Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory
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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.
Moral Evil in Practical Ethics
1st Edition
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By Shlomit Harrosh, Roger Crisp
September 30, 2020
The concept of evil is one of the most powerful in our moral vocabulary, and is commonly used today in both religious and secular spheres to condemn ideas, people, their actions, and much else besides. Yet appeals to evil in public debate have often deepened existing conflicts, through corruption ...
Moral Skepticism: New Essays
1st Edition
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By Diego E. Machuca
August 14, 2020
Moral skepticism is at present a vibrant topic of philosophical inquiry. Particularly since the turn of the millennium, the debates between moral skeptics of various stripes and their opponents have gained renewed force not only by taking account of innovative ideas in moral philosophy, but also by...
Risk, Technology, and Moral Emotions
1st Edition
By Sabine Roeser
August 14, 2020
Risks arising from technologies raise important ethical issues. Although technologies such as nanotechnology, biotechnology, ICT, and nuclear energy can improve human well-being, they may also convey risks for our well-being due to, for example, abuse, unintended side-effects, accidents, and ...
Welfare, Meaning, and Worth
1st Edition
By Aaron Smuts
June 30, 2020
Welfare, Meaning, and Worth argues that there is more to what makes a life worth living than welfare, and that a good life does not consist of what is merely good for the one who lives it. Smuts defends an objective list theory that states that the notion of worth captures matters of importance for...
Ethics and Social Survival
1st Edition
By Milton Fisk
December 10, 2019
When speaking of society’s role in ethics, one tends to think of society as regimenting people through its customs. Ethics and Social Survival rejects theories that treat ethics as having justification within itself and contends that ethics can have a grip on humans only if it serves their ...
Love, Reason and Morality
1st Edition
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By Katrien Schaubroeck, Esther Kroeker
December 10, 2019
This book brings together new essays that explore the connection between love and reasons. The observation that considerations of love carry significant weight in the deliberative process opens up new perspectives in the classic discussion about practical reasons, and gives rise to many interesting...
In Defense of Moral Luck: Why Luck Often Affects Praiseworthiness and Blameworthiness
1st Edition
By Robert Hartman
July 12, 2019
The problem of moral luck is that there is a contradiction in our common sense ideas about moral responsibility. In one strand of our thinking, we believe that a person can become more blameworthy by luck. For example, two reckless drivers manage their vehicles in the same way, and one but not the ...
Wittgenstein’s Moral Thought
1st Edition
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By Reshef Agam-Segal, Edmund Dain
July 12, 2019
Wittgenstein’s work, early and later, contains the seeds of an original and important rethinking of moral or ethical thought that has, so far, yet to be fully appreciated. The ten essays in this collection, all specially commissioned for this volume, are united in the claim that Wittgenstein’s ...
Duties Regarding Nature: A Kantian Environmental Ethic
1st Edition
By Toby Svoboda
March 05, 2019
In this book, Toby Svoboda develops and defends a Kantian environmental virtue ethic, challenging the widely-held view that Kant's moral philosophy has little to offer environmental ethics. On the contrary, Svoboda contends that on Kantian grounds, there is good moral reason to care about...
Virtue’s Reasons: New Essays on Virtue, Character, and Reasons
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By Noell Birondo, S. Stewart Braun
March 05, 2019
Virtues and reasons are two of the most fruitful and important concepts in contemporary moral philosophy. Many writers have commented upon the close connection between virtues and reasons, but no one has done full justice to the complexity of this connection. It is generally recognized that the ...
Environmental Skill: Motivation, Knowledge, and the Possibility of a Non-Romantic Environmental Ethics
1st Edition
By Mark Coeckelbergh
August 14, 2018
Today it is widely recognized that we face urgent and serious environmental problems and we know much about them, yet we do very little. What explains this lack of motivation and change? Why is it so hard to change our lives? This book addresses this question by means of a philosophical inquiry ...
Moral Responsibility and the Problem of Many Hands
1st Edition
By Ibo van de Poel, Lambèr Royakkers, Sjoerd D. Zwart
August 14, 2018
When many people are involved in an activity, it is often difficult, if not impossible, to pinpoint who is morally responsible for what, a phenomenon known as the ‘problem of many hands.’ This term is increasingly used to describe problems with attributing individual responsibility in collective ...