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The Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, ten volumes, has over 2000 thematic and biographical entries plus considerable bibliographic material covering the core of most Anglo-American philosophy: metaphysical, epistemological and logical questions; ethics, political philosophy and the history of philosophy; and the philosophy of other cultures - from Chinese, Arabic and Jewish philosophy to the philosophy of Africa and Latin America.

An encyclopedic work with more than 1,000 essays covering the full spectrum of ethics issues: animal rights, arts and censorship, bioethics, business and labor, children's rights, civil rights, environmental issues, human rights, international relations, legal and judicial issues, the media, the military, personal and social ethics, political and economic ethics, psychological ethics, race and ethnicity, religion, science and technology, sex and gender, and theory. Subjects of individual articles include persons, organizations, court cases, concepts, theories, human behavior, business practices, events, laws, political systems, and much more.

This new edition is a complete revision of the Dartmouth Medal-winning set last revised in 1995. Covering a wealth of topics on the ethics of health professions, animal research, population control and the environment, the set helps researchers to consider the impact of new scientific knowledge and its potential to harm or benefit present and future generations. All bibliographies have been updated and new entries added--from cloning, to issues of privacy or censorship on the Web, cell-stem research, same-sex marriage, privatization of water access, animal rights and much more.

The eight-volume History of Continental Philosophy begins with an overview of Kant's philosophy and its initial reception, tracing the evolution of continental philosophy through major figures as well as movements such as existentialism, phenomenology, hermeneutics, and poststructuralism, and concluding with an outline of the current state of the field, bringing the work of both historical and modern thinkers to bear on such contemporary topics as feminism, globalization, and the environment.