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Theories of the Gift in Medieval South Asia
Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 133.00This book explores the ethical and social implications of unilateral gifts of esteem, offering a perceptive guide to the uniquely South Asian contributors to theoretical work on the gift. more...
Divine Command Ethics
Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 200.00The central aim of this book is to attempt to determine the response of the classic texts of Jewish traditions to the famous dilemma posed in Plato's Euthyphro : Does God freely determine morality, or is morality independent of God? The author argues that the picture that emerges from Jewish texts is significantly more complex and nuanced than... more...
Commanding Right and Forbidding Wrong in Islamic Thought
Cambridge University Press 2001; US$ 54.00Do we have a duty to stop others doing wrong? The question is intelligible in any civilization, but only in the Islamic tradition is 'commanding right and forbidding wrong' a central moral tenet. Michael Cook's analysis is the first to chart the history of Islamic reflection on this obligation. more...
Forbidding Wrong in Islam
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 26.00This book represents an abridgement of Michael Cook's magisterial study that reflected upon the Islamic injunction to forbid wrongdoing. Using stories from Islamic sources for his argument, Cook unravels the complexities of the subject. The book educates and entertains, but at its heart is an important message about Islam and its values. more...
The Blackwell Companion to Christian Ethics
Wiley 2008; US$ 199.95The Blackwell Companion to Christian Ethics presents a comprehensive and systematic exposition of Christian ethics, seen through the lens of Christian worship. An innovative exposition of Christian ethics, seen through the lens of Christian worship Challenges conventional approaches to the subject Restores a sense of the integral connection between... more...
Scripture and Ethics
Oxford University Press 1996; US$ 59.99Siker brings together the history of biblical interpretation and the study of uses of the Bible in Christian ethics, to examine how the Bible has actually been used in Christian theological ethics - and in the process profiling eight influential twentieth-century theologians. more...
Ethical Issues in Six Religious Traditions
Edinburgh University Press 2007; US$ 143.28How do Hindus view euthanasia? Is there a ?Sikh view? of advertising? Do Jews and Muslims share the same attitude to marriage? How do Christian and Buddhist views on the environment differ? This book draws together authors respected in six traditions to explore in parallel the ethical foundations for Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh, Jewish, Christian and Muslim... more...
Human Conscience and Muslim-Christian Relations
Taylor and Francis 2006; US$ 49.95Human Conscience and Muslim-Christian Relations puts forward a discussion of how the notion of conscience may unite Muslim and Christians across religious divides, as well as examining the relation between selfhood and otherness in interfaith dialogue. The author explores how the notion of conscience has been dealt with by modern Egyptian authors... more...
Dimensions of Dignity at Work
Taylor & Francis 2012; US$ 46.95What is dignity in and at work? How is it experienced differently by different groups of working people? Are there enduring divisions of dignity: unequal access to what is accepted to be a fundamental human right? How can we ensure that continued opportunities are available for the creation, maintenance and restoration of dignity at work? This edited... more...
Womanist Ethics and the Cultural Production of Evil
Palgrave Macmillan 2006; US$ 32.00This groundbreaking book provides an analytical tool to understand how and why evil works in the world as it does. Deconstructing memory, history, and myth as received wisdom, the volume critically examines racism, sexism, poverty, and stereotypes. more...









