Engaging Philosophy – serie
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14 produkter
The Ethics of Social Roles
Inbunden, 2023
1376 kr
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The various social roles we occupy, such as teacher, parent, or friend, shape our ethical lives and colour our perceptions of each other and ourselves. Social roles have long been a central topic in sociology, and specific social roles frequently feature within applied moral philosophy and …
The Ethics of Surveillance in Times of Emergency
Av Kevin Macnish, Adam Henschke
Inbunden, 2023
962 kr
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This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read on Oxford Academic and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations.The Ethics of Surveillance in Times of Emergency draws from the use of modern …
Lying
Language, Knowledge, Ethics, and Politics
Av Eliot Michaelson, Andreas Stokke
Inbunden, 2018
1683 kr
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Philosophers have been thinking about lying for several thousand years, yet this topic has only recently become a central area of academic interest for philosophers of language, epistemologists, ethicists, and political philosophers. Lying: Language, Knowledge, Ethics, Politics provides the first …
Treatment for Crime
Philosophical Essays on Neurointerventions in Criminal Justice
Av David Birks, Thomas Douglas
Inbunden, 2018
1682 kr
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Preventing recidivism is one of the aims of criminal justice, yet existing means of pursuing this aim are often poorly effective, highly restrictive of basic freedoms, and significantly harmful. Incarceration, for example, tends to be disruptive of personal relationships and careers, detrimental to …
Bad Words
Philosophical Perspectives on Slurs
Av David Sosa, David Sosa
Inbunden, 2018
1610 kr
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What makes a word bad? Bad Words is a philosophical examination of slurs and other derogatory and problematic language, by some of the leading contributors to the field. Slurs are an interesting case for the philosophy of language. On the one hand, they seem to be meaningful in something like the …
Academic Freedom
Inbunden, 2018
749 kr
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Academic freedom allows members of institutions of higher learning to engage in intellectual pursuits without fear of censorship or retaliation, and lies at the heart of the mission of the university. Recent years have seen growing concerns about threats to academic freedom, many brought about from …
Philosophy and Climate Change
Av Budolfson Et Al, Mark Budolfson m. fl.
Inbunden, 2021
1629 kr
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Climate change is poised to threaten, disrupt, and transform human life, and the social, economic, and political institutions that structure it. Philosophy and Climate Change argues that understanding climate change, and discussing how to address it, should be at the very center of our public …
Games, Sports, and Play
Philosophical Essays
Av Thomas Hurka
Inbunden, 2019
1207 kr
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This volume presents new philosophical essays on a topic that's been neglected in most recent philosophy: games, sports, and play. Some contributions address conceptual questions about what games and sports have in common and that distinguishes them from other activities; here many take their start …
Disability in Practice
Attitudes, Policies, and Relationships
Av Hill Cureton, Adam Cureton m. fl.
Inbunden, 2018
1706 kr
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Everyone is disabled in some respect, at least in the sense that others can do things that we cannot. But significant limitations on pursuing major life activities due to severely limited eyesight, hearing, mobility, cognitive functioning and so on pose special problems that fortunately have been …
Applied Epistemology
Av Jennifer Lackey, Jennifer Lackey
Inbunden, 2021
2265 kr
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Applied epistemology brings the tools of contemporary epistemology to bear on particular issues of social concern. While the field of social epistemology has flourished in recent years, there has been far less work on how theories of knowledge, justification, and evidence may be applied to concrete …
Effective Altruism
Philosophical Issues
Av Hilary Greaves, Theron Pummer
Inbunden, 2019
1549 kr
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This is the first collective study of the thinking behind the effective altruism movement. This movement comprises a growing global community of people who organise significant parts of their lives around the two key concepts represented in its name. Altruism is the idea that if we use a …
The Epistemology of Fake News
Av Sven Bernecker, Amy K. Flowerree m. fl.
Inbunden, 2021
1682 kr
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News is vital for a healthy democracy. Collective decision-making requires accurate, reliable information. Nevertheless, much of the information we encounter is inadequate for this task. And some--peddled by politicians, profiteers, bots and algorithms--is fake. Social media platforms and emerging …
Expertise
Philosophical Perspectives
Av Mirko Farina, Andrea Lavazza m. fl.
Inbunden, 2024
1179 kr
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This book offers a collective study of issues to do with experts and expertise, a topic of tremendous contemporary significance. The perspectives are philosophical but draw on relevant work from the sciences and social sciences. In addition, in keeping with other volumes in Oxford University …
Taxation
Philosophical Perspectives
Av ORR O'NEILL, Martin O'Neill m. fl.
Inbunden, 2018
1435 kr
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This is the first book to give a collective treatment of philosophical issues relating to tax. The tax system is central to the operation of states and to the ways in which states interact with individual citizens. Taxes are used by states to fund the provision of public goods and public services, …
