Ethics & moral philosophy
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Ethics & moral philosophy
Hardback. * This is an engaging new book from one of the most influential and widely read sociologists in the world today * Bauman, in conversation with Leonidas Donskis, reflects on the nature of evil in our liquid modern world. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFF; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509508112
- ISBN
- 9781509508112
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.30
€ 66.30
Paperback. When Freud wrote his classic Civilization and its Discontents, he was concerned with repression. Modern civilization depends upon the constraint of impulse, the limiting of self expression. Today, in the time of modernity, Bauman argues, Freuda s analysis no longer holds good, if it ever did. Num Pages: 232 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745617916
- ISBN
- 9780745617916
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.01
€ 26.01
Paperback.
Evil is not confined to war or to circumstances in which people are acting under extreme duress. Today it more frequently reveals itself in the everyday insensitivity to the suffering of others, in the inability or refusal to understand them and in the casual turning away of one s ethical gaze. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745662756
- ISBN
- 9780745662756
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 23.57
€ 23.99
€ 23.57
Hardback. When Freud wrote his classic Civilization and its Discontents, he was concerned with repression. Modern civilization depends upon the constraint of impulse, the limiting of self expression. Today, in the time of modernity, Bauman argues, Freuda s analysis no longer holds good, if it ever did. Num Pages: 232 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 237 x 24. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745617909
- ISBN
- 9780745617909
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.14
€ 73.14
Hardcover. Unde malum from where does evil come? That is the question that has plagued humankind ever since Eve, seduced by the serpent, tempted Adam to taste the forbidden fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745687117
- ISBN
- 9780745687117
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.18
€ 73.18
Paperback. Unde malum from where does evil come? That is the question that has plagued humankind ever since Eve, seduced by the serpent, tempted Adam to taste the forbidden fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 264 x 17. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745687124
- ISBN
- 9780745687124
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.50
€ 23.50
paperback. Ethics stem from the concepts of role-related obligations and moral vision, per Rowan and Zinaich (Purdue U. Calumet.) In the initial scan across professions, contributors in 51 reprinted papers discuss moral theories, perspectives on professional ethics, employee rights (including a call to focus o Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; KJG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 189 x 23. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Wadsworth Publishing United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780155069992
- ISBN
- 9780155069992
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 146.97
€ 146.97
Paperback. An English version of a work first published in 1934. It addresses a number of fundamental problems in moral knowledge, such as: how moral knowledge differs from other practical knowledge; the controlled range of meanings of moral knowledge; and whether politics is part of moral philosophy. Translator(s): McInerny, Ralph. Num Pages: 98 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPK; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 168 x 214 x 8. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 98
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823221042
- ISBN
- 9780823221042
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.08
€ 37.99
€ 34.08
Paperback. "A fine example of the reliable research and precise description so long associated with Simon's writings."-Library Journal Num Pages: 167 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 3233 x 4531 x 13. Weight in Grams: 193.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 167
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823208418
- ISBN
- 9780823208418
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.05
€ 41.99
€ 37.05
Paperback. Analyzes twenty ethical issues that address education and culture, labor and economy, democracy and cosmopolitanism and life and death. In this book each chapter describes a concrete example showing the relevance of the fundamental ethical question. It provides an explanation between personal, professional, and institutional ethics. Translator(s): McNeil, Brian. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626161658
- ISBN
- 9781626161658
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.98
€ 45.98
hardcover. Responsibility is the queen of modern virtues, Winston Davis argues, even if there is no consensus as to what responsibility means. These essays, by scholars of philosophy, anthropology, history, religious studies, classics and law, encompass conceptions of responsibility around the globe. Series: Studies in Religion and Culture. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HR; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813920504
- ISBN
- 9780813920504
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.50
€ 109.50
Paperback. 'The book is not only valuable, it is readable and..featur[es] three sterling chapters toward the end.'-COMMONWEAL Series: Ethics & Religious Values in Business S. Num Pages: 204 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; KJG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 149 x 11. Weight in Grams: 281.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847677474
- ISBN
- 9780847677474
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.17
€ 66.17
Tackles various perspectives on debates about distinctly Christian ethics. This title argues that we need to reframe the arena in which moral questions are asked. It engages a range of positions, exploring modern issues such as moral and cultural relativism, globalization, problems of consumption and violence, and religious pluralism. Num Pages: 272 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRA; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405113441
- ISBN
- 9781405113441
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 177.91
€ 177.91
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405198578
- ISBN
- 9781405198578
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.65
€ 40.99
€ 40.65
Paperback. Num Pages: 475 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPQ; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 836.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 475
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865973817
- ISBN
- 9780865973817
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.73
€ 15.99
€ 12.73
Hardback. Offers an interpretation of the nature and scope of practical reasoning in light of postmodern philosophical criticism. This title charts a via media between the abstract formalism of neo-Kantian morality and relativist interpretations of neo-Aristotelian ethics. It treats the eclipse of the classical Aristotelian conception of practical reason. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 425.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878405657
- ISBN
- 9780878405657
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.24
€ 75.24
Paperback. An analysis of the definition of courage and the "mystery of bravery". This book utilizes soldiers' memoirs, heroic and romantic literature and philosophical discussions to analyze the link between courage and fear and expose the role of courage in generating anxieties of manhood and masculinity. Num Pages: 360 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HPQ; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 234 x 23. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674008267
- ISBN
- 9780674008267
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.57
€ 41.99
€ 34.57
Paperback. Does disgust bring order and meaning to lives? Does it help to animate the world, and make it a more dangerous, magical and exciting place? The author analyzes the world of disgust and makes these points, arguing that disgust and contempt play roles in creating and maintaining social hierarchy. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674031555
- ISBN
- 9780674031555
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.44
€ 33.99
€ 28.44
paperback. William Simon, a legal theorist with experience in practice, here argues that the profession's standard approach to questions of legal ethics is incoherent and implausible, insisting the critical weakness is the style of judgment. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; LAT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780674002753
- ISBN
- 9780674002753
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.13
€ 46.99
€ 39.13
Hardback. Since the end of World War II, runaway fears of Soviet imperialism, global terrorism, and anarchy have tended to drive American foreign policy toward an imperial agenda. This title draws on America's religious and political history and examines two concepts at play in the founding of the country - contractual and covenantal. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPQ; JHB; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589017658
- ISBN
- 9781589017658
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.88
€ 74.88