Although little known, Richard Price’s A Review of the Principal Questions in Morals (1758) is one of the most relevant texts of eighteenth-century moral philosophy. […]
The Global Spatial Revolution. Space, Power, Communication in the Air Age
Developing Carl Schmitt’s reflection on the power of the elements, Vegetti identifies in the advent of aerial spatiality the onset of a true spatial revolution, […]
The Political Languages of Western Civilisation. Rhetoric, Democracy and Populism
This essay begins with the study of ancient rhetoric to develop some philosophical reflections on which to base a historical reconstruction that will lead us, […]
Just in time. Theorising the contemporary
The interdisciplinary essays collected in this volume problematise the idea of ‘contemporary’ as the present. Adopting various philosophical, art theoretical and literary approaches, they demonstrate […]
On Fear. Perception and Strategies of Control in Seventeenth-century Philosophy
The volume considers the theories of the passions in Hobbes, Descartes and Spinoza. Particular attention is given to the passion of fear, highlighting how these […]
Moral Freedom in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
What do we mean by moral freedom? What are the necessary conditions required for it? Do the exponential advances and pervasive applications of artificial intelligence […]
Democratic Deliberation and Public Bioethics. The Role of Moderators in Moral and Political Disagreements
Since the 1990s, deliberative democracy has been the focus of increased scholarly attention, as well as the locus of initiatives intended to directly engage the […]
The Ideal and the Real. Studies in Pragmatism
The current volume provides an interpretation of American pragmatism according to which pragmatism is not opposed to metaphysics but instead represents a vital, non-dismissive, non-deflationary […]
Practical Rationality & Human Difference. Perspectives on and Beyond Alasdair Macintyre
One of the fundamental aspects of the cultural landscape of the last century has been the revival of philosophical anthropology, often in the form of […]