What is morality? How do we define what is right and wrong? How does moral theory help us deal with ethical issues in the world around us?This second edition provides an engaging and stimulating introduction to philosophical thinking about morality. Christopher Bennett provides the reader with accessible examples of contemporary and relevant ethical problems, before looking at the main theoretical approaches and key philosophers associated with them. Topics covered include:

How do we punish others socially, and should we do so? In her 2018 Descartes Lectures for Tilburg University, Linda Radzik explores the informal methods ordinary people use to enforce moral norms, such as telling people off, boycotting businesses, and publicly shaming wrongdoers on social media. Over three lectures, Radzik develops an account of what social punishment is, why it is sometimes permissible, and when it must be withheld. She argues that the proper aim of social punishment is t...

An all new Star Trek e-novella featuring the fan-favorite Federation bureau the Department of Temporal Investigations!The stalwart agents of the Department of Temporal Investigations have tracked down many dangerous artifacts, but now they face a greater, more personal challenge: retrieving a time-travel device stolen from their own vault by a rogue agent of the Aegis, a powerful, secretive group that uses its mastery of time to prevent young civilizations...

A powerful Star Trek saga spanning decades of exploration, sacrifice, and survival, Mere Anarchy follows Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the USS Enterprise as their fate becomes inseparably bound to one endangered world.Mestiko: a world on the brink of interstellar travel—and one that is closely and discreetly monitored by the Federation. But when a rogue pulsar sweeps through the star system, threatening to destroy all life on their planet,...

The mysterious "missing years" of Captain Picard's life—before he commanded the Enterprise—are revealed at last in this Star Trek: The Next Generation novel!Jean-Luc Picard. His name has gone down in legend as the captain of the U.S.S. Stargazer and two starships Enterprise. But the nine years of his life leading up to the inaugural mission of the U.S.S. Enterprise to Farpoint Station have remained a mystery—until now, as Picard's lost er...

An original novel set in the universe of Star Trek: Enterprise!The United Federation of Planets has weathered its first major crisis, but its growing pains are just beginning. Admiral Jonathan Archer hopes to bring the diverse inhabitants of the powerful and prosperous Rigel system into the Federation, jump-starting the young nation’s growth and stabilizing a key sector of space. Archer and the Federation’s top diplomats journey to the planetoid Babel to d...

Collecting three classic fan-favorite Spider-Man novels together for the first time in a brand-new omnibus edition.THE DARKEST HOURS by Jim ButcherWhen Black Cat foils Spider-Man's attempts to stop the Rhino rampaging through Times Square, she informs him the Rhino is just a distraction. The real threat comes from a group of Ancients, members of the same race as the being called Morlun, seeking revenge for Spider-Man defeating them years before. Sp...

A Star Trek: The Next Generation novel in which Captain Picard faces a desperate race to stop the Borg from seizing quantum slipstream technology that could make the Collective unstoppableThe Starship Rhea has discovered a cluster of carbon planets that seems to be the source of the quantum energies rippling through a section of space. A landing party finds unusual life-forms inhabiting one of the planets. One officer, Lieutenant T’Ryssa Chen—a half-Vulcan...

In this X-Men adventure novel, an alien species seeking refuge on Earth pose an extinction-level threat to the planet.Hounded by a warship bent on its destruction, an alien spacecraft crashes to Earth. The X-Men race to the scene to help the aliens, but even though they come in peace, the beings onboard could cause mass death across the globe just by their presence.Now the X-Men face an impossible moral dilemma. These aliens deserve to be defended. But they a...

The Star Trek: Titan series continues in this unforgettable adventure.The USS Titan encounters a species of interstellar “whalers,” preying upon and exploiting a gigantic form of spaceborne life. Appalled but reluctant to rush to judgment, Captain Riker and his crew investigate, discovering a cosmic spawning ground near a region of active star-formation, which diverse but similar life-forms are using as an ecosystem. To stop the victimization of the creatu...

The “fifth season” saga of the Star Trek: Enterprise TV series continues with this action-packed original novel!Admiral Jonathan Archer has barely settled in as Starfleet Chief of Staff when new crises demand his attention. The Starfleet task force commanded by Captain Malcolm Reed continues its fight against the deadly Ware technology, but one of the task force ships is captured, its Andorian crew imprisoned by an interstellar Partnership that depends on ...

An all-new Star Trek e-novella featuring the Department of Temporal Investigations!The dedicated agents of the Federation Department of Temporal Investigations have their work cut out for them protecting the course of history from the dangers of time travel. But the galaxy is littered with artifacts that, in the wrong hands, could threaten reality. One of the DTI's most crucial jobs is to track down these objects and lock them safely away in the Federation...