Open Educational Resources

Textbook provides an overview of the current debates about the nature and extent of our moral obligations to animals. Which, if any, uses of animals are morally wrong, which are morally permissible and why? CC BY-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike) license.

Textbook providing an introduction to formal logic for students taking a course in logic or critical thinking. It takes the unique approach of teaching logic through intellectual history using examples from important and celebrated arguments in philosophy to illustrate logical principles. CC BY-NC-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike) license.

Textbook that shows how students can become good at everyday reasoning with both wit and philosophical care. It starts with attitude and develops a system for clarifying and evaluating arguments. CC BY-NC (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial) license.

Textbook in practical epistemology that examines the notion of evidence and assumes that good evidence is the essence of rational thinking. CC BY (Creative Commons Attribution) license.

Series of four Introduction to philosophy textbooks: ethics; logic; philosophy of mind; and philosophy of religion. CC BY (Creative Commons Attribution) license.

Textbook in modern philosophy that combines readings from primary sources with two pedagogical tools. Paragraphs in italics introduce figures and texts, and numbered study questions ask students to reconstruct an argument or position from the text, or draw connections among the readings. CC BY-NC-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike) license.

Series of philosophy textbooks published by Open Book Publishers. Includes: Plato's republic; Foundations of moral relativism; Ethics for A-levels; and Metaethics from a first person standpoint. Various Creative Commons licenses.

Collection of over 100 free tutorials on different aspects of thinking skills from the University of Hong Kong. CC BY-NC-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike) license.

Collection of PowerPoint presentations and Chines texts with English translations created by the University of Edinburgh for use in their Introduction to Chinese Philosophy short course. CC BY-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike) license.

Video series created by the University of Edinburgh for their Introduction to Philosophy open online course. CC BY-NC (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial) license.

Website with readings, books, and other resources to support philosophy courses of study. Courses include: Introduction to philosophy, Introduction to logic, Scientific reasoning, Ethics, and Eastern philosophy. CC BY (Creative Commons Attribution) license.

Podcast series from the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Oxford. Only episodes with a (CC) symbol next to their title are available under a CC BY-NC-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike) license.

Website related to Western philosophy. It includes a dictionary of terms and names, survey of the history of philosophy, timeline, discussion of major philosophers, and study guide. CC BY-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike) license.

Website that provides strategies and resources for instructors who teach philosophy courses, especially at the introductory level. CC BY-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike) license.

Online self-directed courses in philosophy that help students make sense of controversial issues involving ethics, politics, the environment, and society. Asides from final exams content created by Saylor Academy is CC BY (Creative Commons Attribution) licensed. Various licenses for third party material.

Philosophy courses ranging from introductory to advanced level from the Open University. CC BY-NC-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike) license.

Courses from the Yale University Department of Philosophy: Philosophy and the science of human nature, and Death. CC BY-NC-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike) license.

Courses in philosophy as taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Content varies but can include lecture notes, videos, assignments with solutions, student project examples etc. CC BY-NC-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike) license but courses may refer to copyright material.