Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics
- 3rd Edition - August 1, 2026
- Latest edition
- Editor: Ruth Chadwick
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 5 7 1 5 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 5 7 1 6 - 5
The Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics, Third Edition, provides the reader with a unique and comprehensive source for the state of the debate in all the main areas of Applied Ethics, s… Read more
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The Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics, Third Edition, provides the reader with a unique and comprehensive source for the state of the debate in all the main areas of Applied Ethics, such as Bioethics (including genomics and other -omics), Medical Ethics, Environmental Ethics, Public Health Ethics, Media Ethics (including Social Media), Ethics in Politics and Public Life, Science and Engineering Ethics, Space Ethics, Ethics of International Relations and Warfare, Social Justice and Discrimination, Artificial Intelligence, Business Ethics, Professional Ethics and Codes of Conduct. In addition, it includes articles on the main theoretical approaches and their development, such as Utilitarianism, Kantian ethics, Feminist Ethics, Theories of Justice, the Capabilities Approach, Communitarianism, Solidarity, Liberalism. While some of the articles on particular topics are issue-based, others explore key concepts, such as consent, competence, personhood, definition of death, privacy.
Carefully crafted, well written, and thoroughly indexed, the encyclopedia helps users - whether they are students just beginning formal study of the broad field or specialists in a branch of psychology or social science - understand the field and how and why humans behave as we do. Each article features suggested readings pointing readers to additional sources for more information, a list of related websites, a 5-10 word glossary and a definition paragraph. A broad and inclusive table of contents ensures detailed investigation of historical and theoretical material as well as in-depth analysis of current issues. Editor-in-Chief Ruth Chadwick has put together a group of leading contributors ranging from philosophers to practitioners in the particular fields in question, to academics from disciplines such as law and economics.
- Major updates to content throughout; the number of sections has increased from 11 to 17 from second to third edition and several articles have been retired to be replaced with chapters on new topics.
- 150 new chapters and 240 updated chapters, 1 additional volume.
- Expanded coverage of topics such as: climate change, ethics in public life, AI, space ethics, refugees and migration
- Use of templates to increase consistency in chapter formatting across the work.
Social Science, Law and Psychology under and post grad students, Researchers and Professionals in Social Science, Law and Psychology, specifically those doing interdisciplinary work
A
Abortion
Accounting and Business Ethics
Acts and Omissions
Addiction
Adoption
Advance Directives
Advertising
Affirmative Action
Affordable Housing, Ethics of
Ageism
Agricultural Ethics
AIDS, Ethical Issues in Health Care
AIDS in the Developing World
Altruism and Economics
Anatomy, Ethics of
Animal Research
Animal Rights
Anthropocentrism
Appearance, Ethics of
Applied Ethics, Challenges to
Applied Ethics, Overview
Archaeological Ethics
Aristotelian Ethics
Artificial Intelligence
Arts, The
Auditing Practices
Authority in Education
Autonomy
B
Benefit Sharing
Biobanks
Biocentrism
Biodiversity
Bioethics, Overview
Bioinformatics and Ethics
Biometric Technologies, Ethical Implications
Biopower (Foucault)
Biotechnology
Bioterrorism
Border Control
Brain Death
Broadcast Journalism
Buddhism
Built Environment, Ethics and the
Business Ethics and Gender Issues
Business Ethics and the Quality of Life
Business Ethics, Overview
Business Practices and Agent Virtue
C
Capital Punishment
Care, Ethics of
Casuistry
Censorship
Child Abuse
Children’s Rights
Christian Ethics, Protestant
Christian Ethics, Roman Catholic
Citizenship
Civil Disobedience
Civilian Populations in War, Targeting of
Climate Change
Clinical Ethics
Cloning
Codes of Ethics
Collective Guilt
Communication Ethics
Communitarianism
Community Consent
Complementary Medicine
Computer and Information Ethics
Computer Security
Confidentiality, General Issues of
Confidentiality of Sources in Social Research
Conflict of Interest
Confucianism
Conjoined Twins
Conscientious Objection
Consequentialism and Deontology
Consumer Rights
Contractarian Ethics
Corporate Ethics, Reputation Management
Corporate Governance
Corporate Responsibility
Corporations, Ethics in
Cosmetic Surgery
Cosmopolitanism
Crime and Society
Custody of Children
Cyborgs
D
Darwinism
Death, Definition of
Death, Medical Aspects of
Death, Social Attitudes Toward
Deep Ecology
Defenses at Criminal Law
Democracy
Dental Ethics
Developing World Bioethics
Development Ethics
Development Issues, Environmental
Dignity
Disability, Definition within Law and Society
Disaster Relief
Discourse Ethics
Discrimination, Concept of
Distributive Justice, Theories of
Divorce
Do-Not-Resuscitate Decisions
Drugs, Moral and Legal Issues
Dual Use of Biotechnology
E
Ecological Balance
Economic Ethics, Overview
Economic Globalization and Ethico-Political Rights
Economies and Trust
Ectogenesis
Education Ethics, Civil Education
Egoism and Altruism
Elderly, Social Attitudes Toward
Election Strategies
Electronic Surveillance
Embryology, Ethics of
Environmental Compliance by Industry
Environmental Economics
Environmental Ethics, Overview
Environmental Impact Assessment
Environmental Justice
Epicureanism
Equality and Egalitarianism
Ethical Experiments
Ethical Expertise in Policy
Ethics and Policy
Ethics of a Sustainable World Population in 100 Years
Ethnocultural Minority Groups, Status and Treatment of
Eugenics
Euthanasia (Physician-Assisted Suicide)
Everyday Ethics
Evidence-Based Medicine
Evil, Problem of
Evolutionary Perspectives on Ethics
Executive Compensation
Existentialism
Exploitation
F
Family, The
Female Circumcision and Genital Mutilation
Feminist Ethics
Fetal Research
Fetus
Food Ethics
Forgery and Plagiarism
Freedom of Expression
Freudianism
Friendship
Functional Food and Personalized Nutrition
G
Gaia Hypothesis
Gambling in the United States
Game Theory
Gender Roles
Gene Therapy
Genetic Ancestry
Genetic Counseling
Genetic Engineering of Human Beings
Genetic Exceptionalism
Genetics and Behavior
Genetics and Crime
Genetics and Insurance
Genetic Screening
Genomic Databases, Ethical Issues in
Global Access to Knowledge
Global Ethics, Approaches
Global Ethics, Overview
Global Public Goods
Greek Ethics, Overview
Gun Control
H
Health and Disease, Concepts of
Health Impact Assessment
Health Technology Assessment
Hedonism
Hermeneutics
Hinduism
Historical Evidence in Medical Ethics, Use of
Homelessness
Homicide, Criminal
Homosexuality, Societal Attitudes Toward
Human Enhancement
Human Genome Project
Human Nature, Views of
Human Research Subjects, Selection of
Human Rights
Humanism
I
Imperialism
Improper Payments and Gifts
Indigenous Rights
Infectious Diseases
Infertility
Informed Consent
Innovation, Definition of
Intellectual Property Rights
Intelligence Testing
Internet, Regulation and Censorship
Intrinsic and Instrumental Value
Islam
J
Journalism Ethics
Judaism
Jury Conduct
Just War Theory
Justice in International Research
Juvenile Crime
K
Kantianism
L
Land Use Issues
Leadership, Ethics of
Liberalism
Life, Concept of
Literature and Ethics
Loyalty
M
Machiavellianism
Marxism and Ethics
Media Depiction of Ethnic Minorities
Media Organizations as Social Institutions
Media Ownership
Medical Codes and Oaths
Medical Ethics, History of
Medical Ethics, Use of Empirical Evidence in
Medical Futility
Medical Humanities
Mental Disorder, Concept of
Mercy and Forgiveness
Migration
Military Ethics
Mobility (Migration)
Mobility (Transport)
Moral Development
Moral Particularism
Moral Relativism
Multidisciplinary Approaches to Ethics
N
Nanotechnology
Native American Cultures
Nature versus Nurture
Needs and Justice
Neuroethics/Brain Imaging
Normative Coherence, Theory of
Nuclear Deterrence
Nuclear Testing
Nuclear Warfare
Nursing
Nutrigenomics
O
Obesity
Objectivity in Reporting
Open Source Software
Organ Donation and Transplantation
Organizations and Guidelines
P
Pacifism
Painism
Palliative Care
Parliamentary Ethics
Patents
Paternalism
Patients’ Rights
Payment of Research Subjects, Ethical Issues in
Pedophilia
Perfectionism
Personal Relationships
Personalism
Personalized Medicine and Promissory Science
Persuasive Technology
Pharmacogenetics
Physiotherapy, Ethics of
Placebo Treatment
Platonism
Playing God
Police Accountability
Police and Race Relations
Political Correctness
Political Ecology
Political Obligation
Population Health Data
Pornography
Poststructuralism
Poverty
Pragmatism
Precautionary Principle
Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis
Preventive Medicine
Principlism
Privacy, Challenges to
Privacy, Ethics of
Professional Ethics
Property Rights
Prostitution
Proteomics
Psychiatric Ethics
Psychiatry, Coercive Treatment
Psychosurgery and Physical Brain Manipulation
Public Engagement in Science and Technology
Public Health Ethics
Public Life
Publish-or-Perish Syndrome
R
Race and Genomics
Racism
Randomized Trials
Rape
Reality TV
Refugees
Regenerative Medicine
Religion and Ethics
Religion in Schools
Reproductive Technologies, Overview
Research Ethics, Clinical
Research Ethics Committees
Research Funding and Academic Freedom
Research Governance
Resource Allocation
Responsibility
Right to Know and Right Not to Know
Rights Theory
Risk Governance in a Complex World
S
Safety Laws
Savior Siblings
Science and Engineering Ethics, Overview
Scientific Publishing
Scientific Responsibility and Misconduct
Self-Deception
Sen’s “Capabilities” and Economic Welfare
Sex Equality
Sex Selection
Sexism
Sexual Content in Films and Television
Sexual Orientation
Sikhism
Slavery and Human Trafficking
Slippery Slope Arguments
Social Ethics, Overview
Socially Responsible Investment
Social Networking Sites
Social Responsibility Principle
Social Security
Social Services Ethics, Overview
Social Welfare, Provision and Finance
Social Work
Solidarity
Space Ethics
Speciesism
Sports, Ethics of
Stem Cells
Stewardship
Stoicism
Strikes
Suggestion, Ethics of
Suicide (Not Assisted)
Sustainability
Synthetic Biology
T
Tabloid Journalism
Taoism
Technology Assessment, Analytic and Democratic Practice
Technology, Ethics of: Overview
Technology Transfer
Terrorism
Theories of Ethics, Overview
Theories of Justice, Rawls
Therapeutic Misconception
Thomism
Tourism
Trade Law and Globalization
Transhumanism
Transsexualism
Trust
Truth Telling and Journalism
U
Undercover Investigations, Ethics of
Utilitarianism
V
Vegetarianism
Veterinary Ethics
Victimless Crimes
Violence in Films and Television
Virtual Communities, Ethics of
Virtue Ethics
W
Warfare, Codes of
Welfare Policies
Whistleblowing
Wildlife Conservation
Women’s Rights
Workplace Ethics: Issues for Human Service Professionals in the New Millennium
X
Xenotransplantation
Z
Zoological Parks
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- Published: August 1, 2026
- Language: English
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Ruth Chadwick
Ruth Chadwick is Distinguished Research Professor and Director of the ESRC (Economic and Social Sciences Research Council) Centre for Economic and Social Aspects of Genomics (Cesagen), at Cardiff University, UK and Link Chair between Cardiff Law School and the School of English, Communication and Philosophy (ENCAP). Professor Chadwick has coordinated a number of projects funded by the European Commission, including the EUROSCREEN projects and co-edits the journal Bioethics and the online journal Genomics, Society and Policy. She is Chair of the Human Genome Organisation Committee on Ethics, Law and Society, and has served as a member of several policy-making and advisory bodies, including the Panel of Eminent Ethical Experts of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), and the UK Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes (ACNFP). She was editor-in-chief of the first edition of the award winning Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics. She is an Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences and a Fellow of the Hastings Center, New York; of the Royal Society of Arts; and of the Royal Society of Medicine. In 2005 she was the winner of the World Technology Network Award for Ethics for her work on the relationship between scientific developments and ethical frameworks. She graduated with first class Honours Literae Humaniores (Philosophy and Greek and Latin Literature) from the University of Oxford, and then went on to take the B.Phil. in Philosophy. She was awarded her D.Phil. on The Ethics of Eugenics and Genetic Engineering, supervised by Jonathan Glover. She completed an LL.B. (externally) at the University of London. She held positions at the University of Liverpool, St. Martins College, Lancaster, and University of Wales, Cardiff, before taking up her post as Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Central Lancashire. In June 1995 she became Head of the Centre for Professional Ethics at the University, a position she still holds. She has coordinated a number of multinational and multidisciplinary research projects funded by the European Union: Ethical Implications of Human Genome Analysis for Clinical Practice in Medical Genetics, with Special Reference to Genetic Counselling (1992); EUROSCREEN: Genetic Screening--Ethical and Philosophical Perspectives (1994–1996); BIOCULT: Cultural and Social Objections to Biotechnology, with Special Reference to the View of Young People (1995); EUROSCREEN 2: Genetic Screening--Towards Community Policy on Insurance, Commercialisation and Public Awareness (1996–1999). Her publications include the four volume edited collection, Kant: Critical Assessments (1992); Ethics, Reproduction and Genetic Control (Revised Edition, 1992);and a large number of papers in learned journals. She is joint series editor of the Routledge series on Professional Ethics. Professor Chadwick is secretary of the International Association of Bioethics and a member of the HUGO Ethics committee, the National Committee for Philosophy and the British Medical Association Steering Group on Human Genetics.
Affiliations and expertise
Distinguished Research Professor and Director, ESRC (Economic and Social Sciences Research Council) Centre for Economic and Social Aspects of Genomics (Cesagen), at Cardiff University, UK