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Oxford Studies in Normative Ethics is an annual forum for new work in normative ethical theory. Leading philosophers present original contributions to our understanding of a wide range of moral issues and positions, from analysis of competing approaches to normative...
Germany's grand strategy - historically associated with two world wars and several genocides - is one of the most impactful but difficult phenomena in the history of international relations. Given its geographical, military, and economic limitations, why did the country...
Alexander Bain (1818–1903) was once Britain's greatest philosopher of mind. Author of The Senses and the Intellect (1855) and The Emotions and the Will (1859), he articulated a comprehensive theory of the human mind, integrating cognitive, developmental, and...
Today, most of us call the city home. The city is also the context in which we come to understand ourselves, build relationships with others, and negotiate our collective lives. Many authors have recognised this transformation entails new social and political...
A Sensible Moral Rationalism addresses the rational status of morality: whether people do in fact have sufficient reason to do what morality demands of them. The answer, according to rationalism, is yes; the reasons that make an action morally required are the same...
The story of the United States, from Revolutionary War to Donald Trump The Oxford Illustrated History of the United States offers a completely fresh account of the founding and development of the American republic. Lavishly illustrated, drawing upon the latest...
Allegory has been variously defined as a literary genre, a mode of interpretation, and a symbolic dimension to all language. Although 'allegory' historically escapes easy definition, it can be broadly defined as a mode of communicating that says one thing and means...
What do you do when there is no right answer? Often working in mental health, disability, broader health and social care fields, professionals are required to make complex decisions, where right course of action is not very clear. There are moments when personal values,...
Post-Traumatic Stress and Trauma-Informed Practice: A Practical Guide, Third Edition offers a comprehensive and accessible overview of post-traumatic stress and other reactions that may develop following exposure to traumatic events such as life-threatening situations,...
The short-lived Ministry of Information (MoI, 1939–1946) had an outsized impact. It played a key role in the Allied war effort, and its work has reverberated in British culture ever since: from its much darker version (as the 'Ministry of Truth') in Orwell's Nineteen...
This book is the first major study of dialogue in England from the fifteenth to the late seventeenth century: a 'golden age' of dialogue, and a crucial period for its development. The spread of humanist education placed a premium on classical forms (including dialogue),...
How should criminal law be used to address corporate misconduct effectively? Through a doctrinal and theoretical analysis, A Theory of Corporate Crime puts forward a defence of the 'failure to prevent' model of corporate liability and its liberal-welfarist framework, as...
Patents play an important role in inducing the investment needed to transform basic discoveries into the practical innovations that contribute to long-term economic growth. But patents also can generate a variety of social costs which, if unchecked, can unnecessarily...
National identity in sub-Saharan Africa is often portrayed as underdeveloped and less important than ethnic identity. Yet, recent empirical evidence from across the continent shows that national identity is more robust than many predicted. Existing theories do not fully...
The European Union now finds itself in a liminal space-a 'constitutional borderlands'-between its traditional role as a prodigious producer of regulatory norms and a nascent, yet incomplete, role that seeks to develop fiscal capacities to achieve its goals.The...
Our existence as living beings - thinking, feeling, acting - is an extraordinary thing: this book provides a scientifically based account of the entirety of factors that lead to our existence. The text begins with the physical foundations of our existence, examining...
H.G. Wells was one of the leading literary figures and public intellectuals of the twentieth century. Famous today as a pioneering science fiction writer, Wells was also a prominent social and political thinker, journalist, historian, and political activist. His...
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. On Election Day, citizens typically place a mark beside...
Pakistan's foreign policy challenges over nearly eight decades stem directly from its persistent civil-military imbalance. The military employs a narrative of existential threats from all directions to strengthen its domestic control. Drawing on Ontological Security...
At the heart of the Jewish religion is a doctrine that has proven to be deeply divisive. It claims that the Jewish people have a special relationship with God, that they have been chosen. This teaching has divided Jews and gentiles because it seems to imply a Jewish...
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