Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory
About the Book Series
Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory publishes original, international work and research of the highest scholarly quality in the areas of ethics and moral philosophy.
Genealogy and Moral Progress: A Methodological Exploration
1st Edition
By Jinglin Zhou
November 30, 2026
This book examines how philosophers can justify theories of moral progress without relying on unexamined liberal assumptions. It argues that a credible theory must explain why certain moral judgments are more reliable than their rivals. The book develops a genealogical method for evaluating moral ...
How We Blame: A Theory of Moral Responsibility
1st Edition
By Bana Bashour
October 16, 2026
This book presents a naturalistic account of moral responsibility that is neutral on the metaphysics of free will. It engages with empirical literature in experimental philosophy and psychology and draws on real-life case studies to illuminate the author’s theory of moral responsibility. The ...
Morality Collapses: Against the Right and the Good
1st Edition
By Stephen Kershnar
October 16, 2026
This book argues that consequentialism and non-consequentialism are false because they face metaphysical and intuitional problems. The two theories exhaust the theories of the right, so there is no rightness. This result matters because it requires us to give up widely held beliefs regarding ...
The Autonomy of Normativity: Logical and Metaphysical Interpretations of the Is-Ought-Gap
1st Edition
By Singa Behrens
October 16, 2026
While the Is-Ought Gap has recently been a topic of growing interest, most contributions are firmly fixed on logical, often quite technical accounts of the autonomy thesis. This book defends two complementary autonomy theses—a modal and ground-based thesis—that provide a deeper and more ...
What Is the Point of Moral Philosophy?
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By Roger Crisp, Ingmar Persson, Julian Savulescu
October 16, 2026
Over the last half-century, moral philosophy has taken an applied turn, covering practical issues in areas such as medicine, business, the environment, and many others. But it has largely failed to examine itself. In this volume, a range of distinguished contemporary ethicists, representing many ...
The Ethics of Inefficacy
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By Mattias Gunnemyr, Rutger van Oeveren, Jan Willem Wieland
September 30, 2026
If my booking a flight doesn’t make a difference to the plane taking off and to climate change, what reason is there for me not to fly? If my small donation does not make a difference to what Doctors Without Borders can achieve, why should I donate? If my purchase of a factory-farmed chicken does ...
The Dual Force of Welfare: Unravelling Personal and Impersonal Views in Ethics
1st Edition
By Jonas Harney
September 22, 2026
This book explores the moral significance of welfare by dissecting a dichotomy central to moral theory and welfare ethics: the distinction between personal and impersonal views. It systematically examines this distinction, revealing its ambiguities and implications for moral judgements in general ...
Philosophy and the Evolution of Virtue and Vice
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By Michael T. Dale, Isaac Wiegman
August 30, 2026
This volume explores what evolutionary theory can contribute to our philosophical understanding of virtue and vice. The last twenty years have seen an uptick in philosophical discussions of the biological and cultural evolution of morality. Yet, there has been surprisingly little discussion of ...
Moral Impossibility: Ethical, Political, and Psychological Perspectives
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By Silvia Caprioglio Panizza
August 02, 2026
This volume provides a comprehensive picture of the significance of moral impossibility. It explores conceptual and applied questions through the moral psychology, meta-ethics, and politics of moral impossibility. In every choice, action, and act of the imagination, what is possible for us is ...
The Moral Philosophy of Iris Murdoch
1st Edition
By Mark Hopwood
July 20, 2026
The moral philosopher and novelist Iris Murdoch said that philosophy “is both the guide and mirror of the age”. In this wide-ranging book Mark Hopwood explores the significance of Murdoch's philosophy in the present day, paying particular attention to her account of the role of metaphor and imagery...
Unfair Emotions: Their Morality and Blameworthiness
1st Edition
By Jonas Blatter
July 19, 2026
This book provides a novel philosophical account of the unfairness of certain emotions. It explains how the concept of unfairness can be applied to emotions and how emotions can be the proper objects of second-person moral evaluation. Emotions are an integral part of our moral practices. While the ...
Because You Promised: A Non-Reductive Account of the Normativity of Promises
1st Edition
By Daniele Bruno
May 18, 2026
As a moral phenomenon, promises have long received great amounts of attention in philosophical debates within both normative ethics and metaethics. This book defends a novel trust-based form of non-reductivism about promises and promissory normativity. There is a tension inherent in the ways in ...