This book focuses on normative questions that arise about globalization. Much social science research is devoted to exploring the political, legal, social and...

Few ethical issues create as much controversy as invasive experiments on animals. Some scientists claim they are essential for combating major human disease,...

This book engages with the most urgent philosophical questions pertaining to the problem of terrorism. What is terrorism? Could it ever be justified? Assuming...

"...This book engages with the most urgent philosophical questions pertaining to the problem of terrorism. What is terrorism? Could it ever be justified? Assuming.... This book engages with the most urgent philosophical questions pertaining to the problem of terrorism. What is terrorism? Could it ever be justified? Assuming that terrorism is just one of many kinds of political violence, the book denies that it is necessarily wrong and worse than war. In fact, it may be justifiable under certain cir..."

Dismissed as a miserable elitist who condemned popular culture in the name of 'high art', Theodor W. Adorno (1903–1969) is one of the most provocative and...

"...Dismissed as a miserable elitist who condemned popular culture in the name of ‘high art’, Theodor W. Adorno (1903–1969) is one of the most provocative and.... Dismissed as a miserable elitist who condemned popular culture in the name of ‘high art’, Theodor W. Adorno (1903–1969) is one of the most provocative and important yet least understood of contemporary thinkers. This book challenges this popular image and re-examines Adorno as a utopian philosopher who believed authentic art could save th..."

Born out of a love of language, text, classical learning, art, philosophy, and philology, the Christian Humanist project lasted beyond the turmoil of...

"...Born out of a love of language, text, classical learning, art, philosophy, and philology, the Christian Humanist project lasted beyond the turmoil of.... Born out of a love of language, text, classical learning, art, philosophy, and philology, the Christian Humanist project lasted beyond the turmoil of sixteenth-century Europe to survive in a new form in post-Reformation thought. Jonathan Arnold here explores the finest intellects of late-Renaissance Europe, providing an essential guide to the ..."