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Ethical issues & debates

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Ethical issues & debates

Paperback. In Fungible Life Aihwa Ong traces the revolutionary scientific developments in Asia by investigating how biomedical centers in Biopolis, Singapore and China mobilize ethnicized "Asian" bodies and health data for genomic research. Num Pages: 312 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; JFMG; JHMC; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822362647
ISBN
9780822362647
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.79

Hardback. In Fungible Life Aihwa Ong traces the revolutionary scientific developments in Asia by investigating how biomedical centers in Biopolis, Singapore and China mobilize ethnicized "Asian" bodies and health data for genomic research. Num Pages: 312 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; JFMG; JHMC; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 20. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822362494
ISBN
9780822362494
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.56

Hardback. How can works of the imagination help us to understand good and evil in the modern world? In this new collection of essays, Alex Danchev treats the artist as a crucial moral witness of our troubled times, and puts art to work in the service of political and ethical inquiry. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: AC; JFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474428002
ISBN
9781474428002
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. Explores the long and unsettled history of eugenics in the United States. This book includes shocking details demonstrating that eugenics continues to inform institutional and reproductive injustice. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 424 pages, 17 b/w. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFMA; JFMG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
424
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520285064
ISBN
9780520285064
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.23

Paperback. Ethical Psychological Practice goes far beyond the basics of ethical theory to show how experts in the field are debating and re-interpreting ethical doctrines to create workable policies and principles for today and tomorrow. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFM; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 214 x 143 x 13. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470683651
ISBN
9780470683651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 76.99

Paperback. Bad Girls & Dirty Pictures is a much-needed antidote to falsehoods, and patronizing sexism fuelling anti-pornography campaigns misleading the women's movement. Num Pages: 186 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFMD; JFMP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 140 x 254 x 15. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780745305240
ISBN
9780745305240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 27.04

Paperback. Alison Hills carefully examines the arguments for both sides and defends a practical, liveable idea of the ethics of animals, dsitinguishing ways in which animals are our equals from ways in which they are not. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFZ; JFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 245. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Icon Books Ltd
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KSS0002894
ISBN
9781840466232
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Human enhancement has become a major concern in debates about the future of contemporary societies. This interdisciplinary book is devoted to clarifying the underlying ambiguities of these debates, and to proposing novel ways of exploring what human enhancement means and understanding what practices, goals and justifications it entails. Series: Health Technology and Society. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFMG; PDR; PSAD; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 24. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137530066
ISBN
9781137530066
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.19

Hardcover. Series: French Politics, Society and Culture. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; JFC; JFFE3; JFMX; JFSJ; JPQB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 137 x 22. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403993311
ISBN
9781403993311
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.76

Paperback. Debates the question of whether family preservation or adoption serves the best interests of abused and neglected children. Arguing the merits of keeping families together whenever possible, this title examines the background, theory, and effectiveness of family preservation programs. Series: Controversies in Public Policy Series. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE1; JFM; JHBK; JKSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878407873
ISBN
9780878407873
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.26

Hardback. Traces the social history of early modern Japan's sex trade, from its beginnings in seventeenth-century cities to its apotheosis in the nineteenth-century countryside. Drawing on legal codes, diaries, town registers, petitions, and criminal records, this title describes how the work of selling women transformed communities across the archipelago. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 282 pages, 7 b/w photographs, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3J; HBJF; HBLH; HBTB; JFMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 534. Prostitution, Markets, and the Household in Early Modern Japan. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. 282 pages, Illustrations. Traces the social history of early modern Japan's sex trade, from its beginnings in seventeenth-century cities to its apotheosis in the nineteenth-century countryside. Drawing on legal codes, diaries, town registers, petitions, and criminal records, this title describes how the work of selling women transformed communities across the archipelago. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3J; HBJF; HBLH; HBTB; JFMX. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 22. Weight: 534.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520270909
ISBN
9780520270909
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.36
€ 65.54

Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTS; JFFE2; JFMX; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231172622
ISBN
9780231172622
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.82
€ 90.75

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTS; JFFE2; JFMX; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 267 x 16. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231172639
ISBN
9780231172639
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. A study of how women's views of television and the media relate to their personal stance on abortion. Over four years, the authors watched television with women, visiting city houses, suburban subdivisions, modern condominiums, and public housing projects. Here are the results of that research. Series: Morality and Society Series. Num Pages: 202 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JFMA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226680323
ISBN
9780226680323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.14

Hardback. Examining the successful movements to abolish capital punishment in the UK, France, and Germany, this book examines the similarities in the social structure and political strategies of abolition movements in all three countries. An in-depth comparative analysis with other countries assesses chances of success of abolition elsewhere. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; JFMC; JKVP; LAM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230231986
ISBN
9780230231986
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.21

Hardcover. A comprehensive review of recent scientific evidence examining the contributions of animal experimentation to human healthcare. The book also explores toxicity prediction, animal use during life and health sciences education, impacts on student attitudes toward animals, and the extent to which animals suffer in laboratories. Series: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ; JFMG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230243927
ISBN
9780230243927
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.51

Hardback. Provides an account of the abortion controversy globally. This book examines how this issue is being played out beyond the established western liberal democracies and how the Catholic Church and other groups engage it worldwide. Num Pages: 263 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
263
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333721933
ISBN
9780333721933
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.00

Paperback. Provides an account of the abortion controversy globally. This book examines how this issue is being played out beyond the established western liberal democracies and how the Catholic Church and other groups engage it worldwide. Num Pages: 246 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333754641
ISBN
9780333754641
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.73

Paperback. Can animals be regarded as part of the moral community? To what extent, if at all, do they have moral rights? Are we wrong to eat them? This title traces the background of these debates from Aristotle to Darwin and sets out the views of numerous contemporary philosophers with ethical theories ranging from utilitarianism to eco-feminism. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFFZ; JFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 227 x 179 x 14. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Broadview Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551119762
ISBN
9781551119762
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 48.82

Hardback. Was Salman Rushdie right to have written The Satanic Verses? Were the protestors right to have done so? What about the Danish cartoons? This book examines the moral questions raised by cultural controversies, and how intercultural dialogue might be generated within multicultural societies. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRH; JFMD; JPVH2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
259
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137466075
ISBN
9781137466075
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

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