Moral Right

America has a God-shaped hole in its heart, argues New York Times bestselling author Ben Shapiro, and we shouldn't fill it with politics and hate. In 2016, Ben Shapiro spoke at UC Berkeley. Hundreds of police officers were required from 10 UC campuses across the state to protect his speech...

Bloomsbury presents Moral Ambition by Rutger Bregman, read by Boris Hiestand and Rutger Bregman. THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE SUMMER 2025 __________ 'A fierce and brilliant call to arms for anyone who has been wondering whether there's more to life. (There is.) Bregman...

From the author of the New York Times bestsellers Humankind and Utopia for Realists—“a more politically radical Malcolm Gladwell” (The New York Times)—comes a bold manifesto daring us to harness our talents and transform our idealism into action, all with the goal of making the world a...

An extraordinary account of how the Christian Revolution forged the Western imagination, from the author of Rubicon. “A galloping tour of Christianity’s influence across the last 2,000 years.” —New York Times Crucifixion, the Romans believed, was the worst fate imaginable, a punishment...

A Nobel Prize–⁠winning economist shows us why we have to deal in trade-offs when we can’t agree on what’s right and what’s wrong. Some of the most intractable controversies in our divided society are, at bottom, about what actions and transactions should be banned. Should women and...

As a culture we are in an ethical mess because we’ve neglected moral training and education. This book proposes that there is such a thing as moral truth, that it can be known, and that it can be put into practice in a person’s life and in society more broadly. Looking specifically at the...

For fans of Everything Is F*cked and Against Purity: Living Ethically in Compromised Times, a book about facing the multiple crises of modernity--and hospicing modernity--with maturity, humility, and integrity. This book is not easy: it contains no quick-fix plan for a better, brighter tomorrow...

With information that could solve a series of murders but endangers the girl he loves, a college boy grapples with what to do and whom to trust. Ethan Langley is home for the summer, eager to renew his friendship with Vanessa Jessup and her infant son, Carter. And her parents, Police Chief Brill Jessup and her husband, Kurt, approve: Ethan is thoughtful, kind, hard-working, and ambitious. Before Ethan is even settled, a series of random shootings leaves someone he loves dead.

We live in hectic times. Our kids especially. Today more than ever, thanks to a million and one technologies, attention spans are shorter, expectations are higher, and our developing teens are exposed to more sheer stimuli than ever before. Simply put, modern life is wild. And now you have to tame it. For you, and for the ones that matter most. 'Smart Parenting' includes: Why this teenager parenting book is different Who is the modern teen? How different is the modern teen? Communicating with the modern teen Establishing and sustaining trust with your teenager Setting boundaries that you ...

What if right and wrong are not merely personal opinions? In a world where moral debates often end with “that’s just your truth,” Moral Realism for Beginners asks a deeper question: Are some things truly right or wrong, whether or not people agree? This clear, engaging guide introduces readers to one of the most important debates in philosophy: whether moral truths exist. If cruelty is wrong, is it wrong only because we dislike it? If justice matters, does it matter only because society says so? If human dignity is real, can it be denied by culture, power, popularity, or personal ...

Move beyond uncritical choices. The Good and the Right is a Christian introduction to the major theories of ethics in the history of philosophy, such as relativism, egoism, utilitarianism, Kantian deontology, social contract theory, natural law theory, virtue theory, and divine command theory...

One of the earliest works of feminist philosophy, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman advocates for the education of women in a time where the opposite belief was predominately held. Written during the French Revolution, Wollstonecraft's work had a significant impact on those advocating for women's rights during the nineteenth century. 

This book provides a complete overview of the American Founders' political theory, covering natural rights, natural law, state of nature, social compact, consent, and the policy implications of these ideas. The book is intended as a response to the current scholarly consensus, which holds that the Founders' political thought is best understood as an amalgam of liberalism, republicanism, and perhaps other traditions. 

“This magnificent book…opens up a novel, arresting position on matters that have been debated for thousands of years.” ―Times Literary Supplement How do we judge whether an action is morally right or wrong? If an action is wrong, what reason does that give us not to do it? Why should we...

Courage: A Short Perspective on Moral Courage and the Hard Right Courage is often imagined as loud—dramatic moments, bold declarations, or fearless acts under pressure. But the courage that shapes character and steadies a life is usually quieter. It appears in ordinary moments, when doing what is right requires doing what is difficult. In Courage, Paul J. Ferguson explores moral courage not as bravado, but as a daily practice—formed in restraint, tested by fear, and revealed in the small decisions where conviction matters more than comfort. Drawing on reflection rather than prescription...

There are times when we've all felt that we haven't been treated as we deserve—that we've been misjudged, shortchanged, or given a raw deal. And, at one time or another, other people have probably felt that we've treated them just as unfairly. How to Do the Right Thing draws on the principles of ancient Stoicism as articulated by the Roman statesman and philosopher Seneca to help listeners better navigate one of the most important practical questions of daily life—how to do right by others.

The lives and crises of Norman Morrison and Robert McNamara are offered as exemplars of the moral conflict and moral idealism of the Sixties. Morrison, as a celebrated martyr to the war, and McNamara, as a vilified perpetrator of the war, are by these facts or legends alone remarkable to history. They are symbolic for the tortured memory as that war resides within the American cultural conscience; how they show this war for a unique misery of moral conflict. Morrison, as the Quaker, or as a hypersensitive neurotic, may have been the extremity of this hypostatic moral idealism; perhaps he ...

In 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was marketed as a global Magna Carta—a secular shield forged in the wake of the Holocaust to protect the individual from the predator state. Today, it remains the most translated document in existence. Yet, three generations later, Bernd Riemann argues that this foundational text is not a failed promise, but a masterfully designed procedural mirage. In this provocative and data-driven deconstruction, Riemann performs a surgical audit of all thirty articles of the declaration, comparing the utopian rhetoric of the post-war era with ...

Environmental Thought and Ecological Philosophy: Deep Explorations of Humanity’s Relationship with Nature BOOK 3: Nature Has Rights: Environmental Ethics, Deep Ecology, and the Moral Status of the Nonhuman World is a deep and accessible exploration of one of the most urgent philosophical questions of our time: does nature have intrinsic value beyond human use? As ecological crises accelerate across the globe, traditional human centered ethical frameworks are increasingly unable to explain, justify, or prevent widespread environmental harm. This book examines the ethical foundations behind...

Natural Law and Human Order: Exploring the Enduring Philosophy of Justice, Morality, and Society takes readers on a journey through one of the most influential ideas in human history. From the ancient Greeks and Romans to Thomas Aquinas, John Locke, and modern legal theorists, natural law has shaped how we think about justice, morality, rights, and the role of government. This book unpacks the evolution of natural law across centuries, showing how it informed revolutions, legal systems, and human rights frameworks that continue to guide our world today. Accessible yet deeply researched, ...