Concise Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics in the Social Sciences

Elgar Encyclopedias in the Social Sciences series

Edited by Tuija Takala, Research Manager and Matti Häyry, Professor of Philosophy of Management, Aalto University School of Business, Finland

Covering a vast array of disciplines, this prescient Encyclopedia analyzes the many roles that applied ethics plays in the social sciences. Entries scrutinize the various manifestations of ethics across a range of disciplines and subdisciplines such as animal studies, criminology, and global health.

''This rich and enlightening Encyclopedia is an immensely useful resource for social scientists, ethicists and others. In entries ranging from Addiction Studies to Welfare Economics, it reveals with brilliant clarity and depth the diverse and fruitful ways in which applied ethics goes to work in different areas of social research.''
– Garðar Ágúst Árnason, University of Akureyri, Iceland

‘This is a uniquely informative and insightful source of knowledge on the plethora of ways in which applied ethics is intertwined with the theory and practice of the social sciences.’
– Thomasine Kushner, Program in Medicine and Human Values, Sutter Health