2 books tagged with ethics, sorted by rating.
by Rebecca Skloot
by Aristotle
Rebecca Skloot tells the story of Henrietta Lacks, a Black woman whose cancer cells were taken without her knowledge in 1951 and became one of the most important tools in medicine. Known as HeLa cells, they helped develop the polio vaccine and countless other breakthroughs, yet Henrietta's family never knew.
Aristotle's foundational work on ethics explores the concept of "eudaimonia" — human flourishing — and argues that the good life is achieved through the practice of virtue. Covering friendship, justice, pleasure, and the contemplative life, it remains one of the most influential works in moral philosophy.
