Mary Midgley (1919-2018) was one of the most relevant and wide-ranging moral philosophers of the last century. For over ......more

Mary Midgley (1919-2018) was one of the most relevant and wide-ranging moral philosophers of the last century. For over ......more

"The timeless classic of Stoic philosophy. Written by Roman emperor and philosopher Marcus Aurelius, Meditations is a cl......more

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The landmark work The Ethics of Rhetoric and a selection of essays on language, modernity, education, and cultural freed......more

The Didi-Huberman Dictionary is a specialized introduction to the thought of contemporary French philosopher Georges Did......more

This book examines the ethical problems with using donated sperm, eggs and embryos, known collectively as donor concepti......more

The book develops a theory of ideals as conceptions of admirable ways of being. It provides a story of what it means to ......more

Does a work of art have to be morally admirable in order to be aesthetically valuable? In this updated introduction, Eli......more

Does a work of art have to be morally admirable in order to be aesthetically valuable? In this updated introduction, Eli......more

The philosophical revival of virtue ethics has not gone unnoticed by theologians, who have made some of the most importa......more

In early China and ancient Greece, self-cultivation was considered crucial for leading a flourishing, fulfilled life. In......more

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What makes us human beings? Is it merely some corporeal aspect, or rather some specific mental capacity, language, or so......more

Public interest in re-discovering ancient practical wisdom continues to rise, primarily on the back of Stoicism. Epicure......more

Kantian and Hegelian conceptions of freedom guide this collection of essays that engage with the linguistic turn in cont......more

By re-examining Nietzsche’s notion of the "eternal-feminine" and his views on women and feminism, this volume offers new......more

A look at war ethics in the age of drones and artificial intelligence. Can there be purely defensive or moral wars? In r......more

Philosopher Mark Kingwell thinks about thinking for yourself in an era of radical know-it-all-ism. "Question authority,"......more

The Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche will publish in its entirety, for the first time, an English translation of th......more

Inviting new translations of classical Buddhist texts about why the self is an illusion--and why giving it up can free u......more

As artificial intelligence assumes increasing prominence in our lives, a host of questions arise, particularly if one ho......more

A new theory of mind that includes nonhuman and artificial intelligences. The much-lauded superiority of human intellige......more

The Sunday Times Bestseller A new assessment of the West’s colonial record In the wake of the dissolution of the Soviet ......more

Why "hopeful pessimism" is not a contradiction in terms but a powerful source of moral and political commitment The clim......more

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The Ḥatäta Zärʾa Yaʿǝqob and the Ḥatäta Wäldä Ḥəywät are enigmatic and controversial works. Respectively an autobiograph......more

This practical guide to reproductive ethics navigates the complex subject of the policy around IVF treatment and disabil......more

Exploring Aristotle’s concept of logos, this volume advances our understanding of it as a singular feature of human natu......more

Philosophy begins and ends in disagreement. Philosophers disagree among themselves in innumerable ways, and this pervasi......more

In this global approach to climate change and freshwater access, Cameron Fioret explores the harmful effects of water co......more

Putin’s war has meant the return of the Russian intelligentsia-a concept that was all but dead in the first decade of th......more

A new way of understanding the essence of moral obligation The Moral Nexus develops and defends a new interpretation of ......more

Exploring the philosophical writings of Simone Weil, this unparalleled reference work documents the key thinkers who inf......more

This book uses the ’Lorry Driver Paradox’, a novel puzzle, to explore and clarify our understanding of moral responsibil......more

Thomas Hobbes’s Leviathan is not just one of the greatest philosophical texts in the English language; it is one of the ......more

The language of "equity" saturates our contemporary culture. Human-resources departments lead workshops on "diversity, e......more

A dazzling exploration of our wish for innocence and ignorance--and its consequences. Aristotle claimed that "all human ......more

Winch is best known as the founder of post-war analytic philosophy of the social sciences, and as one of the rare post-w......more

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Freedom after Kant situates Kant’s concept of freedom in relation to leading philosophers of the period to trace a detai......more

What is self-control? Does a person need to be conscious to act? Are delusions always irrational? Questions such as thes......more

Blanchot and his writings on three major poets, Mallarmé, Hölderlin, and Char, provide a decisive new point of departure......more

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How can we apply the teachings of the greatest ancient philosopher to modern life? Socrates is the quintessential Atheni......more

This book is an attempt to provide a philosophical answer to the simple question, "What is the law?" as well as address ......more

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Go On A Journey Towards Personal Growth And Unlock Your Life Purposes Unravel the myth of a singular life purpose ingrai......more

A heartfelt, humane, and even hilarious account of why rule-obsessed veganism fails and how a focus on flourishing can b......more

A profound exploration into the spiritual beliefs and practices of Seattle’s unhoused youth Soul Woundedness is an intim......more

Richard Rorty once said ’The world does not speak’. The resultant practice of deconstruction and the tendency to reduce ......more

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Issues of morality and children have traditionally been investigated within the realm of developmental psychology, treat......more

Transform moral pain and powerlessness into peace, purpose, and possibility with this powerful guided journal. Have you ......more

The new field of experimental philosophy has emerged as the methods of psychological science have been brought to bear o......more

Instead of making readers into better people, what if fiction could help us to become better animals? On Fiction and Bei......more

This volume interweaves Shakespeare’s wisdom with ancient spiritual practices and the insights of a post-secular age in ......more

Existential gratitude-gratitude for one’s very existence or life as a whole-is pervasive across the most influential hum......more

This book’s essays aim subversively and resolutely to replace the hegemonic discursive frame governing comparative law. ......more

A remarkable compilation of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s reflections on love and its transformative power--a stellar add......more

Kantian Dignity and its Difficulties defends Kant’s doctrine that all human beings have a moral capacity that gives them......more

How animals conceive of death and dying--and what they can teach us about our own relationships with mortality When the ......more

"Lively in style and backed by solid, unobtrusive scholarship...In her call for responsibility in borrowing, Liz Bucar s......more

This book is a machine-generated literature overview of the legal and ethical debates over privacy and data protection m......more

From the international bestselling author and illustrator of Big Panda and Tiny Dragon and The Cat Who Taught Zen comes ......more

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Anthropologists often use ’pollution’ to refer to social and individual challenges to a cultural idea of purity, which m......more