Moral Theory Books

New and Published Books

1. The Phenomenology of Moral Normativity

   By William Smith

   Series: Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory

   Why should I be moral? Philosophers have long been concerned with the legitimacy of morality’s claim on us—especially its ostensible aim to motivate certain actions of all persons unconditionally. This problem of moral normativity has received extensive treatment in analytic moral theory, but...

   Published December 21st 2011 by Routledge
2. Consequentialism

   By Julia Driver

   Series: New Problems of Philosophy

   Consequentialism is the view that the rightness or wrongness of actions depend solely on their consequences. It is one of the most influential, and controversial, of all ethical theories. In this book, Julia Driver introduces and critically assesses consequentialism in all its forms. After a brief...

   Published November 15th 2011 by Routledge
3. Bioethics, Public Moral Argument, and Social Responsibility

   Edited by Nancy M.P. King, Michael J Hyde

   Series: Routledge Annals of Bioethics

   Bioethics, Public Moral Argument, and Social Responsibility explores the role of democratically oriented argument in promoting public understanding and discussion of the benefits and burdens of biotechnological progress. The contributors examine moral and policy controversies surrounding biomedical...

   Published September 22nd 2011 by Routledge
4. Kant and Education

   Interpretations and Commentary

   Edited by Klas Roth, Chris Surprenant

   Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

   Immanuel Kant’s moral philosophy, political philosophy, and philosophy of judgement have been and continue to be widely discussed among many scholars. The impact of his thinking is beyond doubt and his ideas continue to inspire and encourage an on-going dialogue among many people in our world today...

   Published September 18th 2011 by Routledge
5. After The Open Society

   Selected Social and Political Writings

   By Karl Popper

   Edited by Piers Norris Turner, Jeremy Shearmur

   Series: Routledge Classics

   In this long-awaited volume, Jeremy Shearmur and Piers Norris Turner bring to light Popper's most important unpublished and uncollected writings from the time of The Open Society until his death in 1994.After The Open Society: Selected Social and Political Writings reveals the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

   Published August 25th 2011 by Routledge
6. Integrity and Historical Research

   Edited by Tony Gibbons, Emily Sutherland

   Series: Routledge Approaches to History

   There have been serious debates between historians, novelists and filmmakers as to how best present historical narratives. When writers and filmmakers talk of using historical research with integrity, what exactly do they mean? Integrity and Historical Research examines this question in detail. The...

   Published August 24th 2011 by Routledge
7. The Ethics of War and Peace

   An Introduction

   By Helen Frowe

   When is it right to go to war? When is a war illegal? What are the rules of engagement? What should happen when a war is over? How should we view terrorism? The Ethics of War and Peace is a fresh and contemporary introduction to one of the oldest but still most relevant ethical debates. It...

   Published June 8th 2011 by Routledge
8. Challenging Moral Particularism

   Edited by Matjaž Potrc, Vojko Strahovnik, Mark Lance

   Series: Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory

   Particularism is a justly popular ‘cutting-edge’ topic in contemporary ethics across the world. Many moral philosophers do not, in fact, support particularism (instead defending "generalist" theories that rest on particular abstract moral principles), but nearly all would take it to be a position...

   Published May 15th 2011 by Routledge
9. Freewill and Responsibility (Routledge Revivals)

   By Anthony Kenny

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   This reissue was first published in 1978. Anthony Kenny, one of the most distinguished philosophers in England, explores the notion of responsibility and the precise place of the mental element in criminal actions. Bringing the insights of recent philosophy of mind to bear on contemporary...

   Published January 30th 2011 by Routledge
10. The Moral Rhetoric of Political Economy

    Justice and Modern Economic Thought

    By Paul Turpin

    Series: Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy

    This book examines the effects of the moral rhetoric of the market concept of justice on our understanding of justice. Market theory’s elevation of the role of commutative justice, or justice in exchange and property, is often taken as liberalism’s revolutionary change in priorities of justice in...

    Published January 26th 2011 by Routledge