Center Library
The Ethics Center maintains a small library of works in ethics and philosophy. Students, faculty and staff of WMU may check out books for four weeks. To check out a book, stop by the Center during office hours. Book donations are welcome.
Click here to browse the Center's holdings (Excel Spreadsheet). The collection may be searched by author, title, or the following subject categories:
- General Philosophy
These include “intro to philosophy” books, classic works, philosophy of science/epistemology, and political philosophy.
- General Ethics
These include general ethics anthologies and intro to ethics books.
- Business Ethics
These include anthologies, corporate responsibility, and managerial/employee rights.
- Biomedical Ethics
These include bioethics anthologies, healthcare issues, and end-of-life decisions.
- Journals
These consist of copies of journals owned by the Center – both general philosophy and ethics specifically.
- Legal Philosophy
These consist of books in general legal philosophy.
- Social Ethics
These consist of philosophy of public policy and race/gender/class issues.
- Other Ethics
These consist of books on specific topics, including academic/children’s ethics, environmental ethics, ethics and religion, war, communications/journalism, revenge, and lying.
- Critical Reasoning
Books on critical reasoning, argument analysis, and logic.