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In this book, Alan Wertheimer seeks to identify when a transaction or relationship can be properly regarded as exploitative-and not oppressive, manipulative, or morally deficient in some other way-and explores the moral weight of taking unfair advantage.

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This book explores the concept of and cases of complicity in an interdisciplinary context. It in part covers cases of direct complicity, where an agent or set of agents facilitates an identifiable act of wrongdoing. The book also draws attention to the manner in which agents b...

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This book explores the concept of and cases of complicity in an interdisciplinary context. It in part covers cases of direct complicity, where an agent or set of agents facilitates an identifiable act of wrongdoing. The book also draws attention to the manner in which agents b...

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Exploring the Illusion of Free Will and MoralResponsibility is an edited collection of new essays by an internationally recognized line-up of contributors. It is aimed at readers who wish to explore the philosophical and scientific arguments for free will skepticism and their implications.

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Arguing that the prevalence of evil presents a fundamental problem for our secular sensibility, John Kekes develops a conception of character-morality as a response. He shows that the main sources of evil are habitual, unchosen actions produced by our character defects and that we can increase our control over the evil we cause by cultivating a reflective temper.

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The use of relevant cases to depict the legal aspects involved in medical decision making for children and incompetent adults helps clarify the issues involved.

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This text offers examples of people across diverse disciplines and perspectivesfrom biomedical research to black theology to artlearning and performing emotions, expanding their desires, discovering new ways to behave, and altering their sense of self, purpose, and community because of passionate, but not romanticized, attachments to animals.

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Drawing on core concepts in feminist philosophy, this book investigates five major issues from a feminist point of view: immigration, environmental preservation, intervention in medical areas, the peace movement, and matters of citizenship.

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This volume takes a unique approach, dealing specifically with issues at the intersection of food and agricultural systems, environmental degradation, and climate change. It fills a gap in the literature on food and environmental justice in the context of global climate change offering a scholarly, yet accessible, analysis of the issues.

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Argues that because individuals, institutions, and societies are so profoundly connected and inter-related, every decision of consequence has a ripple effect. This work is an exploration of leadership in troubled and troubling times.

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Writing from an explicitly feminist point of view, Kathryn Norlock discusses the importance of attending to gender when analyzing and recommending forgiveness and self-forgiveness. A new preface for the 2018 edition reflects on the additional complexities to the question of forgiveness posed by the #MeToo movement and white supremacist violence.

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Argues that Michel Foucault's exploration of the history of sexuality and his reinterpretation of the critical philosophical tradition combine to frame a different approach. This book is of interest to those working at the intersection of contemporary debates in philosophy, ethics, politics and cultural studies.

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This book examines the foundations of morality and criticizes various philosophical justifications that have been offered for basic moral principles or values throughout the years. This book introduces and defends what is designed to be a sure justification for a natural morality and its basic moral principles.

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An important work in which Mill attacks Sir James Mackintosh, a leading Whig apologist and critic of the philosophical radicals. Mill defends the utilitarian ethical theory against Mackintosh's article on ethics in the "Encyclopaedia Britannica".

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A comprehensive and accessible introduction to contemporary debates on free will.

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A comprehensive and accessible introduction to contemporary debates on free will.

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This book argues two main things: The first is that there is no such thing as free will--at least not in the sense most ordinary folk take to be central or fundamental; the second is that the strong and pervasive belief in free will can be accounted for through a careful analysis of our phenomenology and a proper theoretical understanding of consciousness.

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This book argues two main things: The first is that there is no such thing as free will--at least not in the sense most ordinary folk take to be central or fundamental; the second is that the strong and pervasive belief in free will can be accounted for through a careful analysis of our phenomenology and a proper theoretical understanding of consciousness.

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Explores the concepts of free-will and self-determination in the Continental philosophical tradition. This book examines the ways in which Continental philosophy offers a viable alternative to the hegemonic scientistic approach taken by analytic philosophy. It offers an investigation into the concepts and categories of human freedom and action.

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How can we be free if everything is determined by factors beyond our control, stretching back in time to the Big Bang and the laws of nature operating then Does not randomness hinder you from being the author of your actions This book looks at how much of the structure of our everyday judgments can survive the arguments behind such questions.

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An up-to-date and approachable exploration of the age-old question, "What is free will and do we have it"

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Dealing with a diverse set of problems in practical and theoretical ethics, this title features fourteen essays that deal with the field of legal philosophy. It concludes with two essays dealing with concepts used in appraising the whole of a person's life: absurdity and self-fulfillment, and their interplay.