Ethics & moral philosophy
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Ethics & moral philosophy
Paperback. As thinkers in the market for knowledge and agents aspiring to morally responsible action, we are inevitably subject to luck. This book presents a comprehensive new theory of luck in light of a critical appraisal of the literature's leading accounts, then brings this new theory to bear on issues in the theory of knowledge and philosophy of action. Series: Palgrave Innovations in Philosophy. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; HPM; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349459650
- ISBN
- 9781349459650
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.68
€ 62.68
Hardcover. Editor(s): Cockell, Charles S. Series: Space and Society. Num Pages: 237 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; PDA; TTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 213 x 20. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319180625
- ISBN
- 9783319180625
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.17
€ 154.17
Hardback. Humans have become so powerful that we have disrupted the functioning of the Earth System as a whole, bringing on a new geological epoch the Anthropocene one in which the serene and clement conditions that allowed civilisation to flourish are disappearing and we quail before 'the wakened giant'. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; RNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781509519743
- ISBN
- 9781509519743
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.12€ 49.54
€ 62.12
€ 49.54
Paperback. Humans have become so powerful that we have disrupted the functioning of the Earth System as a whole, bringing on a new geological epoch the Anthropocene one in which the serene and clement conditions that allowed civilisation to flourish are disappearing and we quail before 'the wakened giant'. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; RNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509519750
- ISBN
- 9781509519750
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.47
€ 23.99
€ 17.47
Paperback. Public policy responses to pressures for changes in the moral sphere have been sluggish and haphazard. Drawing together and adding to the latest thinking on morality, its causes, shifts, tensions, divergences and common features, Morality and Public Policy is intended to contribute to the rectification of this deficit. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JMH; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447323822
- ISBN
- 9781447323822
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 34.92
€ 35.99
€ 34.92
paperback. On Friday, October 7, 1988, the rescue operation of three young gray whales trapped in ice off the Arctic coast, cost more than a million dollars. Using the story as a touchstone for critical comparison, the author explores three major traditions of environmental philosophy: extensionism, ecofeminism's 'care' ethic, and Heideggerian Phenomenology. Illustrator(s): Mason, Charles. Series: Environmental Ethics, Values, & Policy. Num Pages: 210 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781566396165
- ISBN
- 9781566396165
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.12
€ 42.99
€ 38.12
Hardback. This book advances a post-metaphysical model for testing the validity of human rights principles. Specifically, it uses recent research from cognitive linguistics and ethics to ground a deliberative model based upon the Kantian reflective judgment. Num Pages: 170 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CF; HPQ; HPS; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 980.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 170
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402099854
- ISBN
- 9781402099854
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.81
€ 146.81
Paperback. This book presents a unique collection of the most relevant perspectives in contemporary human rights philosophy. Different intellectual traditions are brought together to explore some of the core postmodern issues challenging standard justifications. Editor(s): Corradetti, Claudio. Num Pages: 348 pages, 1 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JPA; LAB; LBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 539.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401784771
- ISBN
- 9789401784771
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.08
€ 122.08
Hardback. This book presents a unique collection of the most relevant perspectives in contemporary human rights philosophy. Different intellectual traditions are brought together to explore some of the core postmodern issues challenging standard justifications. Editor(s): Corradetti, Claudio. Num Pages: 319 pages, 1 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JPVH; LBBR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 689.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 319
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400723757
- ISBN
- 9789400723757
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.31
€ 123.31
Paperback. Series: Law and Philosophy Library. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2006
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048170968
- ISBN
- 9789048170968
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.33
€ 122.33
Hardback. Deals with the question of how we should go about using reasons to decide what to do. This book presents objections to the most common response given by contemporary legal and political theorists to the moral complexity of decision-making in modern societies. Series: Law and Philosophy Library. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402042829
- ISBN
- 9781402042829
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.22
€ 125.22
Hardback. Series: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine. Num Pages: 164 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; MJW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 243 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319324005
- ISBN
- 9783319324005
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.75
€ 111.75
Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, 66 colour illustrations, 9 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHM; JPVH; KCM; RGC; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 210. Weight in Grams: 919.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319504681
- ISBN
- 9783319504681
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.28
€ 74.28
Paperback. Editor(s): Walton, Clarence C. Series: Springer Studies in Work and Industry. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPA; KJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1990
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489922267
- ISBN
- 9781489922267
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 184.68
€ 184.68
Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231129053
- ISBN
- 9780231129053
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.74
€ 33.99
€ 24.74
Paperback. Series: Thinking in Action. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPM; HPQ; HRAB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 133 x 13. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415619141
- ISBN
- 9780415619141
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 36.46
€ 37.99
€ 36.46
Paperback. For better or for worse, for richer or for poorer: love and lies have always been the most intimate of bedfellows. And Clancy Martin - divorced twice, married three times - is no stranger to either. With help from Plato, Machiavelli, Raymond Carver and Pinocchio, here he explores the entanglements of love, truthfulness and deceit. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JMQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784700775
- ISBN
- 9781784700775
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.22
€ 11.99
€ 10.22
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812695861
- ISBN
- 9780812695861
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 24.92
€ 29.99
€ 24.92
Hardcover. How do mainstream film, television, advertising, videogames and newspapers engage with topics such as vivisection, hunting, animal performance, farming, meat eating and animal control? This book explores social, economic, ethical and cultural aspects of relationships between popular media forms and key animal issues. Series: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFD; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230239241
- ISBN
- 9780230239241
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.22
€ 143.22
Paperback. How do mainstream film, television, advertising, videogames and newspapers engage with topics such as vivisection, hunting, animal performance, farming, meat eating and animal control? This book explores social, economic, ethical and cultural aspects of relationships between popular media forms and key animal issues. Series: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AS; HPQ; HPS; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349316175
- ISBN
- 9781349316175
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 143.08
€ 143.08