Games, Sports, and Play

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• This volume presents new philosophical essays on a topic that's been neglected in most recent philosophy: games, sports, and play. Some contributions ... Lees meer

The Ethics of Social Roles

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• The various social roles we occupy, such as teacher, parent, or friend, shape our ethical lives and colour our perceptions of each other and ourselves... Lees meer

Applied Epistemology

Jennifer Lackey

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• Applied epistemology brings the tools of contemporary epistemology to bear on particular issues of social concern. While the field of social epistemol... Lees meer

Taxation

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• This is the first book to give a collective treatment of philosophical issues relating to tax. The tax system is central to the operation of states an... Lees meer

Academic Freedom

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• Academic freedom allows members of institutions of higher learning to engage in intellectual pursuits without fear of censorship or retaliation, and l... Lees meer

The Epistemology of Fake News

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• News is vital for a healthy democracy. Collective decision-making requires accurate, reliable information. Nevertheless, much of the information we en... Lees meer

Lying

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• Philosophers have been thinking about lying for several thousand years, yet this topic has only recently become a central area of academic interest fo... Lees meer

Effective Altruism

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• The effective altruism movement consists of a growing global community of people who organise significant parts of their lives around the two key conc... Lees meer

Philosophy and Climate Change

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• Climate change is poised to threaten, disrupt, and transform human life, and the social, economic, and political institutions that structure it. Philo... Lees meer

Treatment for Crime

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• Preventing recidivism is one of the aims of criminal justice, yet existing means of pursuing this aim are often poorly effective, highly restrictive o... Lees meer

Bad Words

David Sosa

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• What makes a word bad? Bad Words is a philosophical examination of slurs and other derogatory and problematic language, by some of the leading contrib... Lees meer

The Ethics of Surveillance in Times of Emergency

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• This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read on Oxford Academic and offered a... Lees meer

Expertise

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• This book offers a collective study of issues to do with experts and expertise, a topic of tremendous contemporary significance. The perspectives are ... Lees meer