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Philosophy

1. Doing Ethics: A Moral Theory Primer

   Lewis Vaughn

   Third Edition

   The most accessible and practical introduction to ethical theory, moral issues, and moral reasoning.More

2. Philosophy of Science: The Central Issues

   J. A. Cover, Martin Curd, Christopher Pincock

   Second Edition

   A flexible and comprehensive introduction to the main currents in philosophy of science.More

3. Doing Ethics: Moral Reasoning and Contemporary Issues

   Lewis Vaughn

   Third Edition

   The most accessible and practical introduction to ethical theory, moral issues, and moral reasoning.More

4. The Communist Manifesto

   Karl Marx, Frederic L. Bender

   Second Edition

   Karl Marx’s 1848 text is reframed in this revised Norton Critical Edition in the context of twenty-first-century theoretical debates, capitalist globalization, the information technology revolution, and contemporary struggles up to and including the 2011 “Arab Spring.”More

5. Climate Matters: Ethics in a Warming World

   John Broome

   A vital new moral perspective on the climate change debate.More

6. Constitution Café: Jefferson's Brew for a True Revolution

   Christopher Phillips

   “A provocative extension of Jefferson’s original plan.”—Kirkus ReviewsMore

7. Common Sense and Other Writings

   Thomas Paine, J. M. Opal

   Thomas Paine often declared himself a citizen of the world. This Norton Critical Edition presents Paine and his writing within the transatlantic and global context of the revolutionary ideas and actions of his time.More

8. The Marketplace of Ideas: Reform and Resistance in the American University

   Louis Menand

   "Crisp and illuminating . . . well worth reading."—Wall Street Journal More

9. Utopia

   Thomas More, George M. Logan, Robert M. Adams

   Third Edition

   Inspiring, provocative, prophetic, and enigmatic, Utopia is the literary masterpiece of a visionary statesman and one of the most influential books of the modern world.More

10. Stranger from Abroad: Hannah Arendt, Martin Heidegger, Friendship and Forgiveness

    Daniel Maier-Katkin

    Two titans of twentieth-century thought: their lives, loves, ideas, and politics.More

11. The Compassionate Instinct: The Science of Human Goodness

    Dacher Keltner, Jeremy Adam Smith, Jason Marsh

    Leading scientists and science writers reflect on the life-changing, perspective-changing, new science of human goodness.More

12. Doing Ethics: Moral Reasoning and Contemporary Issues

    Lewis Vaughn

    Second Edition

    Used at over 130 schools in its first edition, Doing Ethics now offers more topics and more readings, the clearest, most helpful introductions and pedagogy, and the lowest price among applied ethics texts/readers.More

13. The Consolation of Philosophy

    Boethius, Douglas C. Langston

    One of the most influential texts to come out of the late Middle Ages.More

14. How the Mind Works

    Steven Pinker

    “A model of scientific writing: erudite, witty, and clear.” —New York Review of BooksMore

15. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

    Mary Wollstonecraft, Deidre Shauna Lynch

    Third Edition

    Arguably the most original book of the eighteenth century, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman is a pioneering feminist work.More