10000 results for 'moral power'

The Moral Powers: A Study of Human Nature is a philosophical investigation into the moral potentialities and sensibilities of human beings, exploring the meaning of human life and the place of death...

The Temple of Memories: History, Power, and Morality in a Chinese Village by Jun Jing explores the complex history of a single village in northwest China. In 1960, the villagers were forcibly...

Patrolling the Homeland: A Critical Examination of Moral Assemblages in Border Militias. This book explores the complex dynamics of border militarization through the lens of US militia volunteers. In...

Rationality and Power: Democracy in Practice by Bent Flyvbjerg explores how power influences rational decision-making in policy-making, administration, and planning. In this thought-provoking study,...

Thomas Nagel explores two central questions in his essays: how we acquire moral knowledge and whether moral truth is timeless. In "Gut Feelings and Moral Knowledge," he examines our reliance on...

Explore the art behind some of Alfred Hitchcock's most iconic films with this unique coffee table book. Featuring storyboards for nine of his classic movies, including Vertigo, The Birds, and Psycho,...

Carlos Slim: A Study in Wealth and Power The world's richest individuals wield immense power and immunity from accountability. Carlos Slim is one of eight people whose combined wealth equals that of...

Pierced by Murugan's Lance: Ritual, Power and Moral Redemption Among Malaysian HindusThis analysis explores the Thaipusam festival of the Hindu Tamils in Malaysia, focusing on the vows they make to...

Moral Regulation by Mark Smith explores fundamental moral questions that continue to perplex us. This appraisal examines the work of Jock Young, one of the key architects of moral panic ideas, and...

Moral Classrooms, Moral Children explores how sociomoral practices can benefit young learners in the classroom. Recent research is drawn upon to demonstrate the effectiveness of these approaches with...

The Geography of Morals: Exploring Moral Possibility Across Cultures Owen Flanagan's groundbreaking work challenges traditional Western philosophical perspectives, instead embracing the diversity of...

Moral Dilemmas is a collection of essays by Philippa Foot, a renowned moral philosopher. Published in 2003, it gathers her work from the late 1970s to the 1990s and builds upon her previous...

The Development of Moral Theology: Five Strands is a comprehensive analysis by Charles E. Curran of the five strands that differentiate Catholic moral theology from other approaches to Christian...

The Moral Law: Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals by Immanuel KantThis influential philosophical text explores the fundamental principle of morality that governs human action. With its clear...

Nietzsche's On Morality offers a profound exploration of ethics and morality. Brian Leiter provides a clear and compelling introduction to Nietzsche's ideas, including 'the will to power', the 'slave...

The Limits of Moral Obligation: Moral Demandingness and Ought Implies Can By Marcel van Ackeren and Michael Kühler This collection explores two central ideas in ethics: the moral demandingness...

Politics as a Moral Problem by János Kis In a world often marked by disillusionment and moral decay, Kis seeks to reframe our understanding of politics. He challenges prevailing theories about the...

Moral Reality by Paul Bloomfield presents a rigorous defence of moral realism, proposing that the property of being morally good is modelled on the property of physical health. This systematic...

The concept of moral evil has long been a subject of philosophical and theological inquiry. Andrew M. Flescher explores four distinct interpretations of evil in his work, drawing on a range of...

Moralizing Technology explores how technology shapes our daily lives and experiences. By examining the interaction between humans and machines, Peter-Paul Verbeek argues that morality is not just in...

And the Moral of the Story Is ... explores the power of personal stories to shape our lives. Fifty-two tales are shared here, each accompanied by an added moral for reflection and consideration.The...

Immanuel Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals is a foundational text in modern moral philosophy. In this work, Kant sets out to articulate and defend the Categorical Imperative, a...

The Moral Bond of Community offers a comprehensive approach to Christian justice, applying biblical principles to everyday moral questions. Bernard Vincent Brady examines four forms of Christian...

The Politics of Moralizing questions the notion that clear moral lines can be drawn and challenges the prevailing cultural narrative about the West's moral decline. Bennett and Shapiro examine the...

Moral Perception by Robert Audi explores how we perceive and respond to moral issues. Audi argues that certain perceptions provide moral knowledge and contribute to objectivity in ethics. The book...

Morality - Nature's Crowning Achievement: The Making of Our Moral CompassThis book explores how morality can be explained as a natural phenomenon, and how it helps humanity survive and thrive. The...

A new volume of philosophical essays by Bernard Williams presents a significant contribution to moral philosophy and the theory of rational action. Building on his earlier work, Moral Luck explores...

Beyond Moral Judgment by Alice Crary Alice Crary's Beyond Moral Judgment challenges our understanding of moral thought and its demands. She argues that contemporary answers to these questions offer...

Nicolai Hartmann's Moral Phenomena is a foundational work in moral philosophy that challenges dominant approaches to ethics. Published in 2002, this volume offers a unique perspective on the nature...

Artificial Morality: Virtuous Robots for Virtual Games by Peter Danielson explores the role of artificial intelligence in shaping moral principles. The author builds moral robots that outperform...

The Moral Universe offers a significant advance in metaethical thinking, presenting a sophisticated development of nonnaturalistic moral realism. This novel approach addresses central questions in...

Creative Morality explores how we think about and resolve moral dilemmas. Two fundamental approaches to ethics - Utilitarianism and Kantianism - have shaped Western moral thought, but MacNiven argues...

The Enforcement of Morals by Patrick Devlin In the realm of law and morality, a delicate balance exists between individual freedom and the common good. Patrick Devlin's 2009 work, The Enforcement of...

Friedrich Nietzsche's On the Genealogy of Morals is a seminal work of philosophy that has had a profound impact on modern thought. Written at the height of his intellectual powers, this essayistic...

This book explores the ethics debate surrounding government ministers and their role in shaping moral standards. It examines institutional reforms aimed at improving ministerial morality and...

Moral Skepticism by Walter Sinnott-Armstrong is an in-depth exploration of moral beliefs and the theories that attempt to explain them. Sinnott-Armstrong examines various approaches, including...

This collection of essays explores the moral implications of capitalism and its impact on society. The contributors examine the relationship between economic freedom and morality, considering whether...

Philosophical Perspectives on Moral Certainty by Cecilie Eriksen, Julia Hermann, Neil O'Hara and Nigel Pleasants explores the concept of moral certainty, which is inspired by Ludwig Wittgenstein's...

Margaret Atwood's Moral Disorder is a poignant and deeply human collection of short stories that explore the complexities of life, love, and mortality. Through the eyes of a woman at different stages...

Reasonable Children: A Plan for Moral Education in Schools Michael Pritchard argues that schools should nurture children's capacity for reasonableness, a frequently untapped ability. He contends that...

A comprehensive guide to Catholic moral theology, Moral especial completes the study of this essential subject within La Biblioteca de Iniciación Teológica.Written in an approachable style, this...

Stephen Darwall presents a series of essays that explore the idea that central moral concepts are rooted in mutual accountability and the authority to address demands. This collection of works delves...

The evolution of our sense of ethics is a complex and multifaceted topic. In "Moral Origins", Christopher Boehm explores this subject in depth, drawing on his expertise as an anthropologist to shed...

This book explores the nature of moral reasons and their role in guiding our actions. It begins by examining why we should consider the distinction between right and wrong, and how we can learn from...

Friedrich Nietzsche's "The Genealogy of Morals" is a seminal work of moral philosophy that explores the origins of our moral prejudices. First published in 1887, this book builds upon Nietzsche's...

Émile Durkheim's Moral Education is a seminal work in the sociology of education, exploring the role of schools in shaping moral values. In this collection of 18 lectures, Durkheim examines the key...

Understanding Moral Knowledge: A Philosophical Exploration Moral epistemology is a fundamental problem in philosophy that has been debated for centuries. It examines our understanding of virtue and...

T. M. Scanlon's Moral Dimensions explores how we assess the moral permissibility of actions and their meaning for others. He argues that these two concepts are distinct, with permissibility depending...

Sam Harris's latest work explores the relationship between science and human values. He argues that morality can be linked to our understanding of human and animal well-being, suggesting that science...

Robert P. George defends the traditional justification of morals legislation against criticisms from leading liberal thinkers, arguing that such legislation can play a legitimate role in maintaining...

Halakhic Morality: Essays on Ethics and Masorah by Joseph Dov Soloveitchik explores the complexities of morality and ethics in Judaism. In this thought-provoking work, the author examines key...

This concise guide presents and compares various approaches to studying moral panics, integrating concepts such as 'risk' from related fields. As moral panics continue to emerge in response to...

Exploring strategies for evoking moral responses from people, especially in political contexts, is the focus of this book. It addresses those who ask why they should be moral and provides insights...

A Natural History of Human Morality by Michael Tomasello offers a detailed account of the evolution of human moral psychology. Through extensive experimental data comparing great apes and human...

The Ways and Power of Love is a groundbreaking study of love, its forms, causes, effects, human significance, and cosmic implications. First published in 1954, this seminal work by Pitirim Sorokin...

Moralism: A Study of a Vice by Craig Taylor examines the nature of moral thought and how it can be distorted. This vice affects many individuals, from philosophers to politicians, and can skew moral...

The Phenomenology of Moral Normativity by William H. Smith explores the legitimacy of morality's claim on us, particularly its aim to motivate certain actions unconditionally. This problem has been...

Morality and Public Policy explores the complex relationship between morality and public policy in the UK, particularly in light of the growing divide between secular and religious values. Clem...

Famine, Affluence and Morality by Peter Singer is a thought-provoking essay that challenges our moral obligations to others. In this concise edition, Singer presents his argument that we have the...

At Harvard Business School, the pursuit of business excellence is paramount. Yet, how do its faculty and students embody proper business standards? Michel Anteby delves into the inner workings of HBS...

The Anthropology of Moralities by Monica Heintz explores the complex relationship between cultural relativism and absolute norms in moral values. This book examines how anthropologists navigate the...

The Moral Theology of Pope John Paul II by Charles E. Curran provides a systematic and thorough analysis of the moral theology that underlies the teachings of one of the most influential popes in...

Linda Zagzebski presents an original moral theory in Exemplarist Moral Theory. This approach is based on direct reference to exemplars of goodness, drawing inspiration from the Putnam-Kripke theory...

Moral Courage: A readiness to endure danger for the sake of principle is at the heart of this thought-provoking exploration. Rushworth Kidder examines how moral courage spurs us to strive for core...

A New York Times Notable Book. In medieval England, a traveling theater troupe joins a village en route to their liege lord's castle, seeking an audience. When traditional morality plays fail to...

The Moral Animal: Evolutionary Psychology and Everyday Life by Robert Wright Robert Wright explores the science of evolutionary psychology, examining how our most basic preoccupations - such as sex,...

Friedrich Nietzsche's On the Genealogy of Morals is a thought-provoking exploration of ethics and morality that challenges long-held assumptions about guilt, conscience, responsibility, law, and...

Life in Fragments: Essays in Postmodern Morality is a thought-provoking exploration of postmodern morality by Zygmunt Bauman. Building on his earlier work, Postmodern Ethics, this book offers a...

Moral Matters by Jan Narveson offers a concise and accessible exploration of key ethical issues, including euthanasia, animal rights, abortion, and pornography. This unified perspective provides a...

The Psychological Basis of Moral Judgments: A Philosophical and Empirical Approach to Moral Relativism by John J. Park. This volume explores the psychological foundations of moral judgments,...

Literature and Moral Theory by Nora Hämäläinen explores how literature has transformed the Anglo-American moral philosophical landscape in recent years. This book examines the unity and diversity of...

St Alphonsus Liguori's Moral Theology is a comprehensive guide to moral questions and ethics. This English translation features books 1-3 of his Theologia Moralis, covering topics such as conscience,...

Nietzsche's groundbreaking work explores the foundations of our moral values, laying bare the hypocrisies that underpin them. Through three thought-provoking essays, he examines the history of value...

Moral Blindness: The Loss of Sensitivity in Liquid ModernityBy Zygmunt Bauman and Leonidas Donskis, Polity PressThis thought-provoking analysis explores how everyday insensitivity to the suffering of...

Christian and Moral Action explores the most pressing moral issues in the lives of Christians today. Kevin L. Flannery's concise work delves into the philosophical principles underlying church...

Pinckaers' Morality: The Catholic View offers a fresh perspective on Christian morality, one that prioritises happiness and union with God. This approach turns traditional notions of obligation on...

This collection of essays explores one of the oldest and most enduring debates in philosophy: the relationship between morality and self-interest. Since ancient Greece, thinkers have grappled with...

Isaac Watts' Divine and Moral Songs for Children is a collection of songs written in the early 18th century. This collection showcases the enduring power of music to convey moral lessons and...

The Moral Life of Schools by Philip W. Jackson, Robert E. Boostrom, and David T. Hansen is a thought-provoking exploration of the moral dimensions of schooling.Through a two-and-a-half year study of...

This thought-provoking work presents ten diverse and original moral paradoxes that challenge our understanding of morality and the human condition. Analytic moral philosophy is explored in a...

Categorization and the Moral Order by Lena Jayyusi explores how people categorize others and their actions in everyday communication. This sociological analysis examines practical activities such as...

Law, Liberty and Morality by H. L. A. Hart explores the role of the criminal law in enforcing morality, particularly sexual morality. The book examines two influential arguments: one from Sir James...

Richard Brandt's Morality, Utilitarianism, and Rights is a collection of essays by one of the most eminent moral philosophers of our time. Spanning nearly 30 years, these reprinted pieces showcase...

Kant's Moral Religion explores the philosopher's thoughts on religion and its relationship to morality. Allen W. Wood argues that Kant's doctrine of religious belief is an integral part of his...

Catherine Frost's Morality and Nationalism explores the moral foundations of nationalism through a unique representation-based approach. By examining nationalist writings and almost 200 years of...

Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals: With, On a Supposed Right to Lie Because of Philanthropic Concerns by Immanuel Kant. This expanded edition of James Ellington's translation includes a new...

Taking Morality Seriously: A Defense of Robust Realism by David Enoch This book presents a robust and objectivist view of ethics and normativity, arguing that there are perfectly objective, universal...

The Theory of Moral Sentiments by Adam SmithFirst published in 1759, this foundational work explores the nature of morality and its relationship to human action. Smith's innovative theories on...

Anthropological approaches to morality offer new perspectives on our understanding of ethics and moral principles. This book provides an accessible exploration of how different cultures view and...

Naomi Ellemers explores the complex relationship between morality and social behavior in groups, revealing how group dynamics shape our moral values and decision-making.In this comprehensive...

Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals: With, On a Supposed Right to Lie Because of Philanthropic Concerns by Immanuel Kant. This expanded edition features James Ellington's new translation of...

A comprehensive exploration of the moral implications of artificial intelligence, AI Morality examines the complex relationships between humans and machines in an increasingly automated world.David...

The Evolution of Morality and Religion by Donald M. Broom This book explores the relationship between morality, religion, and human culture, arguing that these aspects have evolved as a result of...

Martin Rhonheimer's Natural Law and Practical Reason: A Thomist View of Moral Autonomy explores the relationship between moral theology and everyday life. He examines questions such as what it means...

Adam Smith's The Theory of Moral Sentiments is a foundational work of moral philosophy that explores the intersection of economic self-interest and the greater good. In this seminal text, Smith...

The history of moral philosophy has been shaped by attempts to identify and defend the correct moral principle. However, over the last two decades, this approach has come under scrutiny from various...

A Culture of Engagement: Law, Religion, and Morality by Cathleen Kaveny explores the complex relationship between religion and culture in America. Cathleen Kaveny argues that there is a third way to...

John Kekes explores how to live well by balancing our moral tradition with individuality. Our moral tradition provides the framework for good lives and acceptable ways to achieve them, but we need...

The Moral Problem by Michael Smith offers a systematic introduction to and striking analysis of the central issues in moral philosophy. This widely anticipated volume provides a comprehensive...

Umberto Eco's Five Moral Pieces explores the complexities of contemporary life through a series of thought-provoking essays. In this collection, Eco argues that tolerance is increasingly essential in...