Steger Florian Steger & Joerden Jan C. Joerden 
1926 – Die Geburt der Bioethik in Halle (Saale) durch den protestantischen Theologen Fritz Jahr (1895-1953) [PDF ebook] 

It is often claimed by environmental philosophers and green political theorists that liberalism, the dominant tradition of western political philosophy, is too focused on the interests of human indiv …

First published in 2000. This is volume VI in the VI-volume set titled Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Anglo-American Philosophy. In the essays gathered in this volume, the editors have the most dev …

Do animals have moral rights? If so, which ones? How does this affect our thinking about agriculture and experimentation? If animals have moral rights, should they be protected by law? These are some …

Abortion remains one of the most complex and controversial issues in contemporary law and bioethics. This volume draws together key essays from leading scholars on the ethical and regulatory aspects …

Parthood and composition are everywhere. The leg of a table is part of the table, the word 'Christmas’ is part of the sentence 'I wish you a merry Christmas’, the 13th century is part of the Middle A …

First published in 1998, this book shows that modern materialistic science – for all its ability to analyse in truly impressive detail the workings of the living world – remains powerless to explain …

Are there any points where conservatives and liberals can agree? What do we mean by "social progress" and how do we know which way to go? How do the values of individual liberty and group l …

Originally published in 1952. This book is a critical survey of the views of scientific inference that have been developed since the end of World War I. It contains some detailed exposition of ideas …

Contemporary capabilities-based approaches to social justice, inspired by the Aristotelian emphasis on human well-being, have tended to separate and even oppose identity-based or recognitive justice …

Through original speculations on the surprisingly complementary concepts of simultaneity and delay, and new interpretations of the great philosophers of time, this book proposes an innovative theory …