Critiquing many areas of medical practice and research whilst making constructive suggestions about medical education, this book extends the scope of...
'The chief problem of human life', wrote Auguste Comte, 'is the subordination of egoism to altruism.' This collection examines the nature and value of...
A `slippery slope' argument in medical ethics is one that opposes itself to a new proposal on the grounds that it is not per se intolerable but will...
In this book, Ellis argues that moral and political objectives are not independent of one other, and so must be pursued in tandem. Social humanism is...
Our understanding of gender carries significant bioethical implications. An errant account of gender-specific disease can lead to overgeneralizations...
In this wholly original study, Josep Corbi asks how one should relate to a certain kind of human suffering, namely, the harm that people cause...
This is the first philosophy textbook in moral psychology, introducing students to a range of philosophical topics and debates such as: What is moral...
It is commonly accepted that the golden rule—most often formulated as "do unto others as you would have them do unto you"—is a unifying element...
Everyone is talking about food. Chefs are celebrities. "Locavore" and "freegan" have earned spots in the dictionary. Popular books and films about...
No one looking ahead at the middle of the last century could have foreseen the extent and the importance of the ensuing environmental crises. Now...