Ethics

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Properties and Propositions

The Metaphysics of Higher-Order Logic Robert Trueman | University of York This book articulates and defends a novel, Fregean theory of properties and propositions, and uses it to solve a range of problems in metaphysics. It will be of interest to anyone working in logic, metaphysics, the philosophy of language or the philosophy of mind.

239pp Aug. 2022 9781108814102 Paperback GBP 24.99 / USD 32.99 Jan. 2021 9781108840477 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781108886123

Substance

Donnchadh O’Conaill | Université de Fribourg, Switzerland This Element focuses on contemporary work on substance, and in particular on contemporary substance ontologies, metaphysical systems in which substance is one of the fundamental categories and individual substances are among the basic building blocks of reality.

Elements in Metaphysics

75pp Oct. 2022 9781108940740 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781108935531

The A Priori Without Magic

Jared Warren | Stanford University, California This Element makes the case that we can accept and use the a priori without magic, arguing that the a priori can be formulated clearly, made respectable, and used to do important epistemological work, without abandoning either naturalism or empiricism, broadly understood.

Elements in Epistemology

75pp Sep. 2022 9781009015769 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781009030472

The Epistemic Consequences of Paradox

Bryan Frances Analyzing paradoxes proves interesting results regarding philosophical progress, agreement, knockdown arguments, belief, the status of metaphysics, and common sense. As examples, this Element examines the Sorites Paradox, the Liar Paradox, and the Problem of the Many – although many other paradoxes can do the trick too.

Elements in Epistemology

75pp Jul. 2022 9781009055963 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781009052948

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The Transmission of Knowledge

John Greco | Georgetown University, Washington DC This book examines the interpersonal relations and social structures which enable and inhibit the sharing of knowledge within and across epistemic communities, drawing on resources from moral theory, the philosophy of language, action theory and the cognitive sciences. It will interest students and scholars of social epistemology.

226pp Aug. 2022 9781108460057 Paperback GBP 24.99 / USD 32.99 Aug. 2020 9781108472623 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781108560818 NEW IN PAPERBACK

Virtue Theoretic Epistemology

New Methods and Approaches Christoph Kelp | University of Glasgow This volume is a collection of new essays on virtue epistemology, one of the leading approaches in the theory of knowledge. By bringing together a range of essays from major contributors to the debate, it advances the state of the art and provides an overview of the field.

270pp 5 b/w illus. Nov. 2022 9781108740463 Paperback GBP 24.99 / USD 32.99 Jul. 2020 9781108481212 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781108666404

A Philosopher Looks at Digital Communication

Onora O’Neill Onora O’Neill shows how digital technologies have raised new ethical issues for communication, and argues that ethical communication requires broad attention, not only to rights of freedom of expression, but also to the agency, duties and needs of audiences.

A Philosopher Looks At

150pp Feb. 2022 9781108986816 Paperback GBP 9.99 / USD 12.99 eISBN 9781108981583

Animal Ethics in the Wild

Wild Animal Suffering and Intervention in Nature Catia Faria Most people believe that we should help others in need. This book argues that we should also help starving, wounded and sick wild animals. It will be of interest to scholars of philosophy, as well as to a non-specialist audience, including policymakers and members of environmental and animal charities.

200pp Dec. 2022 9781009100632 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781009119948

Aristotle’s Ethics

Paula Gottlieb | University of Wisconsin, Madison This Element is an examination of the philosophical themes presented in Aristotle’s Nicomachean and Eudemian Ethics. Topics include happiness, the voluntary and choice, the doctrine of the mean, particular virtues of character and temperamental means, virtues of thought, akrasia, pleasure, friendship, and luck.

Elements in Ethics

75pp Jun. 2022 9781108706575 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781108588034

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6 Ethical Constructivism

Carla Bagnoli This volume illustrates how constructivism substantially modified and expanded the agenda of metaethics by refocusing on rational agency and its constitutive principles. It identifies, compares and discusses the prospects and failures of the main strands of constructivism regarding the powers of reason in responding to challenges of contingency.

Elements in Ethics

75pp Feb. 2022 9781108706605 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781108588188

Ethical Realism

William J. FitzPatrick | University of Rochester, New York This Element examines the many facets of ethical realism and the issues at stake in metaethical debates about it—both between realism and nonrealist alternatives, and between different versions of realism itself.

Elements in Ethics

75pp Feb. 2022 9781108706414 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781108580885

Ethics

Allen Phillips-Griffiths | Trinity College, Cambridge Ethical questions are often associated with practical dilemmas: questions in morality, in other words. This volume, by contrast, asks questions about morality: what it is, and to what it owes its precarious authority over us. The focus on metaethics is sustained throughout, via a wide range of distinguished philosophical perspectives.

Talking Philosophy

433pp Jun. 2022 9781009107716 Paperback GBP 14.99 / USD 19.99 eISBN 9781009106900

Ethics and Business

An Introduction Second edition Kevin Gibson | Marquette University, Wisconsin This updated introduction offers clear, accessible analysis of the ethical issues facing business in the contemporary world. Case studies include VW, Wells Fargo, the Boeing 737 Max, and the exploitation of rare earth minerals, and explores issues such as the gig economy, internet commerce, and racial and gender justice.

Cambridge Applied Ethics

298pp Feb. 2023 9781009098229 Hardback GBP 69.99 / USD 89.99 Feb. 2023 9781009096898 Paperback GBP 22.99 / USD 29.99 eISBN 9781009099127

Hume on the Nature of Morality

Elizabeth S. Radcliffe | College of William and Mary, Virginia David Hume’s moral system involves considerations that seem at odds with one another. This Element addresses these puzzles in Hume’s moral theory, with reference to historical and contemporary discussions.

Elements in Ethics

75pp Feb. 2022 9781108706568 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781108587952

Kant’s Ethics

Kate A. Moran | Brandeis University, Massachusetts The Element provides an overview of Immanuel Kant’s arguments regarding the content of the moral law (the categorical imperative), as well as an exposition of his arguments for the bindingness of the moral law for rational agents. The Element also considers common objections to Kant’s ethics.

Elements in Ethics

75pp Mar. 2022 9781108718943 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781108754637

Moral Philosophy

Anthony O’Hear | University of Buckingham What is moral philosophy? That is the question with which this important volume grapples. Its starting point is the famous critique made by Elizabeth Anscombe, who argued that moral philosophy begins from a mistake: that it is fundamentally wrong about the sort of concept that the word ‘moral’ represents.

Talking Philosophy

500pp Jun. 2022 9781009111393 Paperback GBP 14.99 / USD 19.99 eISBN 9781009109413

Prioritarianism

Richard J. Arneson Prioritarianism holds that improvements in someone’s life (gains in well-being) are morally more valuable, the worse off the person would otherwise be. The doctrine is impartial, holding that a gain in one person’s life counts exactly the same as an identical gain in the life of anyone equally well off.

Elements in Ethics

75pp Jun. 2022 9781108730693 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781108582865

Self-Blame and Moral Responsibility

Andreas Brekke Carlsson What is self-blame? Does it have a value? How does it connect to guilt and other emotions? How does it fit into, and with, various theories of moral responsibility? In this volume, leading moral philosophers explore a range of debates about self-blame.

280pp May. 2022 9781009179256 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781009179263

The Cambridge Handbook of the Ethics of Ageing

C. S. Wareham | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg As people in the West are living longer and societies are ageing, there is a need to understand the ethical implications for the quality of life of different generations. This authoritative book delves into the ethics of ageing, combining philosophical depth, a clear scope and original contributions from leading authors.

380pp Aug. 2022 9781108495134 Hardback GBP 74.99 / USD 99.99 Aug. 2022 9781108817042 Paperback GBP 26.99 / USD 32.99 eISBN 9781108861168