Social and Political Philosophy
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Coming SoonWar Ethics: Theory, Practice, and Memoir
War Ethics: Theory, Practice and Memoir is an extraordinarily diverse collection of over ninety readings on the ethics, law, morality, and justice of armed conflict.…
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The Prince
Provocative, brutally honest, and timeless, Machiavelli’s The Prince is one of the most important yet misunderstood writings in history. In it, Machiavelli lays bare the…
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Ways of Being in the World
Ways of Being in the World is an anthology of the Indigenous philosophical thought of communities across Turtle Island, offering readings on a variety of…
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On the Genealogy of Morality
On the Genealogy of Morality is a history of ethics, a text about interpreting that history, and a primer on interpretation in general. It also…
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Reflections on the Revolution in France
This abridgement of Reflections on the Revolution in France preserves the dynamism of Edmund Burke’s polemic while excising a number of detail-laden passages that may…
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Readings in Ethics
Readings in Ethics offers a vast collection of carefully edited readings arranged chronologically across five historical periods. The selections cover many major Western and non-Western…
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Racism, Hypocrisy, and Bad Faith: A Moral Challenge to the America I Love
The election of President Donald Trump, through his campaign of race-baiting, sexual harassment, and blatant disregard for human decency, lowered the moral bar of American…
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Life Examined: Foundational Themes in Ethical and Socio-Political Thought
Life Examined is an anthology of carefully edited readings designed to serve as an introduction to many of the fundamental concepts of ethical and socio-political…
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Thinking Through Food
This book offers a wide-ranging yet concise introduction to the many philosophical issues surrounding food production and consumption. It begins with discussions of the metaphysics,…
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Technology and Society: A Philosophical Guide
Technology and Society provides an up-to-date introduction to the basic issues that have come to define the philosophy of technology: What is “technology”? Does technology…
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The Broadview Anthology of Social and Political Thought: From Machiavelli to Nietzsche
This volume contains many of the most important texts in western political and social thought from the sixteenth to the end of the nineteenth century.…
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Fundamental Political Writings
This classroom edition includes On the Social Contract, the Discourse on the Sciences and the Arts, the Discourse on the Origins of Inequality, and the…
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Civil Disobedience
In 1848, Henry David Thoreau twice delivered lectures in Concord, Massachusetts, on “the relationship of the individual to the state.” The essay now known as…
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Utilitarianism – Ed. Bailey
Utilitarianism is a classic work of ethical theory, arguably the most persuasive and comprehensible presentation of this widely influential position. While he didn’t invent utilitarianism,…
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The Apology and Related Dialogues
Socrates, one of the first of the great philosophers, left no written works. What survives of his thought are second-hand descriptions of his teachings and…
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Racial Realities and Post-Racial Dreams
Silver medalist for the IPPY award for Current Events in 2016! Racial Realities and Post-Racial Dreams is a moral call, a harkening and quickening of…
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Civilization and Its Discontents
In Civilization and Its Discontents Freud extends and clarifies his analysis of religion; analyzes human unhappiness in contemporary civilization; ratifies the critical importance of the…
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On Perpetual Peace
Kant’s landmark essay “On Perpetual Peace” is as timely, relevant, and inspiring today as when it was first written over 200 years ago. In it…
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The Second Treatise of Civil Government
In this, the second of his Two Treatises of Government, John Locke examines humankind’s transition from its original state of nature to a civil society.…
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Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, an African
A contemporary critic described Ignatius Sancho as “what is very uncommon for men of his complexion, A man of letters.” A London shopkeeper, former butler,…
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Philosophizing About Sex
Ancient Greek philosophers, medieval theologians, Enlightenment thinkers, and contemporary humanists alike have debated all aspects of human sexuality, including its purpose, permissibility, normalcy, and risks.…
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Victims and Victimhood
Who is a victim? Considerations of innocence typically figure in our notions of victimhood, as do judgments about causation, responsibility, and harm. Those identified as…
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On Liberty – Ed. Kahn
In this work, Mill reflects on the struggle between liberty and authority and defends the view that “the only purpose for which power can be…
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Ancient Political Thought
This book presents selections from the political and social thought of the ancient West from the early sixth century BCE up to the early years…