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Ethical issues & debates

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Ethical issues & debates

paperback. What Is Nanotechnology and Why Does It Matter? provides a balanced understanding of this important emerging technology and the social and ethical issues that come from it. The text starts with an introduction to the science of nanotechnology, and attends to basic issues and principles needed to evaluate nanotechnology's impact. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFMG; PDA; TBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781405175449
ISBN
9781405175449
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.41

Hardback. In this volume some of the world's authorities on embryology trace the tradition of enquiry over two and a half thousand years. The answers given in related cultures reflected the purposes to be served at different times, in medical practice, penitential discipline, canon law, common law, human feeling. Editor(s): Dunstan, G. R. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859893404
ISBN
9780859893404
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.40

Paperback. Drawn from the daughters and wives of the working poor and declasse elites, prostitutes in Shanghai were near the bottom of class and gender hierarchies. This title examines prostitution in Shanghai from the late nineteenth century. Num Pages: 603 pages, 26 b/w photographs, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; JFMX; JFSG; JFSJ1; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 44. Weight in Grams: 917.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
603
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520204393
ISBN
9780520204393
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 198 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFME; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 224 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748622474
ISBN
9780748622474
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 125.18
€ 119.92

Paperback. The pressing and universally relevant issue of euthanasia is debated in this volume. Series: Contemporary Ethical Debates. Num Pages: 158 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFME; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
158
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748618811
ISBN
9780748618811
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.47

Paperback. Climate change is arguably the great problem confronting humanity, but we have done little to head off this looming disaster. In The Perfect Moral Storm, Stephen Gardiner illuminates our dangerous inaction by placing the environmental crisis in an entirely new light, considering it as an ethical failure. Series: Environmental Ethics & Science Policy Series. Num Pages: 518 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM; RNP; RNPG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 734.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199985142
ISBN
9780199985142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.54

Hardcover. The role of law in government has been increasingly scrutinized as courts struggle with controversial topics such as assisted suicide, abortion, capital punishment, and torture. Drawing on works of literature and philosophy, as well as US Supreme Court decisions, this title examines the relationship between human nature and constitutional law. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFM; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813125336
ISBN
9780813125336
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.29

Paperback. The role of law in government has been increasingly scrutinized as courts struggle with controversial topics such as assisted suicide, abortion, capital punishment, and torture. Drawing on works of literature and philosophy, as well as US Supreme Court decisions, this title examines the relationship between human nature and constitutional law. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFM; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813192307
ISBN
9780813192307
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.43

paperback. George Cotkin looks at diverse yet central issues such as the problem of evil, moral responsibility, racial identity, and capital punishment, juxtaposed against events such as the bombing of civilians during World War II, the My Lai Massacre, and the invasion of Iraq to demonstrate that moral complexity and confusion can be productive. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; JFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812222494
ISBN
9780812222494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HRCC7; HRCV4; JFMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442205772
ISBN
9781442205772
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.04

Paperback. A well-informed presentation of the case against assisted suicide, with reference to politics, society and medicine. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCV; JFME. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 10. Weight in Grams: 208.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Lion Hudson Plc United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854249876
ISBN
9781854249876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.47

Hardback. Translation of: Les metamorphoses du gras. Translator(s): Delogu, C. Jon. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 296 pages, 25. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC; JFM; MMZF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231159760
ISBN
9780231159760
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. Abortion was one of Australia's most lucrative and longest-lasting criminal rackets. This book describes the rise and fall of an extraordinary web of influence, which culminated in the landmark ruling that made abortion legal, and a public inquiry that humiliated a powerful government and a glamorous police force. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; HBT; JFMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Melbourne University Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780522855784
ISBN
9780522855784
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.82

Paperback. Eleven diverse scholars interrogate the belief that polygamy is inherently harmful, questioning the ways in which society assigns value to family and intimacy, and its right to do so. Editor(s): Calder, Gillian; Beaman, Lori G. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM1; JFM; JHBK; LNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780774826167
ISBN
9780774826167
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.59

Hardback. This volume looks at pornography from a broad perspective and concludes that its widespread availability has contributed much to the controversy. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JFMP. Dimension: 228 x 152. Weight in Grams: 49. Good clean copy in dustwrapper. DW with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
SKU
KTG0013021
ISBN
9780521363174
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFMX; JFSK2; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226309101
ISBN
9780226309101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.00
€ 28.00

Hardback. Editor(s): Gross, Aaron Simon; Vallely, Anne. Num Pages: 392 pages, 24 halftones, 1 tables. BIC Classification: JFFZ; JFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231152969
ISBN
9780231152969
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.22
€ 90.75

Paperback. The social and political climate surrounding human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research is constantly changing, as is the science, with new developments occurring at a regular pace. Rapid changes can exacerbate fears, and fears often contribute to sweeping pronouncements and prohibitions that may not, ultimately, withstand rational scrutiny. Editor(s): Gruen, Lori; Grabel, Laura; Singer, Peter. Series: Metaphilosophy. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFFT; JFM; KNDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405160629
ISBN
9781405160629
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.63

Paperback. This text presents an approach to how Americans might resolve some of their most trying moral disagreements and live with those that will inevitably persist, on terms that all can respect. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFM; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674197664
ISBN
9780674197664
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.39

Paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFME. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 266 x 16. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Primedia E-launch LLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634439374
ISBN
9781634439374
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.90

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