a relationship that is morally ideal and will bring the most happiness to its two partners. In Why It's OK to Not Be Monogamous, Justin L. Clardy deeply questions these assumptions. He rejects the claim that non-monogamy among honest, informed and consenting adults is morally impermissible. He shows instead how polyamorous relationships can actually be exemplars of moral virtue. The book discusses how social and political forces sustain and reward monogamous relationships. The book defines non-monogamy as a privative concept; a negation of monogamy. Looking at its prevalence in the United States, the book explains how common criticisms of non-monogamy come up short. Clardy argues, as some researchers have recently shown-monogamy relies on continually demonizing non-monogamy to sustain its moral status. Finally, the book concludes with a focus on equality, asking what justice for polyamorous individuals might look like.

Sustainability Ethics and Sustainability Research (Hardcover, 2012): Christian Becker Sustainability Ethics and Sustainability Research (Hardcover, 2012)
Christian Becker
R2,789 Discovery Miles 27 890 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The book identifies the specific ethical aspects of sustainability and develops ethical tools to analyze them. It also provides a methodological framework to integrate ethical and scientific analyses of sustainability issues, and explores the notion of a new type of self-reflective inter- and transdisciplinary sustainability research. With this, the book aims to strengthen the overall ability of academics to contribute to the analysis and solution of sustainability issues in an inclusive and integrated way.

Computer and Information Ethics (Hardcover): Douglas Adeney, John Weckert Computer and Information Ethics (Hardcover)
Douglas Adeney, John Weckert
R2,155 Discovery Miles 21 550 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Information technology has provided numerous options to individuals, governments, and corporations around the world. These options demand that choices be made, and such choices often involve ethical decisions. Users must decide, for example, whether certain data should be made available on the Internet, whether the information contained in various databases should be sold to third parties, and whether software developers should be held responsible for social and economic problems that result from their programs. This book provides a rigorous but accessible discussion of some of the major ethical issues concerning computers and information technology. The text gives particular attention to widespread issues concerning intellectual property rights, censorship, and privacy, along with less frequently raised topics, such as ethical worries about image manipulation, virtual reality, and the moral status of intelligent machines and expert systems. Computers and information technology have created numerous options for their users. Individuals, governments, and corporations around the world must decide whether a particular technology or application should be used, how it should be employed, and toward what end. Sometimes such decisions may be based on purely economic or personal considerations. For example, a user might feel more comfortable with a particular word processing software, and a company might decide that a particular spreadsheet package meets all of its needs at a lower cost than competing products. But decisions concerning computer and information technology also involve ethical issues. Companies must determine whether it is an ethically correct objective to save money by replacing workers with technology. Courts and governments must decide whether it is ethical to censor communication on the Internet, or require software developers to have liability for social ills caused by use of their products, or for corporations to collect and sell information about individuals and their habits. This volume provides a rigorous but accessible philosophical examination of ethical issues related to computers as information processing machines. Special attention is given to questions of intellectual property, censorship, and privacy, for these issues are continually raised in the popular press and are central ethical concerns. But the book also considers ethical worries about image manipulation, virtual reality, the use of expert systems, and the moral status of intelligent machines. Some of the moral questions discussed have not yet arisen in practical situations, but these issues should be examined before they become urgent. While many issues have been omitted, the examinations within the text help show how additional ethical concerns may be approached in the future.

A Real Mind - The Life and Work of Axel Hagerstroem (Hardcover, 2009 ed.): Patricia Mindus A Real Mind - The Life and Work of Axel Hagerstroem (Hardcover, 2009 ed.)
Patricia Mindus
R2,953 Discovery Miles 29 530 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This comprehensive presentation of Axel Hagerstrom (1868-1939) fills a void in nearly a century of literature, providing both the legal and political scholar and the non-expert reader with a proper introduction to the father of Scandinavian realism. Based on his complete work, including unpublished material and personal correspondence selected exclusively from the Uppsala archives, A Real Mind follows the chronological evolution of Hagerstrom's intellectual enterprise and offers a full account of his thought. The book summarizes Hagerstrom's main arguments while enabling further critical assessment, and tries to answer such questions as: If norms are neither true nor false, how can they be adequately understood on the basis of Hagerstrom's theory of knowledge? Did the founder of the Uppsala school uphold emotivism in moral philosophy? What consequences does such a standpoint have in practical philosophy? Is he really the inspiration behind Scandinavian state absolutism?A Real Mind places the complex web of issues addressed by Hagerstrom within the broader context of 20th century philosophy, stretching from epistemology to ethics. His philosophy of law is examined in the core chapters of the book, with emphasis on the will-theory and the relation between law and power. The narrative is peppered with vignettes from Hagerstrom's life, giving an insightful and highly readable portrayal of a thinker who put his imprint on legal theory. The appendix provides a selected bibliography and a brief synopsis of the major events in his life, both private and intellectual."

Pragmatic Reasons - A Defense of Morality and Epistemology (Hardcover): J. Koons Pragmatic Reasons - A Defense of Morality and Epistemology (Hardcover)
J. Koons
R1,480 Discovery Miles 14 800 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

We daily classify actions by their morality and their voluntariness, and beliefs by their rationality. But in light of persistent skepticism about morality, free will, and (to a lesser extent) epistemology, we must ask what justifies us in making these various claims. This book defends a sophisticated version of pragmatism, resting on a novel account of strategy-based (as opposed to act-based) cooperative rationality. It will show that we can give a genuinely pragmatist account of morality and epistemology, while denying that truth is mere usefulness and maintaining the connection between truth and objectivity. The sophisticated pragmatist approach is shown to be particularly fruitful in that we can justify a range of important practices, including our practices of moral and epistemic evaluation, as well as our practice of making judgments regarding free will and moral responsibility.

Ethical Questions and International NGOs - An exchange between Philosophers and NGOs (Hardcover, 2010): Keith Horton, Chris... Ethical Questions and International NGOs - An exchange between Philosophers and NGOs (Hardcover, 2010)
Keith Horton, Chris Roche
R2,933 Discovery Miles 29 330 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In recent decades there has been a great expansion in the number, size and influence of International Non-Governmental Organisations (INGOs) involved in international relief and development. These changes have led to increased scrutiny of such organisations, and this scrutiny, together with increasing reflection by INGOs themselves and their staff on their own practice, has helped to highlight a number of pressing ethical questions such organisations face, such as: should INGOs attempt to provide emergency assistance even when doing so risks helping to fuel further conflict? How should INGOs manage any differences between their values and those of the people they seek to benefit? How open and honest should INGOs be about their own uncertainties and failures?

This book consists of sustained reflections on such questions. It derives from a workshop held at Melbourne University in July 2007 that brought together a group of people - for the most part, reflective practitioners and moral and political philosophers - to discuss such questions. It explores honestly some of the current challenges and dilemmas that INGOs face, and also suggests some new ideas for meeting these challenges. Our hope is that the kind of explicit reflection on the ethical issues INGOs face exemplified in this publication will help to promote a wider debate about these issues, a debate that in turn will help INGO managers and others to make better, wiser, more ethically informed decisions.

Moral Brains - The Neuroscience of Morality (Hardcover): S Matthew Liao Moral Brains - The Neuroscience of Morality (Hardcover)
S Matthew Liao
R3,714 Discovery Miles 37 140 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In the last fifteen years, there has been significant interest in studying the brain structures involved in moral judgments using novel techniques from neuroscience such as functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Many people, including a number of philosophers, believe that results from neuroscience have the potential to settle seemingly intractable debates concerning the nature, practice, and reliability of moral judgments. This has led to a flurry of scientific and philosophical activities, resulting in the rapid growth of the new field of moral neuroscience. There is now a vast array of ongoing scientific research devoted towards understanding the neural correlates of moral judgments, accompanied by a large philosophical literature aimed at interpreting and examining the methodology and the results of this research. This is the first volume to take stock of fifteen years of research of this fast-growing field of moral neuroscience and to recommend future directions for research. It features the most up-to-date research in this area, and it presents a wide variety of perspectives on this topic.

Justice Among Nations - On the Moral Basis of Power and Peace (Hardcover): Thomas L. Pangle, Peter J. Ahrensdorf Justice Among Nations - On the Moral Basis of Power and Peace (Hardcover)
Thomas L. Pangle, Peter J. Ahrensdorf
R1,435 Discovery Miles 14 350 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In the post-Cold War era, we have lost the clarity that once characterized our vision of international conflict. Foreign affairs are no longer defined solely by the ideological battles fought between capitalism and communism or by the competition between two great nuclear superpowers. That oversimplified view has been replaced by an increasing awareness of the moral and political complexity surrounding international relations.

To help us deal with this new reality, Thomas Pangle and Peter Ahrensdorf provide a critical introduction to the most important conceptions of international justice, spanning 2,500 years of intellectual history from Thucydides and Plato to Morgenthau and Waltz. Their study shows how older traditions of political philosophy remain relevant to current debates in international relations, and how political thinkers through the centuries can help us deepen our understanding of today's stalemate between realism and idealism.

Pangle and Ahrensdorf guide the reader through a sequence of theoretical frameworks for understanding the moral basis of international relations: the cosmopolitan vision of the classical philosophers, the "just war" teachings of medieval theologians, the revolutionary realism of Machiavelli, the Enlightenment idealism of Kant, and the neo-realism of twentieth-century theorists. They clarify the core of each philosopher's conceptions of international relations, examine the appeal of each position, and bring these alternatives into mutually illuminating juxtaposition.

The authors clearly show that appreciating the fundamental questions pursued by these philosophers can help us avoid dogmatism, abstraction, or oversimplification when considering the moral character of international relations. "Justice Among Nations" restores the study of the great works of political theory to its natural place within the discipline of international relations as it retrieves the question of international justice as a major theme of political philosophy. It provides our moral compass with new points of orientation and invites serious readers to grapple with some of the most perplexing issues of our time.


Debates of Corruption and Integrity - Perspectives from Europe and the US (Hardcover): P. Hardi, P. Heywood, D. Torsello Debates of Corruption and Integrity - Perspectives from Europe and the US (Hardcover)
P. Hardi, P. Heywood, D. Torsello
R2,235 R1,819 Discovery Miles 18 190 Save R416 (19%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Two aspects link together the notions of corruption and integrity from an epistemological perspective: the complexity of defining the two notions, and their richness in forms. This volume brings together the perspectives of six disciplines - business, political science, law, philosophy, anthropology and behavioural science - to the debate on integrity and corruption. The main goal is to promote a fruitful interdisciplinary dialogue on complex themes such as integrity and corruption in business and politics. The book investigates possible ways in which corruption and integrity apply to everyday practices, ideas and ideologies, and avoids the stigmatizations and oversimplifications that often plague these fields of research.

The Ethos of History - Time and Responsibility (Hardcover): Stefan Helgesson, Jayne Svenungsson The Ethos of History - Time and Responsibility (Hardcover)
Stefan Helgesson, Jayne Svenungsson
R2,670 Discovery Miles 26 700 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

At a time when rapidly evolving technologies, political turmoil, and the tensions inherent in multiculturalism and globalization are reshaping historical consciousness, what is the proper role for historians and their work? By way of an answer, the contributors to this volume offer up an illuminating collective meditation on the idea of ethos and its relevance for historical practice. These intellectually adventurous essays demonstrate how ethos-a term evoking a society's "fundamental character" as well as an ethical appeal to knowledge and commitment-can serve as a conceptual lodestar for history today, not only as a narrative, but as a form of consciousness and an ethical-political orientation.

The Meaning of Liberty Beyond Earth (Hardcover, 2015 ed.): Charles S. Cockell The Meaning of Liberty Beyond Earth (Hardcover, 2015 ed.)
Charles S. Cockell
R4,637 Discovery Miles 46 370 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The purpose of this book is to initiate a new discussion on liberty focusing on the infinite realms of space. The discussion of the nature of liberty and what it means for a human to be free has occupied the minds of thinkers since the Enlightenment. However, without exception, every one of these discussions has focused on the character of liberty on the Earth. The emergence of human space exploration programs in the last 40-50 years raise a fundamental and new question: what will be the future of liberty in space? This book takes the discussion of liberty into the extraterrestrial environment. In this book, new questions will be addressed such as: Can a person be free when the oxygen the individual breathes is the result of a manufacturing process controlled by someone else? Will the interdependence required to survive in the extremities of the extraterrestrial environment destroy individualism? What are the obligations of the individual to the extraterrestrial state? How can we talk of extraterrestrial liberty when everyone is dependent on survival systems?

Womanist Dictionary (Hardcover): Thao Chu, Ngan Vu Womanist Dictionary (Hardcover)
Thao Chu, Ngan Vu
R766 R630 Discovery Miles 6 300 Save R136 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Donald Davidson on Action, Mind and Value (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021): Syraya Chin-Mu Yang, Robert H. Myers Donald Davidson on Action, Mind and Value (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Syraya Chin-Mu Yang, Robert H. Myers
R3,039 Discovery Miles 30 390 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book brings together a wide range of innovative reflections on the pivotal role that Davidson's concept of agency plays in his later philosophy and its impact on his epistemology, his philosophy of language and mind, and his philosophy of values. The authors critically assess central elements of Davidson's program and offer reappraisals of his seminal contributions to, and his continuing influence on, the development of contemporary philosophy. By focusing on agency, the book reveals Davidson's views to have been more dynamic and less reductive than previously acknowledged - pointing toward important new possibilities not only in the theory of knowledge, but also in the philosophy of mind. It is a valuable resource both for experts on Davidson's philosophy and for those interested in central topics in the theory of action, the philosophy of mind and language, epistemology, moral philosophy, and the philosophy of values. It is also of interest to researchers in adjoining disciplines, such as cognitive science, linguistics, and psychology.

Linking Ecology and Ethics for a Changing World - Values, Philosophy, and Action (Hardcover, 2013 ed.): Ricardo Rozzi, S.T.A.... Linking Ecology and Ethics for a Changing World - Values, Philosophy, and Action (Hardcover, 2013 ed.)
Ricardo Rozzi, S.T.A. Pickett, Clare Palmer, Juan J. Armesto, J. Baird Callicott
R7,088 Discovery Miles 70 880 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

To comprehensively address the complexities of current socio-ecological problems involved in global environmental change, it is indispiseble to achieve an integration of ecological understanding and ethical values. Contemporary science proposes an inclusive ecosystem concept that recognizes humans as components. Contemporary environmental ethics includes eco-social justice and the realization that as important as biodiversity is cultural diversity, inter-cultural, inter-institutional, and international collaboration requiring a novel approach known as "biocultural "conservation. Right action in confronting the challenges of the 21st century requires science and ethics to be seamlessly integrated. This book resulted from the 14th Cary Conference that brought together leading scholars and practitioners in ecology and environmental philosophy to discuss core terminologies, methods, questions, and practical frameworks for long-term socio-ecological research, education, and decision making.

Moral Psychology - A Multidisciplinary Guide (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Benjamin G. Voyer, Tor Tarantola Moral Psychology - A Multidisciplinary Guide (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Benjamin G. Voyer, Tor Tarantola
R4,524 Discovery Miles 45 240 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This fascinating and timely volume explores current thinking on vital topics in moral psychology, spanning the diverse disciplines that contribute to the field. Academics from cognitive science, evolutionary biology, anthropology, philosophy, and political science address ongoing and emerging questions aimed at understanding the thought processes and behaviors that underlie our moral codes-and our transgressions. Cross-cutting themes speak to individual, interpersonal, and collective morality in such areas as the development of ethical behavior, responses to violations of rules, moral judgments in the larger discourse, and universal versus specific norms. This wide-angle perspective also highlights the implications of moral psychology research for policy and justice, with cogent viewpoints from: * Philosophy: empiricism and normative questions, moral relativism. * Evolutionary biology: theories of how altruism and moral behavior evolved. * Anthropology: common moral values seen in ethnographies from different countries. * Cognitive and neural sciences: computational models of moral systems and decision-making. * Political science: politics, governance, and moral values in the public sphere. * Advice on moral psychology research-and thoughts about its future-from prominent scholars. With the goal of providing a truly multidisciplinary forum for moral psychology, this volume is sure to spark conversations across disciplines and advance the field as a whole. Sampling the breadth and depth of an equally expansive and transformative field, Moral Psychology: A Multidisciplinary Guide will find an engaged audience among psychologists, philosophers, evolutionary biologists, anthropologists, political scientists, neuroscientists, lawyers, and policymakers, as well as a more general audience interested in better understanding the complexity of moral psychology research.

The Ethical Society - A Framework For a Peaceful, Sustainable World (Hardcover): William T Carruthers The Ethical Society - A Framework For a Peaceful, Sustainable World (Hardcover)
William T Carruthers
R1,006 R832 Discovery Miles 8 320 Save R174 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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