The Supreme Court decided on June 15 that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects gay and transgender workers from workplace discrimination. Discrimination ‘because of sex’ is unlawful. But what is it ...

This course explores the history of moral philosophy by examining the writings of key thinkers in the Western philosophical canon, including Leibniz, Hume, Kant and Hegal. We will focus on four basic ...

Good moral reasoning is extremely important for Homo sapiens. Our lives are more fruitful if we recognize salient ethical norms and reason effectively about their application to our own situations. We ...

This course is available on the MSc in Political Theory. This course is available with permission as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit. This course uses ...

Dr. Yi Deng works mainly on moral and political philosophy, Kantian moral and political philosophy, global justice, and Asian Philosophy. She is particularly interested in the application of moral and ...

Jahrbuch für Recht und Ethik / Annual Review of Law and Ethics Vol. 12, Themenschwerpunkt: Zur Entwicklungsgeschichte moralischer Grund-Sätze in der Philosophie der Aufklärung / The Development of ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract In his 'Suicide Intervention and Non-Ideal Kantian Theory' (2002), Michael J. Cholbi argues that nihilism and hopelessness are often ...

After studying various moral theories, one is bound to be left wondering what to believe. In this selection from The Elements of Moral Philosophy, James Rachels sketches what he thinks would be a ...