Libros de Ética. Filosofía Moral y Política (222)

It is rare for the president of a major country to endorse the political philosophy of a living theorist, so Philip Pettit's engagement with Spain's José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero is something of a historical event. Not since the glory days of Russell and Dewey have we seen public political philosophy [...]

Over the past twenty years, Roger Scruton has been developing a conservative view of human beings, human society and culture. In this book he writes a defence of social order, beginning from philosophical first principles which will be a systematic answer to liberal egalitarianism but also a defence of the [...]

Karl Popper's The Open Society and Its Enemies was first published in 1945 and is widely regarded as a classic of twentieth century political thought. In this long-awaited volume, Jeremy Shearmur and Piers Norris Turner bring to light Popper's most important unpublished and uncollected writings from the time of The [...]

Lo que es incomprensible dentro del horizonte precristiano es la dimensión devastadora de la impenetrabilidad de Dios ante él mismo, discernible en la exclamación de Cristo: "Padre, ¿por qué me has abandonado?", la versión cristiana del freudiano "Padre, ¿acaso no ves que me estoy quemando?". Este abandono total de Dios [...]

Philosophy underpins political concepts, ideals and debates. The extent and nature of our rights, liberties and responsibilities, the role of the state and the best means of its governance are all questions to have been addressed by great philosophers throughout history - and questions students of political philosophy must engage [...]

The analytic movement has long been the dominant philosophical tradition in English-speaking countries. In Analytical Political Philosophy: From Discourse, Edification, distinguished Canadian philosopher David Braybrooke explores this movement by bringing together some of his earlier free-standing studies of the concepts of needs, rights, and rules. He combines the results with [...]

Philosophy reads humanity against animality, arguing that "man" is man because he is separate from beast. Deftly challenging this position, Kelly Oliver proves that, in fact, it is the animal that teaches us to be human. Through their sex, their habits, and our perception of their purpose, animals show us [...]

Animal rights sounds like a modern idea, but in fact—for over three millennia—philosophers, theologians, and political theorists have grappled with the question of our obligations toward animals. This comprehensive and diverse anthology, the only one of its kind, illuminates the complex evolution of moral thought regarding animals and includes writings [...]