This brings together moral, social and political philosophers from Britain, Canada, New Zealand and the United States who explore a wide range of issues under the three headings of Philosophy, Society and Culture; Ethics, Economics and Justice; and Rights, Law and Punishment. The topics discussed range from the public responsibility of intellectuals to the justice of military tribunals, and from posthumous reproduction to the death penalty.

"The attentive reader of the present volume can learn how to sharpen his arguments about the contemporary problems debated - especially where the wisdom of Aristotle is invoked in a more contemporary context" New Blackfriars.

"All the contributions to the volume are of high quality, and justify the claim that philosophy has, or can have, an important role in influencing public affairs". Heythrop Journal.

"This book should attract two kinds of readers, people interested in seeing philosophy find and deal with real issues in society and public policy, and people who have an interest in the role philosophy plays in the criminal justice system" Journal of Value Inquiry.

This is the first collection of essays by the celebrated philosopher Elizabeth Anscombe since the publication of three volumes of her papers in 1981. This new collection includes a) articles published subsequent to those volumes and not hitherto gathered, b) previously unpublished papers on human nature and practical philosophy, together with c) the classic essay "Modern Moral Philosophy", and a few otherwise difficult to obtain early pieces such as her Listener article "Does Oxford Moral Philosophy Corrupt the Youth?". The appearance of this volume is a major publishing event. 
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This is a revised and expanded version of the much praised short book Universities: The Recovery of An Idea. It contains chapters on the history of universities; the value of university education; the nature of research; the management and funding of universities plus additional essays on such subjects as human nature and the study of the humanities, interdisciplinary versus multidisciplinary study, information systems and the concept of a library, the prospects for e-learning, reforming universities, intellectual integrity and the realities of funding, and spiritual values and the knowledge economy.
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'Those who care about universities should thank Gordon Graham for doing what has needed doing so urgently'. Philosophy

‘Graham has written an elegant and extraordinarily refreshing book, with no fudging of his own opinions and judgements ... It deserves a very wide readership and will surely stand as a point of reference for years to come.’ Gordon Johnson, Times Higher Education Supplement

'A short reflective treatise on British university education that deserves to be widely read . . . its appeal is universal and deserves the attention of a wide audience.'  Political Studies Review

'Though densely and cogently argued, this book is extremely readable and indeed deserves to be widely read'. Philosophical Quarterly.

"The best descussion I know of on this question [What are universities for]." Alison Wolf, T.HE.S.

"This volume ought to be compulsory reading for every government minister or civil servant with responsibilities in this area."  Margaret Atkins, New Blackfriars

A volume on the nature, ingredients, causes and consequences of human happiness by the father and son team of Anthony and Charles Kenny. The book is an updating of Johnson’s famous lines:

How small of all that human hearts endure
That part which laws or kings can cause or cure! 
Still to ourselves in every place consigned
Our own felicity we make or find.

Charles Kenny is an economist and policy adviser at the World Bank. Sir Anthony Kenny was formerly Master of Balliol College, Oxford, and is currently president of the British Academy. His many books include Medieval Philosophy, A Brief History of Western Philosophy, The Oxford Illustrated History of Western Philosophy, Ancient Philosophy and Wittgenstein.

"This is very much a worthwhile book. It usefully synthesizes literatures and arguments from philosophy and economics, and shows how they bear on moral and political deliberations about happiness." Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews.

"We now have a new study of an altogether superior kind by a father and son team of philosopher and economist. ... To make progress the authors break up happiness into three components: welfare, contentment and dignity. ... The most striking of the Kenny findings is how little welfare has to do with income either absolute or relative." Financial Times.

"A unique and valuable book on the meaning of happiness that, while interdisciplinary, preserves the strengths of the distinct disciplinary approaches it includes. ... The Kennys have done an admirable job of writing a plausible, well-argued, and accessible volume that should be of benefit to both academic and non-academic audiences". Journal of Law, Philosophy and Culture.

How ought a society to distribute its publicly funded healthcare resources? Few questions are in more urgent need of an answer. This multidisciplinary investigation brings together the insights of philosophy, clinical science, health economics, operational research and public policy analysis.

Contributors:

Paul Carrick: The Public Funding of Health Care
Niall Maclean: Philosophical  Approaches to The Problem of  Health Care Distribution
Howard Glennerster: UK System of Health Funding and Resource Allocation: What Ethical Foundations?
John Appleby & Anthony Harrison: Better Ways to Allocate Health Resources in the UK?
Leonard Fleck: Just Caring: The Ethical Challenges of Health Care Reform in the USA
Margaret M. and C.A.J. (Tony) Coady, The Ethics of Access to Health Care in Australia
Susan Cleary, Di McIntyre, Okore Okorafor & Michael Thiede:  Equity & the Ethics of the South African
                                                                                                   Health System 
 

Terry McLaughlin’s sudden death in 2006 deprived the academic world of a leading British philosopher of education, and the author himself of the opportunity to publish a planned synthesis of his work. This volume brings together a collection of his essays from a variety of leading journals. They have been selected by former colleagues well-acquainted with his thinking to celebrate his work and make it available in a convenient and accessible form.

T.H. McLaughlin was a fellow of St Edmund’s, Cambridge and professor at the Institute of Education, University of London.

'Terry McLaughlin managed to bring clarity into complex issues of educational concern without losing the subtlety of the argument. He was one of the best exponents of the analytic tradition in philosophy of education, in part because his analysis was always informed by a depth of both scholarship and personal understanding. His many admirers across the world will be delighted to see so much of his central work brought together for the first time in this collection.'
— David Bridges, St Edmunds College, University of Cambridge, Professorial Fellow and former Pro-Vice-Chancellor, University of East Anglia.

'McLaughlin’s scholarship was devoted to exploring how traditional religious upbringing might be reconciled with philosophical liberalism. His achievement in this regard was exemplary. The care and subtlety he consistently exhibited in argument on matters of the highest educational and social importance always commanded the respect and admiration of his peers. This splendid book is a testament to his achievement.'
— Eamonn Callan, Pigott Family Professor, School of Education, Stanford University.

'McLaughlin seeks to get to grips with the fundamental issues behind certain vitally important contemporary controversies in educational policy and practice. . . . these papers exemplify the clarity and power of contemporary analytical philosophy of education at its best. They exemplify too the expository power that made their author one of the most respected and valued contributors to work in this field. They deserve to be widely read and digested by both professionals working in education and by concerned members of the wider public.'
— Paul Hirst, Emeritus Professor of Education, University of Cambridge.

'Terry McLaughlin’s work takes on some of the most difficult issues facing advocates of ‘liberal’ philosophy of education. It consistently displays philosophical sophistication, care and subtlety. McLaughlin’s humane values and the deep respect with which he treats philosophical interlocutors, allies and opponents alike, always shine through. This important collection of his essays will be valued by all those concerned with the state of contemporary education.'
— Harvey Siegel, Professor of Philosophy, University of Miami, past President, Philosophy of Education Society, and Association for the Philosophy of Education.

'McLaughlin’s tireless pursuit of pressing questions at the heart of educational policy and practice is displayed in a series of finely crafted, painstaking and searching analyses. In terms of clarity and rigour, these are models of their kind. But what comes through also is the vision of the good life that informed his work as a whole. The collection presents a remarkable insight into the achievement of a leading figure in the field, and it will be a landmark in philosophy of education for years to come.'
— Paul Standish, Professor of Philosophy of Education, Institute of Education, University of London, Editor of Journal of Philosophy of Education.
 
 

The fourteen essays in this book develop a conception of human culture, which is humane and traditionalist. Focusing particularly on notions of beauty and the aesthetic, it sees within our culture intimations of the transcendent, and in two essays the nature of religion is directly addressed. A number of essays also explore the relation between politics and tradition. 

Anthony O’Hear is Weston Professor of Philosophy and Head of Department of Education at the University of Buckingham. He is also Director of the Royal Institute of Philosophy and editor of the journal Philosophy. His many books include Plato’s Children (2005) and Philosophy in the New Century (2001). 
 
 

Elizabeth Anscombe’s forthright philosophy speaks directly to many religious and ethical issues of current concern.This collection of her essays forms a companion volume to the critically acclaimed Human Life, Action and Ethics, published in 2005.
 

This book uses a neo-Aristotelian framework to examine human subjectivity as an embodied being. It examines the varieties of reductionism that affect philosophical writing about human origins and identity, and explores the nature of rational subjectivity as emergent from our neurobiological constitution. This allows a consideration of the effect of neurological interventions such as psychosurgery, neuroimplantation, and the promise of cyborgs on the image of the human. It then examines multiple personality disorder and its implications for narrative theories of the self, and explores the idea of human spirituality as an essential aspect of embodied human subjectivity. A final ‘applied’ discussion considers the interaction between our theories of human identity and the societies we fashion.

Grant Gillett studied medicine and psychology at Auckland and then specialised in neurosurgery. He completed a doctorate in philosophy and held a fellowship at Oxford before coming to the University of Otago. He is a neurosurgeon and Professor of Medical Ethics as well as a member of the philosophy department. His interests are broad, including the philosophy of mind and the philosophy of medicine and medical ethics. He has a particular interest in the philosophies of Kant and Wittgenstein. His books include Bioethics in the Clinic: Hippocratic Reflections, Representation, Meaning and Thought (with. W K M Fulford and J Martin-Soskice), The Discursive Mind (with R. Harré), Medical Ethics (with AV Campbell, M.Charlesworth, DG Jones) and The Mind and its Discontents. He is the editor of Medicine and Moral Reasoning.