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Annual Review of Law
and Ethics (Jahrbuch für Recht und Ethik)
Description:
With this journal, the editors intend to permit an international,
interdisciplinary discussion of legal and ethical issues approached from
an historical, theoretical or comparative point of view. Each of the
individual volumes emphasizes one particular issue at the interface of law
and philosophy, and also contains contributions from the fields of
economics, sociology and political science.
ASLME
Briefings
Description: The Newsletter of the American
Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics
BEARS
Description:
The Brown Electronic Article Review Service on Moral and Political
Philosophy publishes short refereed reviews of recent journal articles in
moral and political philosophy.
Between the Species: A
Journal of Ethics
Description: Between the
Species is a quarterly publication of the Schweitzer Center of the San
Francisco Bay Institute/Congress of Cultures.
Body
and Society
Description: "Body & Society
centrally concerns itself with debates in feminism, technology, ecology,
postmodernism, medicine, ethics and consumerism which take the body as the
central analytic issue in the questioning of established
paradigms."
Criminal Justice
Ethics
Description: Criminal Justice Ethics is a
semi-annual journal designed to focus greater attention on ethical issues
in criminal justice by philosophers, criminal justice professionals,
lawyers and judges, and the general public. Its editorial scope
includes topics relating to the police, the courts, corrections, and
issues in legal philosophy.
Cultural
Values
Description: The Journal provides a unique forum
for transdisciplinary discussion of cultural values. Contributions
incorporating ethnographic theoretical deconstructive and evaluative
approaches explore the following key questions: What significance do
values possess and what consequences do they have? Are values
disintegrating? Do values merely serve to mask strategies of preference
and power? Why and how do values change? What is the value of the critical
evaluation of values? Is the discourse of value flawed from its inception?
The Journal will also contain Cultural Notes summarising key arguments
addressing notable publications and provoking debate.
Dialegesthai -
Rivista telematica di filosofia
Description:
Dialegesthai is a journal of Philosophy mainly devoted to
Philosophical Anthropology and Ethics. It aims at offering both a way to
make scientific studies easily available, and a forum for promoting
dialogic spirit within philosophy. In this way Dialegesthai could become a
link with activities or institutions in the fields of interculturality,
human rights, interfaith dialogue. Papers in any widespread European
language are welcomed.
Ethical
Perspectives
Description: "The primary goal of
Ethical Perspectives, journal of the European Ethics Network, is
the promotion of dialogue between fundamental and applied ethics at an
international level. It strives to accomplish this through
interdisciplinary collaboration among ethicists and specialists from
diverse sciences. Given this goal, the European Ethics Network seeks to
use Ethical Perspectives to create a forum for transnational
dialogue."
Ethical Theory
and Moral Practice
Description: Ethical Theory and
Moral Practice: An International Forum is a peer-reviewed journal
which creates a new, worldwide forum for the best work produced in a
plurality of philosophical traditions, such as analytic philosophy,
phenomenology, neo-Kantian, neo-Hegelian and neo-Aristotelian traditions.
Apart from mainstream contributions the journal also introduces work
originating in less well known European philosophical cultures and
traditions, which so far has not attracted international
attention.
Ethics
and Behaviour
Description: Ethics and Behaviour
publishes articles on an array of topics pertaining to various moral
issues and conduct. These matters may include but are not restricted to:
the exercise of social and ethical responsibility in human behaviors;
ethical dilemmas or professional misconduct in health and human service
delivery; the conduct of research involving human and animal participants;
fraudulence in the management or reporting of scientific research; and
public policy issues involving ethical problems. Data-based, theoretical,
and particularly instructive case analyses as well as brief summaries of
problem cases are also published. An editorial board consisting of
specialists in ethics with backgrounds in law, medicine, pediatrics,
psychiatry, psychology, public health, sociology, and theology allows for
a wide spectrum of perspectives toward ethical issues.
Ethics and
Intellectual Disability
Description: Newsletter of the
Network on Ethics and Intellectual Disability. The Network on Ethics and
Intellectual Disabilities is established to support the effort of those
engaged in, or committed to, health care ethics who are concerned about
the position of mentally handicapped persons in society. It is established
to support the efforts of such people and enable them to share their
interests and concern in this field with others who have similar
interests. The Network is associated with the International Association of
Bioethics, but membership in the network does not include membership in
the IAB. The newsletter intends to stimulate exchange of views and ideas
among people from various backgrounds and is not committed to any
particular school of thought.
Ethics and
International Affairs
Description: The Carnegie Council
on Ethicss and International Affairs' annual journal was introduced in
1987. The goal of the journal is to show the concrete application of
ethics to key international problems from a variety of perspectives. Since
then it has been the primary outlet for the work produced in Carnegie
Council programs, seeking to relate the insights of philosophy and history
to the problems of our own age.
Ethics:
An International Journal of Social, Political, and Legal
Philosophy
Description: Founded in 1890, Ethics is an
interdisciplinary journal devoted to the study of the ideas and principles
that form the basis for individual and collective action. It publishes
work arising from a variety of disciplines and intellectual perspectives,
including philosophy, social and political theory, theories of individual
and collective choice, jurisprudence, international relations, and social
and economic policy analysis.
Hastings Center
Report
Description: "The Hastings Center Report
was the first periodical devoted specifically to ethical issues in
medicine, the life sciences, and the professions. This bimonthly journal
offers a public forum in which the many disciplines and professions that
contribute to bioethics - philosophy, medicine, law, the natural and
social sciences, theology - can join in mutually enriching conversation on
common ground. Its goal is to stimulate the moral imagination of its
diverse readers in articles that are both intellectually rigorous and
generally accessible."
Humanitas
Description:
Humanitas explores issues of moral and social philosophy,
epistemology, and aesthetics, and the relations among them, such as the
moral and cultural conditions of knowledge. Favorable to an historical
understanding of life, Humanitas explores the simultaneous tension
and union between universality and particularity, and the interdependence
and opposition of creativity and tradition.
Injustice
Studies
Description: Injustice Studies (IS) is a
refereed international electronic journal that helps focus academic
attention on the study of injustices around the world. The editors welcome
essays devoted to understanding the nature of injustice, types of
injustice, and the history, politics, and moral psychology of particular
injustices, ranging from global to local events. Disagreements over which
injustices warrant attention also are part of the problematique of IS.
Since IS has an interdisciplinary orientation, its articles should aim to
be accessible to the general reader.
International
Journal of Politics and Ethics
Description: "A quarterly
journal dedicated to the examination of all matters relating to politics
and ethics, including both theory and practice."
Issues in
Ethics
Description: The publication of the Markkula
Center for Applied Ethics.
Journal of
Accounting, Ethics and Public Policy
Description: The
Journal of Accounting, Ethics and Public Policy is a refereed,
quarterly journal. The journal publishes articles that address issues in
the interdisciplinary areas of accounting and ethics, accounting and
public policy, and ethics and public policy.
Journal of Buddhist
Ethics
Description: The Journal of Buddhist Ethics has
been established to promote the study of Buddhist ethics through the
publication of research articles, discussions and critical notes,
bulletins, and reviews.
Journal
of Contextual Philosophy and Religion
Journal of
Ethics
Description: The Journal of Ethics: An
International Philosophical Review contains articles, commentaries and
reviews on mainstream topics and work in ethics and public affairs,
including work on ethical theory, political liberalism, communitarianism,
libertarianism, Marxism, moral responsibility, punishment, rights, ethics
and language, ethics and metaphysics, etc. It also contains a significant
number of articles and discussions on neglected areas in philosophy, such
as African-American philosophy (i.e., political separation versus
integration, the nature of ethnicity, the moral status of reparations,
racism, the history of African-American philosophy, etc.), international
terrorism, secession, etc. Moreover, the Journal seeks to include a
limited number of studies on neglected areas in business ethics, medical
ethics, and legal ethics.
Journal of
Human Values
Description: An international forum for the
exchange of ideas, principles, and processes concerning the application of
human values to organizations and institutions, and to the world at large.
The journal carries critical essays, theoretical explorations and
empirical studies.
Journal of Information
Ethics
Description: "From the ethics of Caller ID to
transmission of sexually explicit materials via Internet, the information
age presents a barrage of ethical challenges. In this acclaimed
twice-yearly journal, some of the brightest and most influential figures
in the information sciences confront a broad range of these
transdisciplinary issues. Regular features include editorials, book and
magazine reviews, and capsule descriptions of current articles and web
sites relevant to the field."
Journal of Mass Media
Ethics
Description: This journal is devoted to
stimulating and contributing to reasoned discussions of mass media ethics
and morality among academic and professional groups in the various
branches and subdisciplines of communication and ethics. By bridging the
gap between academicians and professionals interested in issues concerning
mass media, the journal stimulates mutually beneficial dialogues between
these two groups. It publishes original essays exploring the philosophical
bases of decisions, reports from empirical studies, and literature
searches and reviews dealing with mass media content and the behavior of
practitioners in journalism, broadcasting, public relations, advertising,
and other mass communication disciplines.
Journal of Moral
Education
Description: The Journal of Moral
Education provides a unique interdisciplinary forum for consideration
of all aspects of moral education and development across the lifespan. It
contains philosophical analyses, reports of empirical research and
evaluation of educational strategies which address a range of value issues
and the process of valuing, not only in theory and practice, but also at
the social and individual level. The journal regularly includes country
based state-of-the-art papers on moral education and publishes special
issues on particular topics.
Journal
of Religious Ethics
Description: Founded in 1973 to
"assist in shaping and locating the advanced edge of scholarly work in
religious ethics," the Journal of Religious Ethics is committed to
publishing the very best scholarship in religious ethics, to fostering new
work in neglected areas, and to stimulating exchange on significant
issues.
Journal of
Value Inquiry
Description: The Journal of Value
Inquiry is an international philosophical quarterly, founded in 1967
by James Wilbur, devoted to the stimulation and communication of research
in value studies. The essays published in the journal concern the nature,
origin, experiences and scope of value in general, as well as problems of
value in such fields as culture, aesthetics, religion, social and legal
theory or practice, ethics, education, and methodology, technology and the
sciences. The Journal of Value Inquiry is a forum for presentation of the
rich diversity of approaches available to value inquiry. It is committed
to openness, cosmopolitanism, and the sharing of insights about humanity.
Besides full-length essays, the journal publishes notes, communications to
the editors, book reviews, interviews, dialogues, reports, and a News
column.
Ko'aga
Rone'eta
Description: KO'AGA ROÑE'ETA is an online
journal of human rights and humanitarian affairs. It is designed to
encourage thinking about human rights issues and to encourage actions that
promote human rights all over the world. It provides a forum where human
rights organisations, activists, academics, jurists and students can share
their views and analyses, and contribute to the general understanding of
what human rights are, what they mean within the political-economic
context of different societies and how to best fight their abuses. The
journal provides in-depth articles on all aspects of human rights, written
by professionals and students of the field.
Moral
Musings
Description: Moral Musings is a new quarterly
journal which seeks to advance the philosophical study of moral,
political, and legal issues of public relevance. The journal seeks to
bring serious scholarly philosophy to a larger audience than is the case
with traditional (printed) academic journals, and welcomes submissions
from both professional and amateur philosophers, as well as scholars and
students of related disciplines.
Moral Musings: A
Quarterly Journal of Social and Political
Theory
Description: Moral Musings is an
irregularly published electronic journal which seeks to promote the
serious examination of controversial moral, political, and legal issues.
Rather than concentrating on rigorous scholarly philosophy, Moral Musings
seeks to publish works from a wide variety of academic and lay writers.
Our aim is to publish what is controversial and well argued, with view to
presenting ideas which might not otherwise have a forum, and which are
deemed by the editors to present ideas worthy of public thought and
discussion.
Non
Serviam
Description: Non Serviam is an electronic
newsletter that provides a forum for discussion of the theory of egoism,
as outlined by Max Stirner, author of Der Einzige und Sein Eigentum
(The Ego and its Own). The aim is to encourage more elaborate and
soundly reasoned articles than are often found in mailing lists and
newsgroups.
Online Journal
of Ethics
Description: An online journal of cutting edge
research in the field of business & professional ethics.
Public
Affairs Quarterly
Description: Public Affairs
Quarterly provides an impartial forum for the philosophical study of
public policy issues. The journal features articles that bring
philosophical depth and sophistication to current topics in social and
political philosophy and that focus on the ethical and justificatory
aspects of public policy issues. Some topics addressed include social,
economic, and distributive justice; environmental problems; the social and
political status of women, senior citizens, and minorities; abortion and
euthanasia; patriotism; criminal justice; and ethical issues in medicine,
business, and the professions.
Res
Publica
Description: Res Publica is a new journal
of legal and social philosophy, providing a much-needed forum for those
seeking to engage traditional legal, moral and political philosophy with
radical contemporary approaches.
The Ethical
Spectacle
Description: The Ethical Spectacle accepts
articles on any ethical, political or legal topic.
Utilitas
Description:
Utilitas is a pioneering interdisciplinary journal of moral and
political philosophy, economic theory, jurisprudence, and intellectual
history. It welcomes articles, discussions, debates, and reviews on
contemporary themes in these disciplines where utilitarianism has made a
particular contribution and on all aspects of the development of
utilitarian thought (including that of its opponents). The journal is
supported by the International Society for Utilitarian Studies (ISUS),
which sponsors major conferences, seminars and other meetings, and makes
special offers on books at advantageous rates to members. Individual
subscribers to the journal automatically become members of the Society.
Other features of the journal include the ongoing Bentham and Mill
bibliographies and a number of special issues or parts of issues on
particular themes and individuals.
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