Seumas Miller provides an exciting new philosophical theory of contemporary social institutions and the ethical challenges they confront.

Seumas Miller is Foundation Director of the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics and Professor of Philosophy at Charles Sturt University and the Australian National University. He is the author of a number of books, including Social Action: A Teleological Account, Corruption and Anti-Corruption (with P. Roberts and E. Spence), Ethical Issues in Policing (with J. Blackler), and Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism: Ethics and Liberal Democracy.

Introduction to 'the moral foundations of social institutions'; Part I. Theory: 1. A teleological account of institutions; 2. The moral foundations of institutions; 3. Individual autonomy: agency and structure; 4. Collective moral responsibility; 5. Institutional corruption; Part II. Applications: 6. The professions; 7. Welfare institutions; 8. The university; 9. The police; 10. The business corporation; 11. Institutions and information and communication technology; 12. Government.