The descriptions 'good' and 'bad' are examples of thin concepts, as opposed to 'kind' or 'cruel' which are thick concepts. Simon Kirchin provides one of the first full-length studies of the crucial distinction between 'thin' and 'thick' concepts, which is fundamental to many deb…
Feminist ethics
Feminist ethics
This collection of essays about the nature, current state and implications of feminist ethics covers subjects ranging from the history of feminist ethics to the logic of pluralist feminism, presenting feminist perspectives on such topics as terrorism, bitterness and women trusti…
Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), an Italian Dominican friar and Catholic priest, is one of the most influential theologians in the Christian tradition. Scholarship on Aquinas is flourishing, with studies of natural law theory, action theory, the morality of the passions, feminism, po…
