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Totalitarianism and Philosophy
Av Alan Haworth
Häftad, 2023
327 kr
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When Mussolini, Hitler and Stalin first came to power in the 1930s, their regimes were considered by many to represent a new and perplexing phenomenon. They were labelled ‘totalitarian’. But is ‘totalitarianism’ genuinely new, or is the word just another name for something old and familiar, namely …
Defence of Nihilism
Av James Tartaglia, Tracy Llanera
Häftad, 2022
415 kr
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This book offers a philosophical defence of nihilism. The authors argue that the concept of nihilism has been employed pejoratively by almost all philosophers and religious leaders to indicate a widespread cultural crisis of truth, meaning, or morals. Many religious believers think atheism leads to …
Neurofunctional Prudence and Morality
A Philosophical Theory
Av Marcus Arvan
Inbunden, 2020
1230 kr
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Philosophers across many traditions have long theorized about the relationship between prudence and morality. Few clear answers have emerged, however, in large part because of the inherently speculative nature of traditional philosophical methods. This book aims to forge a bold new path forward, …
Defence of Nihilism
Av James Tartaglia, Tracy Llanera
Inbunden, 2020
997 kr
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This book offers a philosophical defence of nihilism. The authors argue that the concept of nihilism has been employed pejoratively by almost all philosophers and religious leaders to indicate a widespread cultural crisis of truth, meaning, or morals. Many religious believers think atheism leads to …
Plant Minds
A Philosophical Defense
Häftad, 2019
371 kr
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The idea that plants have minds can sound improbable, but some widely respected contemporary scientists and philosophers find it plausible. It turns out to be rather tricky to vindicate the presumption that plants do not have minds, for doing so requires getting clear about what plants can do and …
Ethics of Undercover Policing
Inbunden, 2022
997 kr
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Despite the media controversies surrounding high-profile cases of undercover policing, it is not always clear what ethical issues are at stake. Can undercover policing be justified? What are the ethical issues surrounding concealment and infiltration? What larger questions does undercover policing …
Honouring and Admiring the Immoral
An Ethical Guide
Av Alfred Archer, Benjamin Matheson
Inbunden, 2021
262 kr
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Is it appropriate to honour and admire people who have created great works of art, made important intellectual contributions, performed great sporting feats, or shaped the history of a nation if those people have also acted immorally? This book provides a philosophical investigation of this …
Are Mental Disorders Brain Disorders?
Inbunden, 2022
997 kr
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The question of whether mental disorders are disorders of the brain has led to a long-running and controversial dispute within psychiatry, psychology and philosophy of mind and psychology. While recent work in neuroscience frequently tries to identify underlying brain dysfunction in mental …
Totalitarianism and Philosophy
Av Alan Haworth
Inbunden, 2019
997 kr
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When Mussolini, Hitler and Stalin first came to power in the 1930s, their regimes were considered by many to represent a new and perplexing phenomenon. They were labelled ‘totalitarian’. But is ‘totalitarianism’ genuinely new, or is the word just another name for something old and familiar, namely …
State Secrecy and Democracy
A Philosophical Inquiry
Inbunden, 2023
997 kr
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In the wake of controversial disclosures of classified government information by WikiLeaks and Edward Snowden, questions about the democratic status of secret uses of political power are rarely far from the headlines. Despite an increase in initiatives aimed at enhancing government transparency – …
State Secrecy and Democracy
A Philosophical Inquiry
Häftad, 2025
313 kr
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In the wake of controversial disclosures of classified government information by WikiLeaks and Edward Snowden, questions about the democratic status of secret uses of political power are rarely far from the headlines. Despite an increase in initiatives aimed at enhancing government transparency – …
Global Justice for Children
A Capability Approach
Inbunden, 2025
997 kr
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While global justice is a hot topic in political philosophy, the place of children and children as a particular group of agents has been largely ignored. This book explores global justice for children from the perspective of the capability approach. The capability approach provides a fruitful …
Logic of Commitment
Häftad, 2020
371 kr
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This book develops and defends a conception of commitment and explores its limits. Gary Chartier shows how commitment serves to resolve conflicts between ordinary moral intuitions and the reality that the basic aspects of human well-being are incommensurable. He outlines a variety of overlapping …
Moral Choices for Our Future Selves
An Empirical Theory of Prudential Perception and a Moral Theory of Prudence
Inbunden, 2022
997 kr
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This book investigates the relationship between our present and future selves. It focuses specifically on diachronic self-regarding decisions: choices involving our earlier and later selves, in which the earlier self makes a decision for the later self.The author connects the scientific …
Moral Choices for Our Future Selves
An Empirical Theory of Prudential Perception and a Moral Theory of Prudence
Häftad, 2024
313 kr
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This book investigates the relationship between our present and future selves. It focuses specifically on diachronic self-regarding decisions: choices involving our earlier and later selves, in which the earlier self makes a decision for the later self.The author connects the scientific …
Epistemology and Morality of Human Kinds
Häftad, 2023
327 kr
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Natural kinds is a widely used and pivotal concept in philosophy – the idea being that the classifications and taxonomies employed by science correspond to the real kinds in nature. Natural kinds are often opposed to the idea of kinds in the human and social sciences, which are typically seen as …
Political Theory and Global Climate Action
Recasting the Public Sphere
Av Idil Boran
Häftad, 2020
371 kr
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From around the world, cities and regions, civil society networks and businesses, nongovernmental organizations and institutions for research and learning, and many others, are taking action on climate change. The role of these nonstate and substate actors is increasingly being recognized in the …
Moral Thinking, Fast and Slow
Av Hanno Sauer
Häftad, 2020
371 kr
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In recent research, dual-process theories of cognition have been the primary model for explaining moral judgment and reasoning. These theories understand moral thinking in terms of two separate domains: one deliberate and analytic, the other quick and instinctive. This book presents a new theory of …
Knowledge Transmission
Häftad, 2020
386 kr
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Our knowledge of the world comes from various sources. But it is sometimes said that testimony, unlike other sources, transmits knowledge from one person to another. In this book, Stephen Wright investigates what the transmission of knowledge involves and the role that it should play in our …
Consciousness and Moral Status
Häftad, 2020
386 kr
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It seems obvious that phenomenally conscious experience is something of great value, and that this value maps onto a range of important ethical issues. For example, claims about the value of life for those in Permanent Vegetative State (PVS); debates about treatment and study of disorders of …
How We Understand Others
Philosophy and Social Cognition
Häftad, 2020
371 kr
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In our everyday social interactions, we try to make sense of what people are thinking, why they act as they do, and what they are likely to do next. This process is called mindreading. Mindreading, Shannon Spaulding argues in this book, is central to our ability to understand and interact with …
Passing of Temporal Well-Being
Av Ben Bramble
Häftad, 2020
386 kr
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The philosophical study of well-being concerns what makes lives good for their subjects. It is now standard among philosophers to distinguish between two kinds of well-being:· lifetime well-being, i.e., how good a person’s life was for him or her considered as a whole, and· temporal well-being, …
Cultural Appropriation
Wrongs and Rights
Av Aurélia Bardon, Jennifer M. Page
Inbunden, 2025
997 kr
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From the fashion label Dior being accused of cultural appropriation after using American Indian imagery in an ad campaign for its “Sauvage” fragrance, to the backlash against Kendall Jenner’s afro-esque hairstyle in Vogue, debates about cultural appropriation have reached a fever pitch. In this …
What We Ought and What We Can
Av Alex King
Inbunden, 2019
1230 kr
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Are we able to do everything we ought to do? According to the important but controversial Ought Implies Can principle, the answer is yes.In this book Alex King sheds some much-needed light on this principle. She argues that it is flawed because we are obligated to perform some actions that we …
Newton's Third Rule and the Experimental Argument for Universal Gravity
Av Mary Domski
Inbunden, 2021
997 kr
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This book provides a reading of Newton’s argument for universal gravity that is focused on the evidence-based, "experimental" reasoning that Newton associates with his program of experimental philosophy. It highlights the richness and complexity of the Principia and also draws important lessons …
Newton's Third Rule and the Experimental Argument for Universal Gravity
Av Mary Domski
Häftad, 2023
328 kr
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This book provides a reading of Newton’s argument for universal gravity that is focused on the evidence-based, "experimental" reasoning that Newton associates with his program of experimental philosophy. It highlights the richness and complexity of the Principia and also draws important lessons …
Right to Know
Epistemic Rights and Why We Need Them
Av Lani Watson
Häftad, 2022
371 kr
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We speak of the right to know with relative ease. You have the right to know the results of a medical test or to be informed about the collection and use of personal data. But what exactly is the right to know, and who should we trust to safeguard it?This book provides the first comprehensive …
Honouring and Admiring the Immoral
An Ethical Guide
Av Alfred Archer, Benjamin Matheson
Häftad, 2023
327 kr
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Is it appropriate to honour and admire people who have created great works of art, made important intellectual contributions, performed great sporting feats, or shaped the history of a nation if those people have also acted immorally? This book provides a philosophical investigation of this …
Moralistics and Psychomoralistics
A Unified Cognitive Science of Moral Intuition
Av Graham Wood
Häftad, 2024
327 kr
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This book brings together three distinct research programmes in moral psychology – Moral Foundations Theory, Cognitive Adaptations for Social Exchange, and the Linguistic Analogy in Moral Psychology – and shows that they can be combined to create a unified cognitive science of moral intuition.The …
Moralistics and Psychomoralistics
A Unified Cognitive Science of Moral Intuition
Av Graham Wood
Inbunden, 2022
997 kr
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This book brings together three distinct research programmes in moral psychology – Moral Foundations Theory, Cognitive Adaptations for Social Exchange, and the Linguistic Analogy in Moral Psychology – and shows that they can be combined to create a unified cognitive science of moral intuition.The …
