This journal has been discontinued. Any issues are available to purchase separately.

This journal has been discontinued. Any issues are available to purchase separately.

This journal has been discontinued. Any issues are available to purchase separately.

This piece, which is a collection of papers presented at the 2018 International Conference of the Association of or the Promotion of African Studies, focuses on two major faces of violence in Africareligiopolitical violence and violence against women. It also studied the developments in literature in the face of changes taking place in Africa. The present work is one of the greatest developments in scholarship in African studies.

Understanding Torture surveys the massive literature surrounding torture, arguing that, once properly understood, there can be no defense of torture in any circumstances.

A philosophical exploration of such subjects as terrorism, just war and pacifism reflects on the moral demands that conflict makes on us, especially its role in the struggle of public happiness versus private morality. Original.

Contemporary Moral Issues is an anthology that provides a selection of readings on contemporary social issues revolving around three general themes: Matters of Life and Death, Matters of Equality and Diversity, and Expanding the Circle, which includes duties beyond borders, living together with animals, and environmental ethics. The text contains a number of distinctive, high-profile readings and powerful narratives, including Jonathan Foer's "Eating Animals," Eva Feder Kittay's "On the Ethics of Selective Abortion for Disability," and Susan M. Wolf's "Confronting Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia: My Father's Death." Each set of readings is accompanied by an extensive introduction, a bibliographical essay, pre-reading questions, and discussion questions.