Ethics Philosophy Books

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   After the Open Society: Selected Social and Political Writings

   By Karl Popper

   Edited by Piers Norris Turner, Jeremy Shearmur

   In this long-awaited volume, Jeremy Shearmur and Piers Norris Turner bring to light Popper's most important unpublished and uncollected writings from the time of The Open Society until his death in 1994.After The Open Society: Selected Social and Political Writings reveals the development of...

   August 2011 | 978-0-415-61023-0 | Paperback (Routledge)

2. On Manners

   By Karen Stohr

   Many otherwise enlightened people often dismiss etiquette as a trivial subject or—worse yet—as nothing but a disguise for moral hypocrisy or unjust social hierarchies. Such sentiments either mistakenly assume that most manners merely frame the “real issues” of any interpersonal exchange or...

   July 2011 | 978-0-415-87538-7 | Paperback (Routledge)

3. On Happiness

   By Caroline West

   Having a job, exercising, drinking less, making friends and being thin can apparently all make us happy. What is happiness? Why should we want it? How do we get it? Is there a science of happiness? These questions and more are at the heart of Caroline West’s lively philosophical examination of...

   June 2011 | 978-0-415-45166-6 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Multiculturalism: A Critical Introduction

   By Michael Murphy

   June 2011 | 978-0-415-26043-5 | Paperback (Routledge)

5. Practising social work ethics: International cases and commentaries

   Edited by Sarah Banks, Kirsten Nøhr

   Ethics and values are central to social work practice, yet it is often difficult to know how and when to interpret ethical frameworks and codes. Acting as gatekeepers or in statutory settings, as well as helpers working to empower service users, social workers may find themselves in situations...

   June 2011 | 978-0-415-56033-7 | Paperback (Routledge)

6. AQA Philosophy of Religion for AS and A2

   By Matthew Taylor

   Edited by Jon Mayled, Peter Cole

   AQA Philosophy of Religion for AS and A2 is the definitive textbook for students of Advanced Subsidiary or Advanced Level religious studies courses, structured directly around the AQA specification. The book covers all necessary topics of the Philosophy of Religion A Level in an...

   June 2011 | 978-0-415-56493-9 | Paperback (Routledge)

7. The Jurisprudence of Pregnancy: Concepts of Conflict, Persons and Property

   By Mary Ford

   This book takes a critical conceptual approach to the jurisprudence of pregnancy, examining how the three concepts of conflict, personhood and property are key to the legal analysis and decision-making surrounding pregnancy. The book begins by questioning the ‘conflict model’ which is often assumed...

   June 2011 | 978-0-415-55559-3 | Hardback (Routledge-Cavendish)

8. Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Rawls on Justice

   By Veronique Munoz-Darde

   May 2011 | 978-0-415-43301-3 | Paperback (Routledge)

9. Corporate Social Responsibility

   Edited by Jeremy Moon, Jean-Pascal Gond

   Although the idea of social responsibility has a long and distinguished intellectual pedigree, Corporate Social Responsibility (or ‘CSR’) has re-emerged during the last fifteen years or so as a high-profile concept in both academia and business practice. This revitalized interest has come about...

   May 2011 | 978-0-415-54804-5 | Hardback (Routledge)

10. Genetic Testing: Accounts of Autonomy, Responsibility and Blame

    By Michael Arribas-Ayllon, Srikant Sarangi, Angus Clarke

    Firmly grounded in empirical data, this book critically engages with the relational, moral and ethical issues surrounding genetic testing in contemporary society. Competing accounts of autonomy, responsibility and blame – by families, by professionals and in the public sphere – are analyzed...

    April 2011 | 978-0-415-47443-6 | Hardback (Routledge)