Philosophy Books

New and Published Books

1. Ethics: Essential Readings in Moral Theory

   Edited by George Sher

   Ethics: Essential Readings in Moral Theory is an outstanding anthology of the most important topics, theories and debates in ethics, compiled by one of the leading experts in the field. It includes sixty-six extracts covering the central domains of ethics: why be moral? the meaning of moral...

   Published February 8th 2012 by Routledge
2. Russell vs. Meinong

   The Legacy of "On Denoting"

   Edited by Nicholas Griffin, Dale Jacquette

   Series: Routledge Studies in Twentieth Century Philosophy

   A century after ‘On Denoting’ was published, the debate it initiated continues to rage. On the one hand, there is a mass of new historical scholarship, about both Russell and Meinong, which has not circulated very far beyond specialist scholars. On the other hand, there are continuing problems and...

   Published February 2nd 2012 by Routledge
3. A Philosophical Investigation of Rape

   The Making and Unmaking of the Feminine Self

   By Louise du Toit

   Series: Routledge Research in Gender and Society

   This book offers a critical feminist perspective on the widely debated topic of transitional justice and forgiveness. Louise Du Toit examines the phenomenon of rape with a feminist philosophical discourse concerning women’s or ‘feminine’ subjectivity and selfhood. She demonstrates how the...

   Published February 2nd 2012 by Routledge
4. Studies in Jaina History and Culture

   Disputes and Dialogues

   Edited by Peter Flügel

   Series: Routledge Advances in Jaina Studies

   The last ten years have seen interest in Jainism increasing, with this previously little-known Indian religion assuming a significant place in religious studies. Studies in Jaina History and Culture breaks new ground by investigating the doctrinal differences and debates amongst the Jains rather...

   Published January 30th 2012 by Routledge
5. Adorno, Habermas and the Search for a Rational Society

   By Deborah Cook

   Series: Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought

   Published January 29th 2012 by Routledge
6. On Humanism

   2nd Edition

   By Richard Norman

   Series: Thinking in Action

   What is humanism and why does it matter? Is there any doctrine every humanist must hold? If it rejects religion, what does it offer in its place? Have the twentieth century’s crimes against humanity spelled the end for humanism? On Humanism is a timely and powerfully argued philosophical defence...

   Published January 26th 2012 by Routledge
7. Economics for Real

   Uskali Mäki and the Place of Truth in Economics

   Edited by Aki Lehtinen, Jaakko Kuorikoski, Petri Ylikoski

   Series: Routledge INEM Advances in Economic Methodology

   This book provides the first comprehensive and critical examination of Mäki’s realist philosophy of economics....

   Published January 23rd 2012 by Routledge
8. Relational Sociology

   A New Paradigm for the Social Sciences

   By Pierpaolo Donati

   Series: Ontological Explorations

   ‘Simultaneous invention’ has become commonplace in the natural sciences, but is still virtually unknown within the sphere of social science. The convergence of two highly compatible versions of Critical Realism from two independent sources is a striking exception. Pierpaolo Donati’s Relational...

   Published January 19th 2012 by Routledge
9. The Philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre (Routledge Revivals)

   Edited by Robert Denoon Cumming

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in Great Britain in 1968, this is an authoritative introduction to the life of one of the greatest intellectual figures of the twentieth century. Prompted by the belief that none of the parts of Sartre’s work is fully intelligible apart from the whole , this ambitious volume...

   Published January 19th 2012 by Routledge
10. The Ethics of Japan's Global Environmental Policy

    The conflict between principles and practice

    By Midori Kagawa-Fox

    Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series

    This book examines the Japanese government policies that impact on the environment in order to determine whether they incorporate a sufficient ethical substance. Through the three case studies on whaling, nuclear energy, and forestry, the author explores how Western philosophers combined their...

    Published January 18th 2012 by Routledge