Featured Titles
Introductory Ethics
An Introduction to Moral Philosophy
Third Edition
This brief introduction to ethics stimulates independent thought, emphasizes real-world examples, and provides clear and engaging introductions to key moral theories and the thinkers behind them.
Readings in Moral Philosophy
Second Edition
A more diverse selection of philosophers and ethical issues than any other book of its kind. Offers an ideal collection of important readings in moral theory and compelling issues in applied ethics.
Doing Ethics
Moral Reasoning, Theory, and Contemporary Issues
Seventh Edition
The #1 introductory ethics textbook: a moral theory primer, a moral reasoning handbook, and an applied ethics anthology, all in one affordable volume. Clear writing, remarkably effective pedagogy, and the InQuizitive adaptive learning tool reinforce core concepts and invite students to think critically about the material.
Deciding What’s Right
A Practical Guide to Moral Theory
With deeper coverage of applied ethics than any text of its kind, Deciding What’s Right empowers students with the knowledge and skills they need to navigate moral quandaries with confidence and integrity. Evocative cases, rich pedagogy, and sustained emphasis on critical thinking bring moral theory to life.
Introduction to Philosophy
The Norton Introduction to Philosophy
Second Edition
Provides clear yet thorough topic intros, historical context, reading guides, and exclusive commissioned essays by leading contemporary philosophers for undergraduates.
History of Philosophy
Norton Anthology of Western Philosophy
After Kant
Volume 1: The Interpretive Tradition &
Volume 2: The Analytic Tradition
A comprehensive introduction to the predominantly European interpretive tradition of philosophy after Kant in one volume, and to the now predominantly Anglo-American analytic tradition in the other.
Critical Thinking / Logic
The Art of Reasoning
An Introduction to Logic
Fifth Edition
The most effective text for teaching logic today, featuring a new chapter on cognitive biases, along with problem sets that encourage incremental learning. Now with InQuizitive, an award-winning adaptive learning tool that facilitates mastery of core concepts.
Select Primary Source Readers
Leviathan
Thomas Hobbes
A faithfully edited edition which situates this foundational work in its historical and intellectual context for today’s students, with spelling and punctuation thoughtfully modernized and archaic terms annotated throughout.
Fear and Trembling
Søren Kierkegaard
Kirmmse’s new translation, which definitively demonstrates Kierkegaard’s enduring power to illuminate the terrible wonder of faith.
Discourses of the Elders
The Aztec Huehuetlatolli
A First English Translation
A philosophy grounded not in a transcendent divinity, afterlife, or individualism, but in a rooted
communal life.
Utilitarianism
John Stuart Mill
Edited by Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek and Peter Singer, this complete text of the1879 edition situates the work within its historical and intellectual contexts for today’s students.
The Prince
A Norton Critical Edition
Niccolò Machiavelli
An accurate and readable translation of Machiavelli's famous political treatise, with additional sources and an introduction to the author, his world, and the text.
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
A Norton Critical Edition
Mary Wollstonecraft
The pioneering feminist work of the French Revolution, revised and expanded to include backgrounds and contexts and six seminal essays on the work.
Select Trade Titles
Reality+
Virtual Worlds and the Problems of Philosophy
David J. Chalmers
A leading philosopher takes a mind-bending journey through virtual worlds, illuminating the nature of reality and our place within it.
Question Everything
A Stone Reader
Peter Catapano & Simon Critchley
An essential addition to the Stone Reader series, Question Everything is a groundbreaking collection of philosophical essays from some of our foremost thinkers and storytellers.
Think Like a Feminist
The Philosophy Behind the Revolution
Carol Hay
An audacious and accessible guide to feminist philosophy—its origins, its key ideas, and its latest directions.
The Lies that Bind
Rethinking Identity
Kwame Anthony Appiah
From the best-selling author of Cosmopolitanism comes this revealing exploration of how the collective identities that shape our polarized world are riddled with contradiction.
Conscience
The Origins of Moral Intuition
Patricia S. Churchland
Conscience, a finalist for the PEN /
E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award, explores why all social groups have moral systems and how these systems are formed
Logic Made Easy
Inquiry Edition and Inquiry Edition
with Sources
Deborah J. Bennett
This brilliantly clear and gratifyingly concise treatment of the ancient Greek discipline identifies the illogical in everything from street signs to tax forms.
Make your course more inclusive
The Norton Guide to Equity-Minded Teaching offers concrete steps to help any instructor striving to ensure that all students—and, in particular, historically underserved students—have an equal chance for success.
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