New Waves in Applied Ethics (New Waves in Philosophy) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0230537847 ISBN 13: 9780230537842

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007

Synopsis

This volume contains work by the very best young scholars working in Applied Ethics, gathering a range of new perspectives and thoughts on highly relevant topics, such as the environment, animals, computers, freedom of speech, human enhancement, war and poverty. For researchers and students working in or around this fascinating area of the discipline, the volume will provide a unique snapshot of where the cutting-edge work in the field is currently engaged and where it's headed.

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Review:

'This is an outstanding collection of clear and well-argued essays across a range of fundamental issues in applied ethics. The authors not only provide state-of-the-art overviews of the debate in each area, but take that debate in new and fruitful directions.' Roger Crisp, University of Oxford, UK.

'This timely collection shows, at its best, not only that moral philosophy can help us to solve a variety of pressing practical questions, but also that applied ethics is an important tool if we want to think hard about basic moral theories.'  Torbjörn Tännsjö, Stockholm University, Sweden.

About the Author:

JESPER RYBERG is Professor of Practical Philosophy, University of Roskilde, Denmark. His recent books include The Ethics of Proportionate Punishment (Kluwer, 2004) and, as editor, The Repugnant Conclusion: Essays on Population Ethics (Kluwer, 2005). He has published in philosophical journals such as Philosophical Papers, Theoria, Philosophical Quarterly, Res Publica, Ethical Theory and Moral Practice and the Journal of Applied Philosophy.

THOMAS S. PETERSEN is Assistant Professor of Practical Philosophy, University of Roskilde, Denmark. He has published in journals such as Bioethics, Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, the Journal of Medical Ethics, and Theoria.

CLARK WOLF is Associate Professor of philosophy and director of the Bioethics Centre, Iowa State University, USA. His recent books include The Idea of a Political Liberalism (ed., Rowman & Littlefield, 2000). He has contributed to a large number of anthologies and has published in journals including Environmental Ethics, Ethics, Philosophical Studies and Ethics and the Environment.

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0230537847
• ISBN 13: 9780230537842
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 296
• Editor: Ryberg J., Petersen T., Wolf C.