Bioethics: Books
E-Books
The Library's collection of e-books is growing all the time.
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Handbook of Global Bioethics
Call Number: ebook 2013ISBN: 9400725124As the first of its kind,nbsp;this handbooknbsp;presents state-of-the-art information and analysis concerning the state of affairs in bioethics innbsp;around 40 countries. The country reports point out the most important discussions as well as the emerging topics in the field. Readers can orientate themselves quicklynbsp;with regard tonbsp;the various relevant issues, institutional structures and expertise available in these countries. The authorship of this reference work is truly global as it involves contributions from the best authors with innate knowledge of the bioethics situation in these countries. -
International Encyclopedia of Ethics
Call Number: ebook 2013 -
The Oxford Companion to Philosophy
Call Number: ebook and Central Books B51 OZ5 2005Publication Date: 2005 -
The Oxford Handbook of Ethical Theory
Call Number: Central Library Books BJ1012 .OZ5 & ebook -
Ethics and the Environment: an introduction
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Ebook; Science Library Books GE42 .JA2
Standford Encycopedia of Philosophy
Constantly evolving and being updated, entries in this encyclopedia are maintained by experts in their field.
- TruthThis link opens in a new windowJun 27, 2025[Revised entry by Michael Glanzberg on June 27, 2025. Changes to: Main text, Bibliography] Truth is one of the central subjects in philosophy. It is also one of the largest. Truth has been a topic of discussion in its own right for thousands of years. Moreover, a huge variety of issues in philosophy relate to truth, either by relying on theses about truth, or implying theses about truth. It would be impossible to survey all there is to say about truth in...
- Epistemic Foundations of Game TheoryThis link opens in a new windowJun 27, 2025[Revised entry by Eric Pacuit and Olivier Roy on June 27, 2025. Changes to: Main text, Bibliography, notes.html, supplement.html] Non-cooperative game theory studies how individual players, or agents, make decisions in situations involving strategic interaction. In these situations, each player's outcome depends not only on their own choices but also on the choices of the other players (see Ross 1997 [2024] for an overview). Epistemic game theory investigates how assumptions about the players' beliefs and rationality influence their choices in strategic situations. This entry begins by discussing the role of uncertainty in strategic situations. It then introduces...
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