Oxford University Press

Collected EssaysStanding on Principles collect Tom Beauchamp's 15 most important published articles in bioethics, most of which were published over the last 25 years, and most of which have a strong connection to the principlist approach. Most of the essays included here augment, develop, or defend various themes, positions and arguments in that...

This book explores moral questions that go beyond the issues commonly considered        in the ethics of action. Can there be an ethics of emotion or an ethics of fantasy?        If what we feel and what we think are beyond the direct control of our will, does it        make sense to set norms or standards for us to aim at in those spheres, or...

This book argues for the continuing tension across historical contexts between movements emphasizing ritual and movements emphasizing sincerity. Our contemporary age has, at great risk, downplayed the importance of ritual. Drawing on examples from Chinese, Greek, Jewish, and contemporary culture, the book presents an innovative interdisciplinary...

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