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hardcover. This book aims to give an account, called Variabilism, of the moral significance of merely possible persons and to use Variabilism to illuminate abortion. In doing so it lays the groundwork for a more productive discussion on abortion. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFMA; MBDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 459.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048137916
- ISBN
- 9789048137916
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.89
€ 125.89
Paperback. A study of the abortion controversy in the United States. It examines the issues, people, and beliefs on both sides of the abortion conflict. It draws data from public documents and newspaper accounts, as well as over two hundred interviews with both pro-life and pro-choice activists. Series: California Series on Social Choice & Political Economy. Num Pages: 350 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 142 x 210 x 26. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520055971
- ISBN
- 9780520055971
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.18
€ 34.99
€ 25.18
Paperback. In this survey of Western attitudes and laws about abortion, Jeffrey Reiman argues that an overlooked clue to the solution of the moral problem lies in the unusual way in which we value the lives of individual human beings - namely, that we value them irreplaceably. Num Pages: 138 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 148 x 10. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 138
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847692088
- ISBN
- 9780847692088
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.95
€ 60.95
Paperback. Is it ever morally right to procure an abortion, to help procure one, or to perform one? This title surveys the philosophical arguments in favor of the moral permissibility of abortion and refutes them point by point. It presents a case for the pro-life position and a challenge to the philosophical arguments on behalf of the pro-choice position. Num Pages: 177 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813217307
- ISBN
- 9780813217307
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.02
€ 32.02
Paperback. Why has postwar Japanese abortion policy been relatively progressive, while contraception policy has been relatively conservative? The Japanese government legalized abortion in 1948 but did not approve the pill until 1999. This study argues that these contradictory policies flowed from different historical circumstances. Num Pages: 258 pages, 4 line illus., 4 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJP; JFMA; JHBD; JPQB; MBNH4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691070056
- ISBN
- 9780691070056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.72
€ 45.99
€ 32.72
Paperback. The issue of abortion forces a confrontation with the effects of poverty and economic inequalities, local moral worlds, and the cultural and social perceptions of the female body, gender, and reproduction. Based on extensive original field research, this provocative collection presents case studies from Asia. Editor(s): Whittaker, Andrea. Series: Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality. Num Pages: 268 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; JFMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 370. Local Dilemmas, Global Politics. Series: Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality. 268 pages, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Whittaker, Andrea. The issue of abortion forces a confrontation with the effects of poverty and economic inequalities, local moral worlds, and the cultural and social perceptions of the female body, gender, and reproduction. Based on extensive original field research, this provocative collection presents case studies from Asia. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1F; JFMA. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight: 370.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 268
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857457950
- ISBN
- 9780857457950
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.96
€ 44.96
hardcover. The issue of abortion forces a confrontation with the effects of poverty and economic inequalities, local moral worlds, and the cultural and social perceptions of the female body, gender, and reproduction. Based on extensive original field research, this provocative collection presents case studies from 7 countries in Asia. Editor(s): Whittaker, Andrea. Series: Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality. Num Pages: 270 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; JFMA; JFSJ1; MBNH4; MFK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 551.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781845457341
- ISBN
- 9781845457341
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.10
€ 159.10
Hardcover. First full-length study of attitudes to abortion in the early medieval west. Num Pages: 356 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3F; HBLC; HBTB; JFMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 163 x 36. Weight in Grams: 774.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- York Medieval Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903153574
- ISBN
- 9781903153574
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.57
€ 95.57
Paperback. Editor(s): Simpson, Jean. Num Pages: 59 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; JFMA; LNTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781631172977
- ISBN
- 9781631172977
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 98.52€ 75.16
€ 98.52
€ 75.16
paperback. This book examines how legislators have juggled their passions over abortion with standard congressional procedures. Num Pages: 240 pages, 13 b/w illus. 21 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFMA; JPHC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780521740043
- ISBN
- 9780521740043
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.35
€ 29.35
Paperback. Features many of the major Supreme Court decisions on abortion - as well as many majority, dissenting, and plurality opinions. This book sets these cases in political, historical, and philosophical context, and gives the reader a sense of what the issues in the constitutional law of abortion are likely to be in the future. Editor(s): Shapiro, Ian. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JFMA; L. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co.
- Edition
- Third Edition,3
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872209039
- ISBN
- 9780872209039
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.55
€ 21.99
€ 17.55
Hardcover. This book explores the absent and missing in debates about science and security. Through varied case studies, including biological and chemical weapons control, science journalism, nanotechnology research and neuroethics, the contributors explore how matters become absent, ignored or forgotten and the implications for ethics, policy and society. Editor(s): Rappert, Brian; Balmer, Brian. Series: Global Issues. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFMG; JPS; PDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137493729
- ISBN
- 9781137493729
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.95
€ 111.95
Hardback. This volume is the first major work to address acceptable risk -- a question at the core of biomedical research. It represents a major contribution towards clarifying the most central, but also the most controversial and complex issue in biomedical research law and bioethics. Series: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine. Num Pages: 312 pages, 15 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFMG; LNTM; MBGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 615.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2012
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400726772
- ISBN
- 9789400726772
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.54
€ 123.54
Hardback. Against Management argues that management is increasingly being seen as a problem, and not a solution. Martin Parker argues that managing is not the only way to organize and that managerialism is a global form of ideology, which is being used to justify considerable cruelty and inequality. Num Pages: 258 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFM; KJG; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 551.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745629254
- ISBN
- 9780745629254
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.71
€ 76.71
paperback. Against Management argues that management is increasingly being seen as a problem, and not a solution. Martin Parker argues that managing is not the only way to organize and that managerialism is a global form of ideology, which is being used to justify considerable cruelty and inequality. Num Pages: 258 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFM; KJG; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745629261
- ISBN
- 9780745629261
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.26
€ 25.26
Hardcover. Editor(s): Blocker, Jack S.; Fahey, David M.; Tyrrell, Ian R. Num Pages: 758 pages, 110. BIC Classification: GBC; HBT; JFFH; JFM; WBXD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 51. Weight in Grams: 2336.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 758
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781576078334
- ISBN
- 9781576078334
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 179.67€ 165.59
€ 179.67
€ 165.59
Paperback. Explores the moral terrain of America, analyzing the widely held perception that the nation is in moral decline. This book looks at the question from a variety of angles, examining traditional values, secular values, religious values, family values, economic values, and others. Num Pages: 328 pages, 29 line illus. 2 halftones. 29 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691127873
- ISBN
- 9780691127873
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.81
€ 36.99
€ 26.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFME; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 400. Good copy, minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Hachette Books Ireland
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- SKU
- KTG0000110
- ISBN
- 9781444791211
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFME; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 210. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Hachette Books Ireland
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTK0100583
- ISBN
- 9781444791228
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. An American Dilemma examines the application of the death penalty in the United States as it conflicts with obligations under the 1963 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations. Series: International Law, Crime, and Politics. Num Pages: 189 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFMC; LBBR; LNFX1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137270368
- ISBN
- 9781137270368
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.74
€ 63.74