A philosopher’s case for the importance of good--if ethically questionable--humor. A good sense of humor is key to the g......more

The philosopher Michael Dummett was one of the sharpest and most prominent commentators and campaigners for the fair tre......more

Immanuel Kant introduced a new paradigm into modern moral philosophy, first with his Groundwork for the Metaphysics of M......more

In these essays-dealing variously with illness and disability, writing and reading, liberty and apathy, distrust and exp......more

This tragic story happened in a Dublin Hospital in the early 1970’s. Through gross medical incompetence, negligence, poo......more

Most people use money almost every day, and financial assets have become so important to modern life that they determine......more

"Ethical dilemmas and value conflicts affect cities globally, but urban leaders and citizens often avoid confronting the......more

Alain Badiou began the twenty-first century by considering the relationship between philosophy and notions of "the prese......more

This book argues that in order for people to live well, they must develop a virtue of playfulness. Inspired by Aristotle......more

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This book investigates the problematisation in Adam Smith’s moral philosophy of a classical question: what makes us huma......more

The Philebus is a Socratic dialogue written in the 4th century BC by Plato. Besides Socrates (the main speaker) the othe......more

This book explores the impact of ethical reasoning in forensic science and demonstrates that it is in fact a foundationa......more

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This book offers a novel and comprehensive interpretation of Descartes’s moral philosophy. In contrast to other influent......more

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Zarathustra is a sage and a prophet who has a great love of humanity. Because of this love, he desires to leave the soli......more

Benedictus de Spinoza, commonly known as Baruch Spinoza, was a Dutch philosopher of Portuguese Sephardic Jewish origin. ......more

PILGRIM is a collection of small wisdoms offered to illuminate the journey of life and to make sense, if possible, of th......more

Privacy matters because it shields us from possible abuses of power. In the age of AI and the internet it is more import......more

Creating Future People offers readers a fast-paced primer on how advances in genetics will enable parents to influence t......more

Gerd B. Achenbach’s Philosophical Praxis: Origin, Relations, and Legacy, translated by Michael Picard, offers unique ins......more

This volume explores East Asian intellectual traditions and their influence on contemporary discussions of the ethics of......more

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Is your life ruled by checklists or obligations? Do you define a godly life by service to others, accomplishments, or ev......more

For those captive to the broken world of late modernity, wherein ageing and dying persons become vulnerable to despair, ......more

Is your life ruled by checklists or obligations? Do you define a godly life by service to others, accomplishments, or ev......more

In Plato on the Unity of the Virtues, Rod Jenks argues that while Plato makes several attempts to show how virtue is one......more

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Jacques Derrida explores the ramifications of what we owe to others. Hospitality reproduces a two-year seminar series de......more

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We must establish our world order on the principles of human dignity if we want a credible future for humanity. This boo......more

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Literature, Interpretation and Ethics argues for the centrality of hermeneutics in the context of ongoing debates about ......more

This book presents an innovative African philosophical response to coloniality and the attendant epistemicide of Africa’......more

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This book argues that Simone Weil’s short life (1909-1943) is best understood as deeply invested in and engaged with the......more

Insights into a compassionate alternative to a ruthlessly self-interested capitalist culture Societally sanctioned compe......more

You may think that a simple concept like Truth should be easy to describe and easy to understand. But like many simple c......more

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This book is an unprecedented consideration of the challenges of what we can do for generations yet to come. Many growin......more

This book is the result of the author’s teaching experience and it is conceived primarily as a learning resource for stu......more

Aimed at addressing the difficulties associated with teaching often abstract elements of technical ethics, this book is ......more

This book claims that artificial intelligence (AI) may affect our freedom at work, in our daily life, and in the politic......more

The classics heavily influenced many aspects of European modern culture, yet it is not easy to trace their intellectual ......more

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Kant did not initially intend to write the Critique of Practical Reason, let alone three Critiques. It was primarily the......more

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This book describes the fundamental laws and principles that were necessary to develop an ordered system like the univer......more

This book describes the fundamental laws and principles that were necessary to develop an ordered system like the univer......more

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This book explores equal opportunity--more accurately "fair equality of opportunity"--as a norm that commands at least c......more

FINALIST FOR THE KIRKUS PRIZE FOR NONFICTION - ONE OF TIME’S 100 MUST-READ BOOKS OF THE YEAR - ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES......more

"A condensation of a vast and refreshingly unorthodox system of ideas." -- Arthur Koestler, Observer From one of the mos......more

Does suffering have meaning? The leading scholars and practitioners in Meaningless Suffering engage with this haunting h......more

To what extent are the subjects of our thoughts and talk real? This is the question of realism. In this book, Justin Cla......more

Religion has been routinely tasked with providing answers to life’s most pressing questions and concerns. In fact, it ha......more

We are all haunted by things we fear, repress, and those things of which we have no conscious knowledge. We are thus hau......more

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This is the first book to provide a coherent overview over the ethical implications of AI-related technologies in medici......more

This Element considers current legal, ethical, metaphysical, and medical controversies concerning brain death. It examin......more

This is the first professional academic work in China to discuss artificial intelligence and blockchain together. Artifi......more