Research Guides: PHIL 2050: Ethics and Values: Background Information

Books and Ebooks

Books are a great way to get up-to-speed on how philosophers and researchers have approached ethics in different fields and subjects. This list is only a starting point of commonly used books in this area, not a complete list of library books on the subject. To find other books on this subject, enter a few search terms in OneSearch on the library's homepage. Make sure you include the words ethics or values in your search!

Controversies in Digital Ethics (Ebook) by Amber Davisson and Paul Booth (Editors)
Publication Date: 2016
Controversies in Digital Ethics offers multiple perspectives on the ways that digital technology and new media have changed contemporary ethical frameworks. Through both theoretical examination as well as specific case studies, the essays provide a vigorous examination of ethics in a highly individualistic and mediated world.
Encyclopedia of Ethics (Ebook) by Arlene Romero
Publication Date: 2016
This encyclopedia presents important research on ethics. The five set volume includes discussions on religious, spiritual, economic, political, medical, environmental, and business ethics.
Exploring Ethics: An Introductory Anthology (Print Book) by Steven M. Cahn
Publication Date: 2010
Exploring Ethics: An Introductory Anthology, Second Edition, is a remarkably accessible, concise, and engaging introduction to moral philosophy. Steven M. Cahn brings together a rich, balanced, and wide-ranging collection of forty classic and contemporary readings.
Justice and the Ethics of Legal Interpretation (Print Book) by Susanna Lindroos Hovinheimo
Publication Date: 2013
Justice and the Ethics of Legal Interpretation addresses how it is that legal texts--laws, statutes and regulations--can, and do have meaning. Conventionally, legal decisions are justified with reference to language. But since language is always open to interpretation, and so cannot fully justify any legal decision, there is a responsibility that is inherent in legal interpretation itself. In this book, Susanna Lindroos-Hovinheimo uncovers and analyses this responsibility--which, she argues, is not limited by the text that is being interpreted (and through its mediation, by the legal system). It is not simply a responsibility to read well; it implies a responsibility for the effects of the interpretation in a particular situation and with regard to those whose case is being decided. Ultimately, it is a responsibility to do justice.
Oxford Handbook of Environmental Ethics (Print Book) by Stephen M. Gardiner & Allen Thompson (editors)
Publication Date: 2016
We live during a crucial period of human history on Earth. Anthropogenic environmental changes are occurring on global scales at unprecedented rates. Despite a long history of environmental intervention, never before has the collective impact of human behaviors threatened all of the majorbio-systems on the planet. Decisions we make today will have significant consequences for the basic conditions of all life into the indefinite future. What should we do? How should we behave? A cutting-edge introduction to environmental ethics in a time of dramatic global environmental change, this collection contains forty-five newly commissioned articles, with contributions from well-established experts and emerging voices in the field.
Where Science and Ethics Meet (Print Book) by Chris Willmott and Salvador Macip
Publication Date: 2016
In Where Science and Ethics Meet: Dilemmas at the Frontiers of Medicine and Biology, a biochemist and a biomedical researcher who are highly experienced in explaining ethics for lay audiences present the most innovative advances in biomedicine and enable readers to develop their own opinions about the ethical and social consequences these technologies will bring.

Finding Books

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