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Resources

General Resources

General introductions to the nature of philosophy and to methods of reading and writing philosophy are available from the UFV Bookstore, Library, and Writing Centres.

Available from the UFV library

  • Jay F. Rosenberg's The Practice of Philosophy: A Handbook for Beginners
  • Paul A. Edwards (ed.), The Encyclopaedia of Philosophy: generally excellent except for its often biased articles on leftist philosophers.
  • D.J. O'Connor, A Critical History of Western Philosophy: standard work in the analytic tradition.
  • Frederick J. Coppleston, A History of Philosophy: standard work by a Jesuit (Aristotelian).

UFV Library article indexes, databases, and libguides

Philosophy web sites

  • Epistemé Links - contains philosophy material especially useful for undergraduate students of philosophy such as online encyclopaedias and dictionaries, aides for writing better papers, bibliographies, etc.

Material useful for Social Services students

  • Ethics Updates, one of the best general resources for learning about ethics.
  • Paul A. Edwards (ed.), The Encyclopaedia of Philosophy. Generally excellent except for its often biased articles on leftist philosophers.
  • D.J. O'Connor, A Critical History of Western Philosophy. Standard work in the analytic tradition.
  • Frederick J. Coppleston, A History of Philosophy. Standard work by a Jesuit (Aristotelian) (on three-day reserve at the UFV Library).
  • Frederick G. Reamer, Ethical Dilemmas in Social Services (HV41 R43)
  • Frederick G. Reamer, Social Work Values and Ethics (HV10.5 R427)
  • Elaine J. Vayda and Mary T. Satterfield, Law for Social Workers: a Canadian Guide (KE 450 S6 V39)
  • Professional Choices: Ethics at Work, National Association of Social Workers (HV40 P76)

Resources on the topic of occupational ethics

  • Ethics in America (BJ 1012 E85). An excellent series of video tapes on a variety of occupations.
  • Rena A. Gorlin, Codes of Professional Ethics (BJ 1725 C64)

Websites for policy research

Websites about specific policy issues

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