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Philosophy

Cambridge offers high-quality and accessible textbooks in all major sub-areas of philosophy, including ethics, logic, metaphysics, epistemology, decision theory, philosophy of science, political philosophy, aesthetics, philosophy of language, philosophy of mathematics, and philosophy of religion. We also publish introductions to Africana, Buddhist, Chinese, Indian, and Latin American philosophies. Our textbooks in applied ethics cover topics including bioethics, ethics and animals, ethics and the environment, ethics and criminal justice, ethics and law, ethics and engineering, ethics and medicine, ethics and war, and ethics and the media. We also publish student editions of many philosophical works.

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, Carleton College, Minnesota
Published: April 2025
2nd edition
, University of Texas, Austin
Published: January 2025
Edited with Introduction and Notes by , University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Published: September 2023
, University of Cambridge
Published: March 2023
, Kingston University, London
Published: December 2022
2nd edition
, College of William and Mary, Virginia
Published: November 2020

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, Carleton College, Minnesota
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, Saint Louis University, Missouri
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, University of Texas, Austin
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, Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania
Published: November 2024
Edited with Introduction and Notes by , University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Published: September 2023
, Duke University, North Carolina
Published: October 2023
2nd edition
, University of St Thomas, Minnesota
Published: October 2023

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